[0:00] All right. It is 6:00. Let's go ahead

[0:01] and open the meeting to order. Roll

[0:03] call, please.

[0:04] >> Casco?

[0:04] >> Here.

[0:05] >> Krueger-Engelhardt?

[0:06] >> Here.

[0:06] >> Jespersen?

[0:07] >> Here.

[0:07] >> Delaware?

[0:08] >> Here.

[0:09] >> Nelson is absent.

[0:13] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[0:16] United States of America and to the

[0:18] republic for which it stands, one nation

[0:21] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:24] justice for all.

[0:28] » [laughter]

[0:28] >> I'd like to acknowledge the open

[0:29] meetings act which is hanging by

[0:31] ourselves and friends. Adoption of

[0:34] agenda. [clears throat]

[0:35] >> I move to adopt the agenda.

[0:37] >> Second.

[0:39] >> Any discussion?

[0:41] Call for a vote, please.

[0:44] Motion carried 3 to 0. Approval of

[0:46] consent agenda items.

[0:48] >> I move to approve the consent agenda.

[0:50] >> Second.

[0:51] >> Any discussion?

[0:52] Call for a vote.

[0:54] >> [clears throat]

[0:55] >> Motion carried 3 to 0. All right, let's

[0:58] turn to item 26 and 27, water and sewer

[1:00] rates. We will open the public hearing

[1:01] at 6:01 p.m.

[1:10] Casey, will you say something?

[1:11] >> Yeah, I'm just [laughter] here to

[1:12] present.

[1:16] » All right, so seeing as there is no one

[1:18] in attendance, we'll go ahead and close

[1:20] the public hearing at 6:02.

[1:24] Uh consideration of first reading

[1:27] ordinance 2603.

[1:29] >> I move to approve

[1:30] >> to uh first reading of ordinance 2603.

[1:34] >> Second.

[1:37] » Ordinance 2603, an ordinance of the city

[1:40] of Waverly, Nebraska, amending title 5,

[1:42] chapter 51,

[1:44] section 5109 of the Waverly Municipal

[1:46] Code, water rates.

[1:49] >> All right.

[1:50] >> So [snorts] this the water rates show a

[1:53] proposed uh 7% increase.

[1:56] Um and this does follow the um

[2:00] JEO um utility rate study that we had

[2:03] done in 2024. And so, we would be

[2:07] um on this column here for 2027.

[2:10] And um

[2:12] it would the base charge most of our

[2:15] users, residential users, are 1-in um

[2:18] service meter. So, that would go from

[2:20] 2046 to 2189.

[2:22] And then um

[2:24] >> [clears throat]

[2:24] >> the

[2:25] um

[2:26] per gallon rate um

[2:28] would go up as well.

[2:30] Um, I did do with the proposed um 7%

[2:34] increase, I did do a

[2:36] an estimation. I took a a residential

[2:38] water bill that for the month of July um

[2:42] where they had used um 12,000 gallons of

[2:44] water.

[2:46] Um

[2:46] previously, their water bill um

[2:50] was

[2:52] uh

[2:53] $48.12,

[2:54] and that would go up to $51.45.

[2:56] [clears throat]

[2:57] So, an increase of $3.33.

[3:00] Um, in a month uh when um water

[3:03] consumption isn't being used for um

[3:06] irrigation, their bill was $31.29, and

[3:09] then went up $2.03.

[3:12] Or I'm sorry, it was $29.26, and it went

[3:14] to $31.29. So, an increase of $2.03

[3:17] with the 7% increase.

[3:20] >> And 7% is what we did the last year as

[3:22] well, correct? Right? All right.

[3:25] >> [clears throat and cough]

[3:26] >> I think most Sorry. When we when we

[3:28] looked at

[3:30] a couple of years ago when we were

[3:31] really monitoring

[3:34] the situation of water quantity, I

[3:37] believe most residents were under like

[3:41] 15,000 gallons. Is that accurate?

[3:44] >> Yeah, correct. And I

[3:45] feel that

[3:46] you know, even in the summer time

[3:49] >> [clears throat]

[3:49] >> definitely under 20,000 gallons is going

[3:51] to is definitely going to be what most

[3:53] people are paying.

[3:55] Okay.

[3:57] What questions do you guys have?

[3:59] Or comments?

[4:00] >> Did JEO studies show that we were

[4:03] the high lowest price, right?

[4:06] >> Mhm.

[4:06] >> For water of our surrounding communities

[4:09] to compare to.

[4:10] >> Yeah, exactly.

[4:12] Lincoln Public

[4:14] Works,

[4:16] I believe, has it on their

[4:20] website

[4:22] um

[4:23] a pamphlet or a

[4:24] trifold that shows the surrounding

[4:28] um communities. So, and

[4:31] anybody can get on and look what that is

[4:33] and whatever. Um I think it's about a

[4:35] year behind.

[4:37] It takes a little bit for that to get

[4:38] updated. But But that Yeah, that

[4:39] information is available to anyone.

[4:46] Anything else?

[4:48] All right. Let's go ahead and call for a

[4:50] vote, please.

[4:54] » Motion carried, three to zero.

[4:57] All right, to seek consideration of the

[4:58] first reading of ordinance 2604.

[5:00] >> I move to approve first reading of

[5:02] ordinance 2604.

[5:04] >> Second.

[5:05] >> Ordinance 2604, an ordinance of the city

[5:07] of Waverly, Nebraska, amending title 5,

[5:09] chapter 52, section 52.39

[5:12] of the Waverly Municipal Code, sewer

[5:14] base rates, and section 52.40,

[5:17] sewers and surcharge rates.

[5:21] >> Um

[5:22] same same story here, only this shows a

[5:25] 2% increase um for um sewer rates.

[5:30] Um

[5:31] and on the water user or the utility

[5:36] user that I um averaged out, um their

[5:39] previous bill was $50.05

[5:42] in July, and this goes up to $51.05, so

[5:45] an increase of $1 a month.

[5:48] Um during the month of April,

[5:51] um

[5:52] same thing cuz sewer usage is an

[5:54] average, so it will goes up a dollar

[5:57] per sewer usage.

[6:00] » Once again, this was in the study.

