[3:31] like to call this meeting the Shadron
City Council order. Would you please
[3:35] join us in the pledge of allegiance?
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[3:41] United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
[3:47] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[3:57] As required by section 84-1412
subsection A of the Nebraska statutes,
[4:04] notice is hereby given that a copy of
the opens meeting act is posted for
[4:09] examination on the wall inside the door
to the city council chambers.
[4:15] I'd like to welcome the guests we have
this evening. Could we have roll call,
[4:21] please?
>> George Klein
[4:23] » here. Shane Shepard
>> here.
[4:25] » Mark Graves
>> here.
[4:27] » Kevin Alexi absent. Klay Anderson
>> here.
[4:32] » Could we have a motion for approval of
the agenda?
[4:36] » I'll make a move.
>> I'll make a motion to approve the
[4:39] agenda.
>> I'll second that.
[4:41] » Motion by Clay, seconded by Shane to
approve the agenda. We have roll call,
[4:46] please.
>> Graves,
[4:48] » yes.
>> Anderson,
[4:50] » yes.
>> Klene,
[4:51] » yes.
>> Shepard,
[4:52] » yes.
We have a motion to approve the consent
[4:56] agenda.
>> I'll move to approve of the consent
[4:59] agenda.
>> I'll second.
[5:01] » Motion by Shane, second by Mark to
approve the con approve the consent
[5:05] agenda which includes minutes for the
special and regular city council meeting
[5:10] held August 3rd. Um a monthly treasures
report
[5:17] for July. Um and the water report for
July, fire department membership update.
[5:26] Um there's
currently 45 members
[5:32] special designation licenses
are numerous.
[5:38] Um, one is Bean Broker Coffee House and
Pub and a special designated license for
[5:45] Slim Days on September 19th on West 2nd
Street.
[5:50] Shatter State College football games on
September 3rd, 19th and 26th, October
[5:57] 17th, and 31st, and November
[clears throat] 14th.
[6:03] Nybury Valley Vineyards for the Harvest
Moonfall Festival at the Dallas County
[6:08] Fairgrounds on October 3rd.
Wilds Bar and Grill back to school bash
[6:14] at the Shadron Arts Center on August
22nd.
[6:19] NCS Nebraska State College System Board
of Trustees reception at the Sandos
[6:26] Center Shakcoin Atrium on September 9th.
Slim Days on September 19th on West 2nd
[6:32] Street.
Hall of Fame banquet at the CSC Student
[6:37] Center on Ballroom on September 25th.
Dr. Copper's inauguration reception
[6:44] [cough]
at the CSC Shcoin Center Arena on
[6:50] October 9th.
Shatter State Foundation annual dinner
[6:55] at the CSC Student Center Ballroom on
October 9th and Distinguished Alumni
[7:03] Banquet at CSC Student Center Ballroom
on October 30th.
[7:11] Any questions about any of those things
that
[7:15] are in the consent agenda?
If not, could we have a roll call,
[7:20] please?
>> Graves. Yes.
[7:23] » Anderson.
>> Yes.
[7:24] » Klein.
>> Yes.
[7:25] » Shepard.
>> Yes.
[7:28] » First thing on the agenda, John Reed,
Northwest Nebraska Development
[7:33] Corporation.
Well, hi everybody.
[7:39] Good news is we got some rain. The bad
news is I got a four pager tonight. So,
[7:44] I'll put you through it. Um we uh
co-hosted on the 4th a an event with Six
[7:50] Regions, One Nebraska. That's their
traveling road show. Uh it was a a
[7:55] really good meeting. She had two
presenters that didn't show up, but the
[7:59] discussion after the presenter that did
show up was really good. We ended up
[8:03] getting a good hour and a half out of
that meeting. Uh we had a lot of people
[8:07] from outside uh our local region that
showed up. So good uh discussion starts
[8:12] uh at the at the end of that meeting and
then on the 11th we hosted our first
[8:18] workforce and housing development roundt
at the same uh conference room. What
[8:22] we're doing is six reasons one Nebraska
has an agenda for three major
[8:27] municipalities and those municipalities
are then uh hosting their own individual
[8:33] events based on uh what we have
identified uh as uh the needs for that
[8:39] community. So, uh, for us, we brought in
five rule planning, make my move, uh,
[8:44] the state of Nebraska certified
apprentichip program, and we also had a
[8:47] presentation from Valerie Beiel, who
just finished a housing project, real
[8:51] small housing project in Gordon. So, uh,
we had really good turnout for that. We
[8:56] had 25, we had 17 in the room and eight
online. We had 8 to 10, uh, a couple
[9:01] people jumped in and out. So, really
good turnout, really good online
[9:04] turnout. And I think we're going to be
uh doing more at least one more of these
[9:08] before the end of the year. Uh since
this meeting, we've had expressions of
[9:12] interest from a uh state agency. Uh the
Department of Labor would like to come
[9:18] to Shadron and do an event. Uh they're
talking about a half day event for uh
[9:22] focused strictly on uh workforce
development. And I got an inquiry uh
[9:27] Thursday evening from uh a person
representing a local uh child care uh
[9:34] organization that wants to have an event
sometime before the end of year as well.
[9:37] So it looks like a lot of the discussion
that we're uh bringing to the forefront
[9:42] is uh resulting in uh action locally
which is really what we want to see. We
[9:47] want these discussions to go on and we
really want uh these people to
[9:50] understand that we have the facilities
here to bring people in and have these
[9:55] kind of events and I think it went
really well. So got that to look forward
[9:59] to throughout the rest of the year. Our
social media efforts have been uh have
[10:03] seen some very good progress. Our
Facebook page has gone from se 17
[10:08] followers when I started in January.
We're up to 331 uh as of right now. I uh
[10:14] every time I check our Facebook page or
go to make a post, there's always two or
[10:17] three new followers on our page, which
means that our visibility is uh being
[10:22] raised considerably. That's a uh the
result of our efforts in conjunction
[10:27] with travel and tourism with Gabby at
the chamber. We all work together. Uh
[10:33] six regions, one Nebraska helps us as
well. Uh but the bottom line is we're
[10:36] really starting to feed off of each
other's post and interactions and that's
[10:40] helping us uh dramatically. Anything
that I put up now through our Facebook
[10:45] page is going to go directly to our uh
website, NNDC's website to help increase
[10:52] traffic there as well. So if I put a
article up like for example if we put up
[10:56] a uh when we put up the article for our
um a spotlight on the good life uh for
[11:02] the museum that article goes in it's
well presented created by um uh Golden
[11:08] Shovel and then the link to read the
article goes to our website so we get
[11:12] the traffic coming and going. It's a
it's a really good system that we're
[11:15] using. It's and it really helps us with
what's called uh top of response on
[11:20] Google. So, if somebody wants to Google
this region and find out what's going on
[11:23] here, uh we're always going to
consistently be in the in the top five
[11:28] of the of that response. And that's uh
partially due to result of our traffic.
[11:33] And um I'm currently in works with them
with Golden Shovel to create an
[11:39] upcamement events tab on our Facebook.
Right now, uh for some reason, we don't
[11:43] really have a lot of events on our on
our uh website. we can uh partner with
[11:49] uh the other people that we work with
for events. They'll help us, like I
[11:52] said, and we help them, but we don't
have anything like that on our on our
[11:56] website. So, we're going to add that to
our website and uh see if that can uh
[12:01] help uh drive a little bit more traffic,
but overall, I think our uh social media
[12:05] efforts have gone really well this year.
We're doing uh really good, and GSA is a
[12:09] big part of that.
Excuse me. [cough and clears throat]
[12:13] So, right now we still have two loan
opportunities that uh are uh still
[12:19] circling circling the uh effort. They
haven't uh really committed yet. And we
[12:24] had one new one last week that looks
very promising. So, and that's an
[12:27] existing customer that wants to buy a
new business. So, uh we uh hope we're
[12:31] able to work with him before the end of
the year. Uh we also have begun very
[12:37] preliminary high level discussions with
a local LD regarding a possible new
[12:42] child care facility here in Chad. Uh
these are very early stages but it looks
[12:46] very promising. If we can make this
effort work, it will help dramatically
[12:50] with our child care shortage. Housing
efforts are also making progress. Our
[12:54] recent sessions with PAD have sparked a
lot of interest and discussion. And I
[12:58] get calls uh three or four a week now,
people talking about housing, want to
[13:02] know what can be done about housing. Uh
there's a a lot of u a lot of uh
[13:07] momentum starting to build around
housing. Uh ultimately, we'll be able to
[13:12] present an environment that is
attractive to developers and residents
[13:15] in need of affordable housing solutions
uh in the future if we follow through
[13:19] with these efforts. housing, child care,
and increased visibility will help
[13:24] create an attractive economic
environment for new investment in e- in
[13:28] economic growth in in our region.
