City Council - Regular Meeting

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Good evening, everyone. Welcome to North Platte City Council meeting here on Tuesday, May 19th, 2026 at 5.30 p.m. Of course, we're here in the City Council Chambers calling the meeting officially to order. We have an invocation by Caleb Brandenburg from the Victory Church of God. I don't see Caleb in the audience.

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Mr. Reeker, would you grace us with a little prayer, please?

Amen. Dear Lord, as we embark on celebrating the 250th anniversary since the declaration of our independence, you've blessed our country many, many times over. You've given us a country to love, and you've given us the graces to enjoy the fruits of our labors, and you've given us protection. I ask you, Lord, to continue to protect our country and help us as city servants that that we will always strive to follow your will in everything that we do and think and say, within and without of these walls. I pray for our community and as a community that we will love you and that we will do and will strive to follow you in every aspect of our lives. Thank you, Lord, for this body of men as we work together tonight and all that we decide tonight will be pleasing to you and for the betterment and the furtherance of our community. Amen.

Amen.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you, everyone. Angie, the roll call, please. Here. Here. Here.

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Here. Thank you. Current copy of the Open Meetings Act of State of Nebraska is posted on the wall at the back of the council chambers. Meeting procedure, the public may address specific agenda items at the pleasure of the mayor. If recognized by the mayor, please identify yourself by stating your name and address. Please address the council through the mayor and limit your remarks. We respect our city employees and request that any complaints or criticisms of employees not be aired to public meeting. Concerns about employees should be brought to the attention of the city administrator or the mayor. Individuals in violation will be declared out of order. Consent agenda. All matters on the consent agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. Any City Council member may, however, remove an item from consent by request. 1A. Approve the minutes of May 5, 2026. B. Send the application of SGL Express LLC DBA starting gate liquors for a Class C liquor license, beer, wine, and spirits on and off sale at 1807 West A Street, No. 9 to the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission with no recommendation. C, approve the applicants, excuse me, applications by Bowdunks Brewing, DBA Peg Leg Brewing for special designated licenses on June 27th, July 11th, June 8th, or excuse me, July 18th, August 15th, August 22nd, August 29th, and September 5th, 2026 at 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Peg Leg Brewery, 2519 Halligan Drive for music events. D. Approve the application by Wilkinson Development, Inc. for a special designated license on June 19, 2026 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Fat Dog's North, 1313 South Dewey Street for a tasting event. E. Approve the application by Plat Bar, Inc. for a special designated license on June 19, 2026 from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. at Plat Bar, 119 West 6th Street for a beer garden. F. Authorize the City Council to approve the transfer of shares of Cody Kino, Inc. from Bill Snodgrass and Mike Hammock to Mike Nevervey and Ryan Palabrica. Hopefully I got close on those names. Okay.

Mr. Mayor, I move that we approve the consent agenda as presented.

Second. Motion by Reker. Second by Volz. Mr. Mayor. Mr. Lucas may I just request that we separate F from the consent agenda since the applicants are since the request is folks are here tonight okay other requests calling a question on items A through E on the consent agenda please A through E are approved councilman Lucas item F yeah

in research of uh item f on the keynote transfer i had called mr snodgrass to ask him a couple questions and i saw that they were here tonight so mr mayor i wondered if you want to give them just a quick opportunity to tell them what they request tell us what they're requesting your snodgrass would one of you like to come and tell us what your thoughts are please i'm bill snodgrass 1101 south car north platte

And the request is my myself and my part business partner, Mike hammock. We want to sell our shares to the two of them are owners currently. And Ryan will will become part owner with his partner might never be. And so Mike and I are retired, retiring or spitting the bit, I guess, so to speak. So we'd like to hand them off and Marie is one of the owners, is also the manager, and she's real strong and real well-liked in the Keno community and by about everybody. And she'll remain on as a manager of it. And everything will go as it has been. And so that's the extent of it. And if you do approve it, I want to say that this is about the 30... six years or so of being involved with Keno and the city and the mayors and the clerks and all the boards have just been really, really cooperative and easy to work with. And we never really had any issue that came up with it. And it's been a joy to run it, manage it for you all those years. And I really appreciate how easy it's been to work with the city of North Platte.

Thank you. Anyone have any questions for Mr. Snodgrass? Thank you, Bill.

All right. Thank you guys very much.

Mr. Mayor. Real quick, just to comment on like a motion. The reason I'd call Mr. Snodgrass was that I've been a fan of the local ownership and involvement in this, which has continued to happen in active management. I've been monitoring and I've heard a lot of things about Carney's had a lot of ripples through their keynote. They changed from a local provider to a kind of a Lincoln Omaha more urban provider. It's not been very popular and their revenues are significantly down as a result of it. So the basis of my reaching out to him was just to kind of hoping that wasn't the case and that we still had a local ownership present and all that. And so I was happy with those answers. So with that, I would just motion that we approve item F on the consent agenda.

second motion by lucas second by reeker item f from the consent agenda calling the question on item f please item f is approved thank you everyone moving on to item number two approve the resolution for the 2026 nebraska land days parade resolution for the 2026 nebraska land age parade second motion by recur second by voles i think okay thank you gentlemen appreciate you attending tonight any discussion on item number two and lady i apologize any discussion on item number two see none calling the question am i number two please Item number two is passed. Item number three, second reading in action to adopt ordinance number 4249 to rezone certain lands from an A1 transitional agricultural district to a B2 highway commercial district and an R3 dwelling district located at the intersection of East Francis Street and Bryan Avenue and on South Tabor Avenue. Lay in the ordinance, please.

