MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

DECEMBER 20, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 20^th day of December 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Huggins, Mercer, Calkins, Waggoner. Also in attendance were; Clerk, Administrator, Ron Latter, Ginger Jensen, Traci Witthuhn and Russ Pfeil.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of December 20, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. All attending.

Motion made by Huggins seconded by Waggoner that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session, There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote, the following voted aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Mercer, Huggins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Motion by Mercer seconded by Huggins that the minutes of the December 6, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following votes aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Huggins, Mercer. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker opens the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Question were asked about the landscaping bill that was presented and also if it was the final payment upon the landscaping project.

Motion by Huggins seconded by Calkins that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Huggins, Mercer. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS: 12/20/05
Claim #	Account #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35893	0.13	12/15/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,573.62
35894	0.13	12/15/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 166.14
	20.127	12/20/05	Aramark services	uniforms	$ 190.17
	30.109	12/20/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 134.26
	30.112	12/20/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 176.68
	20.1025	12/20/05	MGS Tech	r & m copier equipment	$ 80.00
	20.124	12/20/05	All Tell	cell phone bill	$ 60.91
	20.111	12/20/05	Duncan, Duncan, Jelkin	legal	$ 1,000.00
	20.1025	12/20/05	Compuade	computer r & m	$ 155.54
	20.126	12/20/05	Bill Hogeland	mileage	$ 55.29
	10.201	12/20/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 1,562.62
	20.118	12/20/05	League of Nebr Municipalities	professional & school	$ 85.00
					$ 7,240.23
			STREET
35893	0.13	12/15/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 785.85
	20.121	12/20/05	QPR (United States)	pavement repair material	$ 534.65
	20.106	12/20/05	Bosselman Inc.	fuel	$ 27.45
	30.112	12/20/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 88.35
					$ 1,436.30
			LIBRARY
35845	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 196.93
35846	20.115	12/6/05	Jan Rojewski	building cleaning	$ 100.00
35847	20.126	12/6/05	Keri Anderson	mileage	$ 101.25
35848	30.102	12/6/05	Audio Edition	books	$ 8.00
35849	20.124	12/6/05	Pin Point	telephone	$ 78.48
35850	30.102	12/6/05	Librarian's Book Express	books	$ 138.74
35851	30.102	12/6/05	Doubleday large Print	books	$ 24.48
35852	30.112	12/6/05	Highsmith Company	supplies	$ 22.09
35853	10.4005	12/6/05	Pam Metzger	contract labor	$ 78.75
35854	20.126	12/6/05	Valerie Giunca	mileage	$ 90.72
35855	20.1025	12/6/05	Internet Additions	computer services	$ 440.00
35856	30.113	12/6/05	Columbia House	videos	$ 87.75
35857	30.102	12/6/05	Windfall	books	$ 123.20
35858	20.115	12/6/05	Modern Methods	service agreement	$ 31.69
35859	30.102	12/6/05	Ingram	books	$ 521.70
					$ 2,043.78
			FIRE
	30.112	12/20/05	Colonial Research	cleaning supplies	$ 150.75
	20.124	12/20/05	Frontier	telephone expense	$ 87.89
	30.112	12/20/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 132.52
					$ 371.16
			SHOP
	30.112	12/20/05	WJ's Bolt Company	stores--supplies	$ 46.86
	30.111	12/20/05	Franklin Auto Parts	small tools	$ 199.00
	30.112	12/20/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 88.35
					$ 334.21
			AUDITORIUM
	30.112	12/20/05	Colonial Research	cleaning supplies	$ 150.75
	20.12	12/20/05	Dutton-Lainson	repair & maint equipment	$ 50.76
	30.112	12/20/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 132.52
					$ 334.03
			HIKING BIKING TRAIL
	30.111	12/20/05	Affordable Signs	signs	$ 93.56
					$ 93.56
			PARK
	50.16	12/20/05	Johnson Lawn & Landscape	landscaping	$ 1,213.60
					$ 1,213.60

Page 2			CLAIMS: 12/20/05
Claim #	Account #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			POLICE
	10.4005	12/20/05	Harlan County Treasurer	contract labor	$ 3,468.00
					$ 3,468.00
			AIRPORT
	50.16	12/20/05	Shaffer Construction	airport hanger work	$ 40,337.49
					$ 40,337.49
			GAS
20997	20.115	12/14/05	Choice Diagnostics	drug testing fee	$ 250.00
20998	0.13	12/15/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,464.40
20999	0.13	12/15/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 65.65
	20.124	12/20/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 69.17
	30.109	12/20/05	Eakes Office Plus	forms	$ 54.29
	10.201	12/20/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 744.76
	20.123	12/20/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city tax	$ 2,046.40
	20.1025	12/20/05	Nebr Muni Power Pool	computer support plan	$ 275.00
	20.116	12/20/05	U. S. Postal Service (cmrs-fp)	postage machine postage	$ 300.00
	30.112	12/20/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 88.35
					$ 5,358.02
			WATER
20998	0.13	12/15/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,764.26
20999	0.13	12/15/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 128.50
	30.109	12/20/05	Eakes Office Plus	forms	$ 54.29
	20.112	12/20/05	Dutton Lainson	line maint	$ 94.91
	10.201	12/20/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 715.40
	20.112	12/20/05	State of NE HHS Labs	water testing	$ 30.00
	20.123	12/20/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city tax	$ 929.50
	20.1025	12/20/05	Nebr Muni Power Pool	computer support plan	$ 275.00
	20.116	12/20/05	U. S. Postal Service (cmrs-fp)	postage machine postage	$ 300.00
	30.103	12/20/05	Hogeland Market	chemicals	$ 88.35
					$ 5,380.21
			WASTEWATER
			WASTEWATER
20998	0.13	12/15/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,429.29
20999	0.13	12/15/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 66.56
	30.109	12/20/05	Eakes Office Plus	forms	$ 54.29
	20.112	12/20/05	Dutton Lainson	line maint	$ 21.60
	10.201	12/20/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 674.84
	30.112	12/20/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 88.35
	20.123	12/20/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city tax	$ 412.37
	20.125	12/20/05	Nebr Muni Power Pool	computer support plan	$ 275.00
	20.116	12/20/05	U.S. Postal Service (cmrs-fp)	postage machine postage	$ 300.00
					$ 3,322.30
			R.V. PARK
20998	0.13	12/15/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 592.07
	20.123	12/20/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city tax	$ 72.50
	20.124	12/20/05	Frontier	telephone line expense	$ 6.06
					$ 670.63
			PAYROLL
1121	10.2	12/15/05	American Funds	pension expense	$ 1,167.03
	10.201	12/20/05	Blue Cross Blue Shield	insurance	$ 3,944.20
					$ 5,111.23
Page 3			CLAIMS: 12/20/05
			CUSTOMER DEPOSIT
	20.103	12/20/05	City of Alma	lacy refund applied--utilities	$ 50.00
	20.103	12/20/05	City of Alma	benton refund applied-utilities	$ 90.22
	20.103	12/20/05	Leslie Benton	refund	$ 90.78
	20.103	12/20/05	Mike Clements	refund	$ 100.00
					$ 331.00
			GOLF & GOLF BAR EXPENSES
	20.12	12/20/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment	$ 22.25
	20.12	12/20/05	Turfworks	r & m equipment	$ 157.51
	20.115	12/20/05	Hogeland Market	concessions	$ 419.69
	20.118	12/20/05	Nebr Turfgrass Association	prof & school	$ 80.00
	20.104	12/20/05	Nebraska public Power	elec	$ 2,038.40
	20.12	12/20/05	Midwest Turf & Irrigation	r & m equipment	$ 512.58
EFT	30.1041	12/13/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 40.80
EFT	30.1041	12/6/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 60.70
EFT	30.1045	12/12/05	Nebraskaland Distrib	concessions	$ 88.60
3921	0.13	12/15/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,905.22
3922	0.13	12/15/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 95.69
					$ 6,495.59

Treasurer’s report comments and discussion included; copies to all have been provided to all report, payment to Harlan County Bank for loan in the amount of $50,000.00, still waiting for check from Games and Parks on there portion of the hiking biking trail, need of re-cap of expenses and revenues on projects of hiking biking trail and airport hanger for next meeting in January. Motion made by Mercer seconded by Waggoner to approve payment of $50,000.00 to Harlan County Bank on loan. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following votes aye; Calkins Waggoner, Huggins, Mercer. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

The following City Board appointments were presented to the Mayor and Council for review and action. Golf Board three year term (Jeremy Van Boening, Craig Hammond), Community Re-Development Authority four year term (Don Whitmire), Planning Commission four year term (Del Wolfe, chuck Meisenbach), Board of Variance and Zoning Adjustment three year term (Bruce Ring), Library Board four year term (Joyce Holloway), Health Board one year term (Mayor Haeker, President of Council Waggoner, Sheriff Chris Becker, Medical Allen Van Dreil), Housing Rehabilitation Board four year term (Gary Brandon, Jim Miller), Airport Advisory Board four year term (Ron Hawley), Ball Association Advisory Board four year term (Mike Konert, Terry Hays, Scott Prickett, Donna Kindler, Larry Janicek). Appointed position remained the same at this time. Motion made by Mercer seconded by Huggins to elect Paul Waggoner as the President of the Council and to approve the new Board members as stated. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Comments were expressed to thank all members who served and serve on the City Boards for their time and work that they put in. Also comments were expressed on the need for formalization of ball advisory board and need to look at budgeting and bank accounts.

Trash contract was presented for comments, discussion and action. Topics brought up pertaining to contract included; service rates, dates of service changes to be made. Motion was made to approve trash contract with South Central Sanitation as amended was made by Calkins seconded by Huggins. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following votes aye; Waggoner, Mercer, Huggins, Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

City Administrator presented a proposal on acquiring an audio recording system for use at the City Council meetings. Topics discussed pertaining to the proposal included; expense of $980.00, budget item comments, type of CD’s to be used with the system and the number of mikes needed. Motion made by Huggins seconded by Mercer to approve acquisition of audio recording system. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Huggins, Mercer. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

A one day liquor license request form Athena Sorority for use February 11, 2006 at the City Auditorium for dancing and entertainment was presented to the council for consideration and action. Clerk reported that there were no comments for or against the license request. Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to approve the one day liquor license request. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following votes aye; Huggins, Mercer, Calkins, Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

A State of Nebraska Department of Roads maintenance agreement was presented to the Mayor and Council for review and action. Comments expressed concerning the agreement included; changes in wording that were made from last years agreement and review of surrounding communities agreements contents. Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to approve signing of the agreement. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following votes aye; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; final walk through on hiking biking trail delayed until weather permits, need to review and sign completion certificate for engineers on trail. Motion made by Mercer seconded by Huggins to have the Mayor sign the completion certificate as presented. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Mercer, Huggins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Personnel Committee reported the need to divide the City Clerk/Treasurers position into two position and the need to repeal City ordinances to show the action. Legal opinion was needed upon the repealing of the ordinance. Decided to put subject on the next City Council meeting agenda.

Economic Development discussion included; comments about the impact on local economy with all that has been and is going on, need to help bring businesses and people back into the community and need to have Twin Valleys Public Power representation at the next City Council meeting for there input on the electrical distribution system.

There were no Board of Health issues for discussion at this time and report was given that the airport Hanger project was down to completing paperwork stage.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor asked for any other comments or discussion. Topics brought up included; question relayed from Mr. Andreason upon the property lines at the motel, mutual agreements possible on land use, legal review needed on ownership of property, promotion of gas company needed, ownership of mats instead of renting comments, American Heart Association wearing of red comments relayed, sex offenders ordinances possibility, recognition banquet set up and moving meetings in January to the second and fourth instead of the first and third dates okayed.

There being no other items for discussion, motion made by Waggoner seconded by Huggins to adjourn the meeting. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Huggins, Mercer. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

_________________________________ ATTEST: _____________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

DECEMBER 6, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 6^th day of December 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Calkins, Huggins, Mercer, Waggoner. Also attending; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Ron Latter, Neil Molzahn, Traci Witthuhn, Alan Van Driel, Julie Hansen and Russ Pfeil.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of December 6, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. All attending.

Moved by Calkins seconded by Waggoner that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote the following voted aye to the motion, Huggins, Mercer, Calkins, Waggoner. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins that the minutes of the November 16, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote the following voted aye to the motion. Huggins, Mercer, Calkins, Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Comments expressed concerned swim team uniform bill, phone bill at the pool and surveying bill turned in by Wayne Dietz.

Moved by Mercer seconded by Calkins that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote the following voted aye to the motion; Huggins, Waggoner, Mercer, Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS: 12/06/05
Claim #	Account #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35840	0.13	11/17/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,304.50
35841	0.13	11/17/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 153.64
35843	0.13	12/1/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 5,328.32
35844	0.13	12/1/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 156.64
	20.124	12/6/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone	$ 115.05
	20.115	12/6/05	City of Alma Account	reimburse petty cash	$ 68.13
	10.201	12/6/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 19.20
	20.12	12/6/05	Jan Rojewski	cleaning	$ 50.00
	20.117	12/6/05	Main Street Media	print & publish	$ 374.04
	30.109	12/6/05	Hanna Variety	office supplies	$ 6.48
	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Public	electric	$ 99.32
	30.109	12/6/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 195.63
	30.1044	12/6/05	Hogeland Market	food purchase	$ 66.27
	20.109	12/6/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 28.47
	20.1025	12/6/05	Nebraska Coop Government	internet service	$ 29.00
	20.127	12/6/05	Aramark Services	uniforms	$ 275.23
	20.125	12/6/05	Compuade	computer services	$ 211.07
	50.16	12/6/05	Wayne M. Dietz	survey work done	$ 1,136.70
c-card	30.109	11/22/05	Intuit Supplies	office supplies--forms	$ 122.45
c-card	20.126	12/2/05	Black Powder LLC	meals	$ 18.00
					$ 11,758.14
			STREET
35840	0.13	11/17/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 620.08
35843	0.13	12/1/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 564.07
	20.106	12/6/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 60.01
	20.106	12/6/05	Agri Co-op	fuel---supplies	$ 291.55
	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,881.20
	30.112	12/6/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 7.98
	30.106	12/6/05	T & F Sand & Gravel	sand pile	$ 262.90
	30.11	12/6/05	Michael Todd & Company	signs	$ 167.88
	20.12	12/6/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment	$ 629.15
					$ 4,484.82
			FIRE
	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 212.85
	20.109	12/6/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 86.39
	20.119	12/6/05	Green Country Enterprises	building maint cleaning	$ 40.00
	30.103	12/6/05	LINWELD	chemicals--gas	$ 30.90
	30.103	12/6/05	Apria Healthcare	chemicals--gas	$ 34.00
	20.12	12/6/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint cleaning	$ 175.00
	20.124	12/6/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 23.20
	20.106	12/6/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel	$ 68.02
					$ 670.36
			PARK
35840	0.13	11/17/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 515.34
	30.111	12/6/05	Trustworthy Hardware	small tools	$ 24.72
	20.12	12/6/05	Benjamin's Landscaping	grounds maint	$ 42.42
	20.109	12/6/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 65.14
	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 54.21
	20.106	12/6/05	Agri Co-op	oil---r & m	$ 26.23
	20.106	12/6/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 72.11
	12.12	12/6/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 25.33
	20.12	12/6/05	Advantage Building Supply	r & m equipment	$ 160.00
					$ 985.50
			POOL
	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 47.17
	20.124	12/6/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone	$ 59.28
	20.115	12/6/05	Corporate Edge	swim team purchases	$ 530.07
					$ 636.52

Page 2			CLAIMS: 12/06/05
Claim #	Account #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			LIBRARY
	20.109	12/6/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 78.57
35843	0.13	12/1/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,695.56
	10.201	12/6/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 6.60
					$ 2,780.73
			SHOP
	20.109	12/6/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 401.87
	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 59.62
	20.124	12/6/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone	$ 39.24
					$ 500.73
			AUDITORIUM
	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 72.49
	20.109	12/6/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 269.09
	20.119	12/6/05	Phillipsburg Homestore	r & m building	$ 21.58
	20.119	12/6/05	Jan Rojewski	r & m building---cleaning	$ 275.00
					$ 638.16
			RECREATION
	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 48.33
	20.121	12/6/05	Builders Choice	r & m grounds	$ 14.60
					$ 62.93
			AIRPORT
	20.104	12/6/05	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$ 31.50
					$ 31.50
			LANDFILL
	20.125	12/6/05	South Central Sanitation	trash service	$ 8,126.17
					$ 8,126.17
			GAS
20976	0.13	11/17/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,477.41
20977	0.13	11/17/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 66.25
20978	20.123	11/25/05	Nebraska Department Revenue	sales-use-city---tax	$ 1,212.96
20980	0.13	12/1/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 4,666.55
20981	0.13	12/1/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 69.88
	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 19.24
	20.106	12/6/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 63.80
	10.201	12/6/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
	10.201	12/6/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 19.80
	20.124	12/6/05	All Tell	telephone	$ 30.89
	20.107	12/6/05	National Public Gas Agency	cost of gas	$ 26,602.33
					$ 32,695.05
			WATER
20976	0.13	11/17/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,357.56
20977	0.13	11/17/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 109.61
20978	20.123	1125/05	Nebraska Department Revenue	sales-use-city---tax	$ 912.11
20979	20.104	11/30/05	Twin Valley Public Power	electric	$ 429.86
20980	0.13	12/1/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 4,430.30
20981	0.13	12/1/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 118.88
	20.112	12/6/05	Dutton Lainson	line maint	$ 724.95
	20.112	12/6/05	Builders Choice	line maint	$ 111.84
	30.112	12/6/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 31.34
	20.106	12/6/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 118.35
	20.112	12/6/05	State of NE HHS Labs	line maint--water test	$ 52.00
	10.201	12/6/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 16.20
Page 3			CLAIMS: 12/06/05
Claim #	Account #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
	10.201	12/6/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 148.30
	20.106	12/6/05	Agri Co-op	fuel--r & m-equip	$ 81.03
	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 567.25
	20.12	12/6/05	T & S Tire & auto	r & m equipment	$ 20.00
	20.109	12/6/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 17.62
					$ 10,247.47
			SEWER
20976	0.13	11/17/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,152.62
20977	0.13	11/17/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 53.71
20978	20.123	11/25/05	Nebraska Department Revenue	sales-use-city tax	$ 436.52
20980	0.13	12/1/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,054.06
20981	0.13	12/1/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 69.52
	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 345.77
	20.106	12/6/05	Agri Co-op	fuel--r & m-equip	$ 89.87
	10.201	12/6/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
	20.112	12/6/05	Municipal Supply of Nebraska	line maint	$ 148.23
					$ 5,359.90
			R.V. PARK
20978	20.123	11/25/05	Nebraska Department Revenue	sales-use-city-lodging tax	$ 65.62
	20.124	12/6/05	Pin Point Communications	cable service	$ 48.45
	20.109	12/6/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 215.85
	20.104	12/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 118.02
					$ 447.94
			PAYROLL
1118	10.2	11/17/05	American Funds	pension	$ 1,094.93
1119	10.2	12/1/05	American Funds	pension	$ 1,144.86
					$ 2,239.79
			GOLF & GOLF BAR EXPENSES
	30.104	12/6/05	Hogeland Market	concession	$ 139.49
	30.1047	12/6/05	Coca Cola Dr. Pepper	pop	$ 126.30
	20.117	12/6/05	Brown Transfer	shipping	$ 94.40
	30.111	12/6/05	Trustworthy Hardware	tools	$ 8.29
	20.12	12/6/05	S & W Auto parts	r & m equipment	$ 128.59
	20.119	12/6/05	Builders Choice	r & m building	$ 18.39
	10.201	12/6/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
	50.12	12/6/05	Gebhard Construction	building work	$ 5,693.85
	10.4005	12/6/05	Toby Thulin	contract labor	$ 750.00
	20.124	12/6/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone	$ 39.24
	20.121	12/6/05	Keith D. Samuelson	r & m ground	$ 2,420.00
	20.124	12/6/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 49.96
	20.106	12/6/05	Agri Co-op	fuel--r & m-equip	$ 317.06
	20.119	12/6/05	Overhead Door	r & m building	$ 142.74
	30.112	12/6/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$ 101.62
	20.109	12/6/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 218.71
	20.118	12/6/05	Nebraska Turfgrass Assoc	pro & school	$ 100.00
	30.112	12/6/05	Office Solutions	supplies	$ 169.66
	30.1044	12/6/05	Frito Lay	concession	$ 49.66
	30.1045	12/6/05	Sterling Distributing	concession	$ 166.00
	30.1045	12/6/05	United Distillers	concession	$ 544.90
EFT	30.1045	11/28/05	Nebraska Wine & spirits	concession	$ 279.10
EFT	30.1041	11/8/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 126.95
EFT	30.1041	11/22/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 134.30
EFT	30.1041	11/21/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 208.80
EFT	30.1041	11/15/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 114.90
2895	0.13	11/17/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,942.54
2896	0.13	11/17/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 100.67
Page 3			CLAIMS: 12/06/05
Claim #	Account #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
2097	20.123	11/25/05	Nebraska Department Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 451.11
2898	0.13	12/1/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,935.36
2899	0.13	12/1/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 95.69
					$ 18,677.88
			HIKING BIKING TRAIL
	20.105	12/6/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering #65046 NDOR	$ 2,737.32
	20.105	12/6/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering #65047 NG&P	$ 2,759.10
					$ 5,496.42

Treasurer’s report was presented and the following topics were brought up for discussion; state money on hiking and biking trail, loan payments and partial payments. There being no other discussion the treasurer’s report was accepted as presented.

Alan Van Driel, hospital administrator, presented plans and pictures on hospital renovation proposal to Mayor and Council and gave a short explanation of what all is planned. Topics presented and discussed included; plans and proposals for expansion looked at, description given on what parts of the new and old building will be used for, description given on pharmacy, mechanical room, emergency care facilities, patient wing, parking area handicap parking area, helicopter landing area and all other changes to be made. Architect estimated cost of project between fire and six million dollars comments were expressed Medicare reimbursement projections, cost base reimbursement comments expressed, upcoming March 14 election upon proposal, publication planned for mid January, vote needed on possible City financial commitment at first meeting in January, upcoming public meetings, legal authorization to commit funds questions and comments expressed upon reserve fund build up. Mayor and Council thanked Mr. Van Driel for his presentation.

Trash contract draft proposal discussion included fuel additive adjustment comments, length of contract from five years to three years suggested, proposed rate increases comments, price adjustments over the years explained, recycling trailer comments, ownership of trailers explained, increase over the past five years, extensions on contract comments, putting operation of recycling program on contract, amount of times that recycling trailers to be dumped, clean-up day billing comments, striking of fuel additive paragraph from contract okayed, rewording of other parts of contract needed, service rates, ownership of trash containers concerns and commercial accounts charges questioned. Motion made by Mercer to approve solid waste and disposal contract as amended. After discussion it was decided that the motion died because of lack of second.

Other topics brought up for discussion pertaining to trash hauling included, possible getting other bids for trash removal, preparation of couple of proposals for consideration, possibility of City taking over trash removal and possible continuation of trash removal until contract is decided.

The time being 7:02 p.m. December 6, 2005 motion was made by Calkins seconded by Huggins to go into executive session for discussion upon trash contract proposals. There being no discussion upon motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye to the motion; Mercer, Waggoner, Calkins, Huggins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

The time being 7:10 p.m. December 6, 2005 motion was made by Calkins seconded by Mercer to come out of executive session and return to the regular meeting. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye to the motion; Calkins, Huggins, Mercer, Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

It was decided to table the trash contract proposal until next regular Council meeting so more information and facts could be put together for presentation.

Airport hanger lease paperwork was presented to Mayor and Council for review. Mayor and Council were informed that the Airport Authority Board and the City Attorney have gone through the proposed lease and all seems to be in order. Motion made by Calkins seconded by Huggins to approve the Airport hanger lease document as presented. After discussion upon the rates for renting the spaces at the hanger and upon roll call vote the following voted aye to the motion made; Mercer, Waggoner, Calkins, Huggins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion to accept hanger lease was approved.

City owned Keslar property resolution discussion included; possible pacing conditions upon residential dwelling on property, suggested at least 1300 square feet on dwelling, commencing three years of the date of selling and completed on year after commencement and time frame to hold auction comments.

COUNCILMAN Mercer introduced the following resolution.

WHEREAS, the City of Alma is the owner of Real Estate described as follows:

The South Half of Lot Two (2), and all of Lots Three (3), Four (4), Five (5) and Six (6), Block

Twenty (20), Simm’s Addition to the City of Alma, Harlan County, Nebraska;

AND, WHEREAS, said property is not needed for public purposes; but that it is desirable that said property be developed for residential use;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma that the above property be sold for cash at public auction, subject to the following terms and conditions;

1. Said property shall first be offered in two parcels, designated as Tract 1 and tract 2.

Tract 1 shall be described as:

The South Half (S1/2) of Lot Two (2) and all of Lot Three (3) and the North Thirty-Five Feet (N35’) of Lot Four (4), Block Twenty (20), Simm’s Addition to the City of alma, Harlan County, Nebraska;

Tract 2 shall be described as:

The South Eleven (11) Feet of Lot Four (4), and all of Lots Five (5) and Six (6), Block Twenty (20), Simm’s Addition to the City of Alma, Harlan County, Nebraska;

The minimum bid to be accepted on each tract is $2,500.00;

The property will then be offered in one tract which will be described as follows;

The South Half (S1/2) of Lot Two (2) and all of Lots Three (3), Four (4), Five (5) and Block (6) Block 20 (20), Simm’s Addition to the City of Alma, Harlan County, Nebraska.