This month, I want to raise aware
[13:33] awareness around a new grant opportunity
I'm going to be pursuing. The USDA has a
[13:37] grant available to help upgrade and
repair wellwater and septic systems that
[13:42] looks like a great opportunity for our
rural residents outside of the city and
[13:46] water sewer service. So even though uh
there's only a few, my research shows we
[13:50] have maybe two or three septic tanks
still within the city limits. Uh but
[13:55] this grant opportunity, this is a a
really um uh
[14:01] a really strong and wellunded grant that
had to be re-extended because they
[14:06] didn't get enough applicants for it last
year. So there's uh about $6 million
[14:10] sitting in this fund. Uh my goal is to
get us registered as the administrating
[14:16] agency and try to get this money uh into
the into the community as quickly as
[14:20] possible. I took a class this morning on
grant writing. It's not going to be the
[14:24] quite as simple a process as I thought
it might be, but uh it'll it if we can
[14:29] get it through and get it done, it's
going to be uh really good for the
[14:33] community. So I'm hoping we get maybe
250 300,000 out of it be be really good
[14:39] for us. And I also want to remind
everyone that there's also some very low
[14:43] interest disaster relief loans available
through the SB SBA. That's for brick and
[14:48] mortar businesses as well as farming and
rural. Um those disaster uh we qualify
[14:54] for those because we are adjacent to the
identified uh disaster counties. So if
[15:00] uh anybody has any questions about that,
come see me. Happy to explain it and
[15:04] happy to help get any applications in
that we can that I think it's a really
[15:07] good opportunity. somebody has been
impacted by drought and fire. Um,
[15:14] let's see. Regarding general
administration efforts, I have completed
[15:17] the review and updates on our employee
handbook and now I'm going
[15:21] [clears throat] to start working on our
loan program procedures. Uh, that's
[15:24] going to be most of my attention after
we get through the bulk of these summer
[15:29] efforts. It's not as complex and it's
not as pressing an issue right now, but
[15:33] there are some things about the way
we've been administering our loan
[15:36] program that are going to need to be
addressed. uh officially through my uh
[15:40] through my board. Uh I've also been
invited to speak at the cost of freedom
[15:44] event in Crawford on September 12th. We
helped with this event or in the early
[15:48] stages. I did one of their uh
[clears throat] business awareness
[15:52] flyers that I that I did for CSC early
on. And um I'm going to go speak at a um
[15:59] uh missing man table. Uh that's part of
their s that's that ceremony is going on
[16:04] for like 4 days. It's going to be really
big for him, too. So, uh, it's a good
[16:08] chance for us to go show some support
for our sister community in Crawford
[16:13] and NDC is having a very successful 2026
and I want to thank the council and the
[16:18] public for its continued support as we
move forward. We've got a lot going on.
[16:23] Any questions?
>> Um, talk a little bit more about that
[16:27] water and sewer thing.
>> Sure.
[16:30] » What you said there was only a couple
septics in
[16:34] » Yeah. My understanding in the city is uh
most city residents are on city water
[16:39] and on city sewer who like
>> all of Hidden Valley is has septic tank.
[16:45] So
>> quite a few homes out there.
[16:47] » That's Yeah, that's great. So the way
this is going to work is if you're on a
[16:51] septic system that needs repair or needs
upgrade to modernization, you're going
[16:56] to qualify for this program. And um it's
uh it's a first come first serve like
[17:03] once they get the funds obligated
they're gone. But like I said I I see it
[17:07] as a good opportunity because um nobody
took advantage of it last year. I mean
[17:12] they had to reissue the request because
they didn't get enough respondents. So
[17:17] and there's a lot of money sitting in
that account. I'd sure love to see us
[17:20] get, you know, like I said, a4 million
300,000 and then the way it'll work is
[17:26] uh and it has to be run through a uh a
nonprofit. So NDC, I would imagine would
[17:31] partner with the city in some way. I
don't know uh how they're going to uh
[17:35] disperse the funds, but ultimately we're
going to have not match not um
[17:40] lowinterest loans, but actual grant
money to help make these changes. So, if
[17:45] we can get it, it uh the window closes
at the end of September. I have a final
[17:50] uh consultative call with a lady from um
from the um
[17:58] from the USDA
uh on Thursday. It's uh basically a
[18:03] question and answer period of about 15
minutes and then I can start the loan or
[18:07] the grant application. First grant I've
ever done, but um uh I want to do it. I
[18:14] because I've never done it. So, it it's
a good learning opportunity, too.
[18:19] » Are any of these funds retroactive?
>> No, I don't think they'd be retroactive
[18:23] because we did we they didn't give any
out, you know, particularly in our
[18:27] region. So, uh nothing in the verbiage
that I've read so far says they'd be
[18:32] retroactive. No,
>> someone last month Yeah. replace their
[18:36] drain field or their uh
>> their septic or whatever if that would
[18:40] be covered, but it's something going
forward. My position is all they can do
[18:44] is say no.
>> Yeah. From what I see, I don't think it
[18:47] does, but there's no reason not to
apply.
[18:50] » You're on subject.
>> Yeah. Placement.
[18:53] » And he just did. And he just did his
field last. That's awesome. I just got
[18:57] to think on something.
>> Is it for brand new installation?
[19:02] » Uh yeah, for repair.
>> Sure. Yeah. Uh repair and upgrade is is
[19:06] how it's uh structured now. But um
that's the verb verbiage I read, I
[19:11] should say. says, um, uh, upgrade and
repair.
[19:18] I don't know why it wouldn't be new
construction, but
[19:22] again, that doesn't hurt to ask. I mean,
it's it's it's federal money
[19:25] » in city limits or city the city.
>> No, that's that's the other that's the
[19:31] other aspect of it, too. When I first
started looking into this, I didn't
[19:34] realize I I assumed we didn't have any
uh uh septic or well within the city,
[19:40] but we found out we did have a couple
and but the reason I went for it for was
[19:45] for uh local residents outside of the
city limits that can and they still
[19:51] qualify. That's primarily what it's
geared for is for rural residents that
[19:56] aren't currently on um municipal uh
services. So this is an opportunity for
[20:02] if we can raise awareness we can get
people outside city limits more rural
[20:07] customers uh involved in it as well. I
think it's a good really good
[20:10] opportunity for a lot of people and
again I see it as economic development
[20:15] in a way because the the the more modern
our services are the better the better
[20:20] we more attractive we are as a
community.
[20:23] » Way you look at it new construction is
an upgrade.
[20:26] » Right.
>> Right. Yeah. I mean
[20:29] » my way. Yeah, I'd certainly go after it.
I I have no reason not to certainly go
[20:33] after it. Is anybody building
new septic? Really? Wow.
[20:40] Wow. Okay. Yeah, that's good to know.
Yeah. Yeah. Let's get it. Let's see if I
[20:43] can get it. I don't want to talk too
much because if I don't get it, then
[20:47] then [laughter]
I don't get people excited if we don't
[20:50] get it. But I'd sure like to get it. I
think we got a good chance, particularly
[20:53] if they're having a hard time getting
people to take their money. I'm kind of
[20:55] in the same situation. We've got money
to lend. We've got um uh grant money for
[21:01] child care and stuff. We can't give it
away. We're just not uh getting the
[21:04] applicants applicants that
>> So So in your pre-application work, is
[21:09] it did you conclude that it's needbased
or they don't care?
[21:14] » You have to be able to demonstrate the
need. Yeah. You're certainly going to
[21:18] have to demonstrate that uh you've got
an like like a written estimate. You got
[21:22] everything else covered, but you don't
have money for
[21:26] a septic system.
>> Exactly. So you So your your septics in
[21:31] need repair. You're a rural resident.
You haven't uh for whatever reason your
[21:35] income isn't where it needed to be this
year. You don't have the funding to do
[21:39] it. Uh this is a grant program to make
sure that it gets done and make sure it
[21:44] gets done right. That's that's their
motivation here.
[21:49] » I think it's cool. I'll take it if we
can get it.
[21:52] So, do people just contact you for this
grant opportunity
[21:55] » once if we get it approved? Yeah. Yeah.
As it stands right now, um it's going to
[22:00] be it the the way the ver the the um
posting is written, it says it has to be
[22:05] administered through a quote non uh a
local nonprofit entity. So, we would
[22:11] qualify for that, but I don't but I
would assume that it's going to have to
[22:14] be some type of partnership with the
city for to administer the funds. I I I
[22:19] don't know. We'll have to once we get
there if if they've got $300,000 to give
[22:24] me, we'll figure it out.
>> Yep.
[22:26] » Is there administration fees that are
going to be included in that grant?
[22:30] » Not that I can see. No, I think it's uh
I think what they're counting
[22:33] » for us for doing the additional cost on
those. I mean, there's always a cost
[22:36] when you do pass through funds and
everything else, you know, not only are
[22:41] our staff and and people that are doing
that kind of stuff, we need to make sure
[22:45] that we're asking for those funds to
help cover some of our costs, too. Well,
[22:49] keep in mind I don't know that the
city's going to have to be involved yet.
[22:52] Okay. I'm I'm thinking based on what
I've seen in other other uh you like the
[22:57] way we run the LBA40 program, that kind
of thing. From what I've seen in the
[23:00] past, uh it usually has to you have
there has to be some type of partnership
[23:05] with the local municipality if we're
working within the city limits.
[23:11] There's got to be some kind of
cooperation, coordination. I don't know
[23:14] what that looks like yet, though. As I
was saying, this is the first grant I've
[23:17] gone after. So, I don't I don't know
what it's going to look like, but to me,
[23:20] it seems like um
none of those hurdles would be
[23:25] insurmountable if we had money to to
give out to help people. I think we'd be
[23:29] able to figure it out. I I just don't
know what it look like.
