City of Oakland Council Proceedings July 29th, 2024 On July 29th, 2024, the governing body met for a regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Oakland, Nebraska, which was held at the Municipal Building, 401 North Oakland Avenue in Oakland, Nebraska. The public had been advised of the meeting by the publication of notice in Oakland Independent as well as three public places: City Auditorium, Post Office, and First NE Bank of Nebraska. Mayor Dan Jacobs started the meeting at 7:00 p.m. with Roll Call. Council President Nathan Anderson, Council Member Jeremiah Johansen, Council Member Scott Swenson, and Council Member Denker-Rost were all in attendance. All present Voting: Aye (Anderson, Denker-Rost, Johansen, Swenson ) - 4, Nay - 0. In attendance were Clerk Kayla Eisenmenger, and Scheduled Citizens: Nate Vazquez, Caden Conrad, Justin Broekemeier, Ethan Joy, - JEO, Jeff Ray- JEO, David Deemer - Oakland Heights Director. Citizens: 1. At 7:02 pm Motion was made by Council President Anderson seconded by Council Member Denker-Rost that all items under the consent agenda be approved as presented. All present Voting: Aye (Swenson, Denker-Rost, Anderson, Johansen) - 4, Nay - 0. 1513 NCSPC 402.47 2. 1141 COLONIAL LIFE .00 VOID: 1141 COLONIAL LIFE 948.00 1513 NCSPC 1,207.41 990 Oakland Hghts (dent.ins.city) .00 VOID: 990 Oakland Hghts (dent.ins.city) 737.40 1123 RIC ORTMEIER 11,445.00 990 Oakland Hghts (dent.ins.city) 368.70 1141 COLONIAL LIFE 1,122.76 1513 NCSPC 402.47 1311 NE DEPT OF REV-GAMING 60.00 43 Petty Cash 200.00 1170 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OMAHA 566.37 190 Ingram Library Services 703.35 7 Colonial Research Chemical Cor 1,309.21 22 Nebraska Public Power District 3,358.06 1025 Skywave Wireless, Inc. 140.00 1558 ENGLISH HOME 24.97 1389 BAZAAR 15.00 177 Oakland Craig Public Schools 730.00 2018 Rodney H. Johnson 173.23 965 AAA GARAGE DOOR INC 603.50 28 ACCO 5,836.60 1033 FASTWYRE BROADBAND 245.68 872 ANDY'S QUIK STOP 406.07 2047 Black Diamond Electronics 17,629.20 1068 Burt Co. Sheriff's Office 36.00 1557 CENTRAL VALLEY AG 824.13 1349 CLASSIC CLEAN CARWASH 164.73 1114 FARM & HOME INSURANCE AGENCY 252.00 967 Farmer's Pride 383.65 1495 GREATAMERICA FINANCIAL SVCS 459.53 939 Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC 455.44 873 INSUREVEST FINANCIAL GRP 750.00 39 JEO Consulting Group 1,162.50 55 Johnson & Mock 1,045.00 118 Midwest Service Sales 357.00 59 Nelson's Food Pride 183.34 1295 NORTHEAST INSTANT RAIN 320.75 896 ANDREW E CULLEN 890.00 1280 OAKLAND EXPRESS 20.00 34 Oakland Independent 712.37 1556 OIT, LLC 134.12 1473 ONE OFFICE SOLUTIONS 152.41 1523 SCOTT'S HARDWARE .00 VOID: 1523 SCOTT'S HARDWARE 1,407.09 1053 Stan Houston Equip. Co., Inc. 1,127.50 1533 THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INS 114.10 1559 TRADITIONAL HOME 25.00 730 Verizon Wireless 812.95 1516 AMY DENKER-ROST 256.79 14 EFTPS 6,638.79 E-PAY 703 FIRST NATIONAL BANK- HSA 265.00 E-PAY 1132 EMPOWER RETIREMENT 983.76 E-PAY 14 EFTPS 9,446.29 E-PAY 67 Nebraska Dept.of Revenue 2,452.39 E-PAY 703 FIRST NATIONAL BANK- HSA 2,345.00 E-PAY 1132 EMPOWER RETIREMENT 1,026.83 E-PAY 15 NE Dept. of Revenue 255.14 E-PAY 922 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NE 10,195.00 E-PAY 744 BLACK HILLS ENERGY 48.44 E-PAY 43 Petty Cash 200.00 2018 Rodney H. Johnson 177.20 28 ACCO 1,436.60 1033 FASTWYRE BROADBAND 100.71 2047 Black Diamond Electronics 60.00 1557 CENTRAL VALLEY AG 224.33 7 Colonial Research Chemical Cor 192.09 1538 FENIX 255.20 1554 GREG BRUMMOND 3,960.00 412 Midwest Laboratories 535.17 611 Nebraska Public Health 45.00 1226 NNSWC LANDFILL 1,212.75 896 ANDREW E CULLEN 1,314.00 22 Nebraska Public Power District 3,250.16 34 Oakland Independent 66.00 887 ONE CALL CONCEPTS INC 20.34 983 OR-TEC SALES 915.50 1190 SCHMADER LANDFILL LLC 90.65 1523 SCOTT'S HARDWARE 315.92 1492 TEAM LAB 329.00 1533 THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INS 21.71 709 USA Blue Book 267.88 730 Verizon Wireless 130.13 15 NE Dept. of Revenue 1,193.40 E-PAY 922 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD NE 1,877.17 E-PAY 744 BLACK HILLS ENERGY 920.89 E-PAY 3. At 7:04pm Council Member Johansen made a motion to approve the Eriksen Construction A/B Contract Application #1 in the amount of $204,095.62. Motion was seconded by Council President Anderson. All present Voting: Aye (Johansen, Anderson, Denker-Rost, Swenson) - 4, Nay - 0. 4. At 7:11 pm Council President Anderson made a motion to approve the amendment for engineering services to comply with SHPO’s new comments concerning the demolition of the North Water Tower. Motion was seconded by Council Member Swenson. All present voting ( Swenson, Denker-Rost, Anderson, Johansen). -4, May - 0. 5. At 7:22 pm Council President Anderson made a motion to approve the Blight and Substandard Determination Study. Motion was seconded by Council Member Swenson. All present Voting: Aye (Johansen, Anderson, Denker-Rost, Swenson) - 4, Nay - 0. 