The minimum bid to be accepted for property consolidated into one tract will be $5,000.00;

The offering of the property which yields the most money above the minimum bid will determine the successful bidder.

Be it further resolved that any conveyance shall be subject to the condition that unless a single family residential dwelling of at least 1300 square feet is commenced on said premises within three years of the date the buyer receives title, and completed within one year of commencement, the title shall revert to the City of Alma and the buyer shall have no claim to said premises nor any claim for improvements thereon;

The successful bidder shall be required to pay to the City Clerk, in certified funds, on the date the bid is accepted, an amount equal to (30%) of the bid; with balance due upon closing;

The sale will close not later than thirty (30) days following passage of an ordinance by the Mayor and City Council approving said sale;

That the City of alma makes no warranties as to the condition of said premises;

That the City of Alma shall provide a title insurance commitment prior to closing showing marketable title in seller and that as a condition of sale, one half of said cost will be paid by buyer;

That notice of passage of this resolution shall be published one time per week for three weeks in a legal newspaper published or of general circulation in the City of Alma;

That is no remonstrate against said sale is filed within thirty days of the last publication signed by registered voters of the municipality equal to at least thirty percent (30%) of the votes cast at the last general election said shall proceed.

Passed an approved this 6^th day of December, 2005.

City of Alma, Nebraska

By___________________________ (Seal) Attest:__________________________

Mayor City Clerk

Mayor and City Council were presented with a request from Gary Jansen to consider paying the cost of $500.00 toward the Optimist Elementary Football Program. Past years involvement in the program was discussed and the fact that this expense was not a budgeted item, it was suggested to look toward other areas for participation.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; comments & concerns about the cracks in parts of the hiking biking trail, scheduled ribbon cutting at 2:15 p.m. on December 8, 2005 for the hiking biking trail and at 3:00 p.m. on December 8, 2005 for the Alma Hanger project, no economic development issues, no board of health issues, report that work at Airport project is pretty much completed.

The time being 7:40 p.m. December 6, 2005 it was moved by Huggins seconded by Waggoner to go into executive session for discussion upon personnel matters. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll vote the following voted aye on the motion; Calkins, Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

The time being 8:25, p.m. December 6, 2005, it was moved by Mercer seconded by Huggins to come out of executive session and return to the regular meeting. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Huggins, Mercer. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor explained to all that the purpose of the executive session was for the discussion upon personnel issues.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor asked for any other comments or discussion; topics brought up included; gas pricing, pga concerns, possible conflict of Attorney being at the next regular Council meeting, Electrical distribution system discussion, need to contact Twin Valleys for input on electrical system, audio recording system discussion on next agenda, snow removal letter comments and reports given by employees upon activities they have been doing and are planning on doing in the upcoming days.

There being no other business for discussion motion was made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to adjourn the meeting. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Calkins, Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

______________________________ ATTEST: ______________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL METING

NOVEMBER 15, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 15^th day of November, 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mercer. Also attending; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Ginger Jensen, Ron Latter, Traci Witthuhn, Neil Molzahn, Allen Van Driel, LaDonna Schluterbusch, Scott Johnson and Russ Pfeil.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of November 15, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. All attending.

Motion by Waggoner seconded by Mercer that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted yes; Calkins, Huggins, Mercer and Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion made. Motion Carried.

Motion by Mercer seconded by Waggoner that the minutes of the November 1^st, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted yes. Calkins, Huggins, Waggoner and Mercer. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Trail bill discussion included; repair work, signs, clean-up areas, sign posts length, extra signs. Also explained was the Corp of engineers land lease invoice.

Motion by Mercer seconded by Calkins that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted yes; Calkins, Huggins, Waggoner and Mercer. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried,

Page 1			CLAIMS: NOV 15, 05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35798		11/3/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,573.63
35799		11/3/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 166.14
		11/15/05	Rep Valley Animal Center	animal care	$ 172.08
		11/15/05	Platte Valley Comm	cell phone purchase	$ 225.00
		11/15/05	Duncan Duncan Jelkin	legal	$ 1,000.00
		11/15/05	Michael Richman	dental-glasses ins	$ 431.00
		11/15/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 19.49
		11/15/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 1,562.62
		11/15/05	Bill Hogeland	mileage	$ 30.07
		11/15/05	All Tell	cell phone service	$ 52.66
		11/15/05	Compuade	r & m equipment	$ 136.99
		11/15/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 165.17
		11/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 51.14
		11/15/05	South Central Sanitation	property clean-up cost	$ 169.87
		11/15/05	Aramark Service	uniforms	$ 180.26
		11/15/05	Eakes Office Plus	office supplies	$ 251.62
					$ 8,187.74
			STREET
35798		11/3/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 688.96
		11/15/05	Hall Elect & Refrig	r & m equipment	$ 109.50
		11/15/05	Great Plains One Call	line locates	$ 37.00
					$ 835.46
			LIBRARY
35800		11/8/05	The Penworthy Company	books	$ 106.14
35801		11/8/05	Columbia House	videos	$ 43.36
35802		11/8/05	Quill Corporation	office supplies	$ 174.15
35803		11/8/05	Ingram	books	$ 596.01
35804		11/8/05	Jan Rojewski	cleaning	$ 63.71
35805		11/8/05	Books In Motion	books	$ 304.38
35806		11/8/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 193.80
35807		11/8/05	Double Day Large Print	books	$ 20.33
35808		11/8/05	Keri Anderson	travel & meal expense	$ 45.36
35809		11/8/05	Follet software	agreement	$ 240.00
35810		11/8/05	Pam Metzger	contract labor	$ 97.13
35811		11/8/05	Modern Methods	computer services	$ 31.69
35812		11/8/05	Nebraska Life	magazines	$ 34.00
35813		11/8/05	Valerie Giunca	travel & meal expense	$ 45.36
35814		11/8/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 78.48
					$ 2,073.90
			FIRE
		11/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 36.69
		11/15/05	Apria Healthcare, Inc	chemicals--gas	$ 8.50
		11/15/05	Aramark Service	cleaning supplies	$ 50.19
		11/15/05	LINWELD	chemicals--gas	$ 31.73
		11/15/05	All Tell	cell phone service	$ 23.20
		11/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	equipment ins	$ 43.00
					$ 193.31
			PARK
		11/15/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 12.49
		11/15/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 125.86
35798		11/3/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 644.18
					$ 782.53
			SHOP
		11/15/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 55.27
		11/15/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 39.24
					$ 94.51
			POOL
		11/15/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 59.81
					$ 59.81
Page 2			CLAIMS DATE: 11/15/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			AUDITORIUM
		11/15/05	Aramark Service	cleaning supplies	$ 17.32
					$ 17.32
			POLICE
		11/15/05	Harlan County Treasurer	contract	$ 3,468.00
					$ 3,468.00
			GAS
20961		11/3/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,706.90
20962		11/3/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 66.86
		11/15/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 744.76
		11/15/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 69.17
					$ 3,587.69
			WATER
20961		11/3/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,461.65
20962		11/3/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 114.45
		11/15/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 715.40
		11/15/05	Julie Hansen	glasses ins	$ 103.00
		11/15/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 600.08
		11/15/05	Bosselman Energy	r & m---propane	$ 247.34
		11/15/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 149.91
		11/15/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 7.48
		11/15/05	McAtee Construction	water line r & m	$ 302.00
					$ 4,701.31
			WASTEWATER
20962		11/3/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 56.67
		11/15/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 552.24
		11/15/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 270.28
		11/15/05	USACE Finance Center	land lease	$ 505.00
		11/15/05	Frontier	telephone line	$ 6.06
					$ 1,390.25
			R.V. PARK
20961		11/3/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 592.08
		11/15/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 26.63
		11/15/05	Pin Point	telephone line services	$ 105.90
		11/15/05	Brooks Ford	r & m equipment parts	$ 69.73
					$ 794.34
			PAYROLL
1115		11/3/05	American Funds	Pension	$ 1,120.70
1116		11/14/05	State Ne Dept Revenue	nebraska w/h	$ 820.16
		11/15/05	Blue Cross Blue Shield	insurance	$ 3,944.20
					$ 5,885.06
			HIKING BIKING TRAIL
c-card		10/17/05	The Plastic Lumber Company	recepticals-bike racks	$ 3,762.00
		11/15/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering #64676	$ 6,636.08
		11/15/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering #64636	$ 757.40
		11/15/05	Cement Products	estimate #4	$164,049.39
					$175,204.87
			ENTERPRISE GOLF FUND
		11/15/05	Community Bank	trans bank to bank tax money	$ 13,597.20
					$ 13,597.20
			FIRE
		11/15/05	Dutton Lainson	equipment	$ 172.53
Page 3			CLAIMS: NOV 15, 05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR EXP
		11/15/05	Hogeland Market	concession	$ 92.36
		11/15/05	City of Alma	liquor license	$ 502.00
		11/15/05	Pin Point	telephone service	$ 39.24
		11/15/05	Davis Equipment Corp	r & m equipment	$ 36.25
		11/15/05	Overhead Door	building maint--door pad	$ 791.47
		11/15/05	Polak's Repair	r & m equipment	$ 45.00
		11/15/05	Hall electric	r & m equipment	$ 97.20
		11/15/05	South Central Sanitation	building material hauling	$ 170.00
		11/15/05	S & W Auto parts	r & m equipment	$ 32.42
		11/15/05	All Tell	cell phone service	$ 49.96
EFT		11/7/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 149.10
EFT		11/1/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 123.05
2882		11/3/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,165.73
2883		11/3/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 95.24
2884		11/8/05	Gebhard Construction	building work	$ 5,673.85
					$ 11,062.87

Treasurer’s report discussion included questions and comments concerning pay down of bank loan payment and time frame for reimbursements to come be deposited in the bank.

Allen VanDriel gave a report and presentation upon the proposed Hospital Renovation project. Topics brought up and discussed included; Board of Trustees work on project since 2000, renovation and upgrade of facilities explained, use of 20 year General Obligation bonds, need of County wide vote for approval of project, six million dollar project projected, economic impact to surrounding area comments, federal government cost base monies being used, footage of improvements explained, possible break ground on project late next fall, possible completion target date 2008, possible help from City with set of sinking fund for possible use down the road if needed, comments heard about retirement community and possible amount of jobs that this project might attract.

COUNCILMAN Huggins introduced the following Resolution.

WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Mayor and City Council that Ordinances pertaining to Public Nuisances contained in chapters four (4) and six (6) of the Municipal Code of the City of Alma, Nebraska be enforced in a fair, consistent, and objective manner:

AND WHEREAS, to promote such enforcement it is desirable for the Mayor and City council to establish certain policies governing the reporting, documentation, and disposition of complaints of public nuisances;

THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska as follows:

l. That all complaints of public nuisance received by the City shall be in writing on a standardized form and shall be filed with the City Administrator; and reported to the City Council.

2. That there is hereby established a committee consisting of the Mayor, or such City Council

member as the Mayor shall designate, the City Administrator, and the City Attorney, which

shall be know and the nuisance committee.

3. All Nuisance complaints received by the City Administrator shall be reviewed by the

Nuisance committee and dealt with as set forth in the flow chart attached hereto and

Incorporated by reference as if set forth herein in full.

Councilman Huggins moved for adoption of the resolution, Councilman Waggoner seconded. The question was called. Those voting in favor were: Mercer, Calkins, Waggoner, Huggins. Opposed; None.

Council Member Huggins introduced Ordinance Number 11-1505-1 entitled as follows:

ORDINANCE NO. 11-1505-1

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER FOUR, ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 402

OF THE MUNICIPAL COADE OF THE CITY OF ALMA, NEBRASKA; TO SPECIFICALLY

DEFINE NUISANCES; TO REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES OF PARTS OF ORDINANCES

TO THE CONTRARY; TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE;

And moved that the statutory rule requiring reading on three different dates be suspended. Council Member Calkins seconded the motion to suspend the rules and upon the motion; the following Council Members voted Yes: Waggoner, Mercer, Calkins, Huggins . The following voted No: None .

The motion to suspend the rules was adopted by three-fourths of the Council and the statutory rule was declared suspended for consideration of this ordinance.

This ordinance was then read by title and thereafter Council Member Calkins moved for final passage of this ordinance and said motion was seconded by Council Member Mercer . The Mayor then stated the question, “Shall Ordinance Number 11-1505-1 be passed and adopted?” Upon roll call vote, the following Council Members voted yes: Huggins, Waggoner, Mercer, Calkins . The following voted No: None.

The passage and adoption of this ordinance having been concurred in by a majority of all members of the Council, the Mayor declared the ordinance adopted; the Mayor in the presence of the City Council signed and approved the ordinance and the Clerk attested the passage and approval of the same and affixed his signature thereto and ordered to be published as provided by law. A true and complete copy of this ordinance is attached hereto and incorporated by reference.

ORDINANCE NO. 11-1505-1

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER FOUR, ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 402

OF THE MUNICIPAL COADE OF THE CITY OF ALMA, NEBRASKA; TO SPECIFICALLY

DEFINE NUISANCES; TO REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES OF PARTS OF ORDINANCES

TO THE CONTRARY; TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE;

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALMA, NEBRASKA AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The maintaining, using, placing, depositing, or permitting any of the following specific acts, omission, places, conditions, and things are hereby declared to be nuisances:

A. Any odorous, putrid, unsound or unwholesome grain, meat, hides, skins, feathers, vegetable matter, or the whole or any part of any dead animal, fish, or fowl.

B. Privies, vaults, cesspools, dumps, pits or like places which are not securely protected from flies or rates, or which are foul or malodorous.

C. Filthy, littered or trash-covered cellars, house-yards, barn-yard, factory-yard, mill-yards, vacant areas in rear of stores, granaries, vacant lots, houses, building, or premises.

D. Animal manure in any quantity which is not securely protected from flies of the elements, or which is kept or handled in violation of any ordinance of the Municipality.

E. Liquid household waste, human excreta, garbage, butcher’s trimmings and offal, parts of fish or any waste vegetable or animal matter in and quantity; provided nothing herein contained shall prevent the temporary retention of waste in receptacles in a manner provided by the health office of the Municipality, nor the dumping of non-putrefying waste in a place and manner approved by the health officer.

F. Tin cans, bottles, glass, cans, ashes, small pieces of scrap iron, wire metal articles, bric a brac, broken stone or cement. Broken crockery, broken glass, broken plaster, and all trash abandoned material, unless the same be kept in covered bins or galvanized iron receptacles.

G. Trash, liter, rags, accumulations of barrels, boxes, crates, packing crates, mattresses, bedding, excelsior, packing hay, straw or other packing material, lumber not neatly piled, scrap iron, tin or other metal not neatly piled, old automobiles or parts thereof, or any other waste materials when any o said articles or materials create a condition in which flies or rats may breed or multiply, or which may be a fire danger or which are so unsightly as to depreciate property values in the vicinity thereof.

H. Any building or structure which is structurally unsound, as evidenced by conditions including, but not limited to: doors or windows which are incapable of being closed in their frames and secured, openings in walls, roof or foundation, other that doors, windows, chimneys, or vents; leaning or the structure, sagging of the roof, or damage or deterioration which, if left uncorrected, creates an imminent or future risk of total or partial collapse of the building; any building which is used, offered, or intended for human habitation not having electrical, plumbing, sewage, or heating systems which are operational and in compliance with applicable minimum standards as set by federal, state, or municipal law, ordinance, or regulation

Any building, billboard, or structure with an external appearance which is unsightly to the extent it depreciates the value of the property in the vicinity or deters the sale, development or redevelopment of property in the vicinity.

Any building, billboard, or other structure which is abandoned, partially destroyed or any building or structure commenced and left unfinished, which said building, billboard or structure is either a fire hazard or a menace to public health or safety.

I. All places used or maintained as junk yards, or dumping grounds, or for the wrecking and dissembling of automobiles, trucks, tractors, or machinery of any kind, or for the storing or leaving of worn-out, wrecked or abandoned automobiles, trucks, tractors, or machinery or any kind, or of any or the parts thereof, or for the storing or leaving of any machinery or equipment used by contractors or builders or by other persons, which said places are kept or maintained so as to essentially interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property to others, or which are so unsightly as to tend to depreciate property values in the vicinity thereof.

J. Stagnant water permitted or maintained on any lot or piece of ground.

K. Stockyards, granaries, mills, pig pens, cattle pens, chicken pens or any other place, building or enclosure, in which animals or fowls or any kind are confined or on which are stored tankage or any other animal or vegetable matter, or on which any animal or vegetable matter including grain in being processed, when said places in which said animals are confined, or said premises on which said vegetable or animal matter is located, are maintained and kept in such a matter that foul and noxious odors are permitted to emanate therefrom, to the annoyance of inhabitants of the Municipality, or are maintained and kept in such a manner as to injurious to the public health.

L. All other things specifically designed as nuisance elsewhere in this Code.

SECTION 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances to the contrary are herby repealed;

SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be effective from and after its passage, approval, and publication in accord with law.

Passed and approved this l5th day of November, 2005.

City of Alma, Nebraska

____________________________

Hal D. Haeker, Mayor

ATTEST:

____________________________

City Clerk.

Ron Latter, South Central Sanitation, visited with the Mayor and Council about a proposed trash hauling contract. Topics brought up and discussed included; landfill rates that are going up, fuel cost fluctuations, cost of insurance increases, salary increase, comparisons to other communities, possible new rate up 13.25 percent to customer, five year contract with 2% increase each year, need to look at retail rate in more detail. It was decided to have a new contract proposal draft drawn up for next Council meeting with looking into fuel fluctuations and possible changes in the wording of original contract.

Surplus property discussion included; use of public auction or sealed bid on property, decided that public auction was the way to go, possible split into two lots for selling, stipulation on selling about development of the area, zoning question, minimum bid to cover costs of clean-up, length of time on restrictions, size of building, single family residence question and the need to have attorney put a resolution together to cover all areas of concerns.

A one day liquor license request from Alma Rotary for use December 5, 2005 at the City Auditorium for the annual winter fest was presented to the Council for review and action. Clerk reported that there were no written nor oral objections for or against said one day license request. Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to approve the one day liquor license request for the alma Rotary. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following votes yes; Huggins, Mercer, Waggoner and Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; a report on the hiking biking trail progress, possible grand opening dates for path and airport, promotional ideas for upcoming spring, lighting possibilities on path by South street, need to have committee look into rules for trail use, benches placement, trash contains placement, bike rack placement, need to have N.P.P.D. on next agenda for discussion on electrical system, airport hanger report about being pretty much done with a few things to wrap up, need to have all work on what is expected of employees lists done, need to revisit gas utility department rates and possible need of an upgrade of computers in the office.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor asked for any other comments or discussion. Topics brought up included; need of house keeping on property survey questions, possible need of square up procedures on property survey questions and question of where to put city sign area located at Stahn property.

City Clerk informed Mayor and Council by sealed letter and by action that he is turning in his resignation as City Clerk/Treasurer for the City of Alma effective May lst, 2006. Discussion included possible need of closed session for final details to be worked out on resignation.

There being no other business for discussion it was moved by Mercer seconded by Waggoner to adjourn the regular meeting of November 15, 2005. There being no discussion upon motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted yes; Calkins, Huggins, Mercer and Waggoner. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

________________________________ _____________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD COR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

NOVEMBER 1, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 1^st day of November, 2005 at 4:00 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Waggoner, Mercer, Huggins. Also attending the meeting; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Ginger Jensen, Jerry Dietz, Sam Gillette, Russ Pfeil, LaDonna Schluterbusch, Neil Molzahn and Julie Hansen.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular City Council meeting of November 1, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Mayor Haeker. Present. Absent was Calkins.

Motion by Waggoner, seconded by Mercer that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following votes aye; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Motion by Mercer seconded by Huggins that the minutes of the October 18, 2005 regular meeting be approved as circulated. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Waggoner, Huggins, Mercer. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor opens the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Questions and comments were expressed upon the clean up hauling bill amount at the City owned Keslar property. Also discussed was total costs of clean up project.

Motion made by Huggins seconded by Waggoner that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS: NOV 1, 05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
		11/1/05	Jan Rojewski	picture purchase	$ 80.00
		11/1/05	Hogeland Market	office supplies	$ 18.26
		11/1/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 28.47
		11/1/05	Nebraska Co-op Government	internet service	$ 29.00
		11/1/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint cleaning	$ 50.00
		11/1/05	Fort Dearborn Ins	ins	$ 19.20
		11/1/05	Main Street Media	print & publish	$ 345.92
		11/1/05	Hanna Variety	office supplies	$ 46.12
		11/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 76.95
		11/1/05	Business World Products	office supplies	$ 9.99
		11/1/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 186.88
		11/1/06	Aramark Services	uniform expense	$ 183.76
		11/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	building r & m	$ 16.25
35764		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 4,466.04
35765		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 207.59
		11/1/05	Nebr Division Travel Tourism	registrations workshop	$ 30.00
		11/1/05	South Central Sanitation	property cleanup charge	$ 2,229.16
					$ 8,023.59
			STREET
35764		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,093.72
35769		10/28/01	Nebraska Department Labor	unemployment ins	$ 73.66
		11/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,850.87
		11/1/05	Great Plains One Call	line locates	$ 20.00
		11/1/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel	$ 37.19
		11/1/05	City of Holdrege`	landfill charge	$ 30.21
		11/1/05	Farm Plan	r & m equipment	$ 399.23
		11/1/05	Agri co-op	fuel-r & m-supplies	$ 387.71
		11/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 17.99
					$ 4,010.75
			FIRE
		11/1/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint cleaning	$ 175.00
		11/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 218.40
		11/1/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel	$ 312.96
		11/1/05	Green Country Enterprises	building maint cleaning	$ 40.00
		11/1/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 81.79
		11/1/05	NGL Insurance Group	insurance	$ 308.20
					$ 1,136.35
			POOL
35768		10/25/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city tax	$ 42.96
35769		10/28/05	Nebraska Department Labor	unemployment ins	$ 123.42
		11/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 75.22
		11/1/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 52.37
					$ 293.97
			PARK
35764		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 579.76
32769		10/28/05	Nebraska Department Labor	unemployment ins	$ 19.88
		11/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 54.21
		11/1/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 137.11
		11/1/05	Agri co-op	r & m equipment	$ 33.93
					$ 824.89
			SHOP
		11/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 54.65
		11/1/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 123.84
		11/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 0.35
					$ 178.84
			AIRPORT
35770		10/28/05	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$ 14.61
					$ 14.61
Page 2			CLAIMS DATE: 11/1/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			LIBRARY
35764		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,503.42
35769		10/28/05	Nebraska Department Labor	unemployment ins	$ 14.02
		11/1/05	Fort Dearborn Ins	ins	$ 6.60
		11/1/05	City of alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 45.70
					$ 2,569.74
			RECREATION
		11/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 47.10
		11/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 50.77
		11/1/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 7.81
		11/1/05	Arrow Seed	grounds maint seed	$ 540.00
		11/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 6.58
					$ 652.26
			AUDITORIUM
		11/1/05	Builders Choice, Inc	r & m building	$ 81.27
		11/1/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint cleaning	$ 175.00
		11/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 64.73
		11/1/05	NE DOL/ Boiler Inspection	inspection	$ 30.00
		11/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 144.39
		11/1/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 4.87
		11/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 25.76
					$ 526.02
			LANDFILL
35769		10/28/05	Nebraska Department Labor	unemployment ins	$ 7.68
		11/1/05	City of Holdrege	landfill charges	$ 14.79
35764		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 741.95
		11/1/05	South Central Sanitation	service	$ 8,148.44
					$ 8,912.86
			GAS
20939		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,464.39
20940		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 65.65
20941		10/25/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 1,049.65
		11/1/05	Groebner & Associates	line maint	$ 101.63
		11/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 19.24
		11/1/05	AFLAC	ins	$ 19.80
		11/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	ins	$ 9.60
		11/1/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 30.89
		11/1/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 141.97
		11/1/05	National Public Gas Agency	cost of gas	$ 28,343.82
					$ 31,246.64
			SEWER
20939		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,216.47
20940		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 56.67
20941		10/25/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 457.73
20942		10/28/05	Nebraska Department Labor	unemployment ins	$ 65.53
		11/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	ins	$ 9.60
		11/1/05	Central States Lab	liquidate--acid	$ 1,684.08
					$ 3,490.08
			CUSTOMER DEPOSIT
		11/1/05	City Alma Utilities	Land refund applied	$ 100.00
		11/1/05	City Alma Utilities	rutledge refund applied	$ 71.19
		11/1/05	Rodney Rutledge	refund	$ 28.81
					$ 200.00
Page 3			CLAIMS: NOV 1, 05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			R.V. PARK
20941		10/25/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 295.48
20942		10/28/05	Nebraska Dept Labor	unemployment ins	$ 6.29
		11/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 252.32
		11/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 295.78
		11/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 44.24
					$ 894.11
			PAYROLL
1113		10/20/05	American Funds	pension	$ 1,071.02
1114		10/29/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	nebr w/h	$ 667.96
					$ 1,738.98
			WATER
20939		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,478.95
20940		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 115.25
20941		10/25/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 1,312.27
20943		10/28/05	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$ 597.77
		11/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 36.06
		11/1/05	AFLAC	ins	$ 148.30
		11/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	ins	$ 16.20
		11/1/05	Builders Choice	r & m grounds	$ 183.05
		11/1/05	B. H. Hesemann shop	r & m equipment	$ 254.22
		11/1/05	Bosselman Inc	fuel	$ 173.02
		11/1/05	State NE HHS Labs	water testing	$ 212.00
		11/1/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 16.17
		11/1/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 4.89
		11/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 6.99
					$ 5,555.14
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR EXP
		11/1/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 68.28
		11/1/05	Coca Cola Dr. Pepper	pop	$ 141.00
		11/1/05	Builders Choice	building r & m	$ 6.72
		11/1/05	Brown Transfer	shipping charges	$ 48.40
		11/1/05	B. H. Hesemann shop	ground r & m	$ 7.98
		11/1/05	Frito Lay	food	$ 34.32
		11/1/05	Davis Equipment	r & m equipment	$ 110.75
		11/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	ins	$ 9.60
		11/1/05	Community Bank	loan payment	$ 9,082.89
		11/1/05	Agri Co-op	fuel--supplies	$ 249.27
		11/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,008.01
		11/1/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$ 78.82
		11/1/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 175.09
		11/1/05	Sterling Distributing	concession	$ 352.10
		11/1/05	United Distillers	concession	$ 852.48
		11/1/05	Cash Wa Distributing	r & m equipment	$ 148.57
EFT		10/17/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 132.80
EFT		10/18/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 143.60
EFT		10/25/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 121.40
EFT		10/10/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$ 117.50
EFT		10/11/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 193.20
2861		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,294.70
2862		10/20/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
2864		10/25/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 1,144.78
2865		10/28/05	Nebraska Dept Labor	unemployment ins	$ 126.71
					$ 16,700.45

Treasurer’s report was presented and reviewed. Topics of discussion included; payment of trail bill still on hold for completion and for final cost presentation.