[23:36] » What are you thinking, George?
[laughter]
[23:40] » It sound like It sounds like a good
deal, I think.
[23:42] » Yeah.
Well, I I'm thinking that it only obtain
[23:48] relate to people in regard to the city
if they had a decrepit septic system
[23:57] and needed to replace so that the city
involvement in something like that I
[24:02] think would just be
>> permitting maybe
[24:04] » permitting. Yeah.
>> And [snorts]
[24:08] making sure it's done according to
the code.
[24:13] » Yeah. I think I think
>> and for those outside the city limits,
[24:18] um you'd probably be talking to the
county.
[24:21] » Yeah.
>> Um I think my confusion lies in the fact
[24:25] that um [snorts] uh
from what I my research shows that NDC,
[24:31] as far as I can see, has never
individually and independently
[24:35] administered a grant. That's one of the
things that we talk about all the time.
[24:38] We have matching funds for loans. We uh
refer people to grant programs. We can
[24:43] help you fill out your grants, that kind
of thing. But I don't see that we've
[24:47] ever as a as an independent entity
administered a grant. So that's the part
[24:53] that I'm still a little gray on.
[24:59] Anything else?
>> Thanks. Okay. Thanks, guys.
[25:04] » Thank you.
[25:09] » Okay. And next on the agenda is
ordinance number 1449,
[25:18] second reading. Ordinance number 1449 is
before the council for a second reading.
[25:24] Please read ordinance number 1449
by title. An ordinance to adopt the
[25:30] 2026-2027
budget statement to be termed the annual
[25:35] appropriations bill to appropriate sums
for necessary expenses and liabilities
[25:40] directing the publication of this
ordinance and prescribing the time when
[25:44] this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect.
[25:49] » Okay, discussion.
[25:53] We got to have some discussion.
[26:01] and it is closely tied together with the
the budget. Um,
[26:07] and of course the the big question on
the horizon is what's our
[26:14] tax rate going to be? Um
we did receive
[26:22] the valuation
for the city.
[26:27] Um
total taxable value is 372,77,474
[26:38] $470 and the prior year was 3 million
$342,890,580.
[26:47] Our gross value
was 1,514,920.
[26:53] And if I interpret those things
correctly, if I take the t current one,
[26:59] subtract the prior year and subtract the
growth,
[27:04] our assessed value
increase on the same properties
[27:10] went up by 28 million, which is about 8
and a4%
[27:17] communitywide.
Um
[27:21] I think this year this was this was the
year for residential increases and not
[27:26] commercial.
The county assessor tends to
[27:31] and there could be some variations to
that. They one year they'll do
[27:36] commercial and the next two they do
residential and they do that to bring it
[27:40] in compliance with the state law that it
has to be stacked assessed at a certain
[27:46] level of what the sales are. So the I
always term that is the valuations chase
[27:53] the sales
um to try to get up to that level. So if
[28:00] anybody has a different of opinion about
how that works,
[28:05] let me know.
[28:14] So in in the budget
[28:19] » which will be close to what you kind of
estimated too, wasn't it?
[28:22] » Yeah, Tom.
>> Yes. As far as what we estimated for
[28:26] that, when Michelle and I met this last
week, the numbers that we had estimated
[28:33] for that, we felt it was close enough to
that those numbers that we asked for um
[28:39] was that we stayed with the same numbers
of the the 1,427,192.
[28:48] that'll actually lower the mill levy
based off of that information. Last year
[28:54] we had a growth rate of of 3.03.
This year our growth rate's only going
[28:59] to be 2.44.
So um we feel that that's is adequate.
[29:06] So the mill levy will actually go down
with what we actually have here unless
[29:10] the council decides that they would like
to maintain the mill levy and then that
[29:15] would add some extra dollars into the
the funds. Yeah.
[29:20] The property tax advalorum
that's in the budget is like Tom
[29:26] mentioned was 1,427
$192.93
[29:31] and last year's was 1,3302
[29:38] 421,330,242
[29:43] which is a 7.29% 29% increase which is
slightly less than 1% of that previous
[29:52] figure that I gave you. So, and that's
why Tom mentioned that the mill levy
[29:58] will actually decrease ever so slightly,
[30:04] but your taxes will go up.
Uh if if you had if you had an increase
[30:12] on your property, if they stayed the
same, you'll benefit actually couple
[30:17] dollars.
[30:21] But the things that received an
increase,
[30:24] I looked at that in my home, I'm
probably going to be looking at um
[30:31] an extra four or $500.
[30:37] » [laughter]
[30:40] » $40 a month.
[30:49] So, any other questions, comments about
what we looking at?
[31:01] » What is the mill levy right now?
39 something something something
[31:05] something
[31:19] » I think Michelle's got the actual
numbers in front of her on the mill levy
[31:23] itself.
I don't have the actual from last year,
[31:28] but the
um
[31:33] property tax request
for this year for 2627
[31:39] ends up being a mill levy rate of
3.86794.
[31:46] And so the 20 526 mil levy is
about
[31:55] a hundth higher 3 point or 39
76 something like that.
[32:04] It's it's pretty close but it did go
down. Um the request uh the actual
[32:12] property tax request is 1,441
because they have us add in [laughter]
[32:18] the treasurer fee and that's part of our
request. But of that, we would we
[32:24] wouldn't
we wouldn't get all of that. So, um
[32:37] that's
that's it in a nutshell. However, um
[32:42] wanted to point out that
the TA property tax request that that we
[32:49] are filing for this year does require us
to go to the P postcard joint meeting.
[32:57] So,
[33:02] » you said we will have to
>> Yes.
[33:04] » I thought you said we didn't have to
earlier.
[33:07] » No.
Um, in order to avoid that meeting,
[33:13] uh, our levy would have to go down to 1
36 million.
[33:27] So,
um, before I fill out the questionnaire
[33:32] from the treasurer, I need to
[33:36] let you know that the 1.44 44 requires
us to go to the joint meeting. And if
[33:42] you don't want to do that, then I'll
have to
[33:46] change things around a bit.
[33:56] in the conference
uh in June that I went to the the
[34:02] finance and clerks conference,
the state auditor um gave an a budget
[34:09] update
and he said that this year it's not
[34:14] required to go to the pink postcard
meeting, but next year they're going to
[34:18] make it required for everybody whether
or not you
[34:22] um surpass that limitation or Not. So
that's that's what he said. Whether they
[34:29] enforced that or not, I don't know. But
he did say that he was they were going
[34:34] to make it required to go to the joint
meeting um in future years.
[34:50] Well, if we got to go to the bank
postcard, he's got to go to the bank
[34:53] postcards. Good.
>> When's that meeting?
[34:57] » They haven't said it yet.
>> Be set by the county.
[35:00] » County is still working on budget.
>> Yeah, they haven't said it yet.
[35:06] I tried to find it out. I got
transferred to all forms of offices in
[35:13] the county today, but um yeah, they
haven't said it yet.
[35:31] Okay. Um,
[35:36] anyone knows any other comments? This is
our second reading and
[35:42] um, so there'll be one more coming, but
um,
[35:52] Unless somebody buys the lottery ticket
and wins the lottery that we can and
[35:58] donates it all to the city and we can
change this. So, [cough]
[36:06] okay.
Ordinance number 1449 has been read by
[36:10] title on its second reading. The third
and final reading of ordinance number
[36:15] 1449
will be on September 8th, 2026,
[36:25] which is a really late date for the
first meeting of a month,
[36:31] but because Labor Day
is the latest it can ever be.
[36:44] Oh, now that we close this um
hearing, I
[36:51] Michelle on
page 40 in the aquatic center.
[37:05] um
that
[37:09] first column
total operating expenses is not totaled
[37:13] correctly.
It only picks up the last item.
[37:18] And then I I wondered in the budget you
have zero in as far as
[37:26] building maintenance expense, special
equipment maintenance expense, and plant
[37:31] maintenance expense.
>> Yeah. The um
[37:37] the narrative points you to fund 45
44410.
[37:48] » Tom, I think you kind of explained that
last time, right?
[37:52] » Uh how those were going to be coming out
of that other
[37:56] » be coming out of the account 45
for those expenses.
[38:23] How would that relate to our
reimbursement with the college if we
[38:28] don't
show those operating expenses.
[38:33] » When we do our spreadsheet for the
college, we pull everything in because
[38:40] there's things that don't show up in in
in the fun 43 anyway, like our water
[38:48] usage, we pull that from another line
item anyway.
[38:53] And um we have a whole another
spreadsheet that we give Carrie Gazwit.
[38:59] So, we'll just pull those back in.
from
[39:03] um fund 45.
>> Fund 45 is on page 61.
[39:14] And you'll see there three new accounts,
building maintenance, special equipment.
[39:20] » We take things out that they won't pay
for anyway. That's why we have a
[39:25] separate spreadsheet that we give to the
college when we um when I meet with her
[39:32] every June.
[39:54] Huh?
[40:06] Okay.
Answer is that I forgot the
[40:11] I don't know if there's room to make any
notations on that, but you might want to
[40:22] I don't know.
