OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS CITY OF MILFORD REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 5, 2014 A regular meeting of the Mayor and Council of the City of Milford, Nebraska was held at the Webermeier Library Building in said City on the 5th day of August at 7:30 pm. Present were: Mayor Bruha; Council members: Baker, Fortune, Kral; Attorney Blevens; Chief of Police Siebken; Maintenance Supt. TeSelle and City Clerk Hoggins. Absent: Council member Heckman. Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by publishing in the Milford Times; a designated method for giving notice, as required by law. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bruha called the meeting to order. Nebraska Open Meetings Act requirement met. MINUTES: Approved minutes of the 7/1/14, 7/15/14 and 7/28/14 meetings. PAYMENT OF BILLS: Approved payment of bills by the Auditing Committee. Abbreviation for bill listing: Fe, Fee; Ml, Mileage; Re, Reimbursement; Se, Services; Su, Supplies; Ex, Expense. SALARIES: $33,154.54 GENERAL FUND: Riley Buettner, Re, 26.47; Mitch Buller, Re, 60.24; Celedon Bartolo, Re, 43.53; Bryan Fisher, 25.26; Garrett Hofstetter, Re, 63.07; Kash Houser, Re, 36.45; Jonni Pavelka, Re, 29.56; Loren Plouzek, Re, 75.00; David Reisinger, Re, 75.00; Randy Schaeffer, Re, 67.02; George Scott, Re, 4.31; U.S. Postmaster, Ex, 206.27; Ameritas, Ex, 1474.58; Union Bank, Ex, 720.00; Pepsi Cola of Lincoln, Ex, 1092.60; American Building Inspectors, Fe, 180.00; Aramark, Ex, 214.79; Aramark, Se, 1216.85; Assured Fire Protection, Ex, 333.00; AT&T, Se, 22.34; Black Hills Energy, Se, 257.15; Blue River Transmissions, Se, 647.87; Bouwmen’s Plumbing, Se, 800.00; Canon Solutions, Su, 63.24; Carol Hendrix, Re, 50.00; Concrete Works, Ex, 20127.00; Diode, Se, 55.22; Eakes, Su, 669.19; Farmers Coop, Ex, 2437.12; Gerhold Concrete Company, Ex, 45.00; In the Swim, Ex, 39.98; Interstate All Battery Center, Ex, 302.40; John Deere Financial, Ex, 578.92; Larry Doran, Ex, 100.00; Matheson Tri-Gas, Su, 93.60; Midwest Door & Hardware, Ex, 81.11; Milford Fire & Rescue, Ex, 700.00; Municipal Supply, Ex, 122.60; NE Motor Parts, Ex, 549.06; NPPD, Se, 9457.20; One Call Concepts, Se, 21.40; Pac-N-Save, Ex, 238.07; Pizza Kitchen, Ex, 385.00; Rural Apprehension Program, Ex, 1617.00; Sam’s Club, Su, 1053.19; Seward Co Public Power Dist., Se, 389.66; Seward County Independent, Ex, 613.63; Seward Lumber, Su, 136.97; Shell Fleet Plus, Ex, 38.56; Storey Kenworthy/Matt Parrott, Ex, 635.30; Stutzman Digging, Ex, 7482.50; Sunrise Country Manor, Su, 614.25; TeSelle Services, Ex, 50.00; The Crete News, Ex, 60.00; Toofast Supply, Su, 238.41; Union Bank, Ex, 35.00; Uribe Refuse, Se, 96.00; Van Diest Supply Company, Su, 383.25; Verizon Wireless, Se, 95.20; Verizon Wireless, 105.01; Windstream Nebraska, Se, 719.69; Ameritas, Ex, 1493.85; Union Bank, Ex, 720.00; Aflac, Ex, 434.78; BCBS, Ex, 6626.37; Dearborn National, Ex, 120.40;Aloha Roth, Ex, 40.00; Baker&Taylor, Su, 32.45; Blevens Law Office, Se, 350.00; Bonsall Pool & Spa, Ex, 28.85; Canon Financial Services, Ex, 513.90; Card Service Center, Ex, 183.54; Cash-Wa, Ex, 207.37; Petty Cash, Ex, 22.62; Concrete Works, Ex, 35471.00; Country Inn & Suites, Ex, 1119.92; Culligan Water, Su, 37.00; Fastenal, Ex, 70.14; George Matzen, Re, 615.22; Hawkins, Ex, 219.15; Hydraulic Equipment Service, Ex, 525.00; Kelly Supply, Su, 585.08; Kremer’s Inc., Ex, 6800.00; Lindsey Sample, Re, 11.73; Liquivision Technology, Ex, 2850.00; Marissa Johns, Re, 187.00; Merle’s Garden Center, Ex, 513.00; Milford A/C & Appliance, Se, 192.76; Milford Plumbing Inc, Ex, 229.95; Milford School Dist. #5, Ex, 50.00; Municipal Supply, Su, 108.24; Murphy Tractor & Equipment, Ex, 94.55; NE Dept. of Env. Quality, Fe, 150.00; NE Dept. of Agriculture, Fe, 150.00; NE Public Health, Ex, 30.00; Pavers Inc., Ex, 306.90; Plains Power & Equip., Ex, 65.81; Reader Service, Su, 25.98; Roxanne Roth, Se, 75.00; Sack Lumber, Su, 10.79; Seward County Independent, Se, 78.00; Shell Fleet Plus, Ex, 711.90; Sign Solutions of Lincoln, Ex, 65.00; Stutzman Digging, Ex, 1060.00; TCA Outdoor Power, Ex, 7299.99; Toofast Supply, Su, 168.80; Travis Yeackley, Fe, 590.00; Union Bank, Ex, 431.50; Uribe Refuse, Se, 37.00; Walmart, Su, 89.17; Wergin’s Lawn Service, Se, 69.00; Windstream NE, Se, 234.30; Zito Media, Ex, 4.56. REPORTS OF OFFICERS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES: Written reports: Milford Housing Authority minutes for 7/17/14; Milford Aging Services Committee minutes for 7/22/14; Recreation Board minutes for 7/17/14; Pool Board minutes for 8/4/14; Police Dept. activity report for 7/14; MVFD Rescue NARSIS Report for June and July 2014. Baker – Robin Kremer is the new Sr. Center Director. Banners are up for Milford’s 150th Birthday Celebration. TeSelle – Banners are up, alley behind Post Office is paved, monitoring wells as water use is up, pool slide is up, roof repaired on shed at cemetery and Mark Frey is interested in coming back to do some mowing. Matzen – summer reading program is over, 8 different programs were introduced. 