REGULAR MEETING

CITY COUNCIL

CITY OF OAKLAND, NEBRASKA

MEETING NOTICE:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Oakland, Nebraska, will be held at 5:30on Monday December 19th, 2016at the Municipal Building, 401 North Oakland Avenue in Oakland, Nebraska.

An agenda for such meeting, kept continuously current is available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk. Except for items of an emergency nature, the agenda shall not be enlarged later than twenty-four hours before the scheduled commencement of the meeting.

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PRELIMINARY AGENDA

I.CALL TO ORDER

A. Roll Call

B. Establishment of a Quorum

C. Reminder of Open Meeting Laws/Poster

D. Pledge of Allegiance

E. Approve December 19th, 2016 agenda

F. ApprovalNovember 21st, 2016 meeting minutes

G. Nov treasurer report

  1. PUBLIC HEARING
  2. SCHEDULED CITIZENS AND VISITORS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL

H. Dale Gubbels- FirstStar Fiber to expand a recycling program

  1. COMMITTEE AND DEPARTMENT REPORTS

I. Police report

V.OLD BUSINESS

J. Moving sirens located at 710 N Oakland Ave

K. Foreclosure update on 304 N Park Ave

L. Resolution to sell 1996 Tractor Truck-Dump

M.

VI.NEW BUSINESS

N. Acceptance of Election Certificates

-State law requires the governing body to formally accept the certificate(s) of election issued by the County Clerk of Burt County for the November 8, 2016 City Council General Election. Election certificates containing the vote totals and results are attached. A MOTION to accept the election certificate is in order.

O. Oath of Office: Matt Johnson and Dan Jacobs as Council Members

P. Nominate Council President for calendar year 2017

Q. Mayor’s recommendation to fill the appointments for January 1 through December 31st, 2017.

R. Dan Tanksley request to attend the Wastewater Conference in Kearney January 25, 26 & 27.

S. Special Liquor Licenses request for Beast Feast

VII.INFORMATION ITEM

T. Special liquor license for Nelson’s Food Pride for a Wine and Cheese on February 14th, 2016

  1. DISCUSSION

U. Christmas office hours

V.

W. CLOSED SESSION

X. APPROVAL OF OPERATIONS BILLS AND WARRANTS

Approval by motion

Y. ADJOURNMENT

Registered Agenda Speakers

The Mayor or Presiding Meeting Officer reserves the right to deny this request, or will call you to the center front podium when your agenda Item is ready to be heard. Presentations, if allowed, may be limited to five (5) minutes per person, with a limit of three (3) individuals speaking per topic position. Please come to the center front podium, and clearly state your name and address for the record and the agenda topic you wish to speak upon in a professional manner.

The Mayor and City Council reserve the right to enter into an executive session at any time during the meeting, in accordance with the Nebraska Open Meetings Act, even though the closed session may not be indicated on the agenda.

It is the intention of the Mayor and City Council to take up the items on the agenda in sequential order. However, the Mayor and City Council reserve the right to take up matters in a different order to accommodate the schedules of the city council members, persons having items on the agenda, and the public