REGULAR MEETING

April 11, 2007

         Roll Call of Officers - The Mayor and City Council of Curtis, Nebraska met in regular session at 7:30 PM, on April 11, 2007, at the Klyte Burt Memorial Library.  The meeting was legally advertised by notice of meeting being posted in three public places in the City and on Cable Channel 7 for 24 hours preceding the meeting.  The Mayor announced that pursuant to Section 84-1412(8) of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act, a current copy of the Open Meetings Act was posted in the meeting room and made available to the public.  City Clerk Jerry L. Wilcox was instructed to call the roll.  Council member Brad Welch, West Ward, present; Council member Steve Krull, West Ward, present; Mayor Kevin D. Brown, present; Council member George Wetzel, East Ward, present; Council member Jason Benson, East Ward, present.  With a quorum present, the meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM. Others attending the meeting at different times were Steve Herman, Linda Werkmeister, Kevin Burkhardt, Grant Jorgensen, Ed Cole, Sid Lewis, Ethan Jones, Lory Cappel and Tara Hosick.  Council President Krull had to leave the meeting for a period of time.           

         Order of Business – Street Improvements – Armor Coating – The Clerk presented the Council with a proposal from Figgins Construction Co. Inc. for armor coating the millings put down this spring.  The Arrowhead Meadows Drive proposal is $15,567.00, Raider Drive at Medicine Valley High School is $4,482.00 and Mill Park Road is $14,959.00 for a total of $35,008.00.  The gravel for the project would be supplied by the City at a cost of $3,344.20.  Council member Welch made a motion to approve the proposals submitted by Figgins Construction Co. Inc. for armor coating the millings on Arrowhead Meadows Drive, Raider Drive and Mill Park Road.  Council member Krull seconded the motion.  On roll call vote, the following votes were displayed on the electronic voting board: Welch aye, Krull aye, Wetzel aye, and Benson aye.  Motion carried.

Street Improvements – Medicine Valley School District #125 Expense Agreement – The Clerk presented an agreement approved by the Board of Education to repay the City of Curtis up to $13,650.00 for improvements to district property in the form of millings and armor coating on Raider Drive.  Council member Krull moved to the agreement for street improvement cost reimbursement.  Council member Benson seconded the motion.  On roll call vote, the following votes were displayed on the electronic voting board: Welch aye, Krull aye, Wetzel aye, and Benson aye.  Motion carried.

Curtis Medicine Valley Trail – Engineering and Bids – The Clerk reported that with the agreements signed the next step would be for engineering to be completed and bids sought for the work. Council member Welch moved that TC Engineering be contracted to do the engineering for the trail and receive bids for the work.  Council member Wetzel seconded the motion.  On roll call vote, the following votes were displayed on the electronic voting board: Welch aye, Krull aye, Wetzel aye, and Benson aye.  Motion carried.

         LB840 Fund Applications – Housing Incentives – Tara Hosick reported to the Council that the Medicine Valley Economic Development Corporation Board has received 2 applications for the housing incentives and are recommending them for approval by the Council.  Jeremy Cole and family and Mark Roblee and family have both moved into Curtis.  Council member Krull made a motion to approve the recommendation of the MVEDC Board.  Council member Benson seconded the motion.  On roll call vote, the following votes were displayed on the electronic voting board: Welch aye, Krull aye, Wetzel aye, and Benson aye.  Motion carried.

         Board of Zoning Adjustments – Recommendation on Variance – At 7:30 PM the Mayor opened a Public Hearing to hear testimony on a recommendation by the Board of Zoning Adjustments to grant a variance to Tom Brown at 611 Howard Avenue.  The variance will be for the front and side yard set backs due to the size of the house that is being moved to the location.  Council member Krull made a motion to introduce and adopt Resolution 2007-06.  Council member Benson seconded the motion.  On roll call vote, the following votes were displayed on the electronic voting board: Welch aye, Krull aye, Wetzel aye, and Benson aye.  Motion carried.

         Curtis Cable TV Franchise – Change of Ownership – City Attorney Steve Herman declared his conflict of interest as he is representing Consolidated Cable TV on this issue.  Ed Cole was present to present the Council with a letter from Consolidated Cable TV accepting the terms of the present franchise agreement between the City and Curtis Cable TV upon taking ownership of the system April 1, 2007.  Council member Wetzel made a motion to accept the letter of intent from Consolidated Cable TV.  Council member Benson seconded the motion.  On roll call vote, the following votes were displayed on the electronic voting board: Welch aye, Krull aye, Wetzel aye, and Benson aye.  Motion carried.

         City Code – Dog Codes –The Attorney reported that he has not completed a draft of the change.

City Code – Code of Ordinances – The Attorney reported that he is still working on the code updates received from the new Legislation.

New Street Right-of-Way – NKC/OmniTRAX ROW Property – The Attorney reported that he is still waiting to hear from the surveyor concerning the property in question.  The Clerk reported that notification has been received from the state department of roads awarding access for a street on the south side of Highway 23.

Inter Local Agreement – The Attorney presented the Council with an agreement between the City, NCTA, Medicine Valley Schools and Frontier County that would enable these entities to share equipment, expenses, personnel, etc to complete special projects or regular operations.  Each project or operation that would be done would be addressed in a memorandum of understanding that would contain the specifics and be attached to the agreement.  The agreement will be on the agenda for the meeting April 25, 2007.

Arrowhead Meadows – Agreement – The Attorney presented the Council with an agreement between the City and Arrowhead Meadows Golf and Recreation Inc. that would enable these entities to share equipment, expenses, personnel, etc to complete special projects or regular operations.  Each project or operation that would be done would be addressed in a memorandum of understanding that would contain the specifics and be attached to the agreement.  The agreement and a MOU for the equipment and personnel will be on the agenda for the meeting April 25, 2007.