Mayor and City Council were presented with a draft lease agreement with the Caring Cupboard on the lease of the locker plant building for there review and comments. Comments expressed upon the proposed lease agreement included; improvements and alterations concerns, possible rewording of lease for changes made, Council need to know of all that is going on with building, possible use of a drop box or container for drop offs when building is closed, term of lease questions, possible one year renewable lease agreement, sixty day notice of any big changes, starting date comments, need for Caring Cupboard board to read through and comment or agree to lease agreement, need to have City Attorney rewrite lease with all changes included and mail out to all concerned. Motion made by Huggins seconded by Waggoner to approve lease as written by Attorney with changes made and to have the Caring Cupboard approve of the new lease. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report about progress towards completion of hiking biking trail given, work reported that still needs to be done, signage work comments, seeding of area to be done, dirt work to complete, clean-up needed of whole area, report that benches and receptacles are at the shop area, placement of gates for vehicle control comments, need to order gates approval given, report given on Harlan County Hospital upgrade, up coming County wide vote on Hospital project scheduled for March 14, 2005, Hospital Board to attend November 15, 2005 regular City Council meeting for comments and questions, no Board of Health issues at the to report at this time, Airport Hanger project report included; walk through list gone over with engineer, contractor and City personnel, advisory board comments on hanger lease agreement needed, seeding work to be done by City, schedule ribbon cutting on project, possible installation of more fencing around area, signage installation, rent payments, liability insurance comments heard and the need to keep the City Council advised of any changes that are being made.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor asked for any other comments or discussion. Topics brought up included; nuisance list report, trail rules and regulations status, report form employees on what they are doing in there departments and what is planned down the road in there departments. Also brought up and comments on was the progress being made with the War Memorial project.

There being no other business for discussion motion made by Huggins seconded by Waggoner to adjourn the regular meeting. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

___________________________ ATTEST: ___________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

OCTOBER 18, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska, was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 18^th day of October 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were; Mayor Haeker. Council members; Calkins, Huggins, Mercer. Also attending; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Stan Clouse, Ginger Jensen, Randy Stahlecker, Jane Blum, LaDonna Schluterbusch, Ron Mroczek, Traci Witthuhn, Neil Molzahn and Russ Pfeil.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of October 18, 2005 to order and the following was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Huggins, Calkins, Mayor Haeker, present. Absent was Waggoner.

Motion made by Calkins seconded by Huggins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Calkins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Motion made by Mercer seconded by Huggins that the minutes as amended of the October 4, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Mercer, Huggins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Invoice for animal care was explained and comments expressed upon amount of bill.

Motion made by Mercer seconded by Huggins that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon role call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Mercer, Huggins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS: OCT 18, 05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35742		10/6/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 4,522.23
35743		10/6/05	City Alma Payroll	pension	$ 188.17
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,325.35
		10/18/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 32.28
		10/18/05	City Alma Payroll	insurance	$ 1,562.62
		10/18/05	Compuade	r & m computer	$ 54.56
		10/18/05	Harlan County Journal	print & pub	$ 168.00
		10/18/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 51.56
		10/18/05	Omaha World Herald	subscription	$ 18.20
		10/18/05	Main Street Media	print & pub	$ 383.08
		10/18/05	MGS Tech	equipment r & m	$ 80.00
		10/18/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 3.71
		10/18/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 54.70
		10/18/05	Republican Valley Animal	animal care	$ 120.84
		10/18/05	Duncan Duncan Jelkin	legal	$ 1,000.00
		10/18/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 166.27
		10/18/05	Aramark Services	uniforms	$ 298.53
					$ 10,030.10
			STREET
35742		10/6/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 1,261.66
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 2,142.09
		10/18/05	Kearney Truck Parts--Salvage	equipment r & m	$ 1,000.00
		10/18/05	BARCO	r & m equipment	$ 253.21
					$ 4,656.96
			LIBRARY
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 612.09
35702		10/5/05	LaDonna Schluterbusch	travel & meal	$ 251.96
35703		10/5/05	The Library Store	supplies	$ 67.07
35704		10/5/05	Quill Corporation	office supplies	$ 90.49
35705		10/5/05	Nebraska Library Commission	books	$ 1,011.70
35706		10/5/05	Books In Motion	books	$ 6.00
35707		10/5/05	Ingram	books	$ 399.40
35708		10/5/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 78.48
35709		10/5/05	Modern Methods	miscellaneous expense	$ 31.69
35710		10/5/05	Double Day Large Print	books	$ 21.33
35711		10/5/05	Houchen Bindery	miscellaneous expense	$ 19.60
35712		10/5/05	Pam Metzger	contract labor	$ 70.88
35713		10/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 430.84
					$ 3,091.53
			FIRE
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,822.09
		10/18/05	Aramark Services	building maint cleaning	$ 95.99
		10/18/05	Apria Healthcare, Inc	chemicals--gas	$ 17.00
		10/18/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 37.11
					$ 1,972.19
			POOL
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 700.09
		10/18/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 13.65
		10/18/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 59.28
					$ 773.02
			PARK
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 473.84
35742		10/6/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 644.18
					$ 1,118.02
			AUDITORIUM
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 761.09
		10/18/05	Aramark Services	building maint cleaning	$ 32.98
					$ 794.07
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			SHOP
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 267.34
		10/18/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 34.08
		10/18/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 39.24
		1018/05	McClymont Implement	oil	$ 33.70
					$ 374.36
			RECREATION
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 445.34
					$ 445.34
			POLICE
		10/18/05	Harlan County Treasurer	contract labor	$ 3,468.00
					$ 3,468.00
			SOLID WASTE
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 276.34
					$ 276.34
			AIRPORT
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 607.84
		10/18/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering	$ 4,983.00
					$ 5,590.84
			HIKING BIKING TRAIL
		10/18/05	Kirkhma Michael	engineering	$ 11,121.77
					$ 11,121.77
			GAS
20928		10/6/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 1,464.40
20929		10/6/05	City Alma Payroll	pension	$ 65.65
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,232.75
		10/18/05	All Tell	cell phones	$ 38.03
		10/18/05	City Alma Payroll	insurance	$ 744.76
		10/18/05	Washington Pipeline Letter	renewals--update service	$ 318.00
					$ 3,863.59
			WATER
20928		10/6/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,761.71
20929		10/6/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 106.35
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,154.50
		10/18/05	Hogeland Market	cleaning supplies	$ 3.15
		10/18/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 715.40
					$ 4,741.11
			WASTEWATER
20928		10/6/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,195.18
20929		10/6/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 55.69
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 375.50
		10/18/05	City of Holdrege	wastewater testing	$ 105.00
		10/18/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 552.24
		10/18/05	State Nebraska DEQ	license renewal fee	$ 150.00
		10/18/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 6.13
					$ 2,439.74
			R.V.PARK
20928		10/6/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 592.07
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 359.50
		10/18/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 105.90
					$ 1,057.47
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			PAYROLL
1111		10/6/05	American Funds	ppension	$ 1,012.42
		10/18/05	Blue Cross Blue Shield	insurance	$ 3,821.60
					$ 4,834.02
			GOLF BAR & GOLF EXPENSES
		10/18/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,578.25
		10/18/05	Hogeland Market	groc supplies	$ 110.73
		10/18/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 39.24
		10/18/05	R & R Products	r & m equipment	$ 55.13
		10/18/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 50.44
		10/18/05	Office Solutions	supplies	$ 105.98
EFT		10/10/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concessions	$ 165.40
EFT		10/1/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 188.70
2853		10/6/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,518.83
2854		10/6/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
					$ 4,864.18

Treasurer’s report comments and questions included; question upon fixed assets of golf course content, final bills on Airport and Hiking Biking trail have not come in yet and loan pay down comments heard.

Stan Clouse, Account Manager Nebraska Public Power, presented hand outs to Mayor, Council and all pertaining to the electrical system in Alma, Nebraska. Topics presented included; NPPD’s vision, NPPD’s mission, City of Alma Focus, History of NPPD, maps and charts showing service area, reliability comments, financial obligations, community involvement, account management, future presence of NPPD in Alma, technology aspects, rate analysis and projections, municipal discounts, benefits of selecting NPPD’s PRO agreement, intent of NPPD, advantages of NPPD, transmission system upkeep, power purchases and how to run system locally. Council asked Mr. Clouse to provide a summarized comparison of engineering numbers on what City can do and what NPPD can do and to report findings as soon as possible to give Council direction to go.

Librarian LaDonna Schluterbusch reported that William Rumass resigned as a library trustee in September. At the regular board meeting on Monday, the trustees elected Lorraine Lakin to finish that term which expires 12/2006. The Library Board also decided to vote on a replacement for Jan Smolik whose second term expires 12/2005. The Board elected Linda Lubeck to replace Jam Smolik, term to run from 1/2006 to 12/2009.

Motion made by Calkins seconded by Huggins to accept the names as recommend by the Library Board. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Calkins. There being no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Jane Blum visited with the Mayor and Council about the intent of the Caring Cupboard to relocate to the Auditorium addition (old locker plant). Topics brought up concerning intent included; possible self sufficient on utility bill paying, update to facility concerns, county wide operations, pledges from other areas to caring cupboard, possible use of budget billing on utilities, need of lease agreement to be drawn up by Administrator, Attorney and Caring Cupboard. Council gave permission to go ahead and start cleaning up area and building with City Administrator being informed of all that is being done.

It was decided that no action was needed upon preparation of a resolution and letter in support of not closing the FSA Office since it was reported in the newspaper about decision not to close FSA Offices.

It was decided that no action was to be taken on resolution and Ordinance 10-1805-1 pertaining to nuisances until all members could review the proposals and come up with any possible changes. Other topics discussed pertaining to nuisances included; draft of flow chart possible need of some work, complaint form comments, possible line on form for ordinance reference number, possible changes in existing code and decision that action will be taken on the resolution and ordinance at the next regular City Council meeting.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report on hiking biking trail engineer being here to go over project, couple of areas in need of more work reported, concrete work that needs done, dirt on trail needs to taken care of, drainage areas need looked at, seeding and signage comments heard, clean-up of area concerns expressed, review of trail ordinances and need to notify the public of rules of use for trail.

No comments were expressed concerning personnel items or upon board of health issues.

Economic development discussion included report about possible renovation of the hospital, need of vote of the people, County owned hospital comments expressed, amount of proposed renovation comments, possible need of help from other sources on project and need to put Hospital Board on next agenda for their input and comments.

Airport hanger project report included upcoming walk through inspection of project set for October 25^th and also report on dirt work and other work that need to be completed.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor as for any other comments or discussion. Topics brought up included; complaint expressed about rough condition of road to Golf course, suggested ways were expressed upon fixing of road, putting the Alma Sign back up comments, need to work with State on location of sign, proposed Council meetings reports list reviewed and report heard on progress of Veterans Memorial proposed by Gary Wheeler. It was decided that more advertisement was needed and use of alumni date base should be used to help with getting word out on the memorial.

There being no other business for discussion it was moved by Mercer seconded by Huggins to adjourn the meeting of October 18, 2005. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Mercer, Huggins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

____________________________ ATTEST: _____________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

OCTOBER 4, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 4^th day of October 2005 at 5:00 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Calkins, Huggins, Waggoner, Mercer. Also attending; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Ginger Jensen, Neil Molzahn, Russ Pfeil, Toni Torrey, Jane Blum, Michelle Janicek, Sam Gillette, La Donna Schluterbusch, David Daire, Julie Daire, Jim Rojewski and Jan Rojewski.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called to regular meeting of October 4, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. All attending.

Motion made by Waggoner seconded by Calkins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. There being no discussion upon said motion and upon roll call vote, the following voted aye; Huggins, Mercer, Waggoner, Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Motion made by Mercer seconded by Calkins that the minutes of the September 20, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote, the following voted aye; Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mercer. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Question and comments were voiced on the Fire Department deposit refund check.

Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS: OCT 4, 05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35695		9/22/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,198.83
35696		9/22/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 148.74
35699		9/28/05	Bill Hogeland	dental ins	$ 300.00
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 120.06
		10/4/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 27.02
		10/4/05	G & M Service	equipment r & m	$ 50.00
		10/4/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 121.70
		10/4/05	Hanna Variety	office supplies	$ 14.25
		10/4/05	Jan Rojewski	bldg r & m cleaning	$ 50.00
		10/4/05	Builders Choice	bldg r & m	$ 60.00
		10/4/05	Nebraska Cooperative Gov	internet service	$ 29.00
		10/4/05	Fort Dearborn Life	ins	$ 19.20
		10/4/05	Aramark Services	uniform expense	$ 218.73
		10/4/05	Michael Huggins	advisory--budget work	$ 1,506.00
		10/4/05	Joe Camera	office supplies	$ 19.08
					$ 5,882.61
			STREET
35695		9/22/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,201.38
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,843.80
		10/4/05	K-Lawn	ground maint chemicals	$ 20.00
		10/4/05	Agri Co-op	fuel-supplies-r & m	$ 674.00
		10/4/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 11.98
		10/4/05	Tagge Engineering	cost estimates south street	$ 318.00
		10/4/05	Murphy Tractor & Supply	r & m equipment	$ 227.76
					$ 4,296.92
			FIRE
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 259.06
		10/4/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 96.04
		10/4/05	Green Country Enterprises	bldg r & m cleaning	$ 40.00
		10/4/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 5.56
		10/4/05	Jan Rojewski	bldg r & m cleaning	$ 175.00
		10/4/05	K-Lawn	ground maint chemicals	$ 63.00
		10/4/05	LINWELD	chemicals--gas	$ 30.90
		10/4/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel-supplies-r & m	$ 38.50
		10/4/05	AllTell	cell phone	$ 23.42
		10/4/05	Lee Thompson	refund deposit	$ 100.00
					$ 831.48
			LIBRARY
35695		9/22/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,271.74
		10/4/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 46.98
		10/4/05	Fort Dearborn Life	ins	$ 6.60
					$ 2,325.32
			RECREATION
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 41.36
		10/4/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 357.49
		10/4/05	T & F Sand & Gravel	grounds maint--gravel	$ 203.50
		10/4/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 6.16
		10/4/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 25.02
		10/4/05	Reams	grounds--sprinkler parts	$ 387.51
					$ 1,021.04
			SHOP
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 61.03
		10/4/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 102.65
		10/4/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 15.54
					$ 179.22
			LANDFILL
35701		9/30/04	State Dept revenue	waste & recycling fee	$ 50.00
		10/4/05	South Central Sanitation	trash service	$ 8,196.14
					$ 8,246.14
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			PARK
35695		9/22/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 644.17
		10/4/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 138.81
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 57.09
		10/4/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 14.28
		10/4/05	Agri Co-op	oil--chem--r & m	$ 443.10
		10/4/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 125.95
					$ 1,423.40
			POOL
35697		9/26/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 35.57
		10/4/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 11.86
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 275.49
		10/4/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 20.58
		10/4/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 98.30
		10/4/05	Cobra Chemicals	chemicals	$ 258.60
					$ 700.40
			AUDITORIUM
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 60.65
		10/4/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 61.27
		10/4/05	Jan Rojewski	bldg r & m cleaning	$ 175.00
					$ 296.92
			AIRPORT
35700		9/28/05	Twin Valley Public Power	electric	$ 14.37
		10/4/05	Allan Pholenz	ground maint--mowing	$ 400.00
					$ 414.37
			GAS
20907		9/22/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,394.46
20908		9/22/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 62.40
20909		9/26/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 992.97
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 19.24
		10/4/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 81.99
		10/4/05	U.S. Postal Service	postage machine	$ 300.00
		10/4/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 7.89
		10/4/05	All Tell	gas cell phone	$ 31.14
		10/4/05	AFLAC	ins	$ 19.80
		10/4/05	Fort Dearborn Life	ins	$ 9.60
		10/4/05	National Public Gas Agency	cost of gas	$ 13,661.34
					$ 14,131.00
			SEWER
20907		9/22/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,177.59
20908		9/22/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 54.87
20909		9/26/05	State Dept Revenue	sales-use-city--tax	$ 405.77
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 446.49
		10/4/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 50.01
		10/4/05	U. S. Postal System	postage machine	$ 300.00
		10/4/05	Fort Dearborn Life	ins	$ 9.60
					$ 2,444.33
			PAYROLL
1110		9/22/05	American Funds	pension	$ 916.18
					$ 916.18
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			WATER
20907		9/22/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,201.86
20908		9/22/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 102.38
20909		9/26/05	State Nebr Dept revenue	sales-use-city tax	$ 992.92
20910		9/28/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 830.88
		10/4/05	State Nebr HHS Laboratory	line maint--water testing	$ 30.00
		10/4/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 17.62
		10/4/05	Fort Dearborn Life	ins	$ 16.20
		10/4/05	AFLAC	ins	$ 148.30
		10/4/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 99.46
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,115.59
		10/4/05	Agri Co-op	bldg maint	$ 42.38
		10/4/05	U.S. Postal Service	postage machine	$ 300.00
		10/4/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 4.33
		10/4/05	Dutton Lainson	line maint	$ 581.72
		10/4/05	Tagge Engineering	training--chlorine system	$ 474.30
					$ 6,483.64
			R.V. PARK
20909		9/26/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city tax--lodging	$ 405.24
		10/4/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 99.12
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 867.27
		10/4/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 26.95
		10/4/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 226.94
					$ 1,625.52
			CUSTOMER DEPOSIT
		10/4/05	Karen Stricherz	deposit refund	$ 119.55
		10/4/05	Carol Davis Drake	deposit refund	$ 100.00
		10/4/05	City of Alma	coppedge refund applied	$ 100.00
		10/4/05	City of Alma	buettner refund applied	$ 85.29
					$ 404.84
			GOLF COURSE GOLF BAR EXPENSE
		10/4/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 8.71
		10/4/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	pop	$ 201.00
		10/4/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 168.91
		10/4/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 13.26
		10/4/05	Agri Co-op	fuel--supplies	$ 767.07
		10/4/05	Fort Dearborn Life	ins	$ 9.60
		10/4/05	Hanna Variety	supplies---cleaning supp	$ 110.22
		10/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,784.11
		10/4/05	Hall Electric & Refrig	r & m building equip	$ 32.76
		10/4/05	Arrow Seed Company	ground maint	$ 769.16
		10/4/05	Cash Wa Distributing	operating supplies	$ 165.45
2838		9/22/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 2,902.89
2839		9/22/05	City Alma Payroll	pension	$ 51.48
EFT		9/19/05	Nebraskaland Distributing	concessions	$ 251.30
EFT		9/20/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 325.60
EFT		9/8/05	Nebraskaland Distributing	concessions	$ 115.60
284l		9/26/05	State Nebr Dept revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 1,004.89
					$ 8,682.01

City Attorney explained to the Mayor and Council the changes in the Trash Contract Ordinance 10-0405-1 as being in the wording in section 2 from shall to may. Council Member Huggins introduced Ordinance number 10-0405-1 entitled as follows:

ORDINANCE NO. 1-0-0405-1

AN ORDINACNE TO AMEND SECTION CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 4-310 OF THE

ALMA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CONTRACTS FOR COLLECTION AND

DIPOSAL OF NON- HAZARDOUS SOLID WASTE, TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE

FOR SELECTION OF CONTRACTORS; TO PROVIDE FOR SUCH CONTRACT TO

BE IN WRITING; AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN TERMS TO BE IN SUCH

CONTRACT; TO PROVIDE FOR A PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION OF AN

APPROPRIATE DISPOAL FACILITY; TO REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS

OF ORDINANCES TO THE CONTRARY; TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE;

And moved that the statutory rule requiring reading on three different dates be suspended. Council Member Calkins seconded the motion to suspend the rules and upon the motion; the following Council Members voted Yes: Waggoner, Mercer, Huggins, Calkins. The following voted No: None

The motion to suspend the rules was adopted by three-fourths of the council and the statutory rule was declared suspended for consideration of this ordinance.

This ordinance was then read by title and thereafter Council Member Mercer moved for final passage of this ordinance and said motion was seconded by Council Member Waggoner. The Mayor then stated the question, “Shall Ordinance Number 10-0405-1 be passed and adopted?” Upon roll call vote, the following Council Members voted yes: Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins. The following voted No: None.

The passage and adoption of this ordinance having been concurred in by a majority of all members of the council, the Mayor declared the ordinance adopted; and the Mayor in the presence of the City Council signed and approved the ordinance and the clerk attested the passage and approval of the same and affixed his signature thereto and ordered to be published as provided by law. A true and complete copy of this ordinance is attached hereto and incorporated by reference.

ORDINANCE NO. 10-0405-1

AN ORDINACNE TO AMEND SECTION CHAPTER 4, ARTICLE 4-310 OF

THE ALMA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO CONTRACTS FOR COLLECTION

AND DIPOSAL OF NON-HAZARDOUS SOLID WASTE, TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE

FOR SECLECTION OF CONTRACTORS; TO PROVIDE FOR SUCH CONTRACT TO BE

IN WRITING; AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN TERMS TO BE IN SUCH CONTRACT;

TO PROVIDE FOR A PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION OF AN APPROPIRATE

DISPOSAL FACILITY; TO REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES

TO THE CONTRARY; TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE;

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALMA

NEBRASKA AS FOLLOWS;

SECTION 1. The City of Alma may contract with and independent contractor to provide for the collection and disposal of non-hazardous solid waste;

SECTION 2. Such contractor may be selected by competitive bidding and the length of such contract be determined by the Mayor and Council, not to exceed five (5) years;

SECTION 3. Any such contractor shall enter into a written agreement with the City of Alma, which agreement shall provide for the rate to be charged by the contractor and such other terms as may be required by the Mayor and Council;

SECTION 4. The contractor shall be responsible for selection of a licensed disposal facility in which to dispose of non-hazardous solid waste collected within the city, and for any contract for disposal service in such facility;

SECTION 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances to the contrary are hereby repealed;

SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be effective from and after its passage, approval, and publication in accordance with the law.

Passed and approved this 4^th day of October, 2005.

CITY OF ALMA, NEBRASKA

___________________________

Hal D. Haeker, Mayor

ATTEST:

___________________________

City Clerk

Other topics of discussion pertaining to trash hauling was question from Reed Disposal on re-bidding of contract. It was decided to put Trash Contract bid or no-bid on the next City council agenda for action.