114 children participated and 107 finished the program. The overdrive program usage is up from last year as well as material checked out. The two movie nights were a success. Chief Siebken – all officers attended active shooting training and Officer Hull will be attending a 2 day class on School Safety. COMMUNICATIONS: *Sales tax received for the month of 5/14 in the amount of $13,468.26. *Resignation letter received from Tracy Yeackley ending employment on 7/30/14. *Resignation letter received from Heather Wiles ending employment 8/15/14. *Article from the Journal Star regarding neglected properties. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Action on Master Trail Plan: Dave Potter with JEO returned to review the Master Trail Plan and discuss any changes. He is asking the Council to approve the plans so JEO can move forward with preparing the final forms. Kral asked for confirmation that the estimated cost of the project does not include land purchase or easements. Mr. Potter confirmed this to be true. Baker noted this as the first step before any grant applications can be pursued. Council approved the Master Trail Plan presented by JEO allowing them to finalize the plan. Discuss/Action – Proposal and Agreement for an Energy Element addition to the Zoning/Comprehensive Plan: Dave Potter with JEO presented a proposal and agreement for the Council’s approval to proceed with professional services updating our Comprehensive Plan with an Energy Element. Completion date scheduled for the end of November 2014, with cost not to exceed $2600.00. Council approved the agreement of an Energy Element. Discussion/Update of LEOP – Gary Peterson: Emergency Management Director Gary Peterson was present to update the Mayor and Council on the duties of employees and officials of the City of Milford in the event of a disaster. With the recent tornado in Beaver Crossing they experienced first- hand some of the areas of difficulty. Gary strongly urged the City to plan ahead. He will be putting together a “Go To” kit with all appropriate information required to help assist communities in the case of a disaster. There are some changes that need to be made with the plan and the Council decided to wait until next month to address the resolution. Discuss/Action of scheduling and operation of brush pile: Fortune mentioned informing the public that a key is available to check out at City Hall should take care of a lot of issues. It was decided to open the brush pile on 2 Saturdays a month for a couple hours limiting it to only residents of Milford. Tree branches and brush are the only items allowed. NO trash, grass, leaves or construction material. NEW BUSINESS: Review/Approve Grass Rig Purchase: The grass rig that the Milford Fire Dept. has is 40 years old. He is asking for approval to purchase a new grass rig for the Dept. Discussion was held regarding bid limits and the Council approved to proceed with advertising for bids. Discuss/Action on Flag Football League use of grass area south of the Pool: Approved the request by Brian Toovey to use of the grass area south of the pool for a flag football league of Milford 2nd & 3rd grade boys. Discuss Swimming Pool Facility – Sharon Bender: Sharon started by stating, she is representing the seniors and they are not being represented well at the pool. She did thank the council for the installation of the steps with the hand rail. She noted when people come to town to use our facilities the pool is not representing Milford well. She also questioned the positioning of the new slide and how it has taken away a lot of the area they use for water aerobics. Heckman explained that positioning it where they did allows more children to use the slide as it dumps into a shallow area for smaller children. Heckman also noted that the ropes used for the slide can be removed during swim aerobics. Ms. Bender thanked Jeff for that explanation. Heckman also explained that the improvements that have been made to the pool recently have all come from outside donations. Heckman assured Sharon they would be looking into whatever improvement could be made that fit within the budget. Sharon is hoping to see improvements for next year. Approve Initial Order – Webermeier Scholarships: Approved the initial order of 22 Webermeier Scholarships in the amount of $454.54 per student for the 1st Semester of the 2014-2015 school year. Award Bid for Sr. Center Meals: Awarded the meal bid for the Sr. Center to Sunrise Country Manor in the amount of $5.25 per meal. Hire Library Clerk and set wage: Approved hiring Jessica Wang as Library Clerk at the rate of $7.25 per hour. Hire City Office secretary and set wage: Approved hiring Erica Pallas as the full time secretary for City Hall at an hourly rate of $13.00. Award bid to clean the outside of the Water Tower: Awarded the bid to National Wash Authority in the amount of $4,995.00. Discuss/Action Lifeguard Training Fees: Approved the reimbursement of all the guards at 100% this time. Complete salary/budget discussion: Items discussed in length: Employee Health Insurance, accrual of vacation and sick leave, updating the employee handbook, the donated money and how nothing has been accomplished regarding it and leaving wages at 2.5%. ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned. Jeanne Hoggins, City Clerk Dean A. Bruha, Mayor MT — August 20, 2014