LARM – Participation Proposal – The Clerk presented the Council with information about participation in the League Association of Risk Management.  Council member Krull made a motion to introduce Resolution 2007-07 authorizing participation in LARM for 3 years with a 180 day notice of termination.  Council member Wetzel seconded the motion.  On roll call vote, the following votes were displayed on the electronic voting board: Welch aye, Krull aye, Wetzel aye, and Benson aye.  Motion carried.

Employment Positions – Review of Public Works Coordinator and Addition of Greens Keeper – The Mayor has reviewed the Public Works Coordinator position and is recommending that the position be eliminated with the addition of the Greens Keeper position and after discussion with affected personnel.  The job description, wage information and recommendation for the Greens Keeper position will be on the agenda for the April 25, 2007 meeting.

Consent Agenda – Council member Welch made a motion to approve the April 2007 Consent Resolution.  Council member Wetzel seconded the motion.  On roll call vote, the following votes were displayed on the electronic voting board: Welch aye, Krull absent, Wetzel aye, and Benson aye.  Motion carried.

TREASURER’S ACCOUNT

Paid before the meeting

City of Curtis Payroll	4938.91	Farm Bureau Ins.	29.76
SunAmerica Funds	64.87	Van Wall Turf & Irrigation	14750.00
BlueCrossBlueShield	1709.20

Paid at the meeting

Ag Valley	190.65	Galloway & Luth	1480.00
Brown’s	781.33	BSB Construction	21642.40
Curtis Light & Water	1004.08	Curtis Telephone	204.33
MPPD	40.36	Frontier County Enterprise	465.48
Briggs, Don	94.48	Frontier Co. Sheriff	6867.50
Curtis Leasing Corp.	1806.80	Curtis State Bank	1887.50
Curtis Volunteer Firemen	122.00	Postmaster	195.00
FYR-TEK	322.59	Arbor Day Foundation	15.00
Nelson Service	268.66	Unitech	339.00
Cole, Jeremy	750.00	Southwest Farm & Auto	142.26
NPH Law Offices	2206.70	Curtis U-Haul	325.00
Ingram	239.33	NE Turf Association	100.00
Roblee, Mark	750.00	Tartan Books	147.30
Town & Country	16.31

UTILITY ACCOUNT

Paid before the meeting

City Payroll	14536.17	SunAmerica	174.13
Farm Bureau	91.44	BlueCrossBlueShield	4057.40

Paid at the meeting

B & D Office Supply	81.45	Ag Valley Coop	422.32
Galloway & Luth	5920.00	Brown’s	149.49
APPA	500.00	Consolidated Telephone	58.27
Petty cash	246.07	BSB Construction	7198.10
Curtis Light & Water Meters	201.72	Curtis Volunteer Firemen	351.28
Frontier County Enterprise	78.42	Fedco Electronics	76.13
Curtis Light and Water	1980.98	Eakes Office Products	219.95
Curtis Telephone	577.42	NE Dept of Health Lab	122.00
LASWA	1958.40	Greg Krueger	503.21
Knapp Electric	225.24	Nelson Service	1907.20
WAPA	1987.96	Postmaster	156.00
Southwest Farm & Auto	430.94	Diggers Hotline	19.84
Maywood HS Annual	25.00	Mid-Nebraska Disposal	5245.94
NMPP	936.32	Olsson Associates	408.01
Werkmeister, Linda	38.80	Town & Country Market	50.68

Officers, Department Heads, Committees and Associations Report –

League of Nebraska Municipalities – The Clerk presented Legislative Reports 11 through 14 explaining the actions taken recently in the state legislature.

NMPP – The Clerk reported on the NMPP Annual Meeting in Gering and the workshops that were attended.  He also presented monthly financial reports from MEAN and ACE along with a letter explaining the membership in NMPP.

WCNDD – Lory Cappel of WCNDD presented the Council with information for a grant awarded to WCNDD for strategic planning in communities within the district.  After discussion, a town hall meeting will be planned for late summer to coordinate the planning being done by the MVEDC and WCNDD.

WAPA – A letter notifying the Council of hearings to discuss drought conditions as they relate to rates was received.

APPA – A letter explaining membership in APPA was received.

Tree Board – A letter awarding Curtis Tree City USA for the 19^th year was received.  The Mayor also proclaimed April 27, 2007 as Arbor Day in Curtis.

Utility Superintendent – Sid Lewis reviewed activities with the Council.  Plans are moving forward to update the distribution system in the community center area.

Public Works Coordinator – Grant Jorgensen reviewed activities with the Council.  Pumping out the pond at Arrowhead Meadows will be done soon.

Petitions, Communications and Citizen Concerns – An invitation to an informational meeting of the Pipeline Group was received.

A letter requesting further comments on the State Department of Roads Transportation Plan was received.

         Adjournment – Council member Krull moved to adjourn.  Council member Wetzel seconded the motion.  Meeting adjourned at 9:35 PM.

 

 

Jerry L. Wilcox, City Clerk for the City of Curtis, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the proceedings had and done by the Mayor and Council. I hereby certify that all of the subjects included in the foregoing proceedings were contained in the agenda for the meeting, kept continually current and available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk. I certify that such subjects were contained in said agenda for at least twenty-four hours prior to said meeting and that at least one copy of all reproducible material discussed at the meeting was available at the meeting for examination and copying by members of the public. I certify that the minutes were in written form and available for public inspection within ten working days and prior to the next convened meeting of the City Council. I certify that all news media requesting notification concerning meetings of the City Council were provided with advance notification of the time and place of said meeting and the subjects to be discussed.