March 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM - City Council Regular Meeting

1. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ROLL CALL

2. PRAYER

3. NATIONAL ANTHEM AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. CONSENT AGENDA - The following items are considered to be routine by the city council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a city council member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from consent status and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

4.A. Minutes of February 18, 2025, City Council meeting.

4.B. Northeast Nebraska Area Agency on Aging 2026 budget and application for funding for Senior Center.

4.C. Resolution No. R25-31 approving agreement with Columbus Youth Baseball League for use of Centennial Park baseball facilities.

4.D. Resolution No. R25-32 approving second one-year extension of Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Platte County in the amount of $50,206.32 for prosecution services.

4.E. Resolution No. R25-33 authorizing payment of various improvement projects.

4.F. Payroll and bills on file.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Included in Consent Agenda

6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

6.A. Proclamation declaring March 2025 as Problem Gambling Awareness Month.

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None

8. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - None

9. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICES

9.A. Update on Nebraska Department of Transportation 23rd Street Reconstruction Project.

10. REPORTS OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES - None

11. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES - None

12. REPORTS ON LEGISLATION - None

13. NEW BUSINESS

13.A. Quote from Eaton in the amount of $27,592.94 for replacement batteries for uninterruptable power source for joint communications center.

13.B. Quote from Eaton in the amount of $20,004.30 for three-year renewal of service contract for uninterruptable power source for joint communications center.

13.C. Quote from Downey Drilling, Inc. in the amount of $37,700 for inspection, cleaning, and treatment of Well #8 and Well #12.

13.D. Quote from Sirius Computer Solutions LLC in the amount of $24,080 for assistance with upgrades to the Active Directory Domain Services.

13.E. Quote from AVI Systems, Inc. in the amount of $10,035.83 for tablet and installation services for public use at City Hall front desk.

13.F. Plans, specifications, estimate of cost in the amount of $150,000, and authorization to advertise for bids for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation 2025. (Plans and specifications on file in the engineering department.) CIP #20-94

13.G. Comments from mayor and city council members.

14. RESOLUTIONS

14.A. Resolution No. R25-34 setting Monday, April 7, 2025, from 5:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. when the mayor and council shall sit as a Board of Equalization to equalize and levy special assessments for Street Improvement District No. 184 (23rd Street from east of 48th Avenue to 54th Avenue) and Street Improvement District No. 189 (48th Avenue from 23rd Street to south of Bradshaw Park).

14.B. Resolution No. R25-35 approving Memorandum of Understanding with Columbus Area United Way regarding a Central Navigator within the Columbus Community Building.

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING 

15.A. Ordinance No. 25-03 amending section 90.099 of Chapter 90 of Title IX of the Columbus City Code to clarify the animal forfeiture provisions for animals at large. 

16. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING - None

17. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING - None

18. CONSIDERATION OF PAYROLL AND BILLS ON FILE - Included in Consent Agenda.

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None

20. ADJOURNMENT