City of Tekamah PO Box 143 November 25, 2025 The regular meeting of the Mayor and the City Council of Tekamah, NE was held at 6:00 p.m. on November 25, 2025 and convened in open and public session at the Tekamah City Auditorium. Present were Mayor Jane Walford, Council members Matt Cass, Kelly Adamson, and Colin Wright, and Steve Cass. City Attorney Matt Munderloh and City Clerk Karolyn McElroy were also present. A quorum was established. Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by publication October 30 and on November 6,2025 in the Burt County Independent, a designated 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. Matt Cass moved to approve the consent agenda, Wright seconded the motion. Roll call is as follows: YEAS: Wright, Matt Cass, Wright, NAYS: None, ABSTAIN: Kelly Adamson, ABSENT: None. The result being a majority YEAS, it is declared the motion carried. No public comments were heard during the Public Comment section of the meeting. A written department report was submitted by Street Supervisor Levi Warren. City Clerk McElroy reported on the progress with the software conversion, training was completed last week, testing is this week and December 4th is the “go live date”. OLD BUSINESS: A. Matt Cass moved to approve Resolution No. 2025-22 to place stop signs at the intersection of 12 th and N Streets, Adamson 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. NEW BUSINESS: A. Public Hearing: Redevelopment plan and application for Tax Increment (TIF) Financing for SSS Properties, LLC : A tract of land located in Lot 1, Tekamah Dollar General Subdivision, City of Tekamah, Burt County, Nebraska. All corners of this description are set or found as described on Official Plat signed April 13, 2021, hereafter made a part of this description by this reference and on file at the Burt County Courthouse in the Surveyors Office. Said tract being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Northeast Corner of said Lot 1, said point also being on the Westerly Right of Way Line of U.S. Highway No. 75, Thence S01°47’42”W, on the East line of the North 75’ of Lot 1, a distance of 75.04 feet to the point of beginning; Thence S01°47’42”W, on the East line of Said Lot 1, a Distance of 218.21 Feet; Thence S05°16’26”E, on Said East Line, a Distance of 3.25 feet; Thence N89°59’34”W, on the North Line of Lot 2, of Said Tekamah Dollar General Subdivison, a Distance of 277.46 Feet; Thence N01°42’10”E a distance of 221.50 Feet to the South Line of the North 75’ of Said Lot 1; Thence S89°58’47”E, On the South Line of the North 75 of Said Lot 1, A Distance of 277.42 Feet Back to the Point of Beginning. Said Tract Containing 1.41 Acres More or Less. Mayor Walford opened the public hearing at 6:05 p.m. Carl Diremann Business Manager for F/S Construction represented SSS Properties LLC reporting they are applying for TIF funds of approximately $28,715.00 per year for 15 years totaling approximately $430,725.00. The building constructed at 600 Hwy. 75 is approximately 20,000 square feet of office and warehouse space to be rented out. Some of the warehouse will be used to house building material for construction, that can be purchased in bulk. The project has gotten behind and has occurred unexpected costs due to the property being in a flood plain and FEMA required it to be built up. The TIF funds will help secure financing. The building should be finished in May or June of 2026. Diremann answered questions. No comments were heard from the public. No written comments were received by the City Clerk’s office. Planning Commission President Justin Hansen reported the Planning Commission recommends to approve the TIF application from SSS Properties LLC. Adamson moved to close the public hearing at 6:22 p.m., 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. A. Adamson moved to approve the TIF application from SSS Properties LLC, Matt Cass seconded. Diremann said including the TIF funding will help their business plan when presented to the bank for financing. 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. Misti Johnson, FNIC Group Inc. presented the city employees health insurance renewal options, December 1 st renewal date. The premium for the current BC/BS Level Funded Plan is increasing by approximately 20%. Medica offers a very similar Level Funded Plan to the current BC/BS plan with the exact amounts of coverage and Provider Network. The Medica plan would be approximately a 4% premium decrease. Adamson moved to approve changing to the Medica plan beginning December 1, 2025. Steve 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. C. Steve Cass moved to direct City Attorney Munderloh draft a Resolution to approve selling the used generator from the water tower by sealed bid. 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. D. Matt Cass moved to approve Resolution 2025-21: signing of the year-end certification of the City Street Superintendent John Zwingman, 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. E. Discussion was held with Police Chief Goeken about staffing the Police department. Goeken said he received two more applications for full-time positions and neither have been interviewed yet and would like to interview them before hiring. Mayor Walford said two Council members will be included in the interviews and the budget supports four full-time officers and part timers to fill in. Matt Cass moved to hold a Special Council meeting on December 4 th at 5:00 p.m. to hire Police officers, Adamson 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. Adamson moved to table items G, H, I regarding Police hires on this agenda. 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. G. J. Chief Goeken reported recently that at the quarterly IT meeting Novus Computers suggested managing the firewall and upgrading the Wi-fi could be done for either a basic plan of $1.238.00/month or a second option at $1,639.00/month. Currently there is a different company managing the firewall system for $75.00/month that Novus would include in either of these plans. A copy of the current Novus agreement was not available. Matt Cass moved to table this item until a copy of the current plan was available and Andrew with Novus could attend a Council meeting to explain the options. 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. There being no further business brought before the Mayor and Council. Meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m. Claims Vendor Amt. Aflac ins. 415.80 Amazon books 309.85 Ameritas Life Ins. pension 3,750.96 Barco supplies 374.99 Black Hills utilities 694.51 Blackstrap Inc. supplies 390.00 BOKF, NE bond payments 247,073.75 Brenneis Ins ins. 967.00 Cardinal Investments LB 840 grant 20,000.00 City of Tekamah payroll reimb. 18,359.88 Core & Main equipment 16,929.00 Cubby's fuel 774.56 Dearborn Nat'l ins. 434.66 DWEE-Fiscal Services loan payment 23,901.61 Engelmeyer Repair parts 55.90 Enterprise Media service 128.12 Gill Hauling service 335.25 Heartland Nat'l Gas utilities 391.31 Interstate Power Systems equipment 7,421.00 Kelly Adamson training 117.82 LP Gill, Inc landfill 441.83 Marc supplies 310.36 Midwest Service Co. fuel 30.00 Midwest Turf & Irrigation parts 157.23 Municipal Supply Inc equipment 1,148.25 Novus Computers service 1,603.75 NPPD utilities 4,874.83 Omaha Winwater supplies 541.54 One Office Solutions supplies 97.50 Postmaster postage 314.50 Scott's Hardware supplies 177.60 EFTPS Federal payroll tax 7,788.21 NE Dept. of Revenue State payroll tax 1,147.64 Payroll 27,317.34 ZNEZ BCI 12.18.25