Jane Blum and a group of people representing the Harlan County Caring Cupboard presented paperwork to the Mayor and Council about their plans and requests for future operation of the Caring Cupboard. Presented in the paper work were; mission statement, goals, objectives and area of concerns. Topics of discussion included; community service that is provided, possible move to lager facility such as the old locker plant, assistance to county residents, encouragement to participate in clubs, business organizations, education and mentoring for community residents, volunteer outlet, self supporting with in 5 years projected, possible low or rent free usage of the Alma Locker plant, share of utility costs, upkeep and repair concerns, concerns about size of building, location of building, heat and air conditioning concerns expressed, hours of operation, possible drop box for citizens to drop off merchandise, legal non-profit organization questions, comments about being non denominational, local business competition concerns, comments heard about non charging for food pantry items, details and rental agreement needed, sales tax questions and the need to have all Council Members digest proposal for action at the next regular City Council meeting.

City Administrator presented a Farm Service Agency news release letter to the Mayor and Council for review and discussion. Topics in letter of concern were; agency’s national, state and county office structures, goals of FSA Tomorrow; to provide better services to procedures by providing better trained employees and offices that are properly equipped and better staffed, possible consolidation of some offices and staffs, possible offices for consolidation because of distance between offices, office workload, possible consolidation of out of the 81 Nebraska FSA County offices down to 40 offices that meet the criteria for review. The Harlan County office falls under the national review criteria. Comments and discussion included pertaining to possible consolidations were; possibility of losing local FSA office due to the consolidation, amount of citizens that would be effected by consolidation out of the community, need to show support against consolidation to other area, need of resolution of support, suggested to have City Administrator work with FSA people to draw up resolution and letter of support of support to be reviewed and acted upon at the next Council meeting.

Discussion upon nuisances included; process of figuring out procedures on nuisances being worked out, legal opinion upon procedures needed, revision of flow chart comments, need of standardized form, need of policy resolution and possible ordinance change needed. All information pertaining to nuisances to be presented at a later date for action.

Hiking Biking Trail comments included; letter for Kirkham Michael on changes reviewed and decision to reply to letter made, signage concerns and comments, liability on signage comments, education to trail users on the proper use of the trail needed, slopes of inclines concerns about maintenance expressed, concerns expressed about large equipment that has been running on trail, possible need of tree removal and need to go through final inspection very carefully to make sure all is right.

Economic Development discussion included meeting with N.P.P.D. representatives at the next regular City Council meeting to address proposals on electric system.

There being no monthly meeting of the Board of Health there was nothing to report upon activities. It was suggested to have Board of Health go over nuisance proposals for their review and comments.

Airport hanger project report included; work that has been completed, work that still needs to be done, all hangers have been rented out, work could possible be done at Airport in approximately 10 days weather permitting.

The time being 6:50 p.m. October 4, 2005 it was motioned by Huggins seconded by Calkins to go into executive session for discussion upon staff personnel and compensation. There being no discussion upon the presented motion and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Waggoner, Huggins and Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

The time being 7:50 p.m. October 4, 2005 it was motioned by Waggoner seconded by Calkins to come out of executive session and return to the regular meeting. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Calkins, Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Motion made by Councilman Huggins and seconded by Councilman Mercer to approve the compensation package as follows:

A 3.3% cost of living increase for all employees effective October 1, 2005. The source of this adjustment is the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for the Midwest Region for Size D—Non metropolitan Areas, for the one year period ended July 31, 2005, the most recent data available.

The City Administrator will be eligible for a 10% merit increase April 1, 2006, upon the improvement and/or completion of certain responsibilities to be defined by the City Council. These responsibilities are to be clearly specified in writing and provided to the City Administrator as soon as possible. Evaluation and determination to occur at the first City Council meeting in April.

The City Superintendent will receive a 10% merit increase on the one year anniversary of his promotion to City Superintendent.

The City Water Department Supervisor will receive a 10% merit increase effective October 1, 2005.

The City Street Department Supervisor will be eligible for a 5% merit increase April 1, 2006, upon the improvement and/or completion of certain responsibilities. These responsibilities along with the evaluation and determination to be handled by the City Administrator. The City Administrator will report on this matter at the first City Council meeting in April.

Council Member Calkins voiced his concerns regarding the compensation package. Upon roll call vote on the motion the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner. The following voted no to the motion: Calkins. Motion Carried.

There being no other discussion to be had motion made by Huggins seconded by Waggoner to adjourn the regular meeting of October 4, 2005. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner. Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

__________________________________ ATTEST: __________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

SEPTEMBER 20, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 20^th day of September 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Calkins, Huggins, Mercer. Also attending the meeting; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Eric Johnson, Ron Hawley, Ginger Jensen, Traci Witthuhn, L.R. “Lindy” Cummins, Neil Molzahn, LaDonna Schluterbusch, Jerry Dietz, Russ Pfeil and Sam Gillette.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of September 20, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Huggins, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. Present. Absent was Waggoner.

Moved by Calkins seconded by Huggins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. There being no discussion upon motion and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Calkins, Huggins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Motion by Calkins seconded by Mercer that the minutes of the September 6, 2005 regular meeting and the minutes of September 13, 2005 Special Meeting be approved as written. There was no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Huggins, Mercer, Calkins. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Questions and comments were heard on Journal advertising bill, inspection of wells bill from Layne Western and Sewer line maintenance bill from Orcutt Sanitation.

Motion by Mercer seconded by Huggins that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote the following votes aye; Calkins, Mercer, Huggins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS: 9/20/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35639		9/8/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,952.39
35640		9/8/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 183.74
		9/20/05	Harold G. Adams	building maint	$ 210.00
		9/20/05	Eakes Office Plus	office supplies	$ 55.94
		9/20/05	Hogeland market	office supplies	$ 13.36
		9/20/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 51.72
		9/20/05	Office solutions	office supplies	$ 133.96
		9/20/05	Bill Hogeland	mileage--meals--meetings	$ 249.82
		9/20/05	Michael Richman	dental--sally	$ 72.00
		9/20/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 1,562.62
		9/20/05	Pin Point Communication	telephone service	$ 201.23
		9/20/00	All Tell	cell phone	$ 53.42
		9/20/05	Harlan County Journal	print & pub	$ 807.50
		9/20/05	Nebr Muni Power Pool	office support	$ 350.00
		9/20/05	Duncan, Duncan, Jelkin	legal	$ 1,000.00
		9/20/05	General Glass Holdrege	building maint	$ 299.89
c-card		9/14/05	Old Chicago	meal	$ 15.00
					$ 9,212.59
			STREET
35639		9/8/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,155.07
		9/20/05	Motorsports repair	r & m equipment	$ 71.90
		9/20/05	Michael Todd Company	signs	$ 67.70
		9/20/05	Great Plains One Call	line locates	$ 82.83
					$ 1,377.50
			LIBRARY
		9/20/05	Pin Point Comm	telephone billing	$ 78.48
35669		9/8/05	Pam Metzger	contract labor	$ 97.13
35668		9/8/05	Highsmith Company	supplies	$ 15.16
35667		9/8/05	Double Day Large Print	books	$ 36.28
35666		9/8/05	Columbia House	videos	$ 24.21
35665		9/8/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 439.52
35664		9/8/05	Quill Corporation	office supplies	$ 141.55
35663		9/8/05	Modern Methods Inc.	office expense	$ 28.81
35662		9/8/05	Ingram	books	$ 465.62
35661		9/8/05	Scholastic Library	books	$ 101.40
35660		9/8/05	Nebr Regional Library Sys	prof & school	$ 25.00
					$ 1,453.16
			FIRE
		9/20/05	Lincoln Benefit Life	insurance	$ 897.50
		9/20/05	Apria Healthcare	chem	$ 25.50
		9/20/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 37.11
		9/20/05	LINWELD	chem--gas	$ 31.73
		9/20/05	Aramark Services	cleaning supplies	$ 17.32
					$ 1,009.16
			SWIMMING POOL
35639		9/8/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 791.22
		9/20/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 59.28
		9/20/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 13.65
					$ 864.15
			SHOP
		9/20/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 39.24
		9/20/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 25.26
					$ 64.50
			PARK
35639		9/8/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 579.76
					$ 579.76
			AUDITORIUM
		9/20/05	Aramark Service	cleaning supplies	$ 50.19
					$ 50.19
Page 2			CLAIMS: 9/20/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			LANDFILL
35672		9/13/05	South Central Sanitation	trash service	$ 8,190.98
					$ 8,190.98
			POLICE
		9/20/05	Harlan County Treasurer	police service	$ 3,468.00
					$ 3,468.00
			GAS
20878		9/8/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 1,470.03
20879		9/8/05	City Alma Payroll	pension	$ 65.91
		9/20/05	City Alma Payroll	insurance	$ 744.76
		9/20/05	All Tell	On call & cell	$ 71.79
					$ 2,352.49
			WATER
20878		9/8/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 2,145.07
20879		9/8/05	City Alma Payroll	pension	$ 99.74
		9/20/05	City Alma Payroll	insurance	$ 715.40
		9/20/05	Jerald Dietz	dental eye insurance	$ 211.97
		9/20/05	Hogeland Market	chemical	$ 15.12
		9/20/05	Layne Christensen Company	maint inspection r & m	$ 998.44
					$ 4,185.74
			SEWER
20878		9/8/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 1,156.98
20879		9/8/05	City Alma Payroll	pension	$ 53.91
		9/20/05	City Alma Payroll	insurance	$ 552.24
		9/20/05	Frontier	tele line service	$ 6.13
		9/20/05	Orcutt Sanitation	line maint--service	$ 4,675.00
					$ 6,444.26
			R.V. PARK
20878		9/8/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 592.08
		9/20/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 65.95
					$ 658.03
			PAYROLL
1107		9/8/05	American Funds	pension	$ 987.40
1108		9/14/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	nebr monthly w/h	$ 705.60
		9/20/05	Blue Cross Blue Shield	insurance	$ 3,821.60
					$ 5,514.60
			HIKING BIKING TRAIL
		9/20/05	Kirkham Michael	invoice #64237 ndor portion	$ 4,908.91
		9/20/05	Kirkham Michael	invoice $64240 ngp portion	$ 746.78
					$ 5,655.69
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR EXP
		9/20/05	Hogeland Market	groc	$ 424.44
		9/20/05	Coca Cola Dr. Pepper	concession	$ 216.80
		9/20/05	Pin Point Communications	telephone service	$ 40.34
		9/20/06	Brown Transfer	shipping	$ 93.20
		9/20/05	Cash Was	groc	$ 122.16
		9/20/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment	$ 8.25
		9/20/05	Commercial Turf & Tractor	grounds maint	$ 860.00
		9/20/05	The Van Wall Group	r & m equipment	$ 386.21
		9/20/05	Long Island Grain	grounds maint	$ 429.15
		9/20/05	B. H. Hesemann Shop	equipment r & m	$ 45.25
		9/20/05	Frito Lay Inc.	groc	$ 32.06
Page 3			CLAIMS: 9/20/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
		9/20/05	United Distillers	concessions	$ 373.74
		9/20/05	Sterling Distribution	concessions	$ 858.00
		9/20/05	Office Solutions	supplies	$ 82.18
EFT		9/13/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 416.80
EFT		9/7/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 319.20
EFT		9/12/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concessions	$ 27.00
EFT		9/6/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concessions	$ 117.50
2799		9/8/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,278.58
2800		9/8/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
					$ 8,182.34
			GENERAL
		9/20/05	Aramark	uniform expense	$ 88.79
					$ 88.79

Treasurer’s report was presented and question and comments were heard referring to large bills drawn downs. Treasurer’s report accepted as presented.

Trash contract discussion included; review of an ordinance relating to contracts collection and disposal of non hazardous solid waste, provide for a procedure for selection of contractors, contract in writing, review of State Statutes on re bidding of contract, comments heard about how trash is being handled with present contractor, need of flexibility on selection of trash contractor and need of legal work to bring ordinances into conformity with State. It was decided to take action on trash contract Ordinance number 10-0404-01 at the next regular City Council meeting.

Ratification of previous written minutes discussion included; review of minutes dated March 4, 2003, noted that motion made was to pay 100% of 1% of grant to grant Administrator when letter confirming grant award was received. There was no seconded recorded in minutes to the motion, comments were expressed about Roberts Rules of Order pertaining to motions, explanation given the payment to grant Administrator comes from General funds not from the grant proceeds. Motion made by Calkins to ratify the March 4, 2003 motion to read 100% of 1% of grant to City Administrator for writing and receiving grants. Motion seconded by Huggins. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor and Council reviewed a letter from Nebraska Department of Aeronautics informing the City that they were approved on project request for fuel system at the airport grant, amount of $77,900.00 Federal funds and $4,100.00 City match, also reviewed was a copy of agency agreement resolution adopting and approving the execution of agreement with the Department of Aeronautics for project M01 to be submitted by the department to the Federal Aviation Administration to obtain Federal assistance for development at the airport. Topics discussed concerning reviewed paperwork included; legal opinion after review of paperwork reported and seeing no problems with the resolution, Engineer Eric Johnson comments that the City is not committed until the grant application is signed. Motion by Huggins to introduce the resolution adopting and approving the execution of agreement with the Department of Aeronautics for project M01, seconded by Mercer. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Mercer, Huggins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion carried.

Other comments heard pertaining to the Airport were; time table for fuel system unknown at this time, future improvements to airport could possible include lighting and pavement of runway, and Federal money that could be available for such projects.

Nuisance handling paperwork and comments included; diagram of a flow chart on the handling of nuisances handed out, enforcement of ordinances comments heard, need of clearly written policy concerning handling of nuisances, need of publication of policy on nuisances for public, need of qualification of personnel on nuisances handling, use of appraisers and expert witnesses to make sure all nuisances are handled fairly and objectively. The presented flow chart was through by all and the following actions and comments were addressed; use of standardized forms needed, maintain list of all reported nuisances by City Administrator, keep maintained list up to date at all times, explanation upon all types of nuisances, questions upon what constitutes a nuisance being turned over to the Board of Health for action, comparison of emergency and non emergency situations, following of all procedures needed, due process comments heard, question on landlord tenant responsibilities, use of courtesy letters, documentation of all actions taken needed, comments about not being able to take care of all nuisances at one time heard and the need to have presented flow chart gone over by Mayor, Attorney, administrator and Council Member Huggins for final presentation to the City council for action.

Council Member Huggins explained to all the paperwork on the budget worksheet for the Street Department. Topics brought up included; street work that has been done, accumulation of highway allocation funds use, need of year end work for final figures on street funds, need of separate account for segregation of Street funds, use and reporting of all street funds needed, Council member Huggins informed all he would have final figures prepared and would advise Council on how to handle Street funds.

L.R. “Lindy” Cummins, P.E., Vice President from Kirkham Michael gave a report on the hiking biking trail progress and about findings in going over trail with members of the Council and the Mayor. Comments expressed by Mr. Cummins included; storm drainage pipes being too small, replacement needed on wrong size pipes needed, replacement of 12 inch culvert, location of traffic control devices to keep vehicle traffic off of trail suggestions, extension of curb needed, reduction of number of signs to be used on trail comments, explanation of what signs are mandatory for trail given, final grading concerns expressed, final seeding comments heard, maintenance of graded area by City personnel concerns, joint sealing compound suggestions heard, gazebo work to be done, placement of gazebo comments, need of parking lot and parking turn around area comments heard, and report that all people would be notified on grand opening of trail.

Engineer Eric Johnson gave a report on the progress on the Airport hanger project. Topics reported on included; all concrete had been installed and has met all strengths and requirements, lot of grading work left to be done, replacement of top soil needed, seeding of area comments, electrical lines in place but needed to be run through conduit for final wiring, report that a final walk through whole project will be coming up to make sure all plans and specs have been done right. Other comments heard on the Airport project included; all hangers have been rented, storage areas are not rented yet, maintenance question of mowing at airport needs looked into and comments about down the road projects for airport heard.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report on hiking biking trail upcoming events, no personnel issues at this time, economic development issues will be on next meeting agenda for discussion, no board of health comments at this time and follow up report on Airport project heard.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the mayor asked for any other comments or discussion. Topics brought up included; possible combination of City funds, hosting of RCD meeting okayed, support for church group comments heard, caring cupboard possible use of old locker plant comments, need of formal presentation from caring cupboard on proposal of use of locker plant, clean up around city owned building need and comments heard about article in paper on the length of the hiking biking trail.

There being no other business for discussion motion made by Huggins seconded by Calkins to adjourn the regular meeting of September 20, 2005. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call voted the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins and Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

____________________________ ATTEST: ___________________________

Clerk Clerk/Treasurer

MINUTE RECORD OF SPECIAL MEETING

CITY OF ALMA MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

SEPTEMBER 13, 2005

A Special Meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on September 13, 2005 at 5:30 o’clock for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on the proposed 2005—2006 budget.

Present were; Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Huggins, Calkins, Waggoner. Also attending the meeting; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Ginger Jensen and La Donna Schluterbusch.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the Special Meeting of September 13, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call; Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker, present. Absent was Mercer.

Motion made by Calkins seconded by Huggins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. There was no discussion on the motion and upon roll call vote, the following voted aye; Waggoner, Huggins, Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

The time being 5:30 o’clock p.m., September 13, 2005 the Mayor opened the public hearing on the proposed 2005—2006 fiscal budget.

Council Member Huggins reported the following information on the proposed budget; the tax levy for upcoming budget year is $166,184.98, the same amount as requested on the 2004—2005 fiscal budget, valuation was up 2.6% from 33,236,995 to 34,111,272, tax levy went from .5000 to .487185, budget expense numbers up from $2,859,082.00 to $3,759,184.00 because of south street project based upon bond proceeds, completion of Airport and Hiking Biking Trail projects, Airport fuel grant $82,000.00, City match of $4,200.00, capitol outlay requests as written with a $7,000.00 surplus and an explanation given that a lot of capitol outlay requests rely upon the gas utility fund performance.

The time being 6:39 p.m. September 13, 2005 the Mayor closed the public hearing on the proposed 2005—2006 fiscal budget.

Motion made by Huggins seconded by Waggoner to adopt the 2005—2006 fiscal budget as presented. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Huggins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to approve the additional 1% increase in total 2005—2006 funds subject to limitation. There being no discussion upon motion made and upon roll call vote, the following voted aye; Huggins, Calkins, Waggoner. There were no votes against the motion. Motion carried.

There being no other business for discussion at the Special Meeting, Motion made by Waggoner seconded by Calkins to adjourn the Special Meeting of September 13, 2005. There being no discussion on the motion and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

__________________________ ATTEST: _________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECRD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

SEPTEMBER 6, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 6^th day of September 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner and Calkins. Also attending the meeting; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Ginger Jensen, Harold Haeker, State Fire Marshall Mike Stromitis, Russ Pfeil, Neil Molzahn, La Donna Schluterbusch, Sam Gillette, Kirsten Prickett and Susan Richardson.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter show were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of September 6, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. All present.

Motion by Waggoner seconded by Calkins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. There was no discussion upon motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner and Calkins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Motion by Huggins seconded by Mercer that the minutes of the August 16^th, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. There was no discussion upon motion made and upon roll call vote the following votes aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Mercer and Huggins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices. Topics brought up included the large claims on grant projects. Motion made by Mercer to approach the Harlan County Bank to set up a note for $200,000.00 that was secured by Certificates of Deposits owned by the City at interest rate that should be 2% over what bank is paying the City on CD’s, should be able to draw advances on the loan as needed and pay down loan as the City receives reimbursements from the State for the trail and airport project. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following votes aye; Waggoner, Huggins, Mercer and Calkins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Motion by Huggins seconded by Waggoner that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. There was no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Calkins Huggins and Waggoner. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS: 9-6-05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35634		8/18/05	PinPoint	telephone service	$ 282.96
35635		8/25/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,198.82
35636		8/25/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 148.74
		9/6/05	Aramark Services	uniform expense	$ 287.37
		9/6/05	Office Solutions	operating office supplies	$ 382.38
		9/6/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 39.84
		9/6/05	Hogeland Market	operating supplies	$ 504.81
		9/6/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint cleaning	$ 110.00
		9/6/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 19.20
		9/6/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 28.47
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 151.32
		9/6/05	Nebraska Cooperative Gov	internet service	$ 29.00
		9/6/05	Nebr Muni Clerk Association	membership	$ 20.00
					$ 5,202.91
			STREET
35635		8/25/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,269.20
		9/6/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 9.08
		9/6/05	Agri Co-op	fuel-equip-chem	$ 655.64
		9/6/05	T & S Tire & Auto	r & m equipment	$ 47.00
		9/6/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel-equip-chem	$ 231.42
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,843.80
					$ 4,056.14
			FIRE
35634		8/18/05	Pin Point	telephone service	$ 69.31
		9/6/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel-equip-chem	$ 191.03
		9/6/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel-equip-chem	$ 43.50
		9/6/05	Clinch Enterprises	cleaning equip	$ 12.49
		9/6/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 97.05
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 357.27
		9/6/05	Green Country Enterprises	cleaning building	$ 40.00
		9/6/05	Jan Rojewski	cleaning building	$ 175.00
		9/6/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 23.42
					$ 1,009.07
			LIBRARY
35634		8/18/05	Pin Point	telephone service	$ 69.31
35635		8/25/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 2,214.16
		9/6/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 45.42
		9/6/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 6.60
					$ 2,335.49
			SHOP
		9/6/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 4.58
		9/6/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 112.97
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 68.30
		9/6/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 31.18
					$ 217.03
			PARK
35635		8/25/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 644.18
		9/6/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 1.79
		9/6/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 118.30
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 56.63
		9/6/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 20.75
		9/6/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel-equip-chem	$ 116.88
					$ 958.53
			RECREATION
		9/6/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 846.33
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 39.96
					$ 886.29
Page 2			CLAIMS: 9-6-05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			POOL
35635		8/25/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,723.73
35634		8/18/05	Pin Point	telephone service	$ 104.72
35637		8/26/05	State Department of Rev	sales-city-use tax	$ 41.37
		9/6/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 171.60
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 372.94
		9/6/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$ 3.49
					$ 2,417.85
			AUDITORIUM
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 58.15
		9/6/05	Jan Rojewski	cleaning expense	$ 175.00
		9/6/05	City of alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 61.27
					$ 294.42
			GAS
20873		8/18/05	Pin Point	telephone service	$ 69.31
20874		8/25/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,457.44
20875		8/25/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 65.33
20876		8/26/05	State Department of Rev	sales-city-use tax	$ 1,248.85
		9/6/05	Agri Co-op	fuel-r & m	$ 71.05
		9/6/05	ADP Screening Selection	drug testing	$ 50.00
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 19.24
		9/6/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 19.80
		9/6/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		9/6/05	All Tell	Russ--cell phone	$ 31.14
		9/6/05	Phillipsburg Homestore	supplies	$ 40.68
		9/6/05	Essential Safety Products	equipment	$ 322.29
		9/6/05	All Tell	on call cell phone	$ 71.08
		9/6/05	National Public Gas	cost of gas	$ 14,394.83
					$ 17,870.64
			WATER
20874		8/25/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,185.23
20875		8/25/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 101.61
20876		8/26/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 767.20
20877		8/26/05	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$ 558.19
		9/6/05	Dutton Lainson	line maint	$ 557.50
		9/6/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel	$ 63.70
		9/6/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 62.94
		9/6/05	McAtee Construction	grounds maint	$ 150.00
		9/6/05	Agri Co-op	r & m--equipment	$ 129.05
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,590.47
		9/6/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 77.80
		9/6/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 75.62
		9/6/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 148.30
		9/6/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 16.20
		9/6/06	Municipal Supply	line maint	$ 457.16
					$ 6,940.97
			CUSTOMER DEPOSIT
		9/6/05	City Alma Utilities	gary hamilton refund applied	$ 100.00
		9/6/05	Rebekah Newell	deposit refund	$ 100.00
					$ 200.00
			PAYROLL
pr 1106		8/25/05	American Funds	pension	$ 918.79
					$ 918.79
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			R.V. PARK
20873		8/18/05	Pin Point	telephone service	$ 62.45
20876		8/26/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city-lodging tax	$ 370.28
		9/6/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 82.39
		9/6/05	Hogeland Market	operating supplies	$ 21.30
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 875.45
		9/6/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 61.71
		9/6/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 292.69
					$ 1,766.27
			SEWER
20874		8/25/05	Ctiy Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,146.67
20875		8/25/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 53.43
20876		8/26/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city tax	$ 384.84
		9/6/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 64.98
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 455.44
		9/6/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
					$ 2,114.96
			AIRPORT
35638		8/26/05	Twin Valley Public Power	electric	$ 13.66
		9/6/05	Shaffer Construction	progress pay est #5	$ 45,536.49
					$ 45,550.15
			HIKING BIKING TRAIL
		9/6/05	Cement Products	pay estimate #3	$238,201.04
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR EXP
		9/6/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 108.77
		9/6/05	Coca Cola Dr. Pepper	concession	$ 360.00
		9/6/05	Agri Co-op	fuel-supplies-r & m	$ 870.04
		9/6/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$ 36.97
		9/6/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 50.44
		9/6/05	Hanna Variety	bar supplies	$ 125.96
		9/6/05	Office Solutions	supplies	$ 222.95
		9/6/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		9/6/05	The Battery Shop	r & m equipment	$ 51.33
		9/6/05	Toby Thulin	building maint cleaning	$ 750.00
		9/6/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 34.33
		9/6/05	Long Island Grain	grounds maint	$ 429.15
		9/6/05	R & R Products	equipment	$ 1,170.20
		9/6/05	City of Alma	cleaning applied to bill	$ 121.00
		9/6/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment	$ 17.33
		9/6/05	FastPro	building supplies	$ 52.22
		9/6/05	United Distillers	concession	$ 783.39
		9/6/05	Sterling Distribution	concession	$ 317.88
		9/6/05	Frito Lay	concession	$ 44.40
		9/6/05	Cash-Wa Distributing	groc	$ 106.61
		9/6/05	Arrow Seed company	grounds maint	$ 1,651.63
		9/6/05	Brown Transfer	shipping expense	$ 89.00
EFT		8/29/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$ 595.02
EFT		8/30/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 1,390.35
EFT		8/29/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 620.70
2795		8/18/05	Pin Point	telephone service	$ 69.31
2796		8/25/05	City of Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 3,013.51
2797		8/25/05	City of Alma Payroll	pension	$ 51.48
2798		8/26/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city tax	$ 1,206.92
		9/6/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 180.46
		9/6/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,856.92
					$ 16,387.87

Treasurer’s report was presented for review and comments. Topics brought up were proper ways to handle the large payment bills on the hiking biking trail and hanger projects. Treasurer’s report accepted as presented.