If in those lines that say that the
[40:29] existing line and over there on the
budget request, if you can notice C
[40:38] uh
>> C fund 45
[40:39] » C fund 45
and I think if you put that kind of
[40:44] verbiage in there, it won't mess up your
formulas.
[40:49] » Okay,
>> you can try it and see.
[40:51] » I can do it.
[40:57] But I I should have remembered that. But
I
[41:01] I like to think I remember everything,
but I don't. [laughter]
[41:12] Okay. I guess we already concluded that
um
[41:19] ordinance 1449.
>> Okay, we concluded ordinance number
[41:25] 1449.
Ordinance number 1450
[41:30] is before the council before its second
reading. Please read ordinance number
[41:34] 1450 by title.
an ordinance to establish the amount of
[41:40] certain fees and taxes charged by the
city of Shaturn for various services
[41:44] including but not limited to building
and use zoning, library, occupation
[41:49] licensing and pet licensing, water,
sewer and drainage systems and facility
[41:54] of the city for residential users and
commercial users including industrial
[41:59] users of the city of Shatron for the
2026-2027
[42:04] fiscal year to provide for the repeal of
conflict licting ordinances to provide
[42:09] for an effective date.
[42:14] » Okay. Um
I believe we have the same information,
[42:19] but Janet, if you could help us out.
>> Yep. The only change that was made
[42:24] between the first reading and this
reading is on page eight
[42:29] and that is and that corresponds to your
next ordinance that we're going to be
[42:34] talking about with the sewer utility
fees.
[42:39] Uh the sewer tap fee determined by
ordinance um is we're suggesting that
[42:44] that be 105 and that will be for
sanitary sewer district number 70 which
[42:49] is at 6th in Lynden and sanitary sewer
district number 71 which is Cedarbutes
[42:56] and like I said that will tie into the
next ordinance that we'll be we'll be
[43:01] talking about.
[43:06] Um do we do we have uh we also going to
do something out by
[43:14] um
>> Domino's?
[43:15] » Yeah,
>> Domino's is sixth in London.
[43:17] » Oh,
>> that's number that's number 70.
[43:20] » Gotcha.
[43:24] » Okay. for the information of the public.
What is being changed other than the
[43:29] item that Janet mentioned is a red on
the carousel hanger goes from $150 a
[43:36] month to $175 a month.
[43:41] Um
Saturday burials
[43:46] um has changed to same charge all day.
Um, it goes so morning service is the
[43:56] same as the present afternoon service on
Saturday, which is $500.
[44:05] Um,
>> page six is the next one.
[44:09] » Then page six, [cough] running for city
council application fee is 1% of the
[44:15] council member's annual salary.
And then the
[44:21] the ouchie thing is the
um franchise fees
[44:28] for electricity, water and wastewater.
Electricity being raised from 13.5% to
[44:36] 14% of gross revenues.
And water raised from 12% to 14% of
[44:44] gross revenues.
and wastewater too.
[44:53] » Yeah. Water and waste water. Yeah.
>> Yep.
[44:56] » Um [clears throat]
and sewer utility fees.
[45:02] The sewer connection tap fee, not to be
confused with the new district's tap
[45:08] fee.
>> Yes. That
[45:10] » goes from $450 to $500.
>> Correct.
[45:15] And
usage charge base unit fee goes from
[45:21] $34.65
to $36.40
[45:26] per month.
And multiple units um first unit is the
[45:32] same as the single family dwelling and
then additional units go from $29.15
[45:40] to $30.60.
And consumption fee goes from the base
[45:48] fee of $1.21 21
uh per 100 cubic feet of water used to
[45:55] 127
and that's used in excess
[46:01] that's based on excess of 800 cubic feet
on a monthly and each year the city runs
[46:08] a
December February usage when you're not
[46:14] watering any
watering outside to get a base of what
[46:20] you use because that be hard to
calculate each month and changing it.
[46:28] And commercial wastewater hauler minimum
dumping fee goes from $22
[46:34] to $23. And that covers 0 to 100 gallons
and over 100 gallons.
[46:41] It goes from $44 to $46.
And all of those charges are an increase
[46:47] of 5%.
[46:53] » And that's everything that I see in red.
>> Correct.
[46:59] » On that sewer tap fee, the $500. Is that
is that going to be enough?
[47:05] » Um for an just a an regular tap fee on
an older district,
[47:11] » right? It's It's what we've been kind of
going up $50 every few years.
[47:20] I mean, we could increase that if you
think we should, but
[47:24] » Well, in other areas I've been in, the
the sewer tap fees and the water tap
[47:30] fees are significantly
>> Well, I can [clears throat] tell you
[47:33] that when we started increasing this um
sewer tap fee, it was $25,
[47:39] which was ridiculous. And so, [laughter]
we have been incrementally increasing
[47:45] it. So,
is on what page nine is the water tap
[47:51] fees.
>> Yeah, water tap the water tap fees are
[47:55] um
we suggested increasing those next year
[48:00] in 2728's budget.
Well, I I view that maybe keeping it at
[48:06] that level
kind of a
[48:11] a reason for people to maybe build
something new on an existing vacant lot.
[48:18] um to kind of instead of having the town
sit here with a lot of vacant lots
[48:25] around, it's
be nice to get a new home on some of
[48:30] those,
right?
[48:33] » And that that was a question I kind of
had because the two districts, sewer
[48:37] districts, you have one that's going to
be business operated, so they have a
[48:42] $10,500 tap fee, but they're going to be
generating revenue. And in the other
[48:46] sewer district, it's homes that do you
think that that tap fee could be a
[48:52] deterrent for people building in that
area
[48:55] » in a in the residential district?
>> Yes.
[48:57] » Um the one person that's already come in
and talked to me about building up
[49:01] there. Um and I told him that it was
going to be at the time we were talking
[49:07] 10,000 but I said I don't know if it's
going to stay at 10,000. I said it could
[49:11] go to 12. He did not say anything at all
that that was going to be
[49:16] » I'm familiar with the Shanees in
construction dealt with that a lot more.
[49:20] Is that reasonable?
>> Seem to be
[49:24] » a lot of municipalities when they put
the infrastructure in they try to recoup
[49:29] a certain percentage of the overall cost
of that infrastructure. Not 100% just a
[49:36] certain percentage of that. So, I would
say that would be adequate
[49:41] » and that's what we're doing here.
>> Yes, we're trying to recoup. And I was
[49:45] going to discuss this when we get to the
actual ordinance, but that's okay. We
[49:48] can discuss it now. Um, what we did,
where we got this from, where we got the
[49:54] 105. Um, and Tom and I talked, you know,
at length. Um, we're trying to recoup
[50:02] just less than 50% of what the district
costs the city. we're recouping almost
[50:07] 48%. If if we go with this 105 um on the
commercial lots, there's only three lots
[50:15] to um collect this tap fee from. On the
residential lots, there's six. And it
[50:21] just so happened that they both came out
at 48% at 105. So that's where we got
[50:27] this. Um we could have gone more. I
mean, we I did 50, I did 55, I did 60,
[50:34] and it was anywhere from 105 to $12,000
roughly. And um Tom felt pretty strongly
[50:43] that he'd like to keep it under the 50%
showing the community that this city's
[50:47] got some skin in the game. I mean, we're
trying to add to our tax base, and
[50:53] that's, you know, what the city's giving
the community as an incentive is over
[50:59] 50% of putting in these sanitary sewer
districts.
[51:04] » No, it makes sense. I think Thank you
for that explanation.
[51:06] » Yep. Like I said, I was going to do it
when we actually got the ordinance, but
[51:09] this is okay.
[51:17] Any other questions or comments?
[51:23] » Ordinance number 1450
>> has been read by title on its second
[51:27] reading. The third and final reading of
ordinance number 1450 will be on
[51:32] September 8th, 2026.
Okay. Moving on to item E on the agenda.
[51:42] Someone care to introduce ordinance
number 1451? I can introduce Ordinance
[51:48] 1451
to establish water and sanitary tapping
[51:51] fees.
[51:55] » Ordinance number 1451 has been
introduced. Please read ordinance number
[52:00] 1451 by title. An ordinance to amend
chapter 3 business regulations article 4
[52:06] plumbing and draining of the municipal
code of the city of Shaturn Nebraska to
[52:11] enact section 3-418
water and sanitary sewer tapping fees
[52:17] establishing water and sanitary sewer
tapping fees providing for the payment
[52:21] of such fees prior to connection to the
municipal water and/or sanitary sewer
[52:26] system providing for the administration
of such fees repealing all ordinances
[52:31] are parts of ordinances in conflict
therewith and providing for an effective
[52:36] date.
[52:40] » Okay. The next thing do we want to
suspend the rules about three readings?
[52:50] » If you do,
you can
[52:55] make a motion. I'll I'll move the
motion. Um who the motion the sanitary
[53:02] rules in regard
>> statutory.
[53:05] » Yeah. Statuto rules in regard to the
passage and adoption of ordinance number
[53:10] 1441 be suspended so that the ordinance
number 1451 might be introduced approved
[53:17] and passed at the same meeting.
[53:22] » Can we get a second?
>> I'll second.
[53:28] Okay,
we had a motion by Shane and a second by
[53:33] Mark. Is there any discussion?
[53:39] » I asked my question previously, I guess.