Ordinance number 4249, an ordinance of the City of North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, rezoning certain lands described as Blocks 4 and 5, Opportunity Subdivision, and part of the south half of Section 3, Township 13 North, Range 30 West of the 6 p.m., And then north half of Section 10, Township 13 North, Range 30 West of the 6 p.m., North Platteville County, Nebraska, proposed lots 1, 2, and 3 Brewer Subdivision from an A1 Transitional Agricultural District to a B2 Highway Commercial District and to an R3 Dwelling District, repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in a conflict herewith, providing for the effective date and publication thereof.

Mayor, I move to adopt ordinance number... 4249 to resume rezone certain land from any 1 transitional agricultural district to a B2 highway commercial district. And an R3 dwelling district located at the intersection of East Francis street, Brian Avenue on South Tabor Avenue.

On 2nd, reading 2nd, motion by recur second by Flanders where we discussed this 1 quite extensively a couple weeks ago. Anyone have any other thoughts or questions at this point? Seeing none, calling the question on item number three, please. Item number three is passed. Item number four, accept the lease proposal and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents regarding lease purchase financing with U.S. Bancorp Government Leasing and Finance Inc. for two Freightliner semi-tractors with extended warranties and two Mack waste moving floor semi-trailers for use by the Sanitation Department. Mr. Mayor.

to accept the lease proposal and authorize the mayor to sign all necessary documents regarding lease purchase financing with U.S. Bancorp government leasing and financing for two freight liner semi-tractors with extended warranties and two MAC waste moving floor semi-trailers for use by the sanitation department.

SECOND MOTION BY REEKER SECOND BY LUCAS LANE YOU WANT TO TELL US WHAT WE GOT GOING ON HERE REAL QUICK YOU RECALL TURN YOUR MIC ON YOU RECALL IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY THE APPROVAL FOR THESE PURCHASES WAS MADE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN IT CAME CLOSER TO THEIR DELIVERY WE WOULD GO OUT FOR FINANCING THAT'S AS WE WENT TO FINANCING FOR THIS AND WENT OUT TO number of banks and this was the best uh financing we have and so that's what's before you today is for a six-year lease on these lease purchase so at the end of the lease purchase they'll be ours to keep questions or comments ed thank you did you say lane and at the end of the six years and there'll be ours to keep is that yes correct what what what's the expected number of years that these will be in service do you know The ones we have currently, we're getting 12 to 14 years better, so we're hoping we should be close.

Is that the trailer or the tractor?

We have both trailers and tractors that have about that many years on route. We're replacing some with about 14 years on them right now.

That's pretty good.

And we are hauling more loads because our tonnage has gone up, so it may... may decrease just a little bit but we're hauling more loads as than we were five or six years ago so is this in addition to our fleet or are we going to it's going to replace a couple that are basically falling apart i understand that so what do we do with the the ones that were we are replacing so that the trailers are pretty much just shot the um semi tractors we i believe we got a little bit of trade-in value with those Not a lot, but there's a little bit.

Thank you.

Other questions or comments? Seeing none, calling the question on item number four, please. Item number four is passed. Item number five, adopt the resolution approving claims and authorizing the issuance of two warrants to Paulson, Inc. in the amounts of $216,117.71 and $42,186.54. one warrant to Midlands Contracting in the amount of $2,646.32 and 28 warrants to FNVO totaling $10,555,487.75 to pay approved claims and referring to and incorporating the terms and conditions of Ordinance No. 3874 relating to warrant financing.

Mr. Mayor, I move to approve the resolution authorizing the issuance of 31 warrants as presented in the materials.

Second. Motion by Reker, second by Flanders. Any discussion on item number five? Seeing none, calling the question on item number five, please. Item number five is passed. Item number six, approve the claims.

Mr. Mayor, I move that we pay the bills. Second.

Motion by Reker, second by Nestle. Discussion on the claims? Seeing none, calling the question on item number six, please. I never sixes assets. Public agenda request respect our city employees request any complaints or criticisms of employees not be aired a public meeting concerns about a place should be brought to the attention of the city Mister or the mayor individuals violation will be declared out of order anyone have any agenda request items if so approach the Mike and tell us who you are we'll be happy to hear your request. No one is moving a streaker. Is it a gender request? Go ahead. Go ahead.

I'm curious. Are we going to be doing anything as a community to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

Funny you should ask. There are a variety of groups that have a variety of events going on surrounding the 250th. To celebration, the city, in cooperation with the Visitors Bureau, has put together a quite extensive website, and we're inviting everyone who has an event to let the city or the Visitors Bureau know so we can get it on the website. It's up and alive today, so if you go to the City of Northwell website, there's a link. It goes directly to the Visitors Bureau website. I don't see Tracy's night here. I suppose there's probably about 15 or 16 events on there right now. The one that I'm particularly excited about is on June 30th during the baseball game. So there's an 80s baseball game on June 30th out there at Billwood Field. And we'll be having baseball. We'll be serving apple pie. And there will be fireworks at the end of the baseball game. So I've been for six years trying to get apple pie, baseball, and fireworks at the same event. And unless it rains, we're going to get it done. I'm not going to complain if it rains. Okay, so there will be that. There's a whole variety of other events, and I would encourage anyone who knows about an event that doesn't happen to be on the website, please let us know. We'd love to get it on the website. The Optimists are going to have just a grand fireworks show. They've spent quite a bit of money on fireworks on the 4th of July out at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds, as they've done for many years in the past, and there's obviously many more events, too many for me to read right now.

Thank you. That's exciting.

It is. second motion by reeker second by voles to adjourn the meeting calling the question on adjournment meeting is adjourned we'll see everyone on june 2nd thank you