OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE VALLEY CITY COUNCIL
Mayor Grove called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present were Mayor Grove; Council Members, Batcher, Lewis, TenEyck, and Ueckert. Also present: City Attorney Jeff Farnham, Interim City Administrator Dave Ptak, Cameron Gales, Clerk Christie Donnermeyer, Treasurer Lori Sorensen, Building Inspector Rune van den Boogaart, Public Works Superintendent Doug Eggen. Mayor Grove noted the location of the open meetings act, and stated one copy of all reproducible written material to be discussed at this meeting is available for examination or copying. Unanimously approved the agenda with removal of item no. 13. Unanimously approved the consent agenda as follows Treasurer’s Report, July Payroll $108079.42 & IRA $3955.62; Keno Receipts $7753.32; PeopleService Report, Minutes and/or statistics of the following boards and/or committees: July Library minutes; July Library statistics; July Cemetery minutes; July Community Development Agency minutes; August Tree Board minutes and June Planning Commission; and the following bills: Services/Utilities/Insurance/Memberships: AFLAC 432.24; Bishop Business 2199.38; Century Link 63.55; Cox 525.25; Creative Planning 8493.00; Daily Record 513.25; DataShield 50.00; Douglas Cnty Environ 7888.00; Eagle Engineering 48582.90; Farnham & Griffin 6842.50; FiveNines 4301.00; Fremont Dept Utilities 81551.93; Great Plains Comm 917.72; JEO 8488.75; Matzen Cleaning 1055.00; MS Wiekhorst 27050.00; Mutual of Omaha 5474.89; Neb Sweeping 3288.54; Olmsted & Perry 2630.35; OPPD 21373.38; Patterson Donald 600.00; PeopleService 33485.00; Southeast Library Sys 60.00; Twin Rivers YMCA 41865.27; Verizon 423.17; Waste Connections 279.06; YMCA 50.00; Supplies/Equipment: Accent Window 1423.00; Ace Hardware 36.12; Alex Toole 7500.00; Amazon Business 1386.75; Aqua-Chem 1949.17; Arrow Towing 375.00; Baker & Taylor 914.85; Bauer Built 288.35; Bound to stay Bound 1400.95; Cappel Auto 40.94; Ciaccio Roofing 344.60; Cintas 358.20; Continental Fire 926.76; Cornhusker International 4262.11; Cornhusker State Ind. 90.80; Coventry Vet 617.80; Eakes 1239.57; ES OPCO USA 1305.23; Everetts Auto 844.82; Evoqua 16390.50; First Book 98.79; First Neb Bank 6958.45; FP Finance 178.95; Fremont Winnelson 415.02; Great Plains Uniforms 351.99; Helena Agri 170.00; Host Coffee 29.96; JD Car Wash 137.70; Jones Auto 236.13; JP Cooke 147.43; Lakeshore 5284.67; Lauritzen Gardens 90.95; Love’s 1778.16; Lowe’s 221.22; Martin Marietta 228.31; Menards 107.16; Menards Elkhorn 192.91; Mid-Am Research Chem 672.00; Midwest Tape 365.65; 911 Custom 1216.00; NMC Omaha 69.74; Owens Mowing 3000.00; S2 Rolloffs 4940.00; Sirchie Acquisition CO 39.82; Stanzel Mowing 4375.00; StopStick 2602.00; Titus Wastewater 46620.00; Trekk 1005.00; Valley Ace Hardware 285.69; Vierregger Elec 590.00; Waste Management 517.39; Bond/TIF Payments: FNB/Bond 5962.50; FNB/Bond 5962.50; Mallard TIF 459544.16; Bluewater TIF 654106.88; Reimburse/Refund: Adams, B 52.42; Art of a Craftsman 1000.00; Colony Homes 1000.00; Dohrmann K 235.56; Peerless 1000.00. Recognition of Gerri Nordell for her service to the Cemetery Board. Unanimously approved the appointment of Cameron Gales as City Administrator. Dean Slader and Krista Lewis gave an update on the 48-State Tour. Unanimously approved the request to close 285th Cir south of Potter on Sept. 14, 2024 during the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Unanimously approved Valley Landing ILOC Agreement. Unanimously passed and adopted Res. No. 2024-44 Annual Certification of Program Compliance to Nebraska Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards 2024. Unanimously passed and adopted Res. No. 2024-49 to apply for federal assistance for installing new all-inclusive ADA accessible playground equipment at Valley City Park. Unanimously passed and adopted Ordinance 815 revising Chapter 2, Article VI of the City Code regarding nuisances. Directed Jim