FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
All agenda items are for discussion and
action will be taken as deemed appropriate. The City Council reserves the
right to go into executive session in accordance with Section 84-1410.
A.
CALL TO ORDER
1.
Pursuant to Section 84-1412(8) of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act a
current copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted in the entry of this meeting
room and is available for viewing by the public.
2.
Roll Call
B.
CITIZENS WITH BUSINESS NOT SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA
C.
CONSENT AGENDA
1.
Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of March 20, 2007.
2.
Approval of claims.
D.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
E.
CURRENT BUSINESS
1.
Opening of sealed bids received for various property and liability
insurance coverage.
2.
Presentations by insurance providers who submitted bids for various
property and liability insurance coverage.
3.
Approval of the Reuse Committee’s recommendation to make a business
loan to Russ Furrow in the amount of $18,000 at an interest rate of 3% for a
term of 36 months.
4.
Consideration of a request from Joel Austin for a curb cut at 5th
& C Streets.
5.
Consideration of approving a proposal from Municipal Code Services,
Inc. for municipal code updating services.
6.
Request for authorization to advertise for hiring a Police Chief.
7.
Decision to eliminate or retain Street Projects in the four year
budget.
8.
Decision to eliminate or retain City Administrator position in the
four year budget.
9.
Decision to eliminate or retain the hiring of a Library Director in
the four year budget.
10.
Decision to either accept Fire Department reduced pay proposal or to
eliminate two Assistant Fire Chief positions.
11.
Decision on the elimination of 1 – 2 Police Officer positions from
the four year budget.
12.
Decision to eliminate or retain Police Secretary position in the four
year budget.
13.
Decision to eliminate or retain the Assistance Street Superintendent
position in the four year budget.
F.
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES
1.
Resolution No. 654 providing for the suspension of the hiring freeze
to hire a new Police Chief and repealing any resolutions in conflict
herewith.
2.
Resolution No. 655 providing for the amendment of the City’s Economic
Development Plan and repealing Resolution No. 477 and any other resolutions
in conflict herewith.
3.
Third Reading:
Ordinance No. 2956: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA
PERTAINING TO BUSINESS REGULATIONS; GAS DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES; TAX; TO
REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND
PROVIDING FOR A TIME WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
4.
Third Reading:
Ordinance No. 2957: AN ORDINANCE GRANTING AQUILA, INC., D/B/A AQUILA
NETWORKS, A DELAWARE CORPORATION, ITS LESSEES, SUCCESSORS, AND ASSIGNS, A
NONEXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE, RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE FOR A PERIOD OF FIFTEEN (15)
YEARS TO ERECT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A GAS PLANT AND GAS DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM AND ANY AND ALL NECESSARY PIPES, MAINS, SERVICES, AND OTHER
APPLIANCES THEREUNTO APPERTAINING, IN, UPON, OVER, ACROSS, AND ALONG THE
STREETS, ALLEYS, BRIDGES, AND PUBLIC PLACES OF THE CITY OF FAIRBURY,
NEBRASKA, AS THE SAME NOW ARE OR MAY HEREAFTER BE EXTENDED, FOR THE
MANUFACTURE, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF GAS, WHETHER ARTIFICIAL,
NATURAL, OR OTHERWISE, FOR COOKING, HEATING, INDUSTRIAL, AND ALL OTHER USES
AND PURPOSES IN SAID CITY AND PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER
WHICH THE SAID COMPANY IS TO OPERATE.
- REPORTS
- City
Administrator
- Mayor
- Committees
- MOTION TO ADJOURN