Council Member Calkins reported on the Alma Trail Committee meeting held the 8^th day of August, 2005. Topics brought up pertaining to the meeting; report of a list of eighteen names turned in on naming of the trail, how the committee selected names of trail to be presented to the City Council for final naming, point systems used in selection of names, four names presented to City Council being (l) Pheasant Ridge Trail, (2) Pawnee Path, (3) Pelican View Trail, (4) Pheasant Point Path, recommendation from the Trail Committee to City Council was the name of Pheasant Ridge Trail submitted by Wilma Jones. Other recommendations from Committee to Council included; need to have City Administrator check with engineers on the number and size of signs recommended for trail, need to have trail equipment ordered through City reimbursed from Harlan County Foundation funds. Motion made by Mercer seconded by Waggoner to accept Trail committee recommended name of Pheasant Ridge Trail, have City Administrator check into number of signs, size of signs for trail and to have the City order equipment needed on trail with reimbursement from Foundation. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Huggins, Mercer and Waggoner. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Other comments and concerns expressed concerning the trail included; progress that is being made on trail, possible installation of hand rails on certain parts of trail, report from committee on going over trail, mowing concerns expressed on the ability of the City to maintain the hills cut back within the City limits. City Staff was directed to make sure that the City has the ability to maintain the slope of the hills cut back with present City Equipment. Drainage concerns were also expressed on the new tube installed directly west of the City Boat Dock. It was discussed that two previous rains have not drained properly at this location and have washed out the subgrade material of the trail. City Staff was directed to discuss this issue with the Engineer of the project for an explanation of the engineering of this section or the necessary changes that need to be ordered to correct the problem. Both concerns were to be looked into and possible ways to correct explained to the City Council.

Kirsten Prickett, Harlan County Journal, visited with the Mayor and Council about errors that were made on billing for printing and publishing of City articles. Kirsten presented a refund check in the amount of $300.00 to the City for the errors that were made. Mayor and Council accepted the refund check and thanked Kirsten for explaining the errors made.

Deputy State Fire Marshall Mike Stromitis presented to the Mayor and Council letters from the state Fire Marshall informing the City of Alma of notice of possible violations pertaining to Alma’s Operation and Maintenance Manual and Operations Qualifications Program on the City Gas Department. Topics brought up and discussed included; general changes to O & M manual that need to be done, notification to customers policies updated, pressure at regulator station updates, availability of personnel on gas situations, qualifications of personnel needed updated, proper response to emergencies polices, in house training that can be taken care of internally, fusion training that is needed, re-qualification of gas employees needed, amount of compliance time to get these things done explained and report from Mr. Stromitis that a lot of the problem areas have been corrected.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report on progress of trail project, comments on RV dump station location expressed, electric system figures of comparisons to all needed, possible having NPPD representatives at next regular meeting for their input on electric system, report given on Board of Health actions, report given on airport Hanger project progress, dirt work that needs to be done, installation of power comments, fuel system legal paperwork that needs done, approval of grant in amount of $82,000.00 for fuel project explained, budget figures on fuel project reported as being included in 2005—2006 budget and need of resolution on fuel project for next meeting.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor opened the floor to any other comments or concerns. Topics brought up included; report that Tagge Engineering would like to get started on South Street engineering work, grant process explained on South Street project, comments hear from Harold Haeker on possible drainage problem under and around walking path south of John Hogeland residence, need to check on all drainage areas by Engineer and Administrator.

Sam Gillette spoke with the Mayor and Council about his position and plans concerning the recall petition. Mr. Gillette apologized to the Mayor and all Council Members personally and informed them he was not going to pursue the recall petition effort anymore and he was done with whole matter. Mayor and Council thanked Mr. Gillette for the apology and for not pursuing recall effort anymore.

Susan Richardson spoke to the Mayor and Council about her concerns on the property owned by Sandra Cinnamon that she is supposed to be taking care of and informing her of what is going on. Susan Richardson was informed that the Board of Health had already granted a 30 day extension as requested to provide the opportunity for sale of the house to be completed.

There being no other business for discussion, motion made by Mercer to adjourn the regular meeting of September 6, 2005. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye to the motion; Calkins, Waggoner, Mercer and Huggins. Motion Carried.

__________________________ ATTEST: ____________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AUGUST 16, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 16^th day of August 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were. Mayor Haeker, Council Members; Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins. Also attending the meeting; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Ginger Jensen, Neil Molzahn, Kirsten Prickett, Russ Pfeil, Susan Richardson, Ladonna Schluterbusch, Sam Gillette and Jerry Dietz.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the meeting of August 16, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker present. Absent was Mercer.

Moved by Huggins seconded by Calkins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. There being no discussion upon said motion and upon roll call vote the following voted Aye; Waggoner, Huggins, Calkins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Moved by Huggins seconded by Calkins that the minutes of the August 2, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. There being no discussion upon said motion and upon roll call vote the following voted Aye; Waggoner, Huggins, Calkins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Comments were heard pertaining to bill from Contryman Associates on auditing.

Moved by Huggins seconded by Waggoner that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. There being no discussion upon said motion and upon roll call vote the following voted Aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Huggins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS: 8-16-05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35605		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,467.96
35606		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 161.24
		8/16/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 1,562.62
		8/16/05	Aramark Services	uniforms	$ 217.29
		8/16/05	Michael Huggins	advisory services	$ 82.00
		8/16/05	Michael Huggins	progress billing--budget	$ 1,000.00
		8/16/05	Duncan Duncan Jelkin	attorney fees	$ 1,000.00
		8/16/05	Contryman Associates	audit services	$ 1,000.00
		8/16/05	City Alma Account	petty cash drawer	$ 106.28
		8/16/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 53.87
		8/16/05	FP Mailing Services	postage resets	$ 23.25
		8/16/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 5.99
		8/16/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 51.63
		8/16/05	League Nebr Municipalities	membership	$ 1,030.00
					$ 9,762.13
			STREET
35605		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,291.80
		8/16/05	City of Holdrege	landfill fees	$ 65.70
		8/16/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment	$ 9.75
		8/16/05	Westerbeck Construction	grounds maint	$ 570.00
		8/16/05	K-Lawn	grounds maint	$ 20.00
		8/16/05	Polak's Repair	r & m equipment	$ 21.00
		8/16/05	Great Plains One Call	line locates	$ 91.49
		8/16/05	Alma short Stop	fuel	$ 137.40
					$ 2,207.14
			LIBRARY
35595		8/3/05	Harlan County Arts	membership	$ 100.00
35596		8/3/05	Columbia House	dvd's	$ 28.37
35597		8/3/05	Doubleday Large Print	books	$ 42.66
35598		8/3/05	Ingram	books	$ 415.41
35599		8/3/05	Pam Metzger	contract labor	$ 76.13
35600		8/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 413.49
35601		8/3/05	Follett Software	supplies	$ 85.36
35602		8/3/05	Quill corporations	office supplies	$ 183.55
35603		8/3/05	NLA/NEMA	conference	$ 55.00
35604		8/3/05	Modern Methods	copier service	$ 28.81
					$ 1,428.78
			FIRE
		8/16/05	Ron Sindt	deposit refund	$ 100.00
		8/16/05	Aramark Services	building r & m	$ 15.66
		8/16/05	K-Lawn	grounds maint	$ 63.00
		8/16/05	Clinch Enterprises	building r & m	$ 41.84
		8/16/05	LINWELD	chemicals---gas	$ 31.73
		8/16/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 160.59
		8/16/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 37.11
		8/16/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 23.42
					$ 473.35
			PARK
35605		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 644.18
		8/16/05	Benjamin's Landscaping	grounds maint	$ 86.57
		8/16/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 108.21
					$ 838.96
			SWIMMING POOL
35605		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,509.84
		8/16/05	Cobra Chemical Supply	chemicals---gas	$ 59.80
		8/16/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 19.78
					$ 2,589.42
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			SHOP
		8/16/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 25.26
					$ 25.26
			AUDITORIUM
		8/16/05	Aramark Services	building maint	$ 45.80
					$ 45.80
			RECREATION
		8/16/05	S & H Potable Johns	service	$ 105.50
					$ 105.50
			POLICE
		8/16/05	Harlan County Treasurer	monthly billing	$ 3,468.00
					$ 3,468.00
			AIRPORT
		8/16/05	Shaffer Construction	pay estimate 4	$ 24,947.64
					$ 24,947.64
			GAS
20862		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,551.44
20863		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 62.40
		8/16/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 744.76
		8/16/05	Good Sam Outreach Services	drug testing	$ 35.00
		8/16/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 30.00
		8/16/05	League of Nebr Municipalities	membership	$ 461.00
					$ 3,884.60
			WATER
20862		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,202.16
20863		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 102.39
		8/16/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 868.60
		8/16/05	WJ's Bolt Company	supplies	$ 7.44
		8/16/05	Nebraska Rural Water	membership	$ 150.00
		8/16/05	Layne Christensen Company	well maint	$ 3,062.24
		8/16/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 60.34
					$ 3,122.58
			SEWER
20863		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 53.91
		8/16/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 552.24
		8/16/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 6.13
					$ 612.28
			RV PARK
20862		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 592.07
		8/16/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 37.95
					$ 630.02
			CUSTOMER DEPOSIT
		8/16/05	Rebekah Newell	customer deposit refund	$ 100.00
					$ 100.00
			PAYROLL
1103		8/10/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	nebraska w/h	$ 785.35
1104		8/11/05	American Funds	pension	$ 939.28
		8/16/05	Blue Cross Blue Shield	insurance	$ 3,974.80
					$ 5,699.43
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GOLF BAR & GOLF COURSE EXP
		8/16/05	Hogeland market	supplies	$ 162.62
		8/16/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	pop	$ 450.30
		8/16/05	Holdrege Irrigation	r & m equipment	$ 40.80
		8/16/05	Liquor Control Commission	registration fee	$ 45.00
		8/16/05	Cash Wa Distributing	supplies	$ 23.93
		8/16/05	Frito lay	concessions	$ 58.31
		8/16/05	Fast Pro	supplies	$ 52.45
		8/16/05	Wagners Irrigation	r & m equipment	$ 140.00
		8/16/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 50.44
2784		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,214.54
2785		8/11/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
EFT		8/1/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concessions	$ 106.50
EFT		8/2/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 550.50
EFT		8/8/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concessions	$ 180.80
EFT		8/9/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 259.30
					$ 5,386.97

Treasurer’s report was presented to the Mayor and Council for review, comments and questions. There being no comments or question on the treasurer’s report, report accepted as presented.

Michael Huggins, presented the 2005-2006 Budget Summary, Budgeted Expense Summary and Capital Outlay requests to the Mayor and Council for review and action. It was noted that summary was compiled from information provided by the City Administrator. Mr. Huggins explained that with all Capital Outlay requests included the City would have a deficit budget of $141,048.00. Topics of discussion and actions taken included; possible contract some of the Capitol Projects out, library trust funds not as much as usual explanation, South Street repairs and patching comments heard, all Capital Outlay items discussed and some major areas reduced by $l52,350.00, leaving a surplus instead of a deficit budget. Also reported that September 6, 2005 will be budget hearing, publishing in paper 29^th of August and that the restricted funds subject had been solved and all is okay.

Completed and unfinished business discussion included; report of box culvert work being done on trail, possible laying of cement on west end of trail this week, report given on progress of hanger project being almost complete.

The time being 6;42 p.m. August 16^th 2005 it was moved by Huggins seconded by Waggoner to go into executive session of board members only for discussion upon personnel matters. There was no discussion upon said motion and upon roll call vote the following voted Aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Huggins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

The time being 7:40 p.m. August l6th 2005 it was moved by Huggins seconded by Calkins to come out of executive session and return to the regular Council session. There was no discussion upon said motion and upon roll call vote, the following voted Aye; Waggoner, Calkins, Huggins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker explained that the reason for the closed session was to hear report from personnel committee on personnel issues.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor asked for any other comments or discussion. Topics brought up included; reporting of attendance at Council meetings comments, property owners replies to nuisances letters reviewed, report on clean up of property owned by the City given, caretaker of square by courthouse letter of resignation presented, need of recognition for all that has been done by caretaker, comments about request to look into wall climbing apparatus heard, liability concerns pertaining to request heard and request to install bike rack at Joe’s Camera discussed. It was decided that more information was needed on bike rack request before any action could be taken.

There being no other items of discussion it was moved by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to adjourn the meeting of August 16, 2005. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote the following voted Aye; Huggins, Calkins, Waggoner. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

_______________________________ ATTEST: __________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

AUGUST 2, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City clerk in said City on the second day of August 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Mercer, Huggins, Calkins. Also in attendance; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Neil Molzahn, ginger Jensen, Chelsea Richards, Russ Pfeil, LaDonna Schluterbusch, Marty Wolfe and Sam Gillette.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of August 2, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Huggins, Calkins, Mayor Haeker attending. Absent; Waggoner.

Moved by Huggins seconded by Calkins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote, the following voted AYE. Mercer, Huggins, Calkins. There were no votes against motion. Motion Carried.

Moved by Huggins seconded by Mercer that the amended minutes of the July 19, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote, the following votes AYE; Calkins, Huggins, Mercer. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing.

There being no discussion upon the claims and invoices listing it was moved by Mercer seconded by Calkins that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote, the following voted AYE; Huggins, Mercer, Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS: 8/2-05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
33570		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,790.91
33571		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 176.24
		8/2/05	Nebr Public Power District	electric	$ 144.40
		8/2/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 27.02
		8/2/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 19.20
		8/2/05	Nebr Muni Power Pool	office supplies	$ 340.27
		8/2/05	Eakes Office Plus	office supplies	$ 17.47
		8/2/05	Jan Rojewski	contract labor	$ 50.00
		8/2/05	Nebraska Cooperativie Gov	internet service	$ 29.00
		8/2/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 148.24
		8/2/05	Oxford standard	subscription	$ 19.00
		8/2/05	Trustworthy Hardware	build maint	$ 1.19
		8/2/05	Aramark Services	uniform expense	$ 182.30
					$ 4,945.24
			STREET
33570		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,200.29
		8/2/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		8/2/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 21.48
		8/2/05	Agri Co-op	fuel-supplies	$ 560.15
		8/2/05	Nebr Public Power District	electric	$ 1,792.69
		8/2/05	ALPO Custom Ag Services	chemicals--ground maint	$ 176.14
					$ 3,760.35
			FIRE
		8/2/05	Nebr Public Power District	electric	$ 399.22
		8/2/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 132.45
		8/2/05	Green Country Enterprises	contract labor	$ 40.00
		8/2/05	Jan Rojewski	contract labor	$ 175.00
		8/2/05	Agri Co-op	fuel--supplies	$ 59.96
					$ 806.63
			SWIMMING POOL
35569		7/25/05	State Dept Revenue	sales-city-use--tax	$ 116.05
33570		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,275.24
		8/2/05	Nebr Public Power District	electric	$ 344.75
		8/2/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 659.10
		8/2/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 6.57
		8/2/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 2.58
		8/2/05	Cobra Chem & Supply	chemicals	$ 350.47
		8/2/05	Sports Village	suits--guards--swim team	$ 2,541.05
					$ 7,295.81
			PARK
33570		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 644.18
		8/2/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 124.12
		8/2/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 4.43
		8/2/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 1.49
		8/2/05	Nebr Public Power District	electric	$ 57.02
					$ 831.24
			SHOP
		8/2/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 104.41
		8/2/05	Agri Co-op	chem--supplies	$ 348.91
		8/2/05	Nebr Public Power District	electric	$ 66.19
					$ 519.51
			LIBRARY
33570		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,268.64
		8/2/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 6.60
		8/2/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 45.34
					$ 2,320.58
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Page 2			CLAIMS DATE: 5/17/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			AUDITORIUM
		8/2/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 62.72
		8/2/05	Jan Rojewski	contract labor	$ 175.00
		8/2/05	Nebr Public Power District	electric	$ 93.05
					$ 330.77
			RECREATION
		8/2/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 232.89
		8/2/05	Nebr Public Power District	electric	$ 115.73
		8/2/05	S& H Portable Johns	service	$ 105.50
					$ 454.12
			LANDFILL
		8/2/05	South Central Sanitation	service	$ 8,223.96
					$ 8,223.96
			AIRPORT
		8/2/05	All Pohlenz	grounds maint	$ 400.00
		8/2/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering pay est 8	$ 4,026.92
					$ 4,426.92
			HIKING BIKING TRAIL PROJECT
		8/2/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering	$ 2,340.40
		8/2/05	Cement Products	pay estimate 2	$ 35,334.95
					$ 37,675.35
			PAYROLL
1102		7/28/05	American funds	pension	$ 972.08
					$ 972.08
			CUSTOMER DEPOSIT
		8/2/05	City Utilities	refund applied	$ 62.35
		8/2/05	Jerry Tice	refund deposit	$ 37.65
					$ 100.00
			GAS
20843		7/25/05	State Dept Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 2,222.63
20844		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,394.45
20845		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 62.40
		8/2/05	Nebr Public Power District	electric	$ 19.24
		8/2/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		8/2/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 19.80
		8/2/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 55.74
		8/2/05	All Tell	russ cell phone	$ 31.14
		8/2/05	National Public Gas Agency	cost of gas	$ 14,296.68
					$ 18,111.68
			WATER
20843		7/25/05	State Dept Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 846.51
20844		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,190.86
20845		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 101.87
		8/2/05	Nebr Public Power District	electric	$ 1,187.58
		8/2/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 27.77
		8/2/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 16.20
		8/2/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 148.30
		8/2/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 17.71
		8/2/06	Hanna Variety	supplies	$ 8.56
		8/2/05	Hall electric Refrigeration	r & m equipment	$ 671.17
		8/2/05	Agri Co-op	equipment	$ 13.95
		8/2/05	State NE HHS Labas	water testing	$ 270.00
		8/2/05	Dutton Lainson	line maint	$ 97.43
					$ 5,597.91
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			SEWER
20843		7/25/05	State Department Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 400.88
20845		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 55.83
20844		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,198.19
		8/2/05	Ne3br Public Power District	electric	$ 422.48
					$ 2,077.38
			R.V. PARK
20843		7/25/05	State Department Revenue	sales-city-use-lodging--tax	$ 502.21
		8/2/05	Nebr Public Power District	electric	$ 1,025.45
		8/2/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 294.24
		8/2/05	PinPoint	cable service	$ 38.45
		8/2/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 11.48
		8/2/05	Brooks Ford	r & m equipment	$ 58.23
					$ 1,930.06
			GOLF COURSE & CONCESSIONS
		8/2/05	Hogeland market	supplies	$ 93.36
		8/2/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	pop	$ 258.80
		8/2/05	Brown Transfer	shipping charges	$ 44.00
		8/2/05	Hall electric & refrigeration	r & m buildings	$ 99.86
		8/2/05	Holmes Plumbing Heating	grounds maint	$ 21.50
		8/2/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		8/2/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 19.47
		8/2/05	Agri Co-op	fuel--supplies	$ 480.48
		8/2/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$ 59.45
		8/2/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 180.92
		8/2/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 105.98
		8/2/05	Nebr Public Power District	electric	$ 1,908.66
		8/2/05	Sterling Distributors	concession	$ 338.60
		8/2/05	United Distillers	concession	$ 307.95
EFT		7/27/05	Nebr Wine & Spirits	concession	$ 266.34
EFT		7/26/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 326.60
EFT		7/25/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 138.80
EFT		7/19/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 580.75
EFT		7/18/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 351.20
EFT		6/28/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 336.60
2767		7/25/05	State Department Revenue	sales-use-city Tax	$ 1,094.97
2768		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,315.19
2769		7/28/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
					$ 10,390.56

Treasurer’s report was presented to the Mayor and Council for their review. There were no comments of questions pertaining to the report. Report accepted as presented.

Class “C” ;liquor license renewals for; Dugout, Fisherman’s Corner, Alma Golf Course and the Station, were presented to the Council for review and action. Clerk reported that there were no written no oral objections for or against said renewals. Motion made by Calkins seconded by Huggins to approve Class “C” liquor license renewals as presented. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote, the following voted AYE; Mercer, Huggins, Calkins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

Clean up of City owned Kelsar property discussion included; report on possible local person who would come in with big equipment to move trees and burnt leftovers, weight of machinery on City streets concerns voiced, comments heard about how cave areas would be treated, work to be done after buildings burnt down, approximate costs for clean up work approximately $1,000.00 to $1,500.00, value of lots comments, possible selling of two lots and comments heard on re-cooping of costs on project. Need to contact person to clean up and to have City Administrator co-ordinate with him on the project. Motion made by Huggins to have City clean up area after burn of buildings prior to offering for sale, motion seconded by Calkins. There being no discussion upon the motion and upon roll call vote, the following voted AYE; Mercer, Calkins, Huggins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried. Also pertaining to area to be cleaned up was the possibility of letting citizens enter property and salvage articles they want. Comments and concerns pertaining to salvage included; liability insurance concerns, need to contact the City before entering property and having a City employee go along when citizens wants to enter property for salvage.

There was nothing to report upon the Audio equipment because of lack of any prices from dealers. Also decided it was a subject for next year fiscal budget.

City Administrator presented Capital Outlay requests from City Departments to Mayor and Council for review and action. All Capital request items were reviewed and comments expressed upon the items were heard. It was decided to have City budget preparer takes requests and plug into budget to see how they will fit in and to have figures ready for next City Council meeting to see what needs to be done with requests.

A resolution pertaining to the use of funds and facilities by the Alma Ball Association was presented to the Council for review and action. Comments and discussion pertaining to the presented resolution included; need of more legal work resolution, questions about being a non profit entity raised, tax deductible questions, charitable contributions comments, possible need to draw up by-laws for Association, possible standing committee comments, need to handle resolution according to the law, finance concerns expressed and clarification needed on maintenance of the property.

A resolution creating a standing committee known as the Hiking/Biking Trail Committee was presented to the council for review and action. Topics pertaining to the resolution included; question about meeting times of being quarterly or more often, terms of members to be decided by the members, operation and improvements to trail to be reported to City council . Motion made by Huggins seconded by Mercer to approve resolution creating standing committee and to approve minor changes made to resolution. There being no discussion upon the resolution and by roll call vote, the following voted AYE; Calkins, Mercer, Huggins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report given on amount of dirt work being done on trail box culvert work that is being done, comments heard about the amount of dirt work left to do, personnel issues tabled at this time, N.P.P.D. representative possible attendance at a future meeting for presentation on acquiring Electrical Distribution system and need of all Council members to have report from Engineers for their review.

Board of Health reported to the Mayor and Council that the Feese property located in Kauk-Meyer Addition between the Bosselman Truck Stop and Block Four (4) of Kauk-Meyer Addition located in the City of Alma, Nebraska and the Sandra Cinnamon property located at 205 first street, Alma, Nebraska, are nuisances. After discussion about the reported nuisances the Council authorized the City clerk to send provided by Ordinance via certified mail and to publish in local newspaper advising of nuisance and giving citizens 5 days after receipt of notice by certified mail or publication of this notice whichever is latter to correct the nuisance or appeal this determination to the Alma City Council . Motion made by Huggins seconded by Calkins to have City clerk issue notices as stated. There being no discussion upon the motion and by roll call vote, the following voted AYE; Mercer, Calkins, Huggins. There being no votes against the motion. Motion carried. City Administrator to see that it is done and to report back to City Council. If hearing is needed it will be set for the first meeting in September. Also decided was more work to be done on health issues and to look into inspection warrant procedures.

Report given that the Airport Hanger project work is going an and is getting close to being done and also that inspectors have been out to check on the progress of the work.