[6:03] >> And this was in the Yes, and this was in

[6:04] the study as well.

[6:06] Um 2% um

[6:08] and that helps us just make sure that we

[6:10] can pay cash for as much um

[6:13] definitely for all the maintenance

[6:14] projects that we do and even some

[6:16] capital improvement projects we may be

[6:18] able to pay cash for. Um with the water

[6:22] fund, um we are a little bit tighter on

[6:24] cash um reserves for the water fund, so

[6:29] that um rate study does

[6:32] make it able for us to always pay cash

[6:34] for maintenance projects that we would

[6:36] have to borrow money for most all

[6:38] capital improvement projects.

[6:42] All right.

[6:43] >> And we held steady the rates for the

[6:45] last

[6:46] 2 years.

[6:48] >> This would be the third year in a row

[6:49] we've been or two I'm sorry, two

[6:52] >> 3 years that we haven't done any

[6:54] increase.

[6:54] >> Well, the last two I don't believe we

[6:56] increased sewer.

[6:58] So, last year we did increase the sewer,

[7:01] but the pre-prior years to that we did

[7:03] not increase sewer.

[7:04] Okay.

[7:08] Anything else?

[7:11] All right, let's go ahead and call for a

[7:12] vote please.

[7:15] Motion carried 3 to 0. Number three,

[7:18] sheriff's report, Ron Ellis.

[7:20] >> Good evening.

[7:22] >> I'll send it to you. Have a smores

[7:23] cookie, thank you, Mayor.

[7:25] >> [laughter]

[7:25] >> Um I I don't have a lot, but I'm going

[7:28] to unpack what we've been working on. I

[7:29] think it's no surprise. Um this the

[7:32] e-bikes that we've been talking about,

[7:33] the e-scooters. This is a I don't even

[7:36] say it's a problem, it's just going to

[7:37] be a challenge for us. That's not going

[7:39] to go away, it's only exacerbating

[7:40] itself, and that's where we're at right

[7:42] now. So, instead of fighting water, we

[7:44] work with water, and this is what we

[7:46] have, and I think Mark sent us over a

[7:48] really nice drought starter. And what

[7:52] was nice about that is all the

[7:53] communities are on the same page as in

[7:55] hey, let's come to the table, let's

[7:56] address it. Kelsey and I are PIO, they

[7:59] and then our city officials, our

[8:01] administrators with each city and

[8:03] villages outside of Waverly,

[8:05] we all have momentum to address this.

[8:07] Embrace them, but let's make them safe.

[8:09] Let's talk about public safety. We've

[8:11] went through this ordinance, and we were

[8:14] able to make some uh we we were able to

[8:16] come up with some ideas to help it suit

[8:19] our communities to work in concert with

[8:22] each other. Now, our MOU with each

[8:24] village and each city is that the

[8:25] sheriff's office can't enforce city

[8:27] codes.

[8:28] But and if we're going to do so, how

[8:29] about we come up with something that's

[8:31] consistent across the board that we can

[8:34] all agree upon that's going to be great

[8:36] for each community that that mirrors

[8:38] each other

[8:39] to streamline my efforts. Well, as as

[8:42] important as it was for us to get

[8:44] together and have this discussion and

[8:47] send out a revised edition with some red

[8:49] lines and that we all agreed upon, it

[8:51] didn't necessarily sit well with a

[8:54] couple aspects with maybe another

[8:55] council. So, they had an idea in there

[8:58] that well, why do we need this? We don't

[8:59] need that. Then as doing this for 26

[9:03] years and

[9:04] 30 years we count my military, I've

[9:06] never been a politician, but I'm

[9:07] realizing now

[9:08] >> [laughter]

[9:09] >> what politics are about. You come to the

[9:11] table, we got a really good idea, and

[9:12] then now we have concerns. But I

[9:15] processing through this myself, I think

[9:17] that's a good idea. They're doing

[9:19] exactly what we're doing. Let's ask

[9:20] questions, let's discuss as we did as a

[9:22] group to come up with the best version

[9:25] that we can. And I think it's just going

[9:26] to take um you know, me maybe working

[9:30] with with Mark, he's kind of a spearhead

[9:32] with a lot of communities with these

[9:33] ordinances.

[9:34] >> calling me.

[9:35] >> [laughter]

[9:35] >> Good. There you go. All right, I'm done.

[9:38] Call Mark.

[9:39] So, just one of one of the instances was

[9:42] and these are simple challenges that I

[9:43] don't think we can't overcome

[9:45] is that one I think a city council

[9:47] member was concerned about requirements

[9:49] of headlights. How can we make them have

[9:50] a headlight on and and a tail light and this is just an educational piece

[9:56] for the city council to say, "Hey,

[9:57] Nebraska state statute requires

[10:00] Yeah. Bicycle headlight. This is nothing

[10:02] new. We already have this in state

[10:03] statute. You just didn't know about it.

[10:06] And I think it's just time for us to be

[10:07] able to come to the table, talk about

[10:09] it, talk about why and then not

[10:11] necessarily we're putting big old of

[10:13] lights on these things. And just what

[10:15] the lighting requirements are. It's and

[10:17] it's not tough.

[10:19] So, with that said, it put me into

[10:22] another light where I've been invited

[10:24] with Captain Vic to meet with Senator

[10:26] Holzkamm.

[10:28] Here in the early part of September

[10:30] because it wasn't too long a year ago

[10:32] when I met with the city in Lincoln and

[10:34] city attorney is like, "Yeah, this

[10:35] really isn't a problem." Well, fast

[10:37] forward to now, it's a problem.

[10:39] State Senate's recognizing this and now

[10:42] and I'm not familiar with Senator

[10:43] Holzkamm.

