KEARNEY CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
City Council Chambers,
18 East 22nd Street
December 12, 2006
7:00 p.m.
I ROUTINE BUSINESS
1. Invocation
(President or Designee of KMA):
Reverend
Robert Kuefner, Holy Cross Lutheran Church.
2. Pledge
of Allegiance.
3. Announcement
on Open Meetings Act.
4. Roll
call.
5. Approve
Minutes of Regular Council Meeting of November 28, 2006, and Minutes of the
Kearney Area Solid Waste Agency Meeting of September 12, 2006.
6. Approve
the Certificate of Vote from the Buffalo County Election Commissioner.
7. City
Clerk to report on the Bonds.
8. City
Clerk to administer the Oath of Office to the two elected Council members –
Randy Buschkoetter and Bob Lammers.
9. Nominations
and appointment for President/Mayor.
10. Nominations
and appointment for Vice-President.
11. Reappoint
Michaelle Trembly as City Clerk.
12. Oral
Communication - Recognition of visitors:
Presentation
of KVFD Service Awards: Jim Downing – 40 years, Emmett Maul – 30 years, Steve
Johnson – 15 years, Brad Isaac – 15 years, Brad Williams – 10 years, George
Wiedel – 5 years, Jim Tacha – 5 years, and Bob Reineke – 5 years.
Report
by Charles Pickens on Naming the Harmon Park Activity Center.
II UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
III PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Conduct
a public hearing on the Application submitted by Good Samaritan Hospital
(Applicant and Owner) for Revised Planned District Development Plan Approval
for the construction of an addition to the cancer center facility on property
zoned “District C-0/PD, Office District/Planned Development Overlay District”
and described as a tract of land consisting of all of Good Samaritan Second
Subdivision; the south 45 feet of Lot 3, all of Lots 4 and 5, Lot 7 excepting
therefrom the east 20 feet 10 inches, Lot 8 excepting therefrom the south 36
feet and the south half of Lot 9, Bergt and Keiss Subdivision; the west 110.5
feet of the south 73 feet 4 inches of Lot 38, Northwest Quarter School Section
Addition; all in Section 36, Township 9 North, Range 16 West of the 6th P.M.,
all in the City of Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska (10 East 31st Street) and
approve Resolution No. 2006-219.
2. Conduct
a public hearing on the Application submitted by Mitch Humphrey from Buffalo
Surveying (Applicant) for Marlin Heiden and Cheryl Heiden Revocable Trust
(Owner) for final plat and Subdivision Agreement approval for “HEIDEN SECOND
SUBDIVISION” a subdivision of Buffalo County, Nebraska for property described
as being part of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 23, Township
9 North, Range 16 West of the 6th P.M., containing 15.9 acres, more or less,
Buffalo County, Nebraska (west of 2nd Avenue, north of 66th Street) and approve
Resolution No. 2006-220.
3. Conduct
a public hearing on the proposed acquisition for the purpose of the expansion
of the City of Kearney Volunteer Fire Department Station #1 located at 2211
Avenue A of a tract of land being the north 12.5 feet of Lot 142 and the south
half of Lot 143, Original Town of Kearney Junction now the City of Kearney,
Buffalo County, Nebraska (2219 Avenue A) and approve Resolution No. 2006-221.
IV CONSENT AGENDA *
1. Approve
the Claims.
2. Authorize
the issuance of Series 2007 Public Safety Equipment Tax Anticipation Bonds on
behalf of the City for expenditures for the Kearney Volunteer Fire Department
and approve Resolution No. 2006-222.
3. Reject
the bids received for the purchase of a Loader Mounted Snow Blower for the
Transportation Division of Public Works.
4. Approve
the bids received for the purchase of a truck cab and chassis, spreader, snow
plow and snow plow hitch for the Transportation Division of Public Works and
award the bid to Nebraska Truck Center in the amount of $100,760.00.
5. Approve
the bids received for the purchase of a 165 H.P. Class Articulated Frame Four-Wheel
Drive Motor Grader for the Transportation Division of Public Works and award
the bid to Nebraska Machinery in the amount of $174,812.00.
6. Approve
the bids received for the purchase of a side load refuse compactor truck for
the Sanitation Division of the Utilities Department and award the bid to
Elliott Equipment in the amount of $184,820.00.
7. Approve
Change Order No. 1 showing an increase in the amount of $7,752.00 submitted by
Sampson Construction and approved by Brungardt Engineering in connection with the
construction of the Environmental Resource Center (ERC) to be located at E.K.
& Mary Yanney Heritage Park and approve Resolution No. 2006-223.
8. Approve
Change Order No. 1 showing a decrease in the amount of $4,520.75, Application
and Certificate for Payment No. 2-Final in the amount of $65,084.80, and the
Certificate of Substantial Completion submitted by Blessing, LLC and approved
by Miller & Associates for the 2006 Part IV Improvements consisting
of Paving Avenue K from 13th Street to 14th Street, off-street parking at Nina
Hammer Park, the installation of sidewalks along the south and west sides of
Nina Hammer Park, installation of sidewalk along the north side of 11th Street
from Avenue B to Avenue M, and on the west side of Avenue M from 11th Street to
17th Street and approve Resolution No. 2006-224.
9. Pledge
support for the participation in Nebraska’s Economic Development Certified
Community Program and approve Resolution No. 2006-225.
* Any
item listed on the Consent Agenda may, by the request of any single Council
member, be considered as a separate item under the Regular Agenda Section of
the Agenda.
V CONSENT AGENDA ORDINANCES
*
1. ORDINANCE
NO. 7313 – Amend Section 1-402 “Bonds; Clerk and Director of Finance” of
Article 4 “Bonds and Oaths” of Chapter 1 “Administration” of the Code of the
City of Kearney to delete the bond for the City Clerk and to provide both the City
Manager and the Director of Finance and Administration to have a bond in the
sum of $250,000.00.
VI REGULAR AGENDA
1. Consider
the application for addition to licensed premises submitted by APPLE FUN CENTER
INC., dba “Big Apple Fun Center” located at 500 West 4th Street in connection
with their Class C-24505 liquor license.
2. Open
Account Claims: Fremont National Bank-$41,298.80; Horizon Middle
School-$100.00; Platte Valley State Bank-$100.00; School District #7-$4,252.65
VII REPORTS
VIII ADJOURN
A current agenda is on file at
the Office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 18 East 22nd Street, Kearney,
Nebraska. For more information, call 233-3216 or visit our website at www.cityofkearney.org