There being no other agenda business for discussion the Mayor opened to floor to any comments and discussion. Comments heard included need of nuisance list on a regular basis to Council, AR report comments and concerns heard about following policy concerning accounts receivable handling, bankruptcy names on list possible deleted, possible write off some non collectables, filing lien on property comments and need of documentation on any actions taken.

There being no other business for discussion it was moved by Huggins seconded by Mercer to adjourn the meeting of August 2^nd, 2005. There being no discussion upon the motion and by roll call vote, the following voted AYE; Calkins, Mercer, Huggins. There were no votes against the motion. Motion Carried.

______________________________ ATTEST: ______________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

JULY 19, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 19^th day of July, 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Calkins, Huggins, Mercer, Waggoner. Also in attendance; Clerk, Administrator, Scott Prickett, Ginger Jensen, Neil Molzahn, Chelsea Richards, Ruth Gillette, Sam Gillette, Darlene Hawkinson, Russ Pfeil, Marty Wolfe, Krista Cox, Pat Underwood, LaDonna Schluterbusch, Larry Janicek, Bruce Ring, Leigh Alexander, Gary Brandon, Ron Wunibald and Mildred Calkins.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of July 19, 2005 to Order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. All attending.

Moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. Upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins Waggoner and Calkins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion carried.

Moved by Huggins seconded by Mercer that the minutes of the July 5^th regular meeting be approved as written. Upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Waggoner, Calkins, Mercer and Huggins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor opened the floor to any discussion upon presented claims and invoices listing. Question was asked concerning deposit return check out of the Fire Department. Explained that it was for rent of Johnson Center deposit.

Moved by Mercer seconded by Huggins that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. Upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Mercer and Huggins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE: 7-19-05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35534		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,198.84
35535		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 148.74
		7/19/05	Nebr Planning & Zoning	membership	$ 35.00
		7/19/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 1,399.02
		7/19/05	Julie Hansen	dental--glass ins	$ 105.33
		7/19/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 54.71
		7/19/05	Nebr Dept of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 19.50
		7/19/05	Omaha World Herald	subscription	$ 18.20
		7/19/05	Nebr Cooperative Government	internet services	$ 29.00
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,371.25
		7/19/05	Duncan Duncan Jelkin	legal	$ 1,000.00
		7/19/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 185.62
		7/19/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 142.99
		7/19/05	Hogeland Market	office expense	$ 22.96
		7/19/05	Aramark Services	uniform expense	$ 278.32
					$ 8,009.48
			STREET
35534		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,237.98
		7/19/05	Nebr Dept of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 80.74
		7/19/05	Motorsports Repair	mower r & m	$ 422.62
		7/19/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel	$ 35.27
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,683.00
		7/19/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 117.84
		7/19/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 17.13
		7/19/05	Great Plains One call	line locates	$ 86.00
		7/19/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment	$ 28.38
					$ 3,708.96
			LIBRARY
35521		7/6/05	Nebr Public Power	electric	$ 255.04
35522		7/6/05	Doubleday Large Print	books	$ 42.66
35523		7/6/05	Pam Metzger	contract labor	$ 85.25
35524		7/6/05	Valley Plumbing Heating	r & m equipment	$ 56.08
35525		7/6/05	Modern Methods	copier service	$ 28.81
35526		7/6/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 150.84
35527		7/6/05	LaDonna Schluterbusch	travel & meal expense	$ 110.16
35528		7/6/05	Columbia House	videos	$ 22.20
35529		7/6/05	Fountaine Microfilming	supplies	$ 64.00
33530		7/6/05	The Library Store	supplies	$ 27.92
35531		7/6/05	Audio Editions	books	$ 8.00
35532		7/6/05	Highsmith Company	supplies	$ 17.48
35533		7/6/05	Ingram	books	$ 368.01
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 658.00
		7/19/05	Nebr Dept of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 76.82
					$ 1,971.27
			FIRE
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,868.00
		7/19/05	Colonial Research	supplies	$ 409.40
		7/19/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 37.11
		7/19/05	AllTell	cell phone	$ 23.47
		7/19/05	LINWELD	chemicals	$ 30.90
		7/19/05	Pam Robison	refund deposit	$ 100.00
		7/19/05	Life Line Screening	refund deposit	$ 150.00
					$ 2,618.88
			SOLID WASTE
35534		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 635.95
		7/19/05	Nebr Dept of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 10.81
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 322.25
					$ 969.01
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			RECREATION
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 491.25
		7/19/05	Builders Choice	r & m building	$ 241.12
		7/19/05	S & H Portable Johns	service	$ 221.55
		7/19/05	Hilsabeck Sporting Goods	equipment	$ 1,374.42
					$ 2,328.34
			PARK
35534		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 579.76
		7/19/05	Nebr Dept of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 53.48
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 519.75
		7/19/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 175.94
		7/19/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 2.44
		7/19/05	Advantage Building Supply	r & m park mower	$ 1,314.25
					$ 2,645.62
			POOL
35534		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,175.83
		7/19/05	Nebr Dept of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 105.34
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 746.00
		7/19/05	Valley Plumbing Heating	r & m equipment	$ 30.00
		7/19/05	Cobra Chemical & Medical	pool chemicals	$ 1,206.99
					$ 5,264.16
			SHOP
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 313.25
		7/19/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 64.38
					$ 377.63
			AUDITORIUM
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 807.00
					$ 807.00
			POLICE
		7/19/05	Harlan County Treasurer	police contract labor	$ 3,468.00
					$ 3,468.00
			AIRPORT
		7/19/05	Allan Pohlenz	grounds maint	$ 400.00
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 653.75
		7/19/05	Shaffer Construction	pay est #3	$ 50,110.24
					$ 51,163.99
			GAS
20829		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,570.79
20830		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 70.59
		7/19/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 71.38
		7/19/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 744.76
		7/19/05	Nebr Dept Labor	unemployment ins	$ 51.01
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,232.75
		7/19/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 10.11
		7/19/05	U.S. Postal Service	postage--postage machine	$ 300.00
		7/19/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment	$ 1.12
					$ 4,052.51
			PAYROLL
1099		7/14/05	American Funds	pension	$ 939.24
		7/19/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	nebr w/h	$ 1,123.82
		7/19/05	Blue Cross Blue Shield	insurance	$ 3,811.20
					$ 5,874.26
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			WATER
20829		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,279.80
20830		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 106.00
		7/19/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 868.60
		7/19/05	Hogeland Market	chemicals	$ 1.54
		7/19/05	Nebr Dept of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 27.55
		7/19/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel	$ 57.12
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,154.50
		7/19/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 64.00
		7/19/05	U.S. Postal Service	postage--postage machine	$ 300.00
		7/19/05	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$ 498.85
		7/19/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment	$ 4.05
ACH		7/15/05	Chase Manhattan Bank	prin & interest payment	$ 32,306.25
					$ 37,668.26
			SEWER
20829		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,136.38
20830		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 52.95
		7/19/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 552.24
		7/19/05	Nebr Dept of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 16.90
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 375.50
		7/19/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 20.00
		7/19/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 6.13
		7/19/05	U.S. Postal Service	postage--postage machine	$ 300.00
					$ 2,460.10
			R.V. PARK
20829		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 592.08
		7/19/05	Nebr Dept of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 21.45
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 359.50
		7/19/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 67.66
		7/19/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 33.46
					$ 1,074.15
			HOUSING REHABILITATION
		7/19/05	Shaffer Const--App #401	construction	$ 852.00
		7/19/05	Applicant #405	money due for payment made	$ 488.31
		7/19/05	Bug Busters ---App #408	bug control	$ 501.40
		7/19/05	Community Development	administration & services	$ 1,969.00
		7/19/05	Community Development	clearance testing	$ 750.00
					$ 4,560.71
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR EXP
		7/19/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 93.65
		7/19/05	Nebr Dept of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 149.23
		7/19/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	pop	$ 423.10
		7/19/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,578.25
		7/19/05	Office Solutions	supplies	$ 227.96
		7/19/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 116.07
		7/19/05	Hall Electric & Refrigeration	r & m equipment	$ 626.19
		7/19/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment	$ 76.25
		7/19/05	Arrow Seed Company	chemicals	$ 632.13
		7/19/05	Holdrege Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 14.00
		7/19/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 49.29
		7/19/05	Brown Transfer	shipping	$ 88.00
		7/19/05	Frito Lay	concession	$ 43.28
		7/19/05	Cash Wa Distributing	concession	$ 299.80
		7/19/05	Wild Bill's Food	concession	$ 48.00
		7/19/05	Sterling Distributing	concession	$ 562.80
		7/19/05	Midwest Turf & Irrigations	r & m equipment	$ 184.03
Page 4			CLAIMS DATE: 7-19-05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
		7/19/05	United Distillers	concession	$ 934.15
EFT		7/11/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 237.80
EFT		7/12/05	H & H distributing	concession	$ 684.15
EFT		7/11/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$ 235.00
EFT		7/11/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$ 27.00
EFT		7/6/05	H & H distributing	concession	$ 212.10
EFT		7/8/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 83.00
EFT		6/27/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$ 117.50
2747		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,070.79
2748		7/14/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
					$ 10,864.70

Ball Association members visited with the Mayor and Council about the following subjects; checking account status, tax identification number, possible privatize Ball Association, possible opening checking account for Ball Association, use of banner and concession money for Association, possible use of City recreation budgeted money for upkeep of recreation area, having sprinkler system installed, over seeding needed, permission to apply for $5,000.00 matching grant form Two Rivers Health Mini grant, utility hook up help from City, budget request for 2006 season including fencing work, upgrading, maintenance grounds keeping expenses, gates on two field for use with portable backstop. Comments and concerns pertaining to requests included; use of public monies through private accounts concerns, accountability needed on all public funds comments, need of accountability of all other areas public funds, resolution needed to allow use of funds and facilities.. Motion made by Huggins seconded by Calkins to accept and approve presented Ball Association Checking expense listing. There was no discussion upon motion made. Upon roll call vote on motion the following voted aye; Mercer Waggoner, Huggins and Waggoner. There were no votes against motion. Motion Carried.

The time being 6:00 p.m. July 19, 2005 the Mayor opened the public hearing on the project performance for Nebraska Affordable housing program.

CDBG Certified Administrator Leigh Alexander presented a project status report on final disposition of City of Alma Housing Rehabilitation to the Mayor and Council and all for review. Mrs. Alexander thanked all board members who were in attendance for all the help they gave on the project. Topics brought up and discussed pertaining to the report included; final bill payments, project all done by June 30, 2005, left over amount of funds explained , lead base paint comments heard, eight applicants were funded, all applicants were within projected budget, funds that were provided, total loan amount plus interest explained, monthly payment amounts how to handle explanation given, reports that will be required covering payment amounts explained, possible applying for more grants comments, posters to be put out for public viewing comments, comments on how smooth program went through City, comments heard about all the great help provided and comments to Mrs. Alexander how she handled everything heard.

The time being 6:26 p.m. July 19, 2005 the Mayor closed the public hearing.

Mayor and Council looked over a memo from City Attorney Duncan pertaining to review of enforcement procedures for nuisance violations and also offered an opinion as to whether unkept lawns fall under Board of Health jurisdiction. After review of documents and explanation about the report it was decided that there is a need of monthly reports on nuisance lists for Council to review. Also it was agreed that the City Attorney sign all nuisance letters that go out to customers, need to get Board of Health involved in proceedings, complaint form reviewed and accepted, need of documentation on all complaints, need of notification and publication in paper concerning due process on complaints.

Report upon City owned Keslar property included; legal opinion upon actions taken, first of September possible burn date, concerns expressed upon clean up of property and possibility of recovering costs of clean up through sale of property comments, auction or sealed bids procedures, comments on possible dividing property into two lots heard. Motion made by Huggins seconded by Calkins to have City clean up property and wait to see how to handle property after clean up. Upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Mercer, Huggins, Calkins. Voting no on motion was Waggoner. Comments were expressed from Waggoner about reason of no vote being unknown costs of clean up of property and how City is to re cover costs. Motion made by Huggins to withdraw his original motion based upon the need to have an estimate on cost of clean up and need to know what the City has invested in the property. Motion seconded by Mercer. There being no discussion upon the motion made and upon roll call vote the following voted aye; Calkins, Waggoner, Huggins and Mercer. Motion Carried. It was also decided by Council to put question of cost of clean up on next City Council agenda for discussion.

A one day liquor license request from Doug Geist, (The Station), for use on August 5^th, 2005 for an open house was presented to the Council for action. Clerk reported that there were no written or oral objections for or against said issue, insurance certificate has been obtained and all precautions have been taken in connection with area for open house. Motion made by Waggoner seconded by Mercer to allow the one day liquor license request. There being no discussion upon made motion and upon roll call vote, the following voted aye; Calkins, Huggins, Mercer, Waggoner. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Krista Cox gave a report from trail committee to Mayor and Council about priority proposals of Alma Trail committee. Topics brought up concerning report included; list of trail regulations, posting of regulations, waste disposal suggestions, cost of waste containers approximately $2, 500.00 recommended to be paid by Alma History Book sales monies, signage for trail, cost of signage being researched, designated rest areas, benches at rest areas, possible donations of benches, bike racks paid by Alma History Book sales monies, possible brochures for trail, need of name for trail and need of approval of City council of initial committee members, (Krista Cox—designated chairperson, Lonny Hanna, Jan Smolik, Mildred Calkins, Jason Bach, Joe Torrey and Rick Calkins—designated secretary. Comments and concerns expressed on report included; funding sources, memorial funds questions, possibility of not allowing commercial advertisement, historical information brochures, placement of all discussed ideas on trail. Motion made by Mercer seconded by Waggoner to accept suggested trail regulations. There being no discussion upon motion made and upon roll call vote, the following voted aye; Calkins, Huggins, Mercer and Waggoner.. There being no votes against said motion, Motion Carried. Also decided was need to have City Attorney draw up a resolution on approving Walking Path standing committee. Other topics pertaining to hiking biking trail was okay to have committee move ahead with project on all areas, box culvert work that is being done, location of cement plant, pictures of project work looked at and permission given on providing water for contractor.

There were no personnel issues to report on at this time and also reported the need of a closed session at the August 2, 2005 regular meeting to hear a report from personnel committee.

Pat Underwood gave a report upon the two day Home and Recreation show held at the City Auditorium area. Topics brought up and discussed included; thanks given to all that helped with the show, lot of excitement shown by local participants, big vendors not very successful in showing up, timing of event possible cause of low turn out, public participants comments, out of town participation comments, advertisement of show comments, planning for future events, and need to keep working on ideas for future events.

Airport hanger project report given as to what all is going on, amount of cement work that has been done, building going up, more work to be done, seeding of areas by City and report from Board on how pleased they are with project and with engineers.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor opened the floor to any other comments of discussion. Topics brought up included; need to identify all private accounts associated with the City, need to have resolution drawn up incorporating all accounts, advertisement of workshop comments, need of clarification on advertising workshops, clarification needed on location of workshops, pool complaints comments heard, hours of operation for pool changes, suggested to have pool manager handle hours and report to Administrator as to what is going on, audio visual comments, need to have audio equipment on next agenda for discussion, possible date of completion on trail explained, gazebo project location and start up date questions and switch over to pin point services problems at library reported.

There being no other items of discussion it was moved by Waggoner seconded by Mercer to adjourn the regular meeting of July 19, 2005. There being no discussion upon motion and upon roll call vote the following voted aye. Calkins, Huggins, Waggoner and Mercer. There being no votes against the motion, Motion Carried.

_____________________________ ATTEST: __________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

JULY 5, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 5^th day of July 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Waggoner, Calkins, Mercer, Huggins. Also attending the meeting; Clerk, Attorney, Chelsea Richards, Ginger Jensen, Russ Pfeil, Sam Gillette, Scott Prickett, Jerry Dietz, LaDonna Schluterbusch, and Bryan Ransdell.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of July 5, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. All Attending.

Motion made by Calkins seconded by Huggins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. Upon roll call vote the following voted AYE; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Motion made by Mercer seconded by Huggins that the minutes of the June 21^st 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. Upon roll call vote the following voted AYE; Calkins, Waggoner, Huggins, Mercer. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Question arose upon the bill turned in by engineering firm pertaining to electrical acquisition being taken out of the gas department funds. It was decided by Council that this bill needed to be taken out of General funds instead of gas funds.

Motion made by Huggins seconded by Waggoner that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. Upon roll call vote the following voted AYE; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE: 7/5/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35496		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 4,817.06
35497		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 148.74
		7/5/05	Hogeland Market	office supplies	$ 9.29
		7/5/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 181.20
		7/5/05	Fort Dearborn Life	ins	$ 19.20
		7/5/05	League of Nebr Municipalities	registration	$ 255.00
		7/5/05	Nebr Cooperative Gov	internet service	$ 29.00
		7/5/05	Alma Chamber commerce	community publicity	$ 1,750.00
		7/5/05	Hanna Variety	office supplies	$ 34.65
		7/5/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint cleaning	$ 50.00
		7/5/05	Michael L. Richman	mileage--meal	$ 90.46
		7/5/05	Aramark Services	clothing	$ 100.32
		7/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 35.72
		7/5/05	Harlan County Journal	print & pub	$ 609.88
		7/5/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 13.87
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 86.53
		7/5/05	Olsson Associates	professional services	$ 5,920.03
					$ 14,150.95
			STREET
35496		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,346.97
		7/5/05	Agri Co-op	fuel--supplies	$ 361.03
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,843.80
		7/5/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 10.99
		7/5/05	Central States Lab	paint--shipping charge	$ 1,580.75
					$ 5,143.54
			LIBRARY
35496		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,125.23
		7/5/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 6.00
		7/5/05	Agri Co-op	building maint	$ 6.45
		7/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 42.49
					$ 3,180.17
			POOL
35496		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,425.19
		7/5/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$ 82.27
		7/5/05	Agri Co-op	building maint	$ 43.54
		7/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 4,168.33
		7/5/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 1.98
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 262.17
		7/5/05	Central States Lab	paint--pool	$ 2,811.40
					$ 10,794.88
			RECREATION
		7/5/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 1.28
		7/5/05	Dutton Lainson	ballast--lights	$ 193.51
		7/5/05	S & H Portable Johns	grounds maint	$ 105.50
		7/5/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 3.55
		7/5/05	Metzger Plumbing	building maint	$ 51.35
		7/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 117.87
		7/5/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 59.42
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 122.17
					$ 654.65
			AUDITORIUM
		7/5/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint--cleaning	$ 175.00
		7/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 62.72
		7/5/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 4.38
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 66.87
					$ 308.97
			LANDFILL
		7/5/05	South Central Sanitation	service	$ 8,238.58
					$ 8,238.58
Page 2			CLAIMS DATE: 7/5/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			PARK
35496		6/30/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 644.18
		7/5/05	Agri Co-op	ground r & m	$ 17.12
		7/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-s-w-t	$ 118.25
		7/5/05	Trustworthy Hardware	grounds maint	$ 36.99
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 54.21
					$ 870.75
			FIRE
		7/5/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint--cleaning	$ 175.00
		7/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-s-w-t	$ 99.92
		7/5/05	Green Country Enterprises	building maint--cleaning	$ 40.00
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 240.29
					$ 555.21
			SHOP
		7/5/05	Agri Co-op	shop stores	$ 39.45
		7/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-s-w-t	$ 107.36
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 64.67
					$ 211.48
			AIRPORT
		7/5/05	Shaffer Construction	pay estimate #2	$ 50,772.74
		7/5/07	Kirkham Michael	engineering #7	$ 2,568.12
					$ 53,340.86
			GAS
20816		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 5,427.27
20817		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 64.74
		7/5/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		7/5/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 19.80
		7/5/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 31.19
		7/5/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 95.09
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 19.24
		7/5/05	National Public Gas Agency	cost of gas	$ 20,144.66
					$ 25,811.59
			WATER
20816		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,613.22
20817		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 102.93
		7/5/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 16.20
		7/5/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 148.30
		7/5/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 36.20
		7/5/05	Municipal Supply of Nebraska	line maint	$ 383.40
		7/5/05	State of NE HHS Labs	line maint	$ 30.00
		7/5/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 24.95
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 781.15
		7/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-s-w-t	$ 20.52
					$ 5,156.87
			SEWER
20816		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,399.45
20817		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 54.87
		7/5/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		7/5/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 53.00
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 382.59
					$ 1,899.51
Page 3			CLAIMS DATE: 7/5/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			R.V. PARK
		7/5/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 15.66
		7/5/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 29.50
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 526.00
		7/5/05	Pin Point	telephone and internet	$ 99.50
		7/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 302.27
					$ 972.93
			PAYROLL
1098		6/30/05	American Funds	pension	$ 922.90
					$ 922.90
			GOLF BAR & GOLF COURSE EXP
		7/5/05	Hogeland Market	concession	$ 100.02
		7/5/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	pop	$ 377.80
		7/5/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		7/5/05	Builders Choice	building maint	$ 18.96
		7/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,116.53
		7/5/05	R & R Products	equipment r & m	$ 111.44
		7/5/05	Hanna Variety	operating supplies	$ 143.55
		7/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 153.50
		7/5/05	Agri Co-op	fuel-chem-supplies	$ 1,272.70
		7/5/05	Cash Wa Distributing	supplies	$ 263.40
		7/5/05	`Frito Lay	groc	$ 43.50
EFT		7/5/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 301.80
EFT		7/5/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 1,219.00
EFT		7/5/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 83.00
EFT		7/5/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 63.00
2734		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,216.71
2735		6/30/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
					$ 8,545.99

Treasurer’s report was presented to the Mayor and Council for review and discussion. Topics of discussion included; need to adjust Golf course debt amount to reflect interest on total debt, water sales report reviewed and comparisons to past years sales visited about and need to keep water report up to date and available at Council meetings. Treasurer’s report accepted as presented.

Ball Association resolution and discussion comments included; request to table subject until next regular City Council meeting so that City Administrator would be able to attend. Motion made by Waggoner seconded by Huggins to table the subject on Ball association until next regular City Council meeting. Upon roll call vote the following voted AYE; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

City Council was presented the name of Doug Nibbe for consideration to work at the Alma Golf course concessions. There being no discussion it was motioned by Mercer seconded by Huggins to approve Doug Nibbe to work at the Alma Golf Course concessions. Upon roll call vote the following voted AYE; Calkins Waggoner, Huggins, Mercer. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Nuisances and Ordinances enforcing policies discussion included; clarification of how nuisances have been handled given, clarification given on how and who sends out letters to citizens concerning nuisances, possible need to change the policy of how nuisances are handled, Board of Health involvement in nuisance procedures explained, need of Council to review all nuisance complaints, need of legal classification on nuisances and review of new form to report nuisances on. It was decided by Council to place subject of nuisances on next regular City Council agenda so all information needed can be obtained and reported upon.

Mayor and Council were presented landlord notification and landlord agreement forms pertaining to utility discontinuance notification and options of landlord agreements. Topics discussed included; explanation that three options wording was patterned after form provided by N.P.P.D., need to co-ordinate with all landlords on forms, possible publish in paper for all renters and landlords notifying about the availability of the forms, need of lists of all landlords and renters and having forms available in the City Office for renters and landlords to pick up. Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to approve landlord notification and landlord agreement forms as presented. Upon roll call vote the following voted AYE; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

Michael Huggins, CPA, presented to the Mayor and Council a letter pertaining to engagement of budget preparation for the City of Alma and also declared a conflict of interest concerning engagement letter. Discussion concerning letter of engagement included; need of conflict of interest form to be sent into State, explanation of cost of budget preparation being 3% higher than priors years work, fee explained not to exceed $l,920.00 and includes out pocket expenses. Motion made by Calkins seconded by Mercer to accept letter of engagement presented for City Budget preparation. Upon roll call vote the following voted AYE; Waggoner, Calkins, Mercer. Huggins abstained from voting. There were no votes against said engagement letter. Motion Carried.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; no report from hiking biking trail committee at this time, comments about how slow some people think the project is going, article in Kearney Hub about Alma being chosen as the friendliest town on this year’s Tour de Nebraska bicycle ride, reported by Council Member Calkins that Alma chamber of Commerce received award of $350.00 for being Best Overnight Host Town visited by bike tour, compliments were expressed thanking all who helped with tour, nothing to report on housing rehabilitation project, no board of health issues to report on, complaint procedure on issues needs to be turned into City Administrator comments and report that Airport Hanger project progressing.

The time being 6:10 p.m. July 5^th, 2005 it was moved by Huggins seconded by Calkins to go into executive session for discussion upon personnel issues. Upon roll call vote the following voted AYE; Mercer, Waggoner, Huggins, Calkins. There were no votes against motion made. Motion Carried.

The time being 7:15 p.m. July 5^th, 200 it was moved by Huggins seconded by Waggoner to come out of executive session and return to the regular meeting. Upon roll call vote the following voted AYE; Calkins, Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner. There were no votes against motion made. Motion carried.