[10:44] I'm excited this Senator is bringing

[10:47] people to the table. Let's talk about it

[10:48] and let's see what we need to do. So, I

[10:50] want to work with Mark. I want to take a

[10:52] next step into determining if this is

[10:55] something like in my mind

[10:58] I don't know the legalities behind I've

[11:00] learned a lot sitting through here, but

[11:02] if we come up with a city ordinance, can

[11:03] we come up with a a village city

[11:05] ordinances for us to adopt and through

[11:08] the long trials of state legislature

[11:10] which can be a long extended period of

[11:12] time, once maybe state statute, we can

[11:15] maybe amend, repeal, do what we need to

[11:17] do, but get something on paper sooner

[11:20] than later. And I'm not talking waving

[11:22] three reading rules, but let's educate,

[11:24] let's get something on paper and then we

[11:26] can move forward from there and maybe

[11:28] make one state statute comes through or

[11:30] are we putting the cart before the

[11:32] horse? Do we let state legislature do

[11:34] their thing, come up with some laws?

[11:36] >> So, now we're going to

[11:37] >> That's what That's what [laughter] I'm

[11:39] kind of leaning towards is my research.

[11:40] So, I think if we can have that

[11:42] discussion of we've already got a great

[11:44] we're there. I mean, with Mark's draft

[11:46] we are there. I think it's just an

[11:47] education piece with the council to get

[11:49] a majority to say, "Hey, this is what we

[11:51] want to do." So, my most important thing

[11:53] is one, public safety. Let's get some

[11:55] out there not to necessarily enforce but

[11:57] educate to then gain that enforcement

[11:59] through the education piece. And then if

[12:00] we have to, we've got something in the

[12:02] tool box

[12:03] um if we need to buy it we we can buy

[12:05] it, but that's that's our last resort.

[12:08] Hold the children but also hold parents

[12:09] accountable. Come December 25th this is going to be a new

[12:14] story come next March. December 25th

[12:16] aren't going to be about banana seats

[12:18] and ding-dings. It's going to be about

[12:19] electric scooters, electric bikes,

[12:21] motorbikes.

[12:23] Um these these I've done a lot of

[12:25] research. These pieces of equipment,

[12:27] these tools, they're less expensive than

[12:30] a really nice pedal bike to be honest

[12:32] with you. So, I think this is something

[12:34] that we need to in my opinion and as

[12:36] Mark seems like he's

[12:38] supporting that we get something on

[12:40] paper sooner than later that we can

[12:42] agree upon. And we can move forward that

[12:43] doesn't mean we have to

[12:45] um readdress it as we we could routinely

[12:47] do with any other ordinances as time

[12:49] goes on.

[12:50] That's the work I've been doing. Um what

[12:52] we're addressing, I'd like to come back

[12:54] to the table, discuss the changes that

[12:57] we've been made, and then see do we just

[12:58] need to educate or address concerns. Do

[13:00] we have to do that formally within

[13:01] council meetings or can we just meet

[13:02] individual council members that have

[13:04] these questions or concerns so we can

[13:06] move forward with the process.

[13:09] >> Thank you.

[13:10] >> Mr. Mayor.

[13:11] >> Any questions on this? It's

[13:13] >> Speaks well of you for taking the lead

[13:14] on it.

[13:16] >> Appreciate it. So, I'll keep you

[13:18] informed. I think it's important and I

[13:19] like to do it there with Stephanie and the mayor here so we can kind of

[13:24] juggle things so you're getting the best

[13:25] information, organized information, and

[13:27] accurate information from me for you to

[13:29] process through.

[13:30] >> Cool.

[13:31] >> There was a

[13:32] >> [clears throat]

[13:32] >> really good article in the Flatwater

[13:33] Free Press just a week or a week or so

[13:36] ago.

[13:36] >> Yeah.

[13:37] >> Um it's all about this issue.

[13:39] Um one of the things they mentioned, and

[13:40] I wasn't really aware of it, something

[13:42] [cough and clears throat] they just it's

[13:43] one paragraph is all, something called

[13:45] Bike Walk Nebraska.

[13:47] It's an organization, and they have

[13:48] funding from the Metropolitan Area

[13:50] Planning Agency to develop state and

[13:53] local policy recommendations.

[13:55] So they actually have some funding

[13:56] behind it, too. So I don't know anything

[13:58] about Bike Walk Nebraska, but as you're

[14:00] looking at

[14:01] policy and stuff, this might be someone

[14:03] else that you can

[14:04] tag along with, or at least communicate

[14:06] with to see about reinventing the wheel

[14:08] kind of a thing, see what how far they

[14:10] are.

[14:10] >> Yeah, something to read, research, and

[14:11] see what that's all about.

[14:12] >> Yeah, that'd be great, but I just want

[14:13] to appreciate you know, Mark's uh

[14:16] willingness and motivation to actually

[14:17] come up with this. It's not easy, it

[14:19] takes time, and for us to have this

[14:21] draft in front of us with just a little

[14:23] bit of here and a little bit of there to

[14:25] save us uh I don't know, I just a lot of

[14:27] time. So thanks, Mark, for that, and I

[14:29] think we're close and we're there.

[14:32] >> Um

[14:33] thank you for that. A couple of things

[14:34] I'd like to add is that I think it's

[14:35] very important that we're proactive and

[14:37] not reactive. There's a lot to be said

[14:39] for too many cooks in the kitchen, and

[14:41] if we just sit back on our heels and

[14:42] wait for

[14:44] the state legislature or whoever else to

[14:46] bring [clears throat] something to us,

[14:48] something bad's going to happen before

[14:50] that, and we've been sitting here not

[14:51] doing anything.

[14:52] Um another thing is I had a um

[14:57] in situ outreach reach out to me because

[14:59] she watched our council meeting a couple

[15:00] weeks ago, which made me very happy. Uh

[15:03] but um and she does public health

[15:07] and about public health education for

[15:09] Lincoln Lancaster County. And so she

[15:11] also provided some comments, Stephanie

[15:13] allowed me to read that initial draft,

[15:15] and she provided some comments from the

[15:16] public health aspect of it. So um we're

[15:20] getting community involvement, too,

[15:21] which I think is always wonderful.

[15:23] >> Okay.

[15:23] >> So, we're good.

[15:24] >> Thank you very much.

[15:25] >> Thank you.

[15:25] >> The other interesting thing that's in

[15:27] that article, I thought was really

[15:29] interesting, is they have a graph of

[15:30] injuries from Nebraska Medicine, and

[15:32] it's just from Nebraska Medicine. But,

[15:34] it's one in 2021.