[laughter]
[53:42] Yeah, I think this is a
>> and the re the reason we want to get it
[53:47] done in one reading is
>> so that when you pass your ordinance on
[53:52] the fee ordinance, it's all this is
already in place so that we can have it
[53:56] by resolution
in the fee ordinance or have it already
[54:01] in the fee ordinance so that everything
follows in the proper order of things.
[54:07] Um, I have to really thank Katie on this
one. she found this um
[54:15] all of this ordinance language and then
Adam looked at it and we all said, "Hey,
[54:21] this really looks good." So,
but she found this language and it's
[54:26] exactly what we were hoping to achieve.
I think it
[54:32] does exactly what
we all talked about.
[54:36] » Okay. [clears throat]
Okay. So now we will have roll call on
[54:41] the suspension of the rules.
>> Graves,
[54:45] » yes.
>> Anderson,
[54:47] » yes.
>> Klein,
[54:48] » yes.
>> Shepard,
[54:49] » yes.
>> I declare that the statutory rules in
[54:53] regard to the passage and adoption of
ordinance number 1451
[54:57] be suspended so that ordinance number
1451 may be approved and passed at the
[55:03] same meeting.
[55:08] Okay, now we're going into final passage
of ordinance number 1451.
[55:17] I move for the final passage of
ordinance of number 1451.
[55:25] » I'll second.
>> Motion by Shane, seconded by Mark for
[55:30] final passage of 14 ordinance number
1451.
[55:36] Is there any discussion?
Maybe I should say additional
[55:40] discussion.
Uh
[55:44] » so Janet, those on that district 71,
those new residential lots, the city
[55:49] owns those empty lots. Is that
>> the city owns? Um all of them, but two.
[55:55] » Okay. Is there any way like we could
create like an incentive
[55:59] to like I know there's other
municipalities they give those lots away
[56:06] if as long as homes are built.
>> Well, first the first things the city
[56:11] has to do is we have to we can't even
offer them for sale yet. We have to have
[56:16] them appraised and put a to get a price
tag on them. And um there are a couple
[56:23] of them that don't have street in front
of them. So, we can't even offer them
[56:26] for sale. So, our first step is, like I
said, is to get the property appraised.
[56:32] And at that time, once we know what
they're worth in the appraisal prop
[56:38] process, then that would be the time
that I would think you would want to
[56:41] have this conversation.
>> Okay?
[56:43] » So, but that's what we have to start.
That's where we have to start. Like I
[56:47] said, we can't even offer property or
put property up for sale until after we
[56:52] go through that pro that process. So, we
have to hire an appraiser to start that.
[56:58] And um
I don't know um I it's not online yet,
[57:04] but I don't know how much the lot right
next to Dunar sold for yet cuz it's not
[57:11] online yet. But once it is, then that
appraisal
[57:16] process can start [laughter] in my
opinion [clears throat]
[57:20] because our lot is just slightly smaller
than that lot. So, they would have a a
[57:25] good like comparison to do that
appraisal.
[57:30] » Just trying to think of other ways we
could help make it easier, especially
[57:34] with that 10,500 tapping fee. Mhm. But
you you got to realize that whoever is
[57:41] going to buy that lot is not going to
um put a small house on it. Probably
[57:47] we're talking somebody that's going to
probably build a 300,000 plus home on
[57:51] that piece of property. So
Oh, Adam's Adam is mouththing to me
[57:59] 500,000.
>> I was gonna say to [laughter]
[58:01] » Okay. So and so is Shane. So, so we're
talking, you were talking a pretty, you
[58:07] know, pretty good size home.
So,
[58:11] any other questions?
>> Thank you.
[58:16] » Ordinance number 1451 has been read by
title and moved for passage. The
[58:21] question is, shall ordinance number 1451
of the city of Shatron, Nebraska,
[58:26] finally pass? Could we have roll call,
please?
[58:30] » Graves.
>> Yes. Anderson,
[58:33] » yes.
>> Klene,
[58:35] » yes.
>> Shepard,
[58:36] » yes. Ordinance number 1451 is hereby
passed and adopted.
[58:43] » Like to introduce resolution 2026-70
and move forth approval.
[58:48] » I'll second. Motion by Shane, seconded
by Clay for resolution number 2026-70,
[58:57] which is to approve the request for a
state aid project application form for
[59:03] fiscal year 2027 projects for the Shat
Municipal Airport.
[59:12] Any discussion of
>> I'll I'll talk for a little bit and
[59:16] Janet will make sure that I talk
properly. Uh this is on runway uh 21 on
[59:22] the hammer uh head at the end of it. Uh
we're needing to put in some new um
[59:27] lighting just for safety reasons itself,
not only for the planes but for also for
[59:31] our snow removal equipment as well. Um
what the engineers have come up with the
[59:37] estimate is $182,000.
Uh we believe that we will be eligible
[59:42] for $163,800
uh from state funding. The remaining
[59:48] $18,200
uh is going to be coming out of the
[59:52] airport's system improvements, which
will allow us to have approximately
[59:56] $11,800
left to finish off any other um projects
[1:00:02] such as some concrete or anything else
that's out there. We budgeted uh for
[1:00:06] this year's uh budget unit was $30,000.
So, we're not asking for any additional
[1:00:12] funds. Uh this is just an opportunity
where the state is able to to help us
[1:00:16] out with this particular funding.
>> And these estimates do include the
[1:00:24] engineering and administration is the
way I read the summary.
[1:00:28] » Yep. Approximately $41,000
for engineering.
[1:00:32] » Quarter of the
>> Oh yeah. It's just like our S sur
[1:00:35] building,
>> right?
[1:00:37] But you look at the documents that they
have to produce
[1:00:41] uh is pretty extensive when you're
dealing with any kind of state and or
[1:00:45] federal
>> government.
[1:00:47] » Yes.
>> That by America stuff.
[1:00:50] » Yes.
>> And so that's just this little loop in
[1:00:53] the picture. It's just this little loop
at the very end.
[1:00:55] » Yes.
>> Okay.
[1:00:56] » Yep.
>> Turn around.
[1:00:57] » Yep.
[1:01:02] » Any other questions?
If not, could we have a roll call,
[1:01:06] please?
>> Graves,
[1:01:08] » yes.
>> Anderson,
[1:01:09] » yes.
>> Flying,
[1:01:10] » yes.
>> Shepard, [clears throat]
[1:01:12] » yes.
To introduce resolution 2026-71
[1:01:17] and move for its approval.
>> I'll second that. Motion by Shane,
[1:01:21] second by Mark
for resolution 2026-71,
[1:01:27] which is to approve progress estimate
number one to KO Wooden Company LLC for
[1:01:33] the construction of the snow removal
equipment, otherwise referred to as the
[1:01:39] S sur building access drive and approach
at the Shatan Municipal Airport.
[1:01:46] And I'll talk again for that uh if
that's acceptable to you, mayor. Um what
[1:01:51] it is basically is Kalewood is just
asking for that first estimate of the
[1:01:56] $37,716.72
[1:02:00] for the materials that they've already
gotten with uh projects supposed to be
[1:02:05] this week is what they're estimating. Is
that correct, Janet?
[1:02:09] » Correct. um where they're going to start
moving some dirt and such and start
[1:02:13] moving mobilization for this particular
project.
[1:02:17] » So is that are those materials out there
at the airport?
[1:02:20] » No, that's in their yards.
>> That's in their yards
[1:02:23] » alliance and it was
>> in a mischievous sort of way. I was
[1:02:28] explaining this to Emily. They said they
could get paid for this, use it on some
[1:02:34] other project and then [laughter]
>> they have to produce uh documents to our
[1:02:41] engineers,
>> produce invoices and everything like
[1:02:44] that. Um this is actually for their the
doors and they had to um put down money
[1:02:50] to get the doors ordered
>> and um they're pretty big doors so
[1:02:54] they're not going to use them just on
anybody else's garage. So
[1:03:00] But yeah,
but they have to they have to start um
[1:03:05] scarifying the site and moving dirt and
everything this week.
[1:03:11] » Okay. Any other questions?
If not, could we have roll call, please?
[1:03:17] » Graves,
>> yes.
[1:03:18] » Anderson,
>> yes.
[1:03:20] » Klene,
>> yes.
[1:03:21] » Shepard,
>> yes.
[1:03:24] I'll introduce resolution 2026-72 and
move for its approval.
[1:03:28] » I'll second.
>> Motion by Mark, seconded by Clay.
[1:03:33] Resolution 2026-72,
which is to approve contractor
[1:03:39] application for payment number one to
Infinity Construction, Inc. for the East
[1:03:45] 6 Street, Cedar Street to Spruce Street
improvement project.
[1:03:51] Okay, this is payment number one for
122,82265.
[1:03:58] Um, actually this project is now done.
Um, they opened the um street up on last
[1:04:05] Tuesday, several days, actually almost a
week ahead of schedule. Um, if you
[1:04:11] haven't driven the street yet,
>> you need to.
[1:04:15] » It's wonderful. Um the transition off of
Cedar Street is very smooth. You don't
[1:04:21] even know that it wasn't constructed at
the same time, which usually there's
[1:04:27] some kind of transition,
>> right?
[1:04:29] » Um
uh very very well done project. The uh
[1:04:33] residents in the area are very pleased.