Mayor Haeker explained the purpose of the executive session was for discussion upon personnel issues.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor asked for any other comments or discussion. Topics brought up included; insurance quotes on electrical acquisition, need to contact consultant with insurance information, suggested to record votes on motions in meetings and comments about cost estimates for audio visual equipment. Council member Calkins gave a report on the status of City owned Keslar property. Contents of report included; need of clean up of whole area, concerns about cave on property, concerns about foundations on property, need to have water heater-freezer-washing machine and other articles removed, all utilities need to be shut off and disconnected, demolition permit comments, and possibility of citizen who wants to purchase property and clean up, legal work needed on deed, legal issues on surplus property to look into and legal procedures to be followed pertaining to status of property. It was decided by council to put subject on next meeting agenda.

There being no other subjects of discussion it was moved by Calkins seconded by Huggins to adjourn the meeting of July 5, 2005. Upon roll call vote the following voted AYE; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins. There were no votes against said motion. Motion Carried.

_____________________________ ATTEST: _________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

JUNE 21, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 21^st day of June, 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Huggins, Calkins, Waggoner. Also in attendance; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Ken Fairchild, Ron Mroczek, Randy Stahlecker, Ruth Gillette, Sam Gillette, Ginger Jensen, Russ Pfeil, Merill Duntz, Jerry Dietz, Leon Kuhlen, Stan Clouse and Chelsea Richards.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of June 2l, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll call: Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. Absent was Mercer.

Moved by Calkins seconded by Huggins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. Motion Carried.

Moved by Huggins seconded by Waggoner that the minutes of the June 7, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Questions were asked about bill from Zellar Zulauf for swimming pool, explained it was for carpet installed. Question was asked what equipment was bought from Compuade.

Moved by Huggins seconded Calkins that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE: 6-21-05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35465		6/16/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,198.82
35466		6/16/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 148.74
		6/21/05	Aramark Services	uniforms	$ 181.28
		6/21/05	Hogeland Market	office supplies	$ 21.78
		6/21/05	Center Rural Research & Del	survey work	$ 408.00
		6/21/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 1,399.02
		6/21/05	Eakes Office Plus	office supplies	$ 57.57
		6/21/05	Nebraska Muni Power Pool	computer work	$ 55.00
		6/21/05	Bill Hogeland	mileage	$ 49.41
		6/21/05	Bill Hogeland	mileage--meal	$ 173.94
		6/21/05	Harlan County Treasurer	real estate taxes	$ 797.60
		6/21/05	Harlan County Abstract Co.	title ins transfer	$ 125.00
		6/21/05	Office solutions	office supplies	$ 93.98
c-card		6/1/05	Buffalo Wild Wings	meal	$ 18.80
c-card		6/1/05	Holiday Inn Downtown Lincoln	lodging	$ 144.00
					$ 6,872.94
			STREET
35465		6/16/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,235.56
		6/21/05	K-Lawn	grounds maint	$ 20.00
		6/21/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel	$ 72.81
		6/21/05	McClyment Implement	r & m equipment	$ 737.40
					$ 2,065.77
			FIRE
		6/21/05	k-Lawn	grounds maint	$ 63.00
		6/21/05	Aramark Services	bldg maint--cleaning`	$ 45.80
		6/21/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel	$ 235.06
					$ 343.86
			POOL
35465		6/16/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,384.09
		6/21/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	concessions	$ 189.00
		6/21/05	Hogeland Market	cleaning supplies	$ 17.12
		6/21/05	Zellar Zulauf Furniture	pool equipment	$ 344.95
		6/21/05	State Dept of Revenue	sales--use--city taxes	$ 121.43
		6/21/05	Cobra Chemical & Medical	pools supplies--chems	$ 991.30
		6/21/05	Deterding's Classic Pool--Spa	r & m pool	$ 225.96
					$ 5,273.85
			RECREATION
		6/21/05	Electric Fixture Supply	ball lights	$ 446.04
		6/21/05	S & H Portable Services	service toilets	$ 105.50
		6/21/05	Hogeland Market	operating supplies	$ 3.55
		6/21/05	Broeker Welding	equipment r & m	$ 425.71
					$ 980.80
			GENERAL
		6/21/05	Compuade	computer equip & assistance	$ 554.05
					$ 554.05
			SHOP
		6/21/05	FASTPRO	shop stores--medical	$ 99.85
					$ 99.85
			POLICE
		6/21/05	Harlan County Treasurer's	contract	$ 3,468.00
					$ 3,468.00
			PARK
35465		6/16/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 644.17
					$ 644.17
			AUDITORIUM
		6/21/05	Aramark Services	cleaning supplies	$ 15.66
					$ 15.66
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			AIRPORT
		6/21/05	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$ 27.00
					$ 27.00
			GAS
20805		6/16/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,622.42
20806		6/16/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 64.74
		6/21/05	State Department Revenue	sales-use-city taxes	$ 2,808.37
		6/21/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 70.97
		6/21/05	ADP Screening & Selection	consortium admin annual fee	$ 250.00
		6/21/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 744.76
					$ 6,561.26
			WATER
20805		6/16/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,190.86
20806		6/16/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 101.87
		6/21/05	State Department Revenue	sales-use-city taxes	$ 632.23
		6/21/05	Servi-Tech Laboratories	water analysis	$ 36.75
		6/21/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel	$ 118.47
		6/21/05	Hogeland Market	operating supplies	$ 5.70
		6/21/05	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$ 381.93
		6/21/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 868.60
					$ 4,336.41
			WASTEWATER
20806		6/16/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 54.87
		6/21/05	State Department Revenue	sales-use-city taxes	$ 381.36
		6/21/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 552.24
					$ 988.47
			R. V. PARK
		6/21/05	State Department Revenue	sales-use-city -lodging taxes	$ 450.39
		6/21/05	Hogeland Market	operating supplies	$ 16.56
					$ 466.95
			TRAILS PROJECT
		6/21/05	Kirkham Michael	eng--game & parks portion	$ 5,000.00
		6/21/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering	$ 8,084.00
		6/21/05	Cement Products	progress estimate #l work	$ 43,653.60
					$ 56,737.60
			PAYROLL
1095		6/13/05	State Department Revenue	nebraska w/h deposit	$ 608.78
1096		6/16/05	American Funds	pension	$ 920.78
		6/21/05	Blue Cross Blue Shield	insurance	$ 3,811.20
					$ 5,340.76
			HOUSING REHABILITATION
		6/21/05	Com Development Services	administration	$ 2,250.00
		6/21/05	App #405--Builders Choice	contractor	$ 136.11
		6/21/05	App #405--Shaffer Gutters	contractor	$ 744.97
		6/21/05	App #405--Kauk Konstruction	contractor	$ 6,796.38
		6/21/05	App #402--Verlan Batt	contractor	$ 246.92
		6/21/05	App #406--Kirkland Siding	contractor	$ 8,694.26
		6/21/05	App #406 Menards	contractor	$ 973.76
					$ 19,842.40
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR
		6/21/05	Brown Transfer Co.	shipping	$ 43.80
		6/21/05	Hogeland Market	operating supplies	$ 325.41
		6/21/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	pop	$ 292.25
		6/21/05	State Department Revenue	sales-use-city taxes	$ 1,262.42
		6/21/05	Frito Lay	food	$ 42.73
Page 3			CLAIMS DATE: 06-21-05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
		6/21/05	Midwest Turf	r & m equipment	$ 1,272.74
		6/21/05	Fastpro	operating supplies	$ 22.89
		6/21/05	Office Solutions	supplies	$ 105.98
		6/21/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$ 225.41
		6/21/05	Sterling Distributing	concessions	$ 313.00
		6/21/05	United Distillers	concessions	$ 502.29
EFT		6/14/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 306.55
EFT		6/13/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concessions	$ 246.00
EFT		6/13/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concessions	$ 27.00
EFT		6/13/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concessions	$ 298.50
EFT		6/7/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 421.25
2721		6/16/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,515.87
2722		6/16/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
					$ 9,275.57

Treasurer’s report discussion included; months left on CD’s maturity, laddering of CD’s for more flexibility, upcoming big projects costs, water pumping comparisons for this and last year needed, co-pay on projects concerns and cash flow comments. Report approved by Council as presented.

Ken Fairchild, Olsson Associated, visited with Mayor, Council and all about reports and presented paperwork on electrical system acquisition that was sent out early for members review. Topics brought up and discussed included; rate studies, transfers, comparisons of all tables, debt service, operating costs, billing rates, PRO agreement, components of rates of N.P.P.D., insurance expense, reserve funds, self insurance and need to have insurance agent look at insurance costs so numbers could be built into report. Mayor and Council thanked Mr. Fairchild for all that he has done on project and stated that they would keep him informed on how decision is to going to be made.

Mayor and Council reviewed a copy of a Nebraska Public Power District Landlord Agreement. Topics of discussion following review included; service charges, simplified format, agreement comparable to copy, need to know all landlords, need to know all property rentals, NPPD reps at meeting stated it would be okay to use. City Administrator asked to provide a draft at the next Council Meeting.

Ball Association discussion included; how association was formed, membership of association, expense and revenue report comments, voluntary membership comments, how bank account was set up, need of more organization, growing pains of association, possible need of resolution clarifying formation of the association, public funds questions, recreation budget figures reviewed, need of all revenues and expenses run through City books, possible need of minutes from association showing what is going on and have ball association at next Council meeting so all items can be visited about. City Administrator and City Attorney to meet with Ball Association to prepare a resolution forming Ball Association, draft for next meeting. City Council ordered closing of Ball Association checking account with all funds to be deposited in City approved checking account and full accounting of transactions by City Administrator for Council review and approval at next Council meeting.

City Council was presented the name of Jessica Nyberg for consideration to work at the Golf Course concessions. After short discussion it was moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins to approve presented name to work at the Golf Course concessions. Motion Carried.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; hiking biking trail work being done, formation of a trail committee to go over any upcoming issues, report given on Rotary project on gazebo, location of project explained, landscaping around project, cement work to be done, possible need of some help on project from City, personnel committee to give report at July 5^th regular Council meeting to bring all up to date on everything, economic development issues included a report from Merrill Duntz about South Central Economic Development District activities, goals membership, budget process for seed money, legal comments, use of web site, housing rehabilitation report about nearing completion, administrator of rehab project to attend a future meeting to give report, no board of health issues to report, Airport hanger project report on activities given.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor asked for any other comments or discussion. Topics brought up included; City Administrator was asked to provide options and estimated costs of audio visual equipment at next Council Meeting, South Street grant application status questions, possible look into switching telephone line service, nuisance letters that are being sent out, article in Oxford paper review on TIF, town hall meeting on survey report given, fourth of July activities, comments on use of electric power for some rides at the park, need of insurance certificate from Lions club for rides, okay given to put rides up at pool area, okay given to use power from pool area as long as electrical costs don’t exceed $1000.00 otherwise notify Council by e-mail and need to send letters out to tree people requesting information on costs of tree removal.

The time being 7:35 p.m. June 21, 2005 motion was made by Huggins seconded by Waggoner to go into executive session for discussion on personnel matters. Motion Carried.

The time being 7:50 p.m. June 21, 2005 motion made by Huggins seconded by Waggoner to come out of executive session and return to the regular meeting. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker explained that the purpose of the executive session was for discussion of personnel issues.

There being no other business for discussion it was moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins to adjourn the regular meeting of June 21, 2005. Motion Carried.

____________________________ ATTEST: ____________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

JUNE 7, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 7^th day of June, 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Calkins, Huggins and Mercer. Also attending the meeting; clerk, Attorney, administrator, Ken Fairchild, Pat Underwood, Randy Stahlnecker, Russ Pfeil, Sam Gillette, Ruth Gillette, Kirsten Prickett and Ginger Jensen.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of June 7, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Huggins, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. Absent was Waggoner.

Moved by Huggins seconded by Mercer that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. Motion Carried.

Moved by Huggins seconded by Calkins that the minutes of the May l7, 2005 regular meeting be approved as corrected. Motion Carried.

Mayor opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Questions and comments concerning split bill on portable potties, trailer and possible renting of outfit out were heard.

Moved by Huggins seconded by Mercer that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE: 6-7-05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35403		5/19/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,198.84
35404		5/19/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 148.74
35417		6/2/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,467.96
35418		6/2/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 161.24
		6/7/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 85.73
		6/7/05	City of Alma Utilities	g--w-s-t	$ 28.47
		6/7/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 1,327.82
		6/7/05	Universal Licensing Service	radio license	$ 75.00
		6/7/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint--cleaning	$ 50.00
		6/7/05	Duncan, Duncan, Jelkin	legal	$ 1,015.00
		6/7/05	Hogeland market	office supplies	$ 4.26
		6/7/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 53.30
		6/7/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 19.80
		6/7/05	Nebraska Coop Government	internet service	$ 29.00
		6/7/05	City Alma account	petty cash	$ 93.95
		6/7/05	Hall electric	building maint	$ 1,322.03
		6/7/05	Bill Hogeland	mileage	$ 49.41
		6/7/05	City of Waverly	conference registration	$ 80.00
		6/7/05	Julie Hansen	dental eye care ins	$ 60.00
		6/7/05	Waggoner Insurance	audit	$ 632.09
		6/7/05	League Nebr Municipalities	association dues	$ 50.00
		6/7/05	Aramark Services	clothing	$ 273.58
		6/7/05	Harlan County Journal	print & publish	$ 446.54
		6/7/05	Kearney Hub	print & publish	$ 124.40
c-card		5/18/05	Office Max	office supplies	$ 31.91
		6/7/05	Midwest Mailing	postage machine expense	$ 18.76
		6/7/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 59.69
		6/7/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 183.54
					$ 13,091.06
			STREET
35403		5/19/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,242.01
35417		6/2/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,180.11
		6/7/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 105.07
		6/7/05	McClymont Implement	equipment	$ 27.00
		6/7/05	Consolidated Fleet Service	inspection equipment	$ 350.00
		6/7/05	Great Plains One Call	line locates	$ 79.83
		6/7/05	Central Nebraska Bobcat	equipment	$ 1,000.00
		6/7/05	SOS Inc.	portable units	$ 200.00
		6/7/05	Agri Co-op	chem-r & m-fuel	$ 406.72
		6/7/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,843.80
					$ 6,434.54
			LIBRARY
35403		5/19/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,168.31
35405		6/1/05	Pam Metzger	contract labor	$ 88.00
35406		6/1/05	Modern Methods	service agreement	$ 28.81
35407		6/1/05	Nebr Library Commission	books	$ 383.28
35048		6/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 164.66
35409		6/1/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 150.88
35410		6/1/05	Highsmith	operating supplies	$ 30.52
35411		6/1/05	Quill Corporation	office supplies	$ 160.32
35412		6/1/05	Columbia House	videos	$ 52.82
35413		6/1/05	Ingram	books	$ 576.59
35414		6/1/05	Audio Editions	books	$ 41.31
35415		6/1/05	Books In Motion	books	$ 308.38
35416		6/1/05	Doubleday Large Print	books	$ 44.66
		6/7/05	Fort Dearborn Life	ins	$ 6.60
		6/7/05	City Alma Utilities	g--w-s-t	$ 45.94
					$ 4,251.08
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			FIRE
		6/7/05	City Alma Utilities	g-s-w-t	$ 89.85
		6/7/05	Jan Rojewski	build maint--cleaning	$ 175.00
		6/7/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 219.16
		6/7/05	Waggoner Insurance	added equip ins	$ 89.00
		6/7/05	Holiday Inn	lodging--training	$ 349.89
		6/7/05	Waggoner Insurance	audit	$ 81.56
		6/7/05	Green Country Enterprises	build maint--cleaning	$ 40.00
		6/7/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 27.10
		6/7/05	Hall Electric & Refrig	r & m equipment	$ 42.50
		6/7/05	LINWELD	chem-gas	$ 31.73
		6/7/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 23.47
		6/7/05	Aramark Services	cleaning supplies	$ 45.80
		6/7/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 37.11
					$ 1,252.17
			PARK
35403		5/19/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 644.18
35417		6/2/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 571.71
		6/7/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 153.16
		6/7/05	S O S	portable unit	$ 200.00
		6/7/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-s-w-t	$ 70.09
		6/7/05	Agri Co-op	maint & equipment	$ 159.30
		6/7/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 54.21
					$ 1,852.65
			RECREATION
		6/7/05	City of alma Utilities	g-s-w-t	$ 376.66
		6/7/05	Agri Co-op	grounds maint	$ 23.45
		6/7/05	Builders choice	grounds maint	$ 74.69
		6/7/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 51.66
		6/7/05	S O S	portable unit	$ 200.00
		6/7/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 49.62
		6/7/05	S & H Septic Service	service portable units	$ 105.50
					$ 881.58
			POOL
35417		6/2/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,881.38
		6/7/05	City Alma Utilities	g-s-w-t	$ 47.67
		6/7/05	GTM Sportswear	jackets--paid back by guards	$ 519.12
		6/7/05	Agri Co-op	building--grounds maint	$ 107.22
		6/7/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 74.18
		6/7/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	concession	$ 181.00
		6/7/06	Hogeland Market	pool supplies	$ 3.24
		6/7/06	Waggoner Insurance	audit	$ 183.51
		6/7/06	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 328.50
		6/7/06	Frontier	telephone service	$ 98.26
					$ 3,424.08
			SHOP
		6/7/05	S & W Auto Parts	shop stores--supplies	$ 106.82
		6/7/05	City Alma Utilities	g-s-w-t	$ 268.72
		6/7/05	Agri Co-op	r & m equipment	$ 156.99
		6/7/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 64.71
		6/7/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 14.12
		6/7/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 116.13
					$ 727.49
Page 3			CLAIMS DATE: 6-7-05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			AUDITORIUM
		6/7/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 198.60
		6/7/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint--cleaning	$ 175.00
		6/7/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 88.57
		6/7/06	Aramark Services	building maint--supplies	$ 15.66
					$ 477.83
			AIRPORT
		6/7/06	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$ 13.50
		6/7/06	Agri co-op	grounds maint	$ 397.80
		6/7/06	Shaffer construction	pay estimate l	$ 14,144.40
					$ 14,555.70
			LANDFILL
		6/7/05	South Central Sanitation	service	$ 8,126.31
					$ 8,126.31
			HIKING BIKING TRAIL
		6/7/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering	$ 6,264.91
					$ 6,264.91
			GAS
20785		5/19/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,810.19
20786		5/19/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 70.59
20787		6/2/06	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,689.97
20788		6/2/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 122.75
		6/7/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 19.24
		6/7/05	Waggoner Insurance	audit	$ 652.48
		6/7/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 19.80
		6/7/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 706.56
		6/7/05	Agri Co-op	fuel-supplies	$ 267.92
		6/7/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		6/7/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 31.54
		6/7/05	Russ Pfeil	dental ins	$ 511.00
		6/7/05	National Public Gas	cost of gas	$ 22,822.29
		6/7/05	Olsson Associates	engineering	$ 473.24
					$ 31,207.17
			WATER
20785		5/19/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,282.45
20786		5/19/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 106.12
20787		6/2/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,316.81
20788		6/2/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 107.72
		6/7/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 17.62
		6/7/05	Agri co-op	chem--fuel	$ 102.97
		6/7/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 16.20
		6/7/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 827.20
		6/7/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 148.30
		6/7/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 578.05
		6/7/05	Dutton-Lainson	line maint	$ 293.01
					$ 6,796.45
			WASTEWATER
20786		5/19/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 57.74
		6/7/05	Agri Co-op	fuel-supplies	$ 49.99
		6/7/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		6/7/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 667.24
		6/7/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 319.68
		6/7/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 6.13
					$ 1,110.38
Page 4			CLAIMS DATE: 6-7-05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			R.V. PARK
20787		6/2/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 592.07
		6/7/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 288.79
		6/7/06	Waggoner Insurance	audit	$ 122.34
		6/7/06	PinPoint	cable t.v.	$ 38.45
		6/7/06	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 299.83
		6/7/06	Hogeland Market	operating supplies	$ 16.76
		6/7/06	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 76.45
		6/7/06	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 72.20
					$ 1,506.89
			PAYROLL
1092		5/19/05	American Funds	pension	$ 949.06
1093		6/2/05	American Funds	pension	$ 965.39
		6/7/05	Blue Cross Blue Shield	insurance	$ 3,775.40
					$ 5,689.85
			HOUSING REHABILITATION
		6/7/05	Bills' Electric	applicant #405	$ 375.00
		6/7/05	CKC Painting Services	applicant #401	$ 1,100.00
					$ 1,475.00
			GOLF COURSE GOLF BAR EXP
		6/7/05	Hogeland Market	concession	$ 349.19
		6/7/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	pop	$ 431.80
		6/7/05	Brown Transfer	shipping	$ 43.60
		6/7/05	Westerbeck Bros. Construct	grounds maint	$ 190.00
		6/7/05	Waggoner Insurance	audit	$ 367.02
		6/7/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 45.61
		6/7/05	Fort Dearborn Ins	insurance	$ 9.60
		6/7/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 913.96
		6/7/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 199.16
		6/7/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 15.58
		6/7/05	Ed Broadfoot & Sons	gravel	$ 172.53
		6/7/05	T & F Sand & Gravel	sand	$ 752.67
		6/7/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 49.81
		6/7/05	Agri Co-op	fuel- r&m	$ 508.88
		6/7/05	Frito Lay	concession	$ 42.73
		6/7/05	Office solutions	operating supplies	$ 158.97
		6/7/05	United Distillers	concession	$ 820.00
		6/7/05	Sterling Distribution	concession	$ 295.00
		6/7/05	Cash Wa	operating supplies	$ 28.95
EFT		5/16/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 115.60
EFT		5/17/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 254.00
EFT		5/23/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 213.10
EFT		5/24/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 296.70
EFT		5/25/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$ 235.00
EFT		5/25/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$ 24.50
EFT		6/1/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 401.00
EFT		6/1/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 306.30
		6/7/05	Frito Lay	concession	$ 62.60
2698		5/19/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,745.45
2699		5/19/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
2700		6/2/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,799.50
2701		6/2/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
					$ 12,951.77

Treasurer’s report included discussion upon reporting the maturity dates and rate of interest being paid on City CD’s in the banks and also looking into interest on the City checking accounts in both banks.

Treasurer’s report accepted as presented.

Ken Fairchild, Olsson Associates presented a City of Alma electrical operation expense study and discussed the content of the study with the Mayor, Council and all. Topics discussed included; Operating expenses, debt service, capital improvements, capital addition, reserve funds payment, transfers to General fund and total of all expenditures. Included in those discussion were comments and questions concerning distribution expenses (labor, equipment, materials, repair and maintenance, training, building rental), administrative and general expenses (labor, overhead, insurance, billing software, postage, stationery, telephone, professional, miscellaneous expenses), depreciation. Concerns arose about insurance in car of possible disasters. It was decided to contact insurance agent for more information on insurance concerns. Mr. Fairchild told all that he would be back to the next Council meeting with report on revenue side of report and comments on which way to go on electrical distribution system acquisition. Mayor and Council thanked Mr. Fairchild for report and that they are looking forward to next report to be presented.

City Council was presented the name of Darlene Harper for consideration of employment with the Alma Golf Course concessions. After discussion it was moved by Calkins seconded by Mercer to approve the presented name for employment at the Alma golf Course concessions. Motion Carried.

Pat Underwood reported to the Mayor, Council and all about the Home Recreation Show that is coming up June 24-25-26, 2005. Topics brought up and discussed included; positive response that has been received, lots of sign ups for inside and outside show material, lot of donated articles and monetary amounts, lot of help from media on advertisements and request to have City Staff available for help in setting up the show. Mayor and Council thanked Pat for the report and to keep up the good work.

Discussion concerning utility billing and delinquent accounts included; accounts receivable report format, policy and procedures on accounts receivable, possibility of stricter penalties for turn on after disconnection, possible look into liens on properties procedures, renter and landlord policy comments, publicizing of policies disconnects, publicizing of policies on re connection fees. It was moved by Calkins to set the re connect fees to $75.00 for first time and to $150.00 second and thereafter and to leave the current policy procedures as they are with tighter control. Motion seconded by Huggins. Motion Carried. It was also decided to put agreements on utilities policies on next agenda.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report given on progress being made on hiking biking trail, look at simpler forms on trails regulations, upcoming town hall meeting for discussion on recent passed out survey report, possible placing South Central Economic Development District fees on next agenda for discussion, report that housing rehabilitation project is about done, report given on Airport hanger progress and report on problems with size of hanger doors being wrong.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor asked for any other comments. Topics brought up included; request to have Council folders put out early to members, audit adjustments explained, comments on gas rate adjustments, communication problems reported with ball association members, comments expressed about formal board, funds, banners, checking accounts with the ball association, legal issues with ownership of property, title search work done, okay given to burn all area when time comes, audio visual equipment comments, recording of meetings comments and need to look into costs of proposal.

There being no other items for discussion it was moved by Mercer seconded by Huggins to adjourn the meeting. Motion Carried.