[15:37] 2024 was 34, and so far this year

[15:40] they're at 22.

[15:42] And so, and that's halfway through the

[15:44] year. This

[15:45] So, these are what's reported.

[15:47] >> And that's just

[15:48] Those are just as

[15:50] >> That's trash.

[15:51] >> And those are what's reported. Lincoln

[15:52] had a pretty serious one yester- two

[15:54] days ago, actually. Someone was filling

[15:56] me in on it. I'm like, "Wow, that kid's

[15:57] lucky to be alive." So, we you know,

[16:00] we're going to be proactive, not

[16:01] reactive to this, and that's what we

[16:03] public safety is all about, is

[16:05] recognizing and then

[16:07] making some steps to providing that.

[16:09] >> I'm sure the death rate has also

[16:11] increased since 2021 since it started.

[16:13] >> And showing it just the

[16:14] >> To me, it's amazing this number is the

[16:16] fact that it went from

[16:17] one just 5 years ago to

[16:20] >> Yeah.

[16:22] I agree.

[16:24] Okie dokie. Let's go to public comments.

[16:26] Is there anyone here from the public who

[16:27] would like to make comment on a

[16:28] non-agenda item?

[16:31] All right. Let's go ahead and move on to

[16:33] claims for payment.

[16:36] >> I move to approve claims for payment in

[16:38] the amount of $460,237.54.

[16:43] » Second.

[16:44] >> Any discussion?

[16:46] Call for vote, please.

[16:48] Motion carried, 3 to 0.

[16:50] Treasurer's report and budget and

[16:52] expense report.

[16:53] >> Move to approve the Treasurer's report

[16:55] and budget and expense report.

[16:57] >> Second.

[16:59] >> Any discussion?

[17:00] Call for vote, please.

[17:03] Motion carried, 3 to 0.

[17:06] All right, let's go to consideration of

[17:07] resolution 2617.

[17:09] >> I move to approve resolution 2617

[17:12] approving the alarm renewal resolution.

[17:14] >> And then you need

[17:16] >> Okay.

[17:17] >> Make your resolution

[17:19] >> Yeah. 3 years.

[17:20] >> Yes.

[17:21] I move to approve the consideration of

[17:23] resolution 2617 approving the alarm

[17:25] renewal resolution for three

[17:27] [clears throat] years.

[17:28] >> Second.

[17:31] » Uh

[17:32] discussion?

[17:34] Three years is usually what we do, isn't

[17:36] it?

[17:37] >> Correct. And um they did not raise any

[17:40] um they had zero rate adjustment for

[17:42] property and for liability coverages. Um

[17:46] workers compensation did go up

[17:48] 5%.

[17:50] Um they have

[17:52] gone through um we we sit down with them

[17:54] every year and have a thorough review of

[17:56] all of our property and equipment and

[17:58] everything.

[17:59] Um and so we did not see any increase on

[18:02] property

[18:03] um

[18:04] at all because we didn't have any

[18:06] changes in property um that they needed

[18:09] to make any

[18:10] rate increases on or on value increases,

[18:13] I should say. Um our workers

[18:15] compensation did go up significantly and

[18:18] we are working with them just to make

[18:20] sure that it's accurate, but otherwise

[18:22] that's the only increase that we saw was

[18:23] in workers compensation. So.

[18:26] >> Okay. Any discussion? Any further

[18:28] discussion?

[18:29] >> [clears throat]

[18:30] >> All in favor, please

[18:34] Motion carried three to zero.

[18:36] All right, let's jump down to 9A

[18:38] consideration and approval of the

[18:39] Applied Connected Technologies for

[18:40] managed IT services and server upgrades.

[18:44] >> I move to approve uh the agreement with

[18:46] Applied Connected Technologies for

[18:48] managed IT services and server upgrades.

[18:51] >> Second.

[18:53] >> All right, we have Casey Beitler here.

[18:55] >> I don't know where you want me to

[18:56] >> Yeah, yeah, that's fine.

[18:57] >> That works. Okay.

[18:59] Uh so my name is Casey Beitler. Um I've

[19:01] been with Applied Connected here for

[19:04] just about six months, but in the space

[19:06] we're over 11 years. So,

[19:08] um not new to the space by any means. Um

[19:10] we were approached by you all to put

[19:12] together a proposal for services on the

[19:15] IT front. Um,

[19:16] sounds like there was some frustration

[19:18] with the current current provider, but

[19:20] what ultimately what we were looking to

[19:22] accomplish was to be more proactive and

[19:25] make sure that we were aligning really

[19:27] well with the organization and where you

[19:28] guys are headed over the next 3 to 5

[19:30] years. So, that's what we put together

[19:32] today. Um, we've been in business for a

[19:34] little over 22 years at this point. Um,

[19:37] and uh six locations across the state of

[19:40] Nebraska and uh yeah, a lot of a lot of

[19:44] different um

[19:45] organizations that we work with from the

[19:47] city and um

[19:49] county level. So,

[19:51] probably talk about that a little bit,

[19:52] but over 110 county and

[19:56] adjacent is what I would call it

[19:58] different clients and then over 25

[20:00] cities that we provide IT for today.

[20:03] So.

[20:04] >> Talking talking to uh Casey as we've

[20:07] been going through this, um

[20:10] one of the biggest things for us was

[20:12] being again, I guess that's a theme for

[20:14] today is being proactive versus

[20:16] reactive. Um,

[20:18] and you know,

[20:20] government is targeted very hard

[20:22] all the time with ransomware and cyber

[20:24] attacks.

[20:25] Um, and we need to be prepared and we

[20:27] need someone No one in this office is an

[20:29] IT person. Um,

[20:31] so we need an IT group that is actively

[20:34] looking at these threats, assessing

[20:36] them, and reaching out to us saying

[20:39] there's this vulnerability and all these

[20:41] kinds of things. And I think that's what

[20:42] Applied Connective will do. Um,

[20:45] so.

[20:48] » I don't think I have anything

[20:51] >> [laughter]

[20:53] » Is there anything you would like me to

[20:54] go into further detail?