Um,
[1:04:39] I was sitting there waiting for the
construction meeting to begin and I'm in
[1:04:44] Dustin's pickup and I said, "I wonder
when they're going to crack seal." And
[1:04:48] he said, "It's already done." I said,
"No, it's not." He said, "Yes, it is."
[1:04:52] And I says, "Well, there aren't any
slobers anywhere. You know, when the
[1:04:56] they dribble the the tar everywhere and
they overfill and they none of that. It
[1:05:04] is the cleanest, nicest
crack seal I've ever seen, but it's a
[1:05:10] very, very well completed project. I'm
very, very happy with this project. So,
[1:05:15] um I'm sure we will have our final pay
payment number two and final at our next
[1:05:21] meeting. Very very nice job.
>> Yeah, I I I saw it, too. It's it's a
[1:05:25] nice nice job. And
um as far as all the homeowners up there
[1:05:32] said they were easy to get along with
and
[1:05:35] » Yep. Yep.
>> and being ahead of schedule even.
[1:05:38] » Yeah.
>> Very nice.
[1:05:40] » They said they'd be done before school
started. They were which was very very
[1:05:44] nice.
>> So
[1:05:50] any other questions or comments?
Could we have roll call, please?
[1:05:55] » Graves. Yes.
>> Anderson.
[1:05:57] » Yes.
>> Klene.
[1:05:59] » Yes.
>> Shepard.
[1:06:00] » Yes. We won't disclose when the drag
race takes taking place.
[1:06:07] [clears throat]
>> Yeah. Let's not have
[1:06:08] » leave rubber marks on it.
>> Let's not have any of that. [laughter]
[1:06:18] » I'll introduce resolution 2026-73.
Move for its approval.
[1:06:24] » I'll second that. Motion by Shane,
seconded by Mark for resolution 2026-73
[1:06:32] is to approve contractor's application
for payment number two to KO Wooden
[1:06:38] Company for the fourth street water main
replacement project.
[1:06:44] uh to zoo utility super dam for a city
um $1590 South Maple. Um yeah, so that
[1:06:51] total amount will be 111,000
9 $930.90.
[1:06:58] Uh the waterline part of this is all
done.
[1:07:03] Um they're just doing touch-up stuff on
the outside and then like on grounds and
[1:07:08] then um concrete work now. So,
[1:07:15] » has anybody [cough and clears throat] in
past it? I I've looked it a little bit,
[1:07:19] but I can't look too much when I'm
driving. So,
[1:07:23] » yeah, it's kind of a congested street
right there. So, right now, so it's kind
[1:07:28] of hard to unless you actually stop and
get out and look. It's kind of tough to
[1:07:31] look as you're going by. But,
[snorts]
[1:07:36] » but the water is thin and flowing,
right?
[1:07:39] » Yes.
Yep.
[1:07:46] » I only imagine they reported to you
without any problems that they ran into
[1:07:50] or
>> Yeah, I was there for most of them that
[1:07:53] they had little issues here and there,
but um
[1:07:58] yeah, we got those resolved. So,
>> Yep.
[1:08:02] » And you were there to make sure they
hooked up the lines correctly to the
[1:08:06] » Yeah, we were on there. We were there
for the most of the tie-in stuff. So,
[1:08:10] yep.
[1:08:16] » Okay. Any other questions?
>> If not,
[1:08:21] » you had that question. So, have we had
that problem in the past?
[1:08:26] » They they tied it in wrong. [laughter]
[1:08:32] » We have a roll call, please.
>> Graves,
[1:08:34] » yes.
>> Anderson,
[1:08:36] » yes. Klein,
>> yes.
[1:08:37] » Shepard,
>> yes.
[1:08:42] » I'll introduce resolution 2026-74
[1:08:47] and move for its approval. Second that.
>> Motion by Clay, second by Shane for
[1:08:54] resolution number 2026-74,
which is to approve contractor's
[1:08:59] application for payment number two to
Bitner Construction for the water main
[1:09:04] replacement project on an street.
>> Yeah. And so this is just for that 300
[1:09:11] block of AM. We still have the 200 block
to do yet. Um, so that total amount
[1:09:16] right now is going to beund $100,31459.
[1:09:21] Um, that's went really well. Um, there's
been a few issues here and there that
[1:09:26] they've come across, but they've gotten
those resolved and some service line
[1:09:30] issues. So,
where they had to fix things and go a
[1:09:35] little further than what they wanted to,
but it had to be done. So, other than
[1:09:40] that, it's been pretty smooth over
there.
[1:09:49] Hey, any other questions?
[1:09:54] » If not, um, could we have roll call,
please?
[1:09:57] » Graves,
>> yes.
[1:09:58] » Anderson,
>> yes.
[1:10:00] » Flying,
>> yes.
[1:10:01] » Shepard,
>> yes.
[1:10:06] » Um,
item number K on the agenda.
[1:10:12] I'll introduce resolution 2026-75.
Move for its approval.
[1:10:17] » Second that
>> motion by Shane, second by Mark for
[1:10:21] resolution 2026-75
which is to approve the Shatron State
[1:10:27] College and city of Shadron Shatan
Police Department interlocal agreement
[1:10:32] for facilities use.
Good evening mayor, city council uh
[1:10:37] members. the Rick Hickstein representing
the Shatter Police Department located at
[1:10:40] 125 Main Street here in Shatter,
Nebraska. Um Dr. Wat with the Criminal
[1:10:45] Justice Department brought this to me.
They've got a vacant building up there,
[1:10:48] I believe, Brooks Hall that's due for
demolition coming up relatively soon,
[1:10:52] but in the meantime, while it's still
there, it he offered up using that
[1:10:56] building as training for law
enforcement. Sounds like the state
[1:10:59] patrol is doing the same thing we are
with um partnering with them to use a
[1:11:02] building with actual
we can use we can go in building clear
[1:11:06] if you will active shooter type training
domestic violence type calls. So we'd
[1:11:12] like to have this agreement approved so
that we can work with the college to get
[1:11:15] that done. It's a rare opportunity to
actually have a a space to train in.
[1:11:19] » So it's a good opportunity for my staff.
[1:11:24] » Sounds great. Yeah.
>> Yeah. No, it's it's it's a win for us.
[1:11:27] Absolutely.
>> How long do you think how many years
[1:11:32] will be? One year or two? Three?
>> I think we'll have it for this year. I I
[1:11:36] don't I'm not going to pretend to try to
plan out what the college will do with
[1:11:39] that. Okay. When they'll tear it down.
>> I always
[1:11:45] as a builder I when a building gets torn
down, it's sad to me to see the history
[1:11:50] of that. But I guess college has to do
what they have to do.
[1:11:54] » They do. I think if you look at it right
now, the bottom windows are already torn
[1:11:56] out of it and and boarded up. So,
they're they're starting to prep for it.
[1:12:00] So, I'm sure it's about a year and we'll
get use out of it. But, it's a nice
[1:12:04] opportunity for the guys and gals of the
department to be able to do something
[1:12:07] like that in
[1:12:13] any other questions? If not, have roll
call, please.
[1:12:17] » Graves,
>> yes.
[1:12:19] » Anderson,
>> yes.
[1:12:20] » Klene,
>> yes.
[1:12:21] » Shepard,
>> yes.
[1:12:25] Okay. Um, September is the end of a
fiscal year for the city and we always
[1:12:33] have year-end bills to take care of. Um,
so the con the city staff is request
[1:12:44] recommending a special meeting be held
on September 30th to approve the bills
[1:12:49] that they prepare to end the year
and they have suggested on about 4:30 on
[1:12:57] that. Um,
don't anticipate a lot of questions
[1:13:02] but if we ask questions we'll deal with
it. What was the What date was that?
[1:13:06] » September 30th.
>> It's a Wednesday.
[1:13:11] » Okay,
[1:13:16] that
>> works to me.
[1:13:20] » Problems.
>> Okay. I make a motion that we
[1:13:25] schedule a special meeting on September
30th to approve year end fiscal year
[1:13:31] claims.
I'll second.
[1:13:35] » Motion by me, seconded by Clay.
Could we have roll call, please?
[1:13:41] » Graves,
>> yes.
[1:13:42] » Anderson,
>> yes.
[1:13:43] » Klein,
>> yes.
[1:13:44] » Shepard,
>> yes.
[1:13:47] » Make a motion to approve the claims that
are presented in our packet.
[1:13:53] » I'll second that.
[1:13:57] » Motion by me, second by Shane for the
claims. Um,
[1:14:04] we'll make uh a couple comments going
over the bills that Axon
[1:14:11] Enterprises it says incar camera system.
It was seven of them. Um, according to
[1:14:19] what I read on the invoice.
Um,
[1:14:24] and Blue Logic was an annual renewal of
21 times $52.40.
[1:14:34] Please report. [laughter]
Mayor, Council, Sir Kickstein, again,
[1:14:39] um, Blue Logic is the training platform
that we use at the police department.