6. Being the only sealed bid, a motion was made at 8:27 pm by Council Member Johansen to approve the Brummond proposal as the qualified persons to haul trash from the City Transfer Station to the landfill. Motion was seconded by Council Member Swenson. All present voting ( Johansen, Anderson, Denker-Rost, Swenson). -4, May - 0. 7. At 8:28 pm Council President Anderson made a motion to approve the Proprietary Line of Credit paid off as of 7-12-24. Discuss and Approve resigning to keep the Line of Credit for another maturity after the September 1st, 2024, maturity is up. Motion was seconded by Council Member Johansen. All present voting ( Swenson, Denker-Rost, Anderson, Johansen). -4, May - 0. 8. At 8:29 pm after discussion of the conditional use permit and building permit for Lot 18 and PTLot17 and 19, Block 48, Hulbert’s Addition, Oakland, NE, Burt County, commonly known as 703 N. Thomas Ave Council President Anderson made a motion to approve. Motion was seconded by Council Member Swenson. All present voting ( Johansen, Anderson, Denker-Rost, Swenson). -4, May - 0. 9. At 8:31pm Council President Anderson made a motion to approve the request of Keno funds to be reimbursed to Pickleball League member Evan Rennerfeldt in the amount of $106.00. Motion was seconded by Council Member Johansen. All present voting ( Swenson, Denker-Rost, Anderson, Johansen). -4, May - 0. 10. At 8:31 pm Council Member Johansen made a motion to appoint Jason Beckstrom to be on the Oakland Planning Commission board. Motion was seconded by Council Member Denker-Rost. All present voting ( Swenson, Denker-Rost, Anderson, Johansen). -4, May - 0. 11. At 8:32 pm Council Member Swenson made a motion to approve the new agreement with Heartland Natural Gas correlation with Black Hills Energy, to give a discount on the supply given to the City. Motion was seconded by Council Member Denker- Rost. All present Voting: Aye (Johansen, Anderson, Denker-Rost, Swenson) - 4, Nay - 0. 12. At 8:36 pm Council President Anderson made a motion to open the public hearing of Review and Consider funding options of the City of Oakland NE Economic Development Act with LB840 1.5% stay with the current sales tax amount 2% add the additional .5% towards the Economic Development Plan ( LB840) to allow for keeping current .5% towards "Oakland Main Street Revitalization. “Motion was seconded by Council Member Johansen. All present Voting: Aye (Swenson, Denker-Rost, Anderson, Johansen) - 4, Nay - 0. Discussing the options for what better suits the City of Oakland NE financials the Council made a motion to go into Closed Session to discuss finances in more detail. Motion was made by Council Member Swenson to close the public hearing. Motion was seconded by Council President Anderson. All present Voting: Aye (Johansen, Anderson, Denker-Rost, Swenson) - 4, Nay - 0. Motion was made by Council Member Swenson to go into a closed session. At 8:47 pm motion was seconded by Council President Anderson. All present Voting: Aye (Swenson, Denker-Rost, Anderson, Johansen) - 4, Nay - 0. At 8:54 pm Council Member Johansen made a motion to reopen the public hearing to review and Consider funding options of the City of Oakland NE Economic Development Act with LB840 1.5% stay with the current sales tax amount 2% add the additional .5% towards the Economic Development Plan ( LB840) to allow for keeping current .5% towards "Oakland Main Street Revitalization." Motion was seconded by Council President Anderson. All present Voting: Aye (Johansen, Anderson, Denker-Rost, Swenson) - 4, Nay - 0. With no further discussion at 8:55 pm Council President Anderson made a motion to close the public hearing. Motion was seconded by Council Member Denker-Rost. All present Voting: Aye (Swenson, Denker-Rost, Anderson, Johansen) - 4, Nay - 0. 13. At 8:56 pm Mayor Jacobs asked if there were any motions for Resolution 2024-2. No motions were made Resolution 2024-2 died. 14. At 8:56 pm Mayor Jacobs asked if there were any motions for Resolution 2024-3. No motions were made Resolution 2024-3 died. 15. At 8:56 pm Mayor Jacobs asked if there were any motions for Resolution 2024-4. No motions were made Resolution 2024-4 died. 16. At 9:00 pm Council President Anderson made a motion to approve and pass Resolution 2024-8 ""League Association of Risk Management 2024-25 Renewal" following the contribution credit option: 180 Day Notice 3-year commitment with a 5% discount making the total contribution of $130,268.00.Motion was seconded by Council Member Swenson. All present voting ( Swenson, Denker-Rost, Anderson, Johansen). -4, May - 0. 17. Adjourned At 9:06 pm A complete transcript of the council agenda/minutes is available at the City Clerk’s office and at www.ci.oakland.ne.us. ZNEZ OI 08-22-24