[20:56] >> Well, let's ask let's ask these let's

[20:57] ask these guys. They've they've looked

[20:59] at this stuff. Is there anything you

[21:01] would like more information on while

[21:02] he's here to kind of chat with you

[21:05] about why we're doing something, what

[21:07] we're doing.

[21:10] >> And I that explanation of we found the

[21:13] last glitch that came in and had to

[21:16] contact our previous companies kind of

[21:19] says everything. Right.

[21:21] You know, having somebody that's

[21:22] actually going to look out for us and

[21:25] check it before we find it, I think is

[21:28] pretty big. So. Yeah. And I think you

[21:30] said that probably the biggest thing

[21:32] that's really advantageous is that

[21:33] they'll manage um

[21:35] the lifespan of all of our equipment. Um

[21:37] and I think that that's um super helpful

[21:40] for for me, too. Um

[21:42] and making sure that we're getting

[21:45] our our stuff rotated around like we

[21:47] should. So.

[21:48] >> And not all at once. So, that was

[21:50] another thing that um

[21:52] you know, there was a $30,000 server

[21:54] that just came out of nowhere that we

[21:55] had to replace. So, we've got a budget

[21:57] and that was

[21:58] >> And that wasn't in it.

[21:59] >> That wasn't in it.

[22:00] So, no one had said anything about it.

[22:02] So, making sure that they're being

[22:04] proactive on our behalf.

[22:06] Um and making sure we're budgeting these

[22:08] kinds of expensive

[22:09] uh or expenses. Um

[22:11] another thing we talked about was moving

[22:13] our physical server that's on premises

[22:16] on purpose

[22:17] to a cloud server to be able to manage everything that we instead of

[22:22] actually buying that physical hardware.

[22:23] So, that's something we'll be working

[22:25] with them in the future to do.

[22:27] Um but we don't have to do it yet

[22:29] because Casey's kind of helped us figure

[22:31] some stuff out.

[22:32] >> Yeah.

[22:35] » How does this integrate into the new

[22:37] fire station and that part of it?

[22:40] >> Great question.

[22:41] >> Yeah. Uh one of the things I can talk

[22:42] through there is we're a managed service

[22:44] provider. Um one of the things that

[22:46] makes us unique is we don't just manage

[22:49] IT. So, we also have a division that

[22:51] does phones, so enterprise phone

[22:52] systems. We also have a division that

[22:54] does what we call and what we consider

[22:56] AVS. That AVS side is what we call

[23:00] anything audio video services. So,

[23:02] that's cabling, that's cameras, that's

[23:04] access control, overhead paging,

[23:07] uh yeah, anything that kind of falls

[23:09] under that that category. So, one of the

[23:11] things that we align extremely well on that front is being able to provide

[23:15] some of those additional services rather

[23:18] than having to kind of piece together

[23:20] five different vendors for it all. Um we

[23:22] can we can kind of step in and and put

[23:24] some proposals together and and have

[23:26] some plans there for that future future

[23:28] state.

[23:29] >> Thank you for saying that cuz that was

[23:30] another thing is that we have several

[23:31] different vendors for different things

[23:34] that we're doing around the city, and we

[23:36] are going to be able to consolidate all

[23:38] of that and and let them manage all that

[23:41] from cameras to the security with the

[23:44] new buildings that we're we're working

[23:46] on and all that kind of stuff.

[23:47] So, piecemealing everything together.

[23:51] >> Yeah.

[23:52] >> That's very awesome.

[23:53] Anything else?

[23:54] >> Sounds good.

[23:55] >> All right, let's go ahead and approve this.

[23:59] Motion carried, three to zero vote.

[24:02] Thank you, Casey.

[24:03] >> Thank you. I appreciate it.

[24:04] >> Stephanie, we'll be in touch.

[24:06] >> [laughter]

[24:06] >> Thanks for being here.

[24:08] >> [clears throat]

[24:09] >> All right, let's go ahead 9B

[24:11] consideration of scope change number two

[24:12] from JEO Consulting Group for new well

[24:14] siting project.

[24:16] >> I move to approve a scope change number

[24:18] two from JEO Consulting Group for the

[24:21] new well siting project.

[24:22] >> Second.

[24:24] >> Okay, so this is a change in

[24:27] scope of what JEO will be doing on um

[24:32] our test well

[24:34] project that we've been um

[24:36] undertaking.

[24:37] Um what this does is it changes um a

[24:39] little bit more project management, a

[24:41] thousand dollars, um the test well

[24:44] program

[24:46] for ten thousand dollars. This is JEO's

[24:48] review of all of the data that comes in

[24:50] from all of the test wells.

[24:52] Um

[24:54] and then the hydro the test hole and

[24:58] test well drilling support. So, there's

[25:00] more engineering work that goes along

[25:02] with the test wells.

[25:04] Hydrogeologic report. So, um

[25:08] in order for us to add

[25:11] a well or two wells or zero wells to our

[25:15] existing well field south of town,

[25:18] um the NRD has

[25:21] mandated that we do a hydrogeologic

[25:24] report to determine whether there a new

[25:28] well will impact the drawdown on any of

[25:30] the other wells, the existing wells that

[25:32] are there.

[25:33] Um

[25:35] so,

[25:37] this could tell us that we could have

[25:39] zero additional wells. It could tell us

[25:41] that we could have one additional well.

[25:42] It could tell us that we could have two

[25:44] additional wells on that site. But, this

[25:46] will be a very thorough study of the

[25:49] water supply in the area and how it's

[25:51] impacted by drilling additional an

[25:54] additional well. Um they will run these

[25:56] wells for 24 hours um and see what the

[25:59] drawdown how it impacts other wells

[26:01] adjacent to it.

[26:03] Um so,

[26:04] that's the $10,230.

[26:08] And then, the water treatment evaluation

[26:11] is a high-level study of what it would

[26:15] cost for us to build a water treatment

[26:17] facility if we were to utilize some of

[26:21] what [clears throat]

[26:22] utilize the area near the city that's in

[26:25] the alluvial aquifer

[26:27] where we have high iron and manganese.

[26:30] And in order to use that water, we would

[26:32] have to have a water treatment facility.