[1:14:43] It's u it's a software basically and
those are the for $52 a year I can go in
[1:14:47] as a supervisor assign scenario-based
training to my staff. It maps it out. So
[1:14:52] we talked about school shootings
earlier. So if we want to train an
[1:14:55] active shooter training I can set up and
actually it this platform allows us to
[1:14:59] use an actual map of Shatron High School
or of the primary school and the the
[1:15:04] officers have to go through the scenario
put X's on where they would park where
[1:15:09] they would make entry and then it ask
policy questions. So we use this on and
[1:15:12] off throughout the year for the the
staff, not only for the officers, but
[1:15:16] also for the dispatchers and how they
dispatch things out as well. So fairly
[1:15:21] cheap training for the price. Um I mean
52 bucks.
[1:15:25] » And the previous one, are we replacing
old incar systems?
[1:15:30] » No, that's a contract we have with Axon
for the current cameras that we have in
[1:15:34] the cars. It's not a replacement.
>> That's an annual fee.
[1:15:37] » That is correct. They
maintain them for everything that can go
[1:15:43] wrong or
>> correct. Yes. And then we have they have
[1:15:46] to get installed when we outfit the car.
They get taken out and then put into the
[1:15:49] new car. So like the last the truck that
we got, we took the old camera out and
[1:15:54] then had the installers put that one in.
Uh also for our body cameras as well. We
[1:15:58] have a contract for that as well.
>> So we never really own those things. No.
[1:16:03] » No. Um it's technology. I don't know.
So, how do they determine if it's needs
[1:16:08] to be replaced?
>> So, like our body cameras back in May,
[1:16:11] we actually within the contract, 2 and
1/2 years into the contract, they
[1:16:15] refresh them all. So, they send you
brand new equipment, you send the old
[1:16:18] equipment in, and so they they give you
new halfway through.
[1:16:22] » Mhm.
[1:16:25] » Well, I like know stuff. Absolutely.
[laughter]
[1:16:29] Um,
>> be curious, not judgmental. George,
[1:16:33] » yeah, curious. Don't make a bad joke
about curious George. [laughter]
[1:16:41] » Walt Walt Whitman said that
>> um
[1:16:45] I just wanted to note under KO Wood that
takes care of that.
[1:16:52] The amount is $149,000
some dollars. that takes care of both
[1:16:57] the airport deal at 37,000 and then the
the water project for 111 almost
[1:17:04] $112,000.
[1:17:07] Um,
and then that
[1:17:12] deductible and insurance claim related
to a sewer backup,
[1:17:18] which the total cost was $9,89.90.
[1:17:24] And we had to stand the deductible of
5,000.
[1:17:30] And in Sunset Law Enforcement, it says
PD firearm,
[1:17:35] but I believe that way I read the
invoice, it's for shells, 240 boxes of
[1:17:41] them at $118.
>> That's 12,000 rounds of 9mm handgun
[1:17:45] ammunition for training purposes. When
you consider that I've got 12 full-time
[1:17:48] law enforcement officers within my
department, you can do the math. It's
[1:17:51] not really that many, but it seems like
a lot. Um, we Sunset is a law
[1:17:56] enforcement distributor. We order it
from them. They ship it to us for free.
[1:17:59] So, it's an all-inclusive press.
[1:18:08] Okay, that's really the only comment I
had. Um,
[1:18:15] I was really wondering about the weed
control chemicals. Is that something
[1:18:21] that we will use a lot yet this year or
did we get those some before? Well, it's
[1:18:29] weed control, but it's also mosquito
control because he'll buy the larvaide
[1:18:33] » tablets now while they're still
available and then come January,
[1:18:38] December, he'll start throwing them out
in the areas that we need them.
[1:18:41] » So, he gets stocked up for those things.
Uh, but then yes, there is also Roundup
[1:18:46] Pro and Confront and I think he's got
some Super Trimax on those invoices if I
[1:18:52] remember correctly. All of those items
are being used for the end of the season
[1:18:57] type stuff. And if he doesn't get them
used, then obviously he got a warm spot
[1:19:02] to keep them so that we can utilize them
for next year.
[1:19:06] » And a lot of times if we don't buy them
now, they're not available in the
[1:19:10] spring,
>> especially the larvaite, the mosquito
[1:19:13] control stuff.
>> So,
[1:19:20] okay. Um,
could we have roll call, please?
[1:19:24] » Graves,
>> yes.
[1:19:25] » Anderson,
>> yes.
[1:19:27] » Klene,
>> yes.
[1:19:28] » Shepard,
>> yes.
[1:19:32] » Like to introduce resolution
number 2026-76
[1:19:39] to excuse Kevin Alexi from this council
meeting. He had training to go through
[1:19:48] in Wyoming, he stated. So,
>> I'll second that
[1:19:53] » motion by me, seconded by Shane to
excuse Kevin.
[1:19:57] Could we have roll call, please?
>> Graves,
[1:20:00] » yes.
>> Anderson,
[1:20:01] » yes.
>> Fine.
[1:20:02] » Yes.
>> Shepard,
[1:20:03] » yes.
>> Um, public comment. Anyone wishing to
[1:20:07] address the council on a matter not on
this agenda may now do so. Individuals
[1:20:13] are allowed a total of three minutes to
speak.
[1:20:21] Now, I'm Carolyn Brennan, 800 Main
Street.
[1:20:25] I'd like to know what our ordinances
are, the rules of the road or whatever
[1:20:30] for these electric scooters.
I saw one a week ago yesterday.
[1:20:37] I see this kid going up and down Main
Street a lot.
[1:20:42] And that particular Sunday afternoon, he
was going on the left side of the street
[1:20:46] and then he was on the right side of the
street and then the left side of the
[1:20:48] street back and forth. There was a car
in front of me that had his foot on the
[1:20:53] brake, not knowing which way he was
going. When he got to Common Sense, he
[1:20:59] zipped through Common Sense and got
across the highway and before I could
[1:21:03] get around onto the highway, he was way
down in Safeway parking lot on the
[1:21:09] sidewalk and he was flying.
I could see him just about over the hill
[1:21:16] out by Ace Hardware then and I finally
found he went around the corner behind
[1:21:20] Ace Hardware.
I see him a lot this morning.
[1:21:26] I didn't. Thank God it didn't happen.
There was a kid coming from on 8th
[1:21:32] Street on an electric scooter. He was in
the middle of the intersection.
[1:21:37] There was a car coming from the south
that couldn't have been two car lengths
[1:21:41] away from him. Another one was coming
from the north. He was making a
[1:21:46] right-hand turn. So, I assume the kid
thought, "Okay, I can go." But didn't
[1:21:49] see the one in the south coming north.
I've seen a kid on a bicycle hit by a
[1:21:56] semi years ago. And I don't want to see
a kid around town here get hit. There's
[1:22:02] got to be some kind of control. The one
this morning didn't have a helmet on. I
[1:22:07] don't think a helmet would help them
anyway, but I just wanted to know what
[1:22:11] the rules of the road are for those. And
not just the scooters.
[1:22:16] Bicycles, too. You don't see a lot of
kids riding the bicycles. I saw a lot of
[1:22:20] them on scooters this summer. And one
girl went by and she looked at me the
[1:22:25] whole time she went a half a block. Just
kept looking at me like she could have
[1:22:30] hit a hole in the street and gone over.
And I just think we need to watch those.
[1:22:37] I've had other three or four people say,
"Oh, that guy I he turned a U-turn right
[1:22:42] in front of me. I just about hit him."
Well, that was my granddaughter.
[1:22:46] I've had a couple other people that have
said those little suckers pop out of
[1:22:51] nowhere and I'd be the I can I can see a
couple of people that might miss them
[1:22:57] and then accidentally hit them and that
I hate to see that happen. So I don't
[1:23:01] know what the rules are. Yeah. Well,
thank you for your comments and it's
[1:23:07] been a
topic of discussion at the agenda
[1:23:11] meetings and probably other meetings
uh about it and um
[1:23:17] just this evening coming out of my
office instead of being on the street
[1:23:21] they were on my sidewalk.
Um the young girl did slow up when she
[1:23:28] saw me, but um she was going pretty a
pretty good click down the sidewalk. So,
[1:23:36] » but we appreciate why I'm here. We
appreciate your com. We appreciate your
[1:23:41] comments.
>> Where we live, they're going to school.
[1:23:44] » Yeah. You know,
>> come over by Wilson Park and watch them
[1:23:46] over there. Hasn't
>> started yet.
[1:23:49] » Yeah. Go-karts, everything. Anyway.
Yeah,
[1:23:56] » Nelson Stevens, 402 West 8th Street. I
was at the last meeting and caught the
[1:24:03] conversation about the license plate
cameras and I want to be on the other
[1:24:07] side. I appreciate those that were
against the system that was after I
[1:24:14] researched it. I hadn't really looked
into these and the name of that company
[1:24:18] comes up pretty regularly, pro and con,
but I am for the city maintaining some
[1:24:25] type of license plate camera system as
is used now because I think that's a
[1:24:30] valuable tool to catch people. People
can be so elusive
[1:24:36] and I appreciate the job law enforcement
does. A lot of times it's thankless and
[1:24:41] I really support them in using these
tools reasonably. If it ever gets out of
[1:24:47] hand and comes to mind, then there needs
to be a mechanism in place that might be
[1:24:52] a joint law enforcement and committee of
citizens
[1:24:57] that oversees this would be a nice
compromise,
[1:25:02] but and the company that's been
mentioned most often, I don't know if
[1:25:06] they're the only one. I don't believe
they are. So maybe at some point in the
[1:25:10] future an alternate company if this one
gets a bad reputation or goes out of
[1:25:14] business. But I am for the use of those
readers. I think they're a good
[1:25:18] deterrent or can be used as a tool.
