July 21, 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 July 7, 2025, City Council meeting.

4.B. Reappointment of Keith Gilmore to Board of Appeals for three-year term. 

4.C. Resolution No. R25-98 authorizing payment of various improvement projects.

4.D. Finance department report.

4.E. Payroll and bills on file.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Included in Consent Agenda

6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: None

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS

7.A. Public hearing - Citizen's Advisory Review Committee report of activities in accord with the Columbus Economic Development Plan. 

7.B. Public hearing - Application from Rief Development LLC and Highland Park Evangelical Church for final plat of North Creek Subdivision (43rd Avenue south of 38th Street). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.B.1. Resolution No. R25-99 approving final plat and development agreement.

8. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS: None

9. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICES: Finance department report included in Consent Agenda

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

9.B. Update on Nebraska Department of Transportation Loup River South Bridges project.

10. REPORTS OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES: None

11. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES: None

12. REPORTS ON LEGISLATION: None

13. NEW BUSINESS

13.A. Appointment of Martavius Pennington as police officer.

13.B. Quote from Bauer Underground, Inc. in the amount of $36,537.94 for fiber optics construction for the Parks and Wastewater Utility Departments Maintenance Complex project. Reallocated CIP #25-32

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

14. RESOLUTIONS

14.A. Resolution No. R25-100 awarding Community Development Block Grant funds to Anthony Kresha for downtown revitalization. 

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING

15.A. Ordinance No. 25-11 amending section 70.001 of Chapter 70 of Title VII of the Columbus City Code to amend the definition of utility type vehicle.

15.B. Ordinance No. 25-12 amending Section 71.999 of Chapter 71 of Title VII of Columbus City Code to amend the code reference to reference the correct alcoholic testing code section.

16. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING: None

17. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING: None

18. PAYROLL AND BILLS ON FILE: Included in Consent Agenda

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None

20. ADJOURNMENT