Minute Record

HOLDREGE CITY COUNCIL April 18, 2017

Holdrege City Council met in regular session Tuesday, April 18th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall at 502 East Avenue in Holdrege with Mayor Doug Young presiding. Council members present were Doug Simpson, Mike Sisson, Mary McDermott, Larry Gibbons, Troy Urbom, Larry Marvin, Jeff Nantkes and Randy Aldrich. City Staff also present were Dennis DaMoude, Bob Rager, Dane Jensen and Mary Magill. Media was represented by Tunney Price of the Holdrege Daily Citizen.

Notice of the meeting was given in advance by publication in the Holdrege Daily Citizen; the City’s designated method for giving notice, and by announcement from radio station KUVR/KMTY. The Mayor and Council received notification of the agenda in advance.

Mayor Young called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. City Clerk Dane Jensen announced “State Law requires this body to announce at this time that a copy of the current Open Meetings Act is posted at the back of the room where it is accessible to the public” and took roll. Mayor Young began the meeting with a moment of silence and the Pledge of Allegiance.

A motion by Councilmember Nantkes to approve the Consent Agenda including:

  1. this agenda,
  2. the payment of claims as submitted,
  3. the City Treasurer’s Report for March 2017 and
  4. an Application for Special Designated Liquor License allowing 3D Bar and Grill of Wilcox, NE to serve alcohol in the Phelps County Ag Center from 3:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 27th, 2017 for a wedding reception.

was seconded by Councilmember Urbom. All members present voted aye. Motion carried.

Councilmember Marvin motioned to approve the minutes of the April 4th, 2017 regular Council meeting with a second by Councilmember Simpson. Roll call aye: Nantkes, Simpson, McDermott, Gibbons, Urbom, and Marvin; abstain Aldrich and Sisson. Motion carried.

Claims: March 21st, 2017
Acct / Fund / $ Claim
11.01 / General Administration / 3,226.66
11.02 / Fire / 1,355.81
11.03 / Health & Sanitation / 0
11.04 / Community Development & Promotion / 0
11.05 / Public Buildings / 863.00
11.06 / Auditorium / 291.96
11.07 / Park / 1,766.85
11.08 / Pool / 166.70
11.09 / Library / 0
11.10 / Emergency Communications / 895.98
11.11 / Police / 6,668.27
11.12 / Street / 3,875.36
11.13 / Bond Fund / 0
11.14 / Equipment Maint. & Replace. / 12,460.61
Total: / *31,571.20
13.16 / Special Assessments Dept 16 / 0.00
31.15 / Prairie Hill Landfill / *25,291.17
41.17 / Electric / 596,564.72
42.18 / Water / 18,560.04
43.19 / Sewer / 3,389.97
Total: / *618,514.73
44.20 / Keno / 0
53.27 / Economic Dev. Revolving / 0
*Complete Total: / 675,377.10

No one appeared for Public Forum.

Lori Watson, Membership Services Manager for the Holdrege YMCA, told members that the annual youth Duck Run would be held on May 5th and would gosouth on Brown Street from the Y to the dead end then back to the Y on Brown. Ms. Watson requested the use of traffic cones and permission to have an outdoor DJ and dance from five until nine p.m. A motion to approve the Duck Run route and associated requestswas made by Councilmember Sisson and seconded by Councilmember McDermott with all members present voting aye. Motion carried.

Jamie Hazlett updated members on progressof the Youth Empowered by Play (YEP) Inclusive Playground explaining that the project was almost fully funded and that, after consulting with Municipal Services Director Kim Parsons, had decided that a location near the splash pad being proposed for Council approval, was a better fit for the project. Ms. Hazlett told members that there were no memorial trees in the proposed area and only one sprinkler head would need to be capped. Members discussed improved parking availability for this location, future sidewalk constructionand the need for an ADA bathroom facility in the vicinity as well as the expense of same. A motion to approve the proposed location of the YEP Inclusive Playground by Councilmember Simpson was seconded by Councilmember McDermott. All members present voted aye. Motion carried.

Councilmember Gibbons verified with Mayor Young that agenda item number seven was being omitted from consideration at this time.

Olsson Associates Office Leader Doug Stevenson told Council members that a replat of the Washington School property was necessary to continue with its economic development plan and explained that a single developer would be constructing town homes on Lot 1 and that commercial projects were being planned for Lots 2 and 3. Mr. Stevenson said that the housing project was ready to go, one commercial venture planned for Lot 2 would be ready within the year and the remaining commercial project being considered for Lot 3 wastwo or three years away. A motion to approve the Final Replat of Lots 1 through 10, Block B, Burlington Addition; Lots 1 through 6, Block 3, Morton Addition; and Lots 7 through 16, Block C, Murray Addition, all in Holdrege, Phelps County, Nebraska was made by Councilmember Aldrich and seconded by Councilmember Gibbons with all members present voting aye. Motion carried.

In Open Discussion:

Councilmember Aldrich thanked Council and staff for remembering his father.

Chief Damoude asked that weed and litter regulations as well as landfill policies for dumping yard waste be mentioned during Wednesday morning’s radio interview.

Mayor Young inquired about pallets and litter collecting at a property on the six hundred block of Fourth Avenue as well as the length of time one might leave their car in a City parking lot.

There being no other business to discuss Mayor Young adjourned the meeting at 7:24 p.m.

Regular Council meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month in the Council Chambers of City Hall at 502 East Avenue in Holdrege, Nebraska. An agenda, as well as any Ordinance, Resolution or Agreement of the City, is kept on file, constantly current and available for public inspection at the Office of the City Clerk, 502 East Avenue in Holdrege.

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Doug Young, Mayor

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Dane C. Jensen, City Clerk

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