[26:35] And so, this is what

[26:36] a high-level evaluation

[26:39] tells what a water treatment facility

[26:41] would cost and what it would take to do

[26:42] that. So,

[26:44] all of that's going to be $29,730

[26:48] in addition to what we were already

[26:50] paying JEO. [clears throat]

[26:54] We do have Lancaster County ARPA funds

[26:57] that we were um

[26:59] given

[27:01] to use for um

[27:02] well sighting project.

[27:04] Um

[27:06] We were awarded 478,516

[27:10] thousand dollars from Lancaster County's

[27:12] ARPA.

[27:14] To date, we have spent 206,665

[27:18] dollars.

[27:20] With the change order this change order

[27:22] and the following agenda item change

[27:24] order, that will come to 487,000

[27:28] or 847 dollars.

[27:31] That means we will have exceeded the

[27:33] ARPA funds by 9,330 dollars. We would

[27:36] have to use 9,330 dollars cash to to do

[27:40] all of this work. So.

[27:44] Um

[27:45] so anyway, that's

[27:46] this is the JEO agreement to do the

[27:49] additional [clears throat] engineering

[27:50] side of the work. The next agenda item

[27:52] is the actual test wells

[27:55] um

[27:56] being dug by Sargent.

[27:58] So.

[28:01] » Well, I think the I mean, the 10,230,

[28:03] there's nothing we can do about that.

[28:05] The NRD is making us do that.

[28:07] I think the water treatment evaluation

[28:09] is something that goes right along with

[28:11] this to see

[28:13] instead of taking building a well 10

[28:16] miles outside of town and just drop one

[28:18] right up here

[28:19] and treat that water.

[28:22] I just have a hard time believing that doesn't outweigh the cost of

[28:26] taking water all the way down to

[28:28] somewhere else.

[28:29] >> Yeah.

[28:31] But and that's what we'll find out.

[28:32] >> Right. And that's being

[28:34] >> And maybe

[28:35] we're wrong.

[28:36] >> [laughter]

[28:37] >> They'll tell us. Yeah, we don't know.

[28:39] >> Yeah, I think it's well worth the money

[28:40] even if it's eliminating possibilities.

[28:42] So even if we don't find that

[28:44] a source, it's eliminating spots. I

[28:47] think that that's well worth money. And

[28:48] I think it's a perfect use of what our

[28:50] water funds are

[28:51] >> used for, too.

[28:52] >> Yeah, at one time.

[28:53] >> Yeah.

[28:53] >> solutions. And this is obviously one of

[28:56] the biggest

[28:57] issues that we have here in Wylie. So,

[28:59] and it's a good use of funds.

[29:03] » With the the projects and the

[29:04] engineering and everything that we have

[29:06] out right now,

[29:09] where are we kind of at if this doesn't

[29:11] play out and and

[29:13] anything comes of it, are we kind of

[29:14] back to searching for new locations? Is

[29:17] that where we're at or

[29:19] >> So, the the next agenda item is doing

[29:23] Excuse [clears throat] me, additional

[29:24] test wells. Um and those are along 162nd

[29:27] Street south of town. The other one is

[29:30] going to be north of town at 141st

[29:34] and Branch Oak area.

[29:37] And so,

[29:38] >> So, we're getting out there quite a

[29:39] >> So, we are getting out, you know, just

[29:41] trying to almost a process of

[29:44] elimination.

[29:46] You know, to say that we we have

[29:49] done we have looked, you know, and these

[29:51] are the this is what we have. These are

[29:53] our opportunities that we

[29:56] have.

[29:57] Um

[29:58] And again, this is for long-term

[30:02] um you know, preservation of of water

[30:05] sources for our city. So, um we're able

[30:08] to meet demand every day, all day, every

[30:10] day.

[30:11] Um

[30:12] you know, currently

[30:14] we we are not experiencing any issues.

[30:17] This is a long-term solution for the

[30:19] preservation of our community.

[30:23] » Hopefully we can get to the point where

[30:24] we have the information where we can

[30:26] make a decision whether to

[30:29] do a new well or pivot to a

[30:31] water treatment plant.

[30:32] >> Yeah.

[30:34] Hopefully after this.

[30:35] >> I think at the next

[30:38] the set of test wells on that next

[30:40] agenda item, That's where it's

[30:44] that area that it's been reasonable, you

[30:46] know. I mean, beyond those areas, we're

[30:49] getting to where it's been lift, you

[30:52] know.

[30:52] And and definitely, I think treatment

[30:55] would be a smart option at that point.

[31:01] » Anything else, Kelly?

[31:03] All right, go ahead and call for a vote,

[31:04] please.

[31:07] Motion carried 3 to 0. All right,

[31:09] consideration of change order number two

[31:11] from Sargeant Drilling.

[31:15] » I move to approve uh the change order

[31:17] number two from Sargeant Drilling for

[31:19] test well setting project.

[31:21] >> Second.

[31:23] >> Okay, so some of these are the test

[31:25] wells that will be drilled down on 162nd

[31:28] Street between more or less between Albo

[31:32] and Fletcher, and then the one test well

[31:35] that's up north, and then the other

[31:38] wells that are going to be um drilled

[31:40] are on the existing well field. Um and

[31:43] that's to

[31:45] for that study, that hydrogeologic study

[31:47] that has to be done.

[31:51] So.

[31:54] And there's where it talks about that

[31:55] it's they're done on four hour step

[31:58] rates, um and then they also do a

[32:00] 24-hour constant rate

[32:02] on those test pumps

[32:04] in the existing well field.

[32:09] » Any discussion?

[32:11] >> So, what is the net

[32:13] change?

[32:14] >> So, this is the 251,452.

[32:33] » Okay.

[32:35] All right, go ahead and call for a vote,

[32:36] please.

[32:39] » Motion carried, 3 to 0.

[32:41] >> [laughter]

[32:46] » Um all right, let's go to committee

[32:47] reports.

[32:48] Does anybody have anything for Dave,

[32:50] parks director? Do you have something?

[32:57] » [laughter]

[33:10] » Um so uh the tennis courts were painted

[33:14] um and um

[33:16] we I don't know already.

[33:17] >> What? They were already tennis courts.

[33:19] >> The tennis courts.