Olmsted of Olmsted and Perry to go back and ask Onyx for a better price on the new condensation blanket. Unanimously passed motion to approve change order no. 1 from Iowa Civil Contracting for the Meigs Stret Dowel Bar Retrofitting and Diamond Griding. Unanimously passed and adopted Res. No. 2024-45 app for payment no. 2 from Iowa Civil Contracting for Meigs Street Dowel Bara Retrofitting and Diamon Grinding project. Unanimously passed and adopted Res. No. 2024-46 app for payment no. 3 from Western Engineering Co for Maple Road and 270th St. and Ginger Woods overlay project. Unanimously passed motion to approve change order no. 1 from NL&L Concrete and adopted Res. No. 2024-46 app for payment no. 3 to Western Engineering Co for Stillwater Ph. 2 paving improvements. Unanimously passed and adopted Res. No. 2024-47 authorizing URB to disburse to NL&L Concrete $17,252.43 for contractor’s app for payment no. 3 Stillwater Ph 2 street paving and to the City of Valley for engineer fees in the amount of $2,978.23. Unanimously passed and adopted Res. No. 2024-48 app for payment no. 1 to Metro Driveway Replacement for FY24 concrete street repairs. Unanimously passed motion to award Valley Lakes Business Park sanitary sewer and water main project to NL&L Concrete. Updates were given on Ginger Cove Lift Station no. 3 and FY24 concrete street projects. City Attorney gave updates on reviewing PeopleService contract; TIF Committee meeting and TIF requests from Prominence Global, Valley Lakes Business Park and Flatwater Estates and various ongoing projects. Mayor Grove reported on the storm damage and cleanup; Disaster Declaration and tree debris dump stie. I certify that the above represents a factual account of the proceedings of the Valley City Council. A complete transcript of the minutes is available in the office of the City Clerk during regular business hours.
Attest: Christie Donnermeyer,
City Clerk
8/30 ZNEZ
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLANNING COMMISSION
CITY OF VALLEY, NEBRASKA
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given by the Chairman of the Planning Commission of the City of Valley, Nebraska that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 4:30 p.m., at Valley City Hall, 203 North Spruce Street, Valley, Nebraska. The purpose of the hearing is to obtain public comment prior to the Planning Commission’s review of a Substandard and Blight Study. The Planning Commission shall review the Substandard and Blight Study and make a recommendation as to whether such redevelopment project area is substandard and blighted.
All interested parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to express their views at the public hearing regarding the Substandard and Blight Study and the proposed substandard and blight designation, A copy of the Substandard and Blight Study, including a map showing the area covered by the Substandard and Blight Study, is available at Valley City Hall.
Larry Bottger, Chair
City of Valley, Planning Commission
8/30, 9/6 ZNEZ
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NOTICE OF MEETING
CITY OF VALLEY
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024, AT
7:00 P.M.
VALLEY CITY HALL
203 N. SPRUCE STREET, VALLEY, NE
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the City Council of the City of Valley, Nebraska will be held on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at Valley City Hall.
Public Hearings will be held for the purpose of hearing testimony on the following:
1. Armstrong Estates Lot 2, Block 0
· Consider approval of Rezoning from commercial C-3 to transitional ag
2. Prominence Global, LLC (Catalina)
· Consider approval of Preliminary Plat
3. Electrical Code Adoption
· Consider approval of adopting National Electrical Code 2023
An agenda kept continuously current shall be available for public inspection at Valley City Hall (203 N. Spruce Street).
Christie Donnermeyer, City Clerk
8/30 ZNEZ
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