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, and Ueckert. Absent: council member TenEyck. Also present: City Attorney Jeff Farnham, Interim City Administrator Dave Ptak, 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.

Agenda approved unanimously; Consent Agneda approved unanimously Items on the consent agenda were Treasurer’s Report, March/April Payroll $102,468.32 & IRA $4,493.98; Keno Receipts $10,342.69; PeopleService Report, March Cemetery Board minutes, February Library Board minutes; March Library statistics; April Tree Board minutes; Reappointment of Theresa Samson to the Library Board; appointment of Bryan Campell to the Board of Appeals and Board of Adjustments and the following bills: Services/Utilities/Insurance/Memberships: Accufund 375.00; Aflac 704.70; Bamboo 363.60; BCBS 12497.17; Bishops Business 983.25; Black Hills 1225.36; Cornhusker State Ind 523.20; Cox 525.24; Creating Planning 19923.50; Datashield 45.00; Douglas Cnty Environ 4600.00; Eagle Engineering 329.13; Everetts 3240.86; Farnham & Griffin 5687.50; First Neb Bank 2409.01; Five Nines 3797.58; Great Plains 911.71; ICMA 450.00; LARM 26.29; MAPA 2000.00; Mutual of Omaha 2694.90; NDEE 573.47; Nebraska Library Comm 840.00; PeopleService 66970.00; The Daily Record 79.33; Verizon 423.11; YMCA 50.00; Xpress Bill Pay 548.78; Supplies/Equipment: Amazon 1645.27; Arps 1135.63; Baker & Taylor 189.08; B&B Technologies 4300.00; Bomgaars 184.20; Bound to Stay Bound 122.99; Cappel Auto 282.22; Cintas 358.99; Eagle Engineer 140162.23; Eakes 64.32; Electronic Engineering 341.80; Elkhorn Auto 333.00; Great Plains Uniform 416.98; Host Coffee 155.98; JD’s Car wash 89.25; John Deere 1485.04; Johnson Controls Fire Protection 260.00; Jones Auto 837.50; Knight’s Mobile Detailing 175.00; Love’s 3519.83; Lowe’s 43.69; Marking Refirg 275.00; Menards Fremont 603.75; Menards Elkhorn 135.55; Michael Matzen 2070.00; Michael Todd 1511.17; Midwest Tape 341.86; Miracle Recreation Equip 197.88; M.S. Wiekhorst 975.00; Murphy Tractor 489.49; OPPD 15370.96; JP Cooke 70.87; Rob’s Oil 709.31; Storey Kenworthy 2234.93; Trade Well 2090.00; United Seeds 330.00; USPS 320.00; USPP 495.31; Valley Ace Hardware 586.40; Waste Connections 392.06; WM of Neb 289.23; Weise Plumbing 2461.80 Bond/Finance/Lease/TIF Payments: FNB/bond 5962.50; FNB/bond 5962.50, Mallard 67,403.37; Bluewater 206000.50; Bell Bank 22392.65; Union Pacific 50.00; Reimburse/Refund: Art of a Craftsman 3000.00; Donnermeyer, C 507.92; Dunham D 700.00; Falcone Homes 1000.00; Hempel M 216.00; Ken Oster Homes 1000.00; Menards 3000.00; Midwest Dwellings 2000.00; Willmann, G 244.02;

The following Proclamations were read by Mayor Grove National Library Week April 7-15; Arbor Day April 26; and Professional Municipal Clerks Week May 5-11.

Greg Kava was presented with a certificate of appreciation by Mayor Grove for his service on the Planning Commission board. Officer Willmann was presented with the lifesaving award for his service during a rescue call.

Officer Rath appeared before council with a request for a $3,000 donation from the City of Valley for the Cops for Kids program. Unanimously passed motion to approve the request from Keno funds.

Beth Lovelady appeared before council with a request to close Condron street on May 18 for a graduation party. Unanimously passed motion to close street.

Krista Lewis appeared before council with a request to host the 48 State tour again on July 22, 2024. Unanimously passed motion to host tour.

Unanimously passed and adopted Resolution No. 2024-23 Pool Management Agreement.

Unanimously passed and adopted Resolution No. 2024-24 approval of expenses before council meeting.

Unanimously passed and adopted Resolution No. 2024-25 authorizing United Republic Bank to disburse to NL&L Concrete the sum of $49,086.00 and to City of Valley for engineering fees the sum of $8,554.61 for Stillwater Lake Phase 1 paving and storm sewer improvements.

Unanimously passed and adopted Resolution No. 2024-26 authorizing United Republic Bank to disburse to NL&L Concrete the sum of $19,75.05 and to City of Valley for engineering fees the sum of $3,329.13 for Stillwater Lake Phase 2 street paving.

Unanimously passed motion to award FY2024 concrete street repairs to Metro Driveway.

Mayor Grove reported the following: City clean-up day April 20, the new police cruiser is in service, letters will be going out regarding new sewer consumption rates, the Building Inspector received his residential plan review certification.

I certify that the above represents a factual account of the proceedings of the Valley City Council and a complete transcript of the minutes is available in the office of the City Clerk during regular business hours.

Attest: Christie Donnermeyer

City Clerk

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