[33:20] >> Just tennis.

[33:21] >> Not pickleball.

[33:22] >> Not with pickleball.

[33:23] >> Oh, okay. I was like, "Wow, that was

[33:25] fast."

[33:26] Okay. Tennis courts and

[33:27] >> Yeah, tennis courts have been painted.

[33:29] We have a an estimate for to add

[33:33] pickleball lines to the tennis courts.

[33:36] Um that's roughly $400 a court.

[33:40] Um

[33:41] so if we

[33:43] want to do that, um I'm happy to

[33:47] move forward with that. Um Clayton has

[33:50] checked with the

[33:51] school and the athletic director has

[33:55] said that he does not see a problem with

[33:57] adding those lines to the courts.

[33:59] Um he said that there are many other

[34:01] courts that they play on that have

[34:02] pickleball lines on them already.

[34:04] >> I reached out to the

[34:06] head tennis coach to both boys and girls

[34:08] team and he works also at Woods.

[34:11] >> Oh, yeah.

[34:11] >> And even Woods has extra lines, so he

[34:13] did not He was First off, he was

[34:15] extraordinarily appreciative of the work

[34:17] that we did on those courts.

[34:18] >> Okay.

[34:19] >> He said that

[34:20] we cannot measure what that would mean

[34:23] to the JV squads. They're playing on

[34:25] courts that that far away.

[34:27] Um so he was super super happy about

[34:29] that. And so he would Yeah, and then he

[34:31] went on to say that there's actually

[34:32] there's he thought it'd be fine to have

[34:34] extra lines on that.

[34:36] >> Well, if we have any

[34:39] room in the parks budget yet before this

[34:42] end of the fiscal year, I'll probably

[34:43] just go ahead and have them move forward

[34:45] on that then. So, yeah.

[34:48] Um

[34:49] >> they're going to have four courts from

[34:50] what I understand.

[34:51] >> That was the way I understood it, yes.

[34:53] Yeah.

[34:54] Um legion baseball tournaments have have

[34:56] finished out for the season. Um Sharp

[34:59] Park, we had a tree fall down and they

[35:02] repaired the fence um from that.

[35:05] Um

[35:06] flag football registration finished with

[35:09] 204 participants. They're going to have

[35:11] three fields this year. That's the

[35:13] highest number of participants they've

[35:14] had since they started flag football.

[35:17] Um this last Saturday they had um the

[35:20] officials clinic and they had um

[35:23] I think their kickoff event, yeah, their

[35:25] kickoff event down at Baxter Turf.

[35:28] Um

[35:29] the fall volleyball registration's going

[35:32] to begin. Um pool swimming lessons

[35:34] finished this last week.

[35:36] And um we have a couple more weekends

[35:40] with the pool open and then that will on

[35:42] the 23rd, I believe it is, is the doggie

[35:44] dip day at the dog park.

[35:46] >> 25th of August.

[35:47] >> Okay. Doggie dip. So.

[35:51] That is

[35:52] what we have for now.

[35:54] I will note that if the our first

[35:56] inaugural season of pickleball

[35:59] uh is ending or ended,

[36:02] and I won't speak about my team.

[36:04] >> [laughter]

[36:06] >> But what I will say is that somebody

[36:08] else on this council won it.

[36:13] We're in the championship game.

[36:15] >> Jake's team.

[36:15] >> There's three more games that have to be

[36:17] played to get to us and then the loser's

[36:19] bracket will have to beat us twice.

[36:21] >> Yeah.

[36:23] so.

[36:25] >> I'm just saying.

[36:26] >> But we have a winner.

[36:26] >> We have We have the top seed and we have

[36:29] the bottom.

[36:30] >> [laughter]

[36:32] » So I'm going to say

[36:34] we didn't get to play you. You might

[36:36] have beat us. Yeah, you might have. You

[36:38] might have.

[36:41] It's going to [laughter] be shorter that

[36:42] way.

[36:43] When we get those other four courts, you

[36:45] better believe Everybody's gotten so

[36:47] much better. It's like

[36:49] Clayton's doing a nice job and that flex

[36:51] scheduling's been great and it's it's

[36:53] gone really well. The four court courts

[36:55] will be great cuz I bet we'll have

[36:57] 24 teams instead of 12 next summer.

[37:00] Yeah, it's great. It's good to hear.

[37:02] Yeah. All right, next up.

[37:04] Can we go and move to public works?

[37:06] David?

[37:09] The team cleaned out trees removed silt

[37:11] from the one north 154th and Highway 6

[37:14] drainage area. They also cleaned up the

[37:16] Mansfield ditch flow liner, burned tree

[37:19] debris at the landfill site,

[37:21] sorted through multiple ash piles at the

[37:23] landfill for four days. Did locates for

[37:27] Sprint fiber in Evendale.

[37:30] They're keeping up on the mowing and

[37:31] trimming.

[37:34] Replaced two of the four wasting valves

[37:37] at the wastewater plant and the transfer

[37:38] switch. The new well number nine has

[37:40] arrived with the generator expected to

[37:43] arrive later this month. We'll get that

[37:45] back online soon.

[37:47] Wonderful, thank you.

[37:49] Public health, Erin.

[37:51] >> [clears throat]

[37:51] >> In the past two weeks there's been two

[37:53] grass fires, two car fires.

[37:56] Still the bulk of it is 12

[37:59] medical calls.

[38:01] Two were at law enforcement's request.

[38:03] There was one alarm

[38:05] and one special duty which was the

[38:08] funeral procession. So

[38:13] there was

[38:16] a request to line a road portion of the

[38:18] route for the Creek police chief Gary

[38:21] Yancey's funeral procession. So that was

[38:24] the special duty was only took out 61.

[38:30] >> [clears throat]

[38:32] » Nice that you're able to participate in

[38:34] that.

[38:35] Uh

[38:36] over the last couple of months, there's

[38:38] been seven new members join. There's

[38:40] another new member that's interested.

[38:43] So, what that has put pressure on is

[38:46] gear equipment.

[38:48] So, we're looking at inventory, there's

[38:50] not really much left. So, we're looking

[38:52] at outfitting the new um

[38:55] the new members

[38:57] for their equipment so that

[38:59] is a good problem to have, but yet

[39:02] challenge also.

