City of Tekamah PO Box 143 August 27, 2026 The regular meeting of the Mayor and the City Council of Tekamah, NE was held at 6:00 p.m. on August 27, 2026, and convened in open and public session at the Tekamah City Auditorium. Present were Mayor Jane Walford and Council members Kelly Adamson, Matt Cass, Steve Cass and Colin Wright. City Attorney Matt Munderloh and City Clerk Karolyn McElroy were also present. A quorum was established. Notice of the meeting was given in advance method of the City Council. Availability of the agenda was communicated in advance to the Mayor and Council. All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the meeting was open to the public. Adamson moved to approve the consent agenda. Matt Cass seconded the motion. Roll call is as follows: YEAS: Wright, Matt Cass, Adamson, NAYS: None, ABSTAIN: Steve Cass, ABSENT: None. The result being a majority YEAS, it is declared the motion carried. Public comments were heard from Ron Grass regarding police purchases on the agenda tonight. OLD BUSINESS: A. Matt Cass reported he would like to reword his agenda topic regarding city personnel and have it on an upcoming meeting. NEW BUSINESS: A. Adamson moved to pay a $7,400.00 invoice from Watertight with Keno Funds, Matt Cass seconded. Roll call is as follows: YEAS: All, NAYS: None, ABSTAIN: None, ABSENT: None. The result being a majority YEAS, it is declared the motion carried. B. Steve Cass moved to approve a $1,557.23 proposal from Allison Electric to install a 3-phase surge arrestor at the Cemetary Well house presented by Water/Wastewater Superintendent Jarrod McElroy. Wright seconded the motion. Roll call is as follows: YEAS: All, NAYS: None, ABSTAIN: None, ABSENT: None. The result being a majority YEAS, it is declared the motion carried. Council Member Adamson will be attending this recertification training also. C. Steve Cass the Water/Wastewater Commissioner and Water/Wastewater Superintendent McElroy discussed the water main relocation reporting the school would like to move faster on the project than the city can, therefore the school will fund this project. The council consensus is in favor of this. The item will be placed on the next City Council agenda for a vote. D. After discussion Adamson moved to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 1352: Amending Section 1-513 of the Tekamah Municipal Code entitled contracts to increase the bidding and engineering estimate threshold from $30,000.00 to $90,000.00 and to increase the bidding thresholds applicable to city electrical improvements repealing section 1-513 of the Tekamah Municipal Code and all other Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith: providing a severability clause: and providing an effective date. Matt Cass seconded. Roll call is as follows: YEAS: All, NAYS: None, ABSTAIN: None, ABSENT: None. The result being a majority YEAS, it is declared the motion carried. E. After discussion of a $5,164.00 estimate from AAA Garage Door presented by Police Chief Goeken to add a 10 x 10 garage door to the Police building, The bid doesn’t include electrical. Adamson moved to table this to research further and decide if it fits this years’ budget. Steve Cass seconded. Roll call is as follows: YEAS: All, NAYS: None, ABSTAIN: None, ABSENT: None. The result being a majority YEAS, it is declared the motion carried. F. Matt Cass moved to purchase a new PC for the Police Department not to exceed $2159.00. Wright seconded. Roll call is as follows: YEAS: All, NAYS: None, ABSTAIN: None, ABSENT: None. The result being a majority YEAS, it is declared the motion carried. G. Police Chief Goeken presented an estimate from Getac of $86,279.00 for 4 packages of in car video, laptop, printer and body cams. Discussion was held. Adamson moved to table this until the September 10 th meeting to look into funding options and available grants. Steve Cass seconded the motion. Roll call is as follows: YEAS: All., NAYS: None, ABSTAIN: None, ABSENT: Wright. The result being a majority YEAS, it is declared the motion carried. H. Sanitation Superintendent Nathan Lund reported that Gill Hauling that has been hauling city refuse, is terminating Tekamah’s service at the end of September. Lund presented a three- year agreement with Waste Connections that offers this same services for the same prices as Gill Hauling. City Attorney Munderloh has reviewed the agreement. Adamson moved to approve the agreement, Matt Cass seconded the motion. Roll call is as follows: YEAS: All, NAYS: None, ABSTAIN: None, ABSENT: None. The result being a majority YEAS, it is declared the motion carried. I. An update of the 26-27 budget was given by Adamson. The last budget workshop will be September 3 rd at 5:00 p.m. The Council meeting was adjourned at 6:56 p.m. City of Tekamah Claims 8/27/2026 Vendor Amt. Access Systems lease 461.00 Aflac suppl. Ins. 257.10 James Alexander supplies 256.75 Allison Electric maint 447.82 Ameritas pension 1,872.29 Amazon supplies,books 226.14 Barco signs 139.10 Black Hills utilities 1,164.21 Bomgaars supplies,maint 1,644.79 Brenneis Ins. ins. 113.00 Cass Plumbing maint 137.29 Caterpillar lease 2,541.84 Cubby's fuel 297.85 CVA maint 59.83 Devin Jansen supplies 5.11 Enterprise Media service 183.16 Gabby Mahon magazine 38.70 Goosmann Law fees-LB 840 49.00 Great Plains Uniforms uniform 49.50 Groundworks maint-25% 2,353.71 Heartland Nat'l Gas utilities 22.55 Leading Edge freight 33.40 League of NE Municipalities dues 6,102.00 One Office Solutions supplies 112.98 NE Public Health Enviro service 30.00 NE State Fire Marshall service 81.00 Novus service 1,510.55 NPPD utilities 361.82 Larry Nunn deposit refund 44.02 Postmaster postage 442.88 Madelyne Smutny suit,class 360.66 Michael Todd Industrial maint 169.39 Justin Renz deposit refund 35.02 Schaeffer Mfg. Compant maint 576.71 Schmader Electric landfill 58.40 Payroll PPE 8/21/26 29,578.00 ZNEZ BCI 9/17/26
