City of Blue Springs, Nebraska

April 21, 2020

The Regular Meeting of Mayor and Council was held on April 21, 2020, in the Blue Springs City Hall, Blue Springs, NE.

PRESENT: Mayor Meyer, Council members Carmichael, Mewes, Neumann, Reedy (late arrival)
ABSENT:
OTHER ATTENDEES: Employee Mike Pike

Notice of the meeting/hearing was given in advance by posting in at least three public places as shown by the certificate of posting placed on file. Notice of the hearing/meeting was simultaneously given to the Mayor and all members of the City Council and a copy of their acknowledgment of receipt and agenda are placed on file. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the advance notice to the Mayor and City Council of the hearing/meeting. Proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened hearing/meeting was open to public attendance.

At 7:00 PM, Mayor Meyer called the Regular meeting to order and roll call was taken.

Motion (Mewes) , second (Carmichael) and vote (3-0 affirmative) to approve as sent minutes for the April 7, 2020 Regular meeting.

After review -- motion (Carmichael), second (Neumann), and vote (3-0 affirmative) to approve claims per: Bank Direct - NE Dept. of Revenue (10) - $265.54; Payroll - $1,874.26; Abbott Portable Toilets - $125.00; Black Hills Energy - $31.88; EMC Insurance (Annual Package) - $14,343.00; HJP Pest Control (Annual Mosquito Spraying) - $2,030.40; NE Dept. of Revenue (51C) - $1,970.00; NE Public Health Environmental Labs - $15.00; Office Depot - $532.26; Postmaster - $180.00; Security First Bank (Pike - IRA) - $55.00; Willet & Carothers - $499.00; Windstream - $157.33; Wymore Arbor State - $121.50; TOTAL CLAIMS: $22,200.17.

DUE TO ON-GOING CONCERNS RESULTING FROM COVID-19 AND THE NEED FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE FOLLOWING AGENDA TOPICS REMAIN ON HOLD.

BRIDGE - BOX CULVERT - ESTIMATES, ISSUES
GENERAL CLEAN-UP, INCLUDING: BUILDING INSPECTION ISSUES, ASBESTOS TESTING
CABIN PRESERVATION ISSUES
FEIT PARK (SEWER HOOK-UP, RELATED ASPECTS); CITY PARK (MULCH, OTHER)
PLANNING & ZONING
ANNUAL CITY CELEBRATION (REEDY)

NEXT AGENDA:
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
CLAIMS

Motion to adjourn: Mewes Time: 7:05 PM. No objections.

The minutes of the Regular meeting were read and approved May 5, 2020.

Mayor: Lonnie D. Meyer (Regular Session)

City Clerk: Katherine A. Roche (Regular Session)