[39:04] And we're also exploring potential

[39:05] hosting an AMT class for the new members

[39:08] especially since we have so many that

[39:09] have come in recently.

[39:12] Um

[39:13] Waverly 30 was repaired and back in

[39:14] service. Uh

[39:16] it also got back its TNT spreaders that

[39:19] were repaired and put back into uh that

[39:22] rig.

[39:24] Waverly 21 was repaired and back in

[39:26] service. Uh may need some additional

[39:28] service over the winter when grass fire

[39:30] season is over.

[39:32] Um fire station planning and

[39:34] preparations continue ongoing with the

[39:36] hope that uh they will go out to bid in

[39:39] early September.

[39:41] And then the radio committee um

[39:44] has met again and we are looking at

[39:46] purchasing two new handheld portable

[39:48] radios. So, some

[39:50] portion of some money from the

[39:52] department money.

[39:52] >> Our from money from the county.

[39:54] >> We'll have a little bit of our own money

[39:55] too.

[39:59] » [clears throat]

[39:59] >> I do want to thank you and your

[40:00] administration for doing such a great

[40:02] job

[40:03] um on recruiting. Like the amount of new

[40:06] recruits you're bringing in is

[40:08] incredible. And so, thank you guys so

[40:10] much for that progress.

[40:11] >> I don't really know what we're doing

[40:13] different or just what's changed, but we

[40:14] actually had two more members show up

[40:16] last night that are interested, which is

[40:18] great.

[40:19] Uh one lives in town here and the other

[40:21] one lives just outside the fire

[40:23] district, so we'll see how that pans

[40:25] out.

[40:26] And then uh

[40:28] Yeah, it's a great problem to have.

[40:30] It's

[40:31] you know, amazing when you have a very

[40:33] serious call and like Saturday night we

[40:35] had a pretty uh

[40:39] stressful call and we had 11 members go

[40:42] on the call. So, it's lots of fun. Yeah,

[40:44] actually had to run both squads.

[40:47] >> [laughter]

[40:47] >> See, we got that on our own this time.

[40:50] >> It's working out.

[40:51] >> All right, so thank you.

[40:52] >> You're welcome.

[40:54] >> Um Brooke.

[40:56] >> Yeah, it's called economic development.

[40:57] Uh we really economic development corp

[41:00] met yesterday.

[41:02] Um they are in the process of finalizing

[41:05] interviews and getting that figured out

[41:07] for the director um cuz right now again

[41:09] we have an interim. Um so, Amanda's

[41:11] finalizing that.

[41:13] Um

[41:14] hope to have that in

[41:16] place by the last week of August if

[41:18] figured out those interviews and that

[41:20] sort of stuff. Uh next meeting for

[41:23] uh we have is September 9th.

[41:26] Um

[41:28] let's see. CRA, their next meeting's

[41:30] August 17th at 5:00 and the planning

[41:33] commission meets on the 24th

[41:37] at 5:30.

[41:38] >> Awesome. Thank you.

[41:39] >> Lots of good things going on.

[41:41] >> I was just going to say lots of stuff

[41:42] going on and happening.

[41:43] >> All right. And then stuff.

[41:46] Um

[41:46] so, uh one thing to add on the fire

[41:49] department, um we got our new contract

[41:52] rate for LFR um and so, um last year

[41:56] when we approved the LFR contract it

[41:58] automatically renews every year.

[42:00] And so, we just have to pay a 5% rate

[42:02] increase. Um

[42:04] so, we had six calls in the time period

[42:07] that they'll be billing us for.

[42:09] Um and with that 5% rate increase it's

[42:11] going to come to the $4,240.

[42:14] So,

[42:15] um

[42:16] we're very grateful that our LFR

[42:19] expenses are that because it's only

[42:22] because Southeast is such a great

[42:23] partner to us. So, Southeast Fire and

[42:26] Rescue um really helps us out in a lot

[42:28] of situations and provides that ALS

[42:30] service to us.

[42:31] >> [clears throat]

[42:31] >> So.

[42:33] If it weren't for Southeast, we would

[42:35] be paying significantly more.

[42:36] >> Mhm.

[42:37] >> So.

[42:38] Um and the other thing that I wanted to

[42:40] add, um the farm ground that the city

[42:42] owns, um will be going um we will be

[42:46] >> [clears throat]

[42:47] >> releasing that for bid. Um that will be

[42:49] sealed bids. Um we'll have a bid opening

[42:52] on September 4th with council approval

[42:55] on um September 8th.

[42:57] Packets are going to be available next

[42:59] week here in the office with that

[43:01] information and information also be

[43:03] found on the website. So.

[43:05] Great. Great.

[43:06] That's what I have.

[43:07] >> And that is zoned right now

[43:09] agricultural.

[43:10] >> How currently is that?

[43:11] >> It's all zoned ag.

[43:15] Yes. So, there's the

[43:17] there's land up on the north side of

[43:18] town up

[43:20] Waverly Road and 148th in that general

[43:23] vicinity. And then the other um piece of

[43:26] land is um where our well field is. And

[43:28] where the well field is has to be in

[43:31] alfalfa only. So, um the stuff on the

[43:34] north side of town can be row crops.

[43:39] » All right. Uh and then the last thing I

[43:41] will say is just a reminder to everyone

[43:43] that school is starting this week and so

[43:45] there will be lots of littles

[43:47] walking, biking, scooting,

[43:50] >> [laughter]

[43:52] >> doing whatever. So, please, please, pay attention. Talk to your

[43:56] teenage drivers about paying attention

[43:57] and then you yourself pay attention so

[44:00] we don't have any issues this week or

[44:03] >> And now that the lights are going to be

[44:04] blinking on Amberly and 148th.

[44:07] >> Yes.

[44:09] And also

[44:10] >> have.

[44:11] Adjourn meeting.

[44:12] >> I move to adjourn.

[44:13] >> Second.

[44:14] Open for vote, please.

[44:16] Motion carried 3-0. We adjourned at

[44:19] 6:44.

August 11, 2026 Waverly, NE City Council Meeting

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