>> Thank you for your comments.
[1:25:28] That
okay city manager report.
[1:25:32] » Thank you mayor. I just wanted to
mention it to the council and then also
[1:25:36] to the citizens of Shatron. We're having
a program here on September 2nd and 3rd
[1:25:41] since we're not going to have another
meeting before then in which it's called
[1:25:45] the community partnership program. It is
a program that we're going to have our
[1:25:50] National Guard representatives here into
in in our community. Uh we're going to
[1:25:55] be doing a wreath laying. Uh we're going
to have several meetings with different
[1:26:00] community members that'll be invited.
Then then we're going to have some
[1:26:03] different opportunities for them. Uh
they're going to finish up on Thursday
[1:26:07] the September 3rd where they're going to
be down at the uh Legion. Uh we're going
[1:26:12] to have Major General Craig Strong. Is
that correct, Kelsey?
[1:26:17] » Yes. uh which will be here uh to to
represent and it's a way to have just a
[1:26:24] collaboration with what the National
Guard does mean to our community, what
[1:26:27] they do for our area, what they do for
the state, and then what they also do
[1:26:32] for the nation as well. Um so I'd
encourage anybody uh we are trying to
[1:26:37] get the information out to everybody.
It's on the website. Um, it's one of
[1:26:42] those things that if you have an
opportunity to come and and just
[1:26:45] participate or just see what they're all
about, I' I'd encourage everyone and
[1:26:50] anyone to come out to to see what they
have to offer and and just ask a lot of
[1:26:55] questions. Um, that's what they're here
for. Um, it's a celebration
[1:27:00] slashinformation slash whatever else it
needs to be for that uh those two days.
[1:27:06] So, I just encourage everybody to do
that. And then uh just wanted to also
[1:27:10] just put one more thing out there for
our citizens. Um you know with the the
[1:27:15] use of our community service officer,
he's been going around and doing a lot
[1:27:19] of things. Uh trying to just help
everybody to understand what what the
[1:27:24] expectations are, what the ordinance
state as far as weed trees, different
[1:27:29] things throughout the whole thing. I
think it's been very very successful.
[1:27:33] Um, want to also just stress to
everybody that it's not a a a ticket
[1:27:38] catching type thing. It's a way of just
informing our public this is what the
[1:27:43] standards are set. And if they see
something that we maybe need to change
[1:27:46] or or switch around, I'd encourage the
public to come in and talk to the
[1:27:51] council, talk to any of the city staff,
let us know what we need to be working
[1:27:55] on, too, because it needs to be both
ways. Uh, the communications needs to be
[1:28:00] just opened up. And I I think for as far
as our staff itself, it's been very very
[1:28:05] good. Um because we are digging into
those things and and we'll be expanding
[1:28:09] more things as Mike gets more
comfortable in his position and what's
[1:28:13] being responsible for. So I just wanted
to thank everybody for cooperating with
[1:28:18] us on all those things. I believe he's
sent out in excess of what 300 now
[1:28:25] letters that he's talked to different
people. Um, and it's just a basic way,
[1:28:30] like I said, it's to let everybody know
what's what the expectations are. That's
[1:28:34] what the ordinance are stating. Um, and
it's just a way for everybody to be on
[1:28:39] the same page. And I just wanted to
appreciate everybody that's been very
[1:28:42] receptive to it on on all of the things
that we've talked about. Um, it actually
[1:28:48] has helped us as a city too to uh make
sure that we're following what we are
[1:28:52] asking our public to do. And we are. Uh
it's just sometimes we can't get to
[1:28:57] everything like we see all the all the
time too. I know Mike's pointed out
[1:29:02] several things to the uh parks and
cemetery guys on some of the different
[1:29:07] things and it is just one of those
things that we're trying to let
[1:29:10] everybody know. So I appreciate that and
and that's all I have for tonight.
[1:29:16] Okay,
>> council closing comments. We'll start
[1:29:20] with Mark. I
>> I guess I really don't have too much. I
[1:29:23] I drive by this sign multiple times a
day and I I glance at I never really
[1:29:29] think much about it. Uh but it's in a in
a citizen's yard and and I I got to
[1:29:34] thinking about it. It seems pretty
profound to me today for some reason,
[1:29:37] but it's it says truth builds democracy,
misinformation destroys it. And I got to
[1:29:45] thinking about that as much social media
and other media types that we have. Uh
[1:29:51] and at the bottom of the sign it says uh
research and think. So I think you know
[1:29:55] if we can all be critical thinkers and
think for ourselves and not take
[1:29:59] everything at face value uh I think
that'll make us uh
[1:30:04] stronger better community.
>> That's all I have.
[1:30:10] [clears throat and snorts]
>> I'll just add on to what Mark said just
[1:30:14] a little bit. You know, part of doing
the research is, you know, looking at
[1:30:18] other people's deferring opinions and
perspectives and not just looking for
[1:30:23] confirmation bias as you research any
topic. That's
[1:30:30] be safe as the school year gets started.
And
[1:30:36] that's all I've got.
[1:30:40] Okay.
Well, this Thursday
[1:30:44] is bands on Bordeaux. It's kind of the
welcoming back of the Shadron State
[1:30:50] College students. And I got a little
challenge for the council members.
[1:30:56] I got some name tags for you. I think
it'd be a nice idea if we stood by the
[1:31:02] gate. I'm going to be working one of the
gates at 9:30 or 7:30,
[1:31:08] but we could be behind the people that
attach the wristbands and just welcome
[1:31:13] the pe out of towners to Shadron. I
think it'd be kind of nice. Um I plan to
[1:31:20] do that. Um so it be a challenge to you.
um
[1:31:27] going to mention and
Do County Museum
[1:31:33] has a special program that's right at
this
[1:31:39] um museum right now. It's called Spark
um at Places of Innovation
[1:31:47] and it's here until September 11th. So,
uh you need to take advantage of it and
[1:31:53] go out and see it. um
uh before it departs town. Um and I had
[1:32:01] on my little list the National Guard
um
[1:32:06] partnership thing and and if and I have
to do a little talk a couple times. If
[1:32:12] any National Guard members have
something that some story that they want
[1:32:16] to tell me, good or bad, um let me know.
I'll probably leave out the bad stuff,
[1:32:22] but I appreciate knowing it um that
maybe I could use in my five or six
[1:32:28] minutes. Um
and then Crawford on September 8th, they
[1:32:34] have the escort from Whitney to Crawford
for the traveling wall from Vietnam and
[1:32:42] other activities scheduled from
September 9th through the 13th. So, I
[1:32:47] think most of us should probably get
over there and try to support Crawford
[1:32:51] in this endeavor.
Um,
[1:32:55] and my personal Emily and I's
condolences to Keith Spencer and his
[1:33:01] family um and the death of his wife
Nita. Um, I was thinking when we Emily
[1:33:09] and I
came here and I talked to Keith and then
[1:33:14] he took us out to dinner at the chuck
wagon.
[1:33:17] And so Nita was except for maybe someone
in the motel where we registered to stay
[1:33:23] and I couldn't tell you their names, but
Nita would been the second person I met
[1:33:27] in Shadron. Uh, Keith would have been
the first one. And then
[1:33:34] we had after dinner um took us over to
his house and Bevon Bump and Maxine were
[1:33:41] there. So
that's [snorts]
[1:33:45] back in 1981. And then I wanted to
mention um I've kind of done a little
[1:33:53] more work trying to get people to to do
some weed control. and I had little
[1:33:59] success with the corner of Third and
Lake um both properties
[1:34:07] east and west of the intersection there.
Um so I like to get the weeds out of the
[1:34:14] streets. I I think and maybe it's just
me, but when I drive into town and I see
[1:34:19] those growing there and I think this
town doesn't really care. When we lived
[1:34:24] in liberal Kansas,
we had kind of similar discussions. It
[1:34:31] would have been on the chamber of
commerce
[1:34:34] and without it, everyone when they went
from liberal Kansas to Witchah, you went
[1:34:40] through Pratt, Kansas. They said, "How
does that community get everybody
[1:34:47] that lives on Main Street to make it
look nice?" And I probably should call
[1:34:53] and ask Pratt if they're still
continuing that and how they do that.
[1:35:01] » Well, uh I think I think you guys um
said almost everything I had to say. Um
[1:35:09] challenge accepted. George,
I'll have my name tag on.
[1:35:14] » Okay. And uh uh I would also like to
wish Mark a happy birthday tomorrow
[1:35:21] 29 and Janet a happy belated birthday
from yesterday. So
[1:35:26] » yes I was 30
>> 30. [laughter]
[1:35:32] So um other than that I didn't have a
whole lot. So
[1:35:38] » 38.
>> Thank you. [laughter]
[1:35:40] » I make a motion we adjourn. I'll second
that. Motion by me, seconded by Shane.
[1:35:47] Could we have a roll call, please?
>> Graves,
[1:35:49] » yes.
>> Anderson, [snorts]
[1:35:50] » yes.
>> Fly,
[1:35:52] » yes.
>> Shephard,
[1:35:53] » yes.