Regular Meeting
November 2, 2010
The Mayor and Council
of the City of Fairbury met in regular session in the Council Chambers
located at 612 D Street, Fairbury, Nebraska, on the 2nd day of
November 2010, at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Homer L. Ward called the meeting to
order.
Notice of meeting was
given in advance thereof by publication in the Fairbury Journal News,
Fairbury, Nebraska, the designated method of giving notice, as shown by
affidavit of publication. The Open Meetings Act was posted in the meeting
room and pointed out by Mayor Ward as required by law.
Roll call found the
following Council Members present: Doug Brown, Ed Friesen, Roger Bailey, Tim
Polson, Phil Rogge, Shirley Bender, Brad Kuzelka, and Kelly Davis.
Mayor Ward called for
the submittal of forms to request future agenda items. No forms were
submitted during the meeting.
Mayor Ward read the
Consent Agenda:
1.
Approval of the minutes of the
regular meeting of October 19, 2010.
2.
Approval of claims.
Rogge moved to approve
the Consent Agenda. Motion seconded by Bender. On roll call, Polson,
Bailey, Friesen, Brown, Rogge, Bender, Kuzelka, and Davis voted “yes.”
Motion carried.
Friesen moved to
approve the appointments of Cory DeFrain as full time police officer and
Torrick Friels as part time police officer. Motion seconded by Bailey.
Council member Brad Kuzelka asked Police Chief Chad Sprunk which
certifications Friels was missing. Sprunk stated at the time of Friels
application, he did not have a Nebraska Drivers License and he is currently
certified in Louisiana; he will have to go through reciprocity to get
certified in Nebraska. Reciprocity testing and training is over a two week
period, which will start the first of the year, at the Nebraska Law
Enforcement Training Center. Sprunk stated Friels will start immediately
with his extensive training with the city’s police department. On
roll call, Polson, Bailey, Friesen,
Brown, Rogge, Bender, Kuzelka, and
Davis voted “yes.” Motion carried. DeFrain was sworn into office by City
Attorney David Bargen, who administered the Oath of Office to DeFrain. Friels
was sworn into office by City Attorney David Bargen, who administered the
Oath of Office to Friels.
Fire Chief Eric Voss
gave a demonstration of the new air packs the fire department received
through a FEMA grant. The fire department received a total of fifteen air
packs. The air packs are 4500 PSI bottles and will hold the air for
forty-five minutes which will give the firefighters longer time to be inside
the structure to fight the fires. The bottles also glow in the dark which
will make it easier for the firefighters to follow each other when fighting
a fire. They also received six amplifiers, which they can pass back and
forth between the firefighters, which will improve the communication between
the firefighters that are inside the burning structure and with the Fire
Chief being outside the burning structure. The amplifiers will also help
the firefighters hear each other talk and also when they’re talking on the
radio. Voss stated all the firefighters have been trained with the air
packs; each firefighter has their own mask and have been fit-tested for the
masks.
Rogge moved to adopt
Resolution No. 798 authorizing the Mayor to enter the City of Fairbury into
an interlocal agreement for the administration of the Rural Apprehension
Program. Motion seconded by Bender. Council member Shirley Bender asked if
the amount the City of Fairbury has to pay which is based per capita on the
2000 census if this is something we could talk to them about since we’re
doing a new census. Citizen Rick Carmichael stated this has not changed
since the grant is coming from the feds it has stayed the same – it has only
dropped a small amount of money and they’re trying to keep the per capita
the same. On roll call, Polson, Bailey, Brown, Friesen, Rogge, Bender, Kuzelka, and
Davis voted “yes.” Motion carried.
Mayor Ward read by
title Ordinance No. 2999: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2998
REGARDING THE DEFINITIONS, SALE, IGNITION, AND REGULATION OF FIREWORKS.
Bailey moved to suspend the
statutory three readings requirement for Ordinance No. 2999. Motion
seconded by Rogge. On roll call, Polson, Bailey, Friesen, Brown,
Rogge, Bender, Kuzelka, and Davis voted “yes.” Motion carried. Brown moved
for the final passage of Ordinance No. 2999. Motion seconded by Kuzelka.
On roll call, Polson, Bailey,
Friesen, Brown, Rogge, Bender,
Kuzelka, and Davis voted “yes.” Motion carried.
Within the Mayor’s
report, Mayor Ward stated he has had a difficult time getting people to
serve on committees. Mayor Ward stated he has had discussion with different
committees and they would like a council member to be the liaison so they
would have an idea of what is going on with the different committees. Mayor
Ward wants the Council to consider this.
Polson
moved to adjourn the meeting. Motion seconded by Rogge. On roll call,
Polson, Bailey, Friesen, Brown, Rogge, Bender, Kuzelka, and Davis voted
“yes.” Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:46 p.m.
Homer L. Ward, Mayor
ATTEST: Sharyl Preston, City Clerk