______________________________ ATTEST: ___________________________

Mayor Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MAY 17, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 17^th day of May, 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Huggins, Waggoner, Mercer and Calkins. Also attending; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Superintendent, Sam Gillette, Ruth Gillette, Darlene Hawkinson, Cliff Steinhauser, Fabian Thompson, Brenda Thompson, Ginger Jensen, Neil Molzahn, Kerri Sheldon, Chris Becker, Kirsten Prickett and Scott Johnson.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of May 17, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. All attending.

Moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. Motion Carried.

Moved by Mercer seconded by Huggins that the minutes of the May 3^rd, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written and circulated. Motion Carried.

Mayor opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Chris Becker, Alma Volunteer Fire Department, explained the purpose of purchasing fire equipment, usage of equipment and payment from Fire Department back to the City of Alma for the equipment. It was decided by Council that the transaction was an in and out and did not need to be listed in the claims.

Moved by Calkins seconded by Huggins that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE: 5/17/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35374		5/5/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,467.95
35375		5/5/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 161.24
c-card		5/15/05	Office Max	office supplies	$ 30.89
		5/17/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 241.84
		5/17/05	Aramark Services	uniforms	$ 187.88
		5/17/05	Midwest Mailing Solutions	postage machine work	$ 193.45
		5/17/05	Duncan Duncan Jelkin	legal	$ 1,000.00
		5/17/05	Hogeland Market	paper products--supplies	$ 221.81
		5/17/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 53.30
		5/17/05	MGS Tech	copier r & m	$ 80.00
		5/17/05	FP Mailing Solutions	postage reset	$ 15.50
		5/17/05	Michel Huggins, C.P.A.	advisory services	$ 19.00
		5/17/05	Harlan County Journal	print & publish	$ 563.01
		5/17/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 187.82
					$ 6,423.69
			STREET
35374		5/5/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 714.80
		5/17/05	Cliff & Kathy Hardesty	merchandise purchase	$ 60.00
		5/17/05	Great Plains One Call	line locates	$ 79.83
		5/17/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment`	$ 6.13
					$ 860.76
			LIBRARY
35372		5/4/05	Young Adult Resources	books	$ 124.99
35371		5/4/05	Ingram	books	$ 348.50
35370		5/4/05	Nebraska Library Commission	books	$ 53.28
35369		5/4/05	Audio Edition	books	$ 216.00
35368		5/4/05	Upstart	supplies	$ 31.70
35367		5/4/05	Columbia House	videos	$ 22.20
35366		5/4/05	Modern Methods Inc.	miscellaneous expense	$ 28.81
35365		5/4/05	Quill Corporation	office supplies	$ 104.97
36364		5/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 177.57
35363		5/4/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 150.81
35362		5/4/05	Pam Metzger	contract labor	$ 78.75
35361		5/4/05	LaDonna Schluterbusch	travel & meal expense	$ 46.18
					$ 1,383.76
			FIRE
		5/17/05	Apria Healthcare	chemicals--gas	$ 59.50
		5/17/05	G & M Service	grounds maint	$ 35.00
		5/17/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 23.47
		5/17/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 37.11
		5/17/05	LINWELD	chemicals--gas	$ 30.90
					$ 185.98
			SHOP
		5/17/05	WJ's Bolt company	nuts & bolts--stores	$ 233.23
		5/17/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 63.49
					$ 296.72
			PARK
		5/17/05	Bejamin's Landscaping	r & m equipment`	$ 108.12
		5/17/05	Polaks Repair	r & m equipment`	$ 597.18
					$ 705.30
			SOLID WASTE
35374		5/5/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 644.18
		5/17/05	South Central Sanitation	city wide clean up	$ 3,823.64
					$ 4,467.82
			RECREATION
		5/17/05	Builders Choice	r & m grounds	$ 198.80
					$ 198.80
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			POOL
		5/17/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 6.42
		5/17/05	Hogeland Market	pool supplies	$ 6.09
					$ 12.51
			POLICE
		5/17/05	Harlan County Treasurer	contract labor	$ 3,468.00
					$ 3,468.00
			AIRPORT
		5/17/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering	$ 4,749.63
		5/17/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering	$ 854.74
					$ 5,604.37
			GAS
20773		5/5/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,530.84
20774		5/5/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 115.35
		5/17/05	State Department Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 4,123.86
		5/17/05	All Tell	on call & cell phones	$ 70.65
					$ 6,840.70
			WATER
20773		5/5/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,139.44
20774		5/5/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 99.48
		5/17/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 431.08
		5/17/05	Twin Valley Public Power	electric	$ 312.19
		5/17/05	State Department Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 606.77
		5/17/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel	$ 117.69
		5/17/05	T & S Tire & Auto	tire repair	$ 10.00
					$ 3,716.65
			WASTEWATER
		5/17/05	State Department Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 406.58
		5/17/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 348.10
		5/17/05	Builders Choice	r & m buildings	$ 47.48
		5/17/05	Frontier	telephone services	$ 6.13
					$ 808.29
			R. V. PARK
20773		5/5/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 592.08
		5/17/05	Brooks Ford	r & m equipment	$ 28.98
					$ 621.06
			CUSTOMER DEPOSIT
		5/17/05	City Alma Utilities	giunca deposit applied	$ 50.00
					$ 50.00
			PAYROLL
1090		5/5/05	American Funds	pension	$ 931.54
1091		5/11/05	State Department Revenue	nebr monthly w/h	$ 584.28
					$ 1,515.82
			HIKING BIKING TRAIL
		5/17/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering	$ 3,631.39
					$ 3,631.39
			GOLF BAR & GOLF COURSE EXP
		5/17/05	Hogeland Market	groceries	$ 109.05
		5/17/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	soda	$ 189.50
		5/17/05	State Department Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 573.74
		5/17/05	Office Solutions	supplies & equipment	$ 696.10
		5/17/05	Long Island Grain	cement grounds maint	$ 771.88
		5/17/05	Davis Equipment Corp	r & m equipment	$ 74.50
		5/17/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment	$ 420.58
		5/17/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 44.85
Page 3			CLAIMS DATE: 5/17/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
		5/17/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 49.81
		5/17/05	Brown Transfer	shipping charges	$ 131.40
		5/17/05	Sterling Distributing	concessions	$ 326.10
		5/17/05	United Distillers	concessions	$ 684.25
		5/17/05	Cash-Wa Distributing	supplies	$ 21.80
		5/17/05	Frito Lay, Inc.	food	$ 48.13
EFT		5/2/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concessions	$ 112.80
EFT		5/3/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 455.80
EFT		5/9/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concessions	$ 283.80
EFT		5/10/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concessions	$ 166.02
EFT		5/10/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 360.35
EFT		5/10/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concessions	$ 27.00
2682		5/5/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,665.54
2683		5/5/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
					$ 8,264.48

Treasurer’s report and warrant discussion included comments about the possibility of cashing CD at the bank when the airport claims start coming in. There being no other discussion, the treasurer’s report was accepted as presented.

City Administrator informed the Mayor and Council that the controls and regulations for the hiking biking trail are for review purposes and to see if there are any deletions or additions that need to be done to the controls and regulations. Comments concerning the presented material included; where did the presented controls and regulations come from and the need to get more comparisons from area communities that have hiking biking trails. It was decided to table subject until a future Council Meeting for any actions to be taken.

Audit report paperwork discussion included; need of same questions answered by Auditor Willnerd, possibility of having auditor attend meeting to explain audit to all, timeliness of report comments, conversion to accrual basis accounting explained, internal control pages included a clean opinion and report that the audit had been filed with the State Auditor.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report on pre construction conference on hiking biking trail, possible change of route of trial around the boat dock area suggested, report of heavy equipment that has been moving in, report given on personnel committee meeting, agendas of meeting changes, planning retreat suggestions, committee will report to Council on any happenings decided, economic development issues to be e-mailed to Council approval given, possible new business interested in the Community, report on progress of upcoming community survey, report given on results of short community survey, alumni banquet location at country club reported, date of 28^th set for banquet, restoring of some store fronts on main street upcoming, report given on lake meeting and all that is going on around the lake, report on housing rehabilitation project being about 90% complete, no board of health issues and report given about airport hanger project dirt work that has been completed.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor asked for other comments from Council and personnel. Topics brought up included; concerns about dead trees, possible contract tree people for special deals on number of trees to be removed, homeowners expense for removal of trees explained, possible set the 20^th of June, 2005 as burn date on the old Keslar house okayed, procedures given on delinquent accounts collection, possible letters needed to property owners concerning delinquent accounts, possible legal action to follow and need to put subject of delinquent accounts on next agenda for action.

There being no other items of discussion by Council and employees the Mayor opened the floor to any other discussion. Sam Gillette and Darlene Hawkinson expressed their concerns about article in Harlan County Journal, questioned who the article was referring to, what was meaning of article, concerns about closed session being conducted for other than what was reported , payment of funds for grant commissions amount and when made.

Mayor and Council informed citizens that no names were mentioned in newspaper article, no references in meeting were directed toward certain people, payment of commission was made by Council approval, payments made were recorded in City Alma minutes, It was suggested to Council, the need to take under legal advisement statements made.

Cliff Steinhauser, Fabian Thompson, Brenda Thompson, voiced their concerns, made comments and asked questions pertaining to the new proposed motel coming to the community. Topics brought up included; occupancy rate study, occupancy statement, economic impact of proposed new motel, how tax increment financing came about for new motel project, definition of classification of substandard blighted area, advertisement of meetings pertaining to TIF, publishing of meeting notices and concerns about monies that will leaving the community and going out of State.

Mayor and Council thanked citizens for comments, concerns and questions and also informed them about how TIF came about, legal publishing of notices followed, private business status, possible effects of clustering of motels, need to attract more customers to area, CRA Board recommendations followed and doing what is required by State in legal handling of meetings.

There being no other business for discussion it was moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins to adjourn the regular meeting of May 17, 2005. Motion Carried.

______________________________ ATTEST: _____________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MAY 3, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City clerk in said City on the 3^rd day of May, 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Huggins, Mercer, Waggoner, Calkins. Also attending; Clerk, Attorney, Superintendent, Administrator, Ron Latter, Ron Mroczek, Ken Fairchild, Ginger Jensen, Marty Wolfe, Sam Gillette, Jerry Dietz, Doug Geist, Gary Wheeler and Keri Sheldon.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of May 3rd, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call; Mercer, Huggins, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker, all attending.

Moved by Calkins seconded by Huggins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. Motion Carried.

Moved by Huggins seconded by Waggoner that the minutes of the April l9th, 2005 regular meeting be approved as amended. Motion Carried.

Mayor opens the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Comments and questions were heard on the bill from Enzone on sport equipment.

Moved by Calkins seconded by Mercer that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE 05/03/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35338		4/20/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 148.74
35337		4/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,198.83
		5/3/05	Nebr Cooperative Government	internet service	$ 29.00
		5/3/05	Flower Patch	miscellaneous expense	$ 12.98
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,371.25
		5/3/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint--cleaning	$ 50.00
		5/3/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 27.02
		5/3/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$ 10.98
		5/3/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 1,327.82
		5/3/05	Fort Dearborn Life	life ins	$ 19.20
		5/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 117.38
		5/3/05	Aramark Service	uniform expense	$ 174.36
		5/3/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 172.99
					$ 6,660.55
			STREET
35337		4/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 452.13
		5/3/05	BARCO Muni Products	safety supplies	$ 16.38
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 2,188.00
		5/3/05	Fort Dearborn Life	life ins	$ 9.60
		5/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,843.80
		5/3/05	Motorsports Repair	r & m equipment	$ 505.17
		5/3/05	K.Lawn	grounds maint	$ 20.00
		5/3/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 89.51
		5/3/05	Agri Co-op	chem--fuel	$ 805.88
		5/3/05	T & F Sand & Gravel	road gravel	$ 233.01
		5/3/05	Tom Moulton	contract--street maint	$ 300.00
					$ 6,463.48
			LIBRARY
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 658.00
		5/3/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 74.48
		5/3/05	Fort Dearborn Life	life ins	$ 6.60
35337		4/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,207.24
					$ 2,946.32
			FIRE
		5/3/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 169.73
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,868.00
		5/3/05	Green Country Enterprises	building maint--cleaning	$ 40.00
		5/3/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint--cleaning	$ 175.00
		5/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 197.36
		5/3/05	Aramark Service	building maint--supplies	$ 15.66
		5/3/05	K-Lawn	grounds maint	$ 63.00
					$ 2,528.75
			PARK
35337		4/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 644.18
		5/3/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 55.17
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 519.75
		5/3/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 15.24
		5/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 54.21
		5/3/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 111.79
		5/3/05	Agri Co-op	chem--supplies	$ 521.08
		5/3/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 23.58
					$ 1,945.00
			LANDFILL
35337		4/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 895.05
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 322.25
		5/3/05	South Central Sanitation	trash service	$ 8,088.32
					$ 9,305.62
			AIRPORT
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 653.75
Page 2			CLAIMS DATE 05/03/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			RECREATION
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 491.25
		5/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 42.26
		5/3/05	Endzone Sports & Office	sporting goods	$ 1,208.80
		5/3/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 8.05
		5/3/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 50.20
					$ 1,800.56
			SWIMMING POOL
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 746.00
		5/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 82.18
		5/3/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 7.22
		5/3/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 13.11
					$ 848.51
			SHOP
		5/3/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 22.58
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 313.25
		5/3/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 507.36
		5/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 69.50
		5/3/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 2.49
		5/3/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 12.38
					$ 927.56
			AUDITORIUM
		5/3/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint--cleaning	$ 175.00
		5/3/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 454.06
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 807.00
		5/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 134.27
		5/3/05	Aramark	building maint--cleaning	$ 45.80
					$ 1,616.13
			GAS
20756		4/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,693.41
20757		4/20/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 122.91
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,232.75
		5/3/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 706.56
		5/3/05	Fort Dearborn Life	life ins	$ 9.60
		5/3/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 19.80
		5/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 19.24
		5/3/05	National Public Gas	cost of gas	$ 39,938.78
		5/3/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 63.99
					$ 44,807.04
			WATER
20756		4/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,122.17
20757		4/20/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 98.68
		5/3/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 16.17
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,154.50
		5/3/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 827.20
		5/3/05	Fort Dearborn Life	life ins	$ 16.20
		5/3/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 139.60
		5/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 55.92
		5/3/05	Dutton Lainson	line maint	$ 472.86
		5/3/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 55.84
		5/3/05	Agri Co-op	equipment r & m	$ 35.17
		5/3/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 34.09
					$ 5,028.40
Page 3			CLAIMS DATE 05/03/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			WASTEWATER
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 375.50
		5/3/05	City Alma Payroll	insurance	$ 667.24
					$ 1,042.74
			R.V. PARK
		5/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 100.99
		5/3/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 19.99
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 359.50
		5/3/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 61.03
		5/3/05	PinPoint	cable--tele service--internet	$ 222.43
		5/3/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 42.70
		5/3/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 13.88
					$ 820.52
			CUSTOMER DEPOSIT
		5/3/05	City Alma Utilities	refund applied--R. Walker	$ 94.64
		5/3/05	Ricky Walker	refund--deposit	$ 5.36
					$ 100.00
			PAYROLL
1088		4/20/05	American Funds	pension	$ 921.93
		5/3/05	Blue Cross Blue Shield	insurance	$ 3,775.40
					$ 4,697.33
			HOUSING REHABILITATION
35		4/22/05	Community Development Ser	clearance testing	$ 250.00
36		4/22/05	Zellar-Zulauf Furniture	App # 403 housing rehab	$ 486.50
37		4/22/05	Kauk Konstruction	App # 405 housing rehab	$ 7,347.54
38		4/22/05	Eikmeier Construction	App # 405 housing rehab	$ 700.00
					$ 8,784.04
			GOLF & GOLF BAR EXPENSES
		5/3/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 366.87
		5/3/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	pop	$ 243.30
		5/3/05	Community Bank	prin & int loan payment	$ 9,082.89
		5/3/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 583.61
		5/3/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 211.81
		5/3/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 59.95
		5/3/05	Zellar-Zulauf Furniture	r & m equipment	$ 2.66
		5/3/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$ 30.25
		5/3/05	Fort Dearborn Life	life ins	$ 9.60
		5/3/05	Jake Couch	merchandise purchase	$ 21.17
		5/3/05	Agri Co-op	fuel & supplies	$ 235.95
		5/3/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,578.25
		5/3/05	Valley Plumbing Heating	r & m equipment	$ 257.00
		5/3/05	Toby Thulin	contract labor	$ 750.00
		5/3/05	Air Quality Engineering	equipment	$ 91.51
		5/3/05	Long Island Grain	ground maint--cement	$ 529.38
		5/3/05	Davis Equipment	r & m equipment	$ 74.50
		5/3/05	Vericon Inc.	chemicals	$ 2,150.00
		5/3/05	Wild Bills Foods	grocery	$ 38.28
		5/3/05	United Distillers	concession	$ 676.00
		5/3/05	Sterling Distributing	concession	$ 313.00
EFT		4/28/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$ 188.60
EFT		4/25/05	Nebraskaland Distruting	concession	$ 166.00
EFT		4/26/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 634.70
2659		4/20/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,507.80
2660		4/20/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
					$ 20,854.56

There were no comments and or discussion upon the presented treasurer’s report or warrants. Report was accepted as presented.

Marty Wolfe, pool manager, gave a report to the Mayor and Council about the upcoming swimming pool season. Topics brought up and discussed pertaining to the pool report included; certification of staff, pool hours proposed, swimming lessons, night swimming schedule, painting of pool timetable and possible opening date of 23^rd of May if paint is completely dry or most likely the 27^th of May. Marty also invited the Mayor, Council and all to come out to the pool and check everything out.

Ken Fairchild, Olsson Associated, presented a letter of agreement for professional services pertaining to the electric Distribution Probable Operation Costs (“Project”) Alma, Nebraska. Topics presented concerning agreement included; schedule for Olsson Associates services, compensation of services shall be time and materials not to exceed $7,000.00, terms and conditions of services and scope of all services. Discussion followed upon cost comparisons, qualified personnel retention, upkeep of system, maintenance of system, transfers of funds and the amount of time to complete report being about 45 to 60 days. Motion made by Huggins seconded by Calkins to accept proposal with minor modifications to be made by Mr. Fairchild. All in favor of motion, Huggins, Calkins, Waggoner. Opposed to motion was Mercer. Motion carried.

Discussion upon Furnas/Harlan Partnership centered around no decision has been made by County upon joining and the possibility of the County joining a 12 community organization. More discussion is needed before Council can make a commitment. Subject tabled till more information is had and finding out what the County is going to do. Subject to be put on future agenda for action.

Clerk presented a Class “C” liquor license application request from Douglas P. Geist & Kent A. Shaffer dba “The Station” 408 hwy 183 P.O. Box 81, Alma, Nebraska 68920/Haarlan county License #C67595 for Council review and action. Clerk reported that there were no written nor oral objections for or against said Class “C” application. Motion made by Mercer seconded by Huggins to approve presented Class “C” application request. Motion carried.

City Council received a recommendation from the Community Redevelopment Authority Board to approve tax increment financing for Harlan Lodging Enterprises, LLC, motel project. Council Member Calkins excused himself from discussion upon said recommendation. Topics discussed included; utilities services, size of proposed building and report that the Alma Fire Department would be able to handle fire or emergencies at the proposed building. Motion made by Mercer seconded by Waggoner to accept CRA recommendation and to pass a resolution approving the TIF application. All in favor of motion were; Mercer, Waggoner, Huggins. Abstaining was Calkins. Motion Carried.

Gary Wheeler visited with the Mayor and Council about erecting a verterans memorial.

Topics discussed pertaining to proposal included; location possibilities, dimensions of memorial, approximate cost of project, size of lettering on memorial, make up of material for memorial, number of veterans names needed for start up, costs to citizens for having veterans names on memorial, possible moving of trees for memorial location. It was decided by Council to have Mr. Wheeler move forward with project, stake out location for Council approval and no movement of trees. Motion made by Calkins to allow installation at approved site by Council, seconded by Huggins. Motion Carried.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report of upcoming pre-construction conference on trail attendance, trail regulations to look into, training of people for red carpet treatment on surrounding availabilities, possible building for Pin Point office space, Johnson Center Memorial report, informational letter on Johnson Center renting policy to renters, airport hanger project notice to proceed letter, payment on hanger building comments and length of time of project.

The time being 7:00 o’clock p.m. May 3, 2005 it was moved by Huggins seconded by Calkins to go into executive session for discussion upon personnel issues. Motion Carried.

The time being 7:20 o’clock p.m. May 3^rd, 2005, it was moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins to come out of executive session and return to the regular meeting. Motion Carried.

Mayor reported that the topic of the executive session was for personnel issue discussion and setting up a Personnel Committee consisting of the Mayor, Administrator and Council member Huggins.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the following topics were brought up; accounts receivable policy following, explanation of outstanding accounts needed, presentation of a check from Employees Mutual of $l,675.00 from Waggoner to City, town clean up report by Ron Latter, possible need of articles in paper pertaining to clean up material, possible charge on excess items, report on replacement of City bobcat program costs and approval from council to keep up with the replacement program.

There being no other business for discussion it was moved by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to adjourn the regular meeting of May 3^rd, 2005. Motion Carried.

_________________________ ATTEST: ___________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

APRIL 19, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 19^th day of April, 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were Mayor: Haeker. Council Members: Calkins, Huggins, Mercer. Also attending the meeting; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Ken Johnson, Corey Ten Bentsel, Ginger Jensen, Tom Thomas, Roger Stockton and Joe Torrey.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of April 19^th, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call; Mercer, Huggins, Calkins, Mayor Haeker, all attending. Absent was Waggoner.

Moved by Calkins seconded by Huggins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. Motion Carried.

Moved by Mercer seconded by Huggins that the minutes of the April 5^th, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. The only comments heard were about the number of used carts purchased by the Golf Course.

Moved by Huggins seconded by Mercer that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE 4/19/05_____
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35308		4/6/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,467.97
35309		4/6/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 161.24
35310		4/8/05	Patricia Underwood	contract econ development	$ 1,250.00
		4/19/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 266.38
		4/19/05	Thermo-Shield of Nebr	building maint	$ 253.50
		4/19/05	Aramak	uniform expense	$ 181.28
		4/19/05	Main Street Printing	office supplies	$ 125.00
		4/19/05	City Alma Petty Cash	reimburse petty cash fund	$ 95.83
		4/19/05	Nebr Muni Power Pool	annual meeting registration	$ 95.00
		4/19/05	Hogeland Market	office supplies	$ 13.13
		4/19/05	Omaha World Herald	subscription	$ 18.20
		4/19/05	Nebr Department of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 182.00
		4/19/05	Duncan Duncan Jelkin	attorney fees	$ 1,000.00
		4/19/05	Frontier	telephone expense	$ 184.74
		4/19/05	N. P.P.D. Electric	small building final elec	$ 22.28
		4/19/05	Dutton-Lainson Company	office equipment	$ 201.43
					$ 7,517.98
			STREET
35309		4/6/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 57.74
		4/19/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 248.74
		4/19/05	Great Plains One Call	line locates	$ 87.00
		4/19/05	Harlan County Journal	trail project advertisement	$ 201.15
		4/19/05	Bosselman Energy, Inc.	fuel	$ 195.08
		4/19/05	QPR (United States)	r& m supplies	$ 578.34
					$ 1,368.05
			LIBRARY
		4/19/05	Nebr Department of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 83.23
35294		4/6/05	Pam Metzger	contract labor	$ 73.50
35295		4/6/05	Frontier Citizens Comm	telephone service	$ 152.02
35296		4/6/05	N.P.P.D.	electric	$ 134.16
35297		4/6/05	Modern Methods	service agreement	$ 28.81
35298		4/6/05	National Geographic	magazines	$ 9.95
35299		4/6/05	The Library Store	supplies	$ 43.75
35300		4/6/05	Nebraska Library Commission	books	$ 12.38
35301		4/6/05	Scholastic Library	books	$ 97.50
35302		4/6/05	Librarians' Book Express	books	$ 393.21
35303		4/6/05	Childs Play	books	$ 65.20
35304		4/6/05	Columbia House	videos	$ 34.89
35305		4/6/05	Ingram	books	$ 471.75
35306		4/6/05	Quill Corporation	office supplies	$ 151.43
					$ 1,751.78
			FIRE
		4/19/05	Alma Fire Department	calls	$ 178.00
		4/19/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 37.11
		4/19/05	FYR-TEK	r & m equipment	$ 300.00
					$ 515.11
			PARK
		4/19/05	Nebr Department of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 2.48
		4/19/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 22.81
					$ 25.29
			SWIMMING POOL
		4/19/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 6.42
					$ 6.42
			SHOP
		4/19/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 65.63
					$ 65.63
Page 2			CLAIMS DATE 4/19/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			POLICE
		4/19/05	Harlan County Treasurer	contract	$ 3,468.00
					$ 3,468.00
			LANDFILL
35308		4/6/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 636.11
					$ 636.11
			AIRPORT
		4/19/05	Twin Valleys P.P.D.	electric	$ 13.50
		4/19/05	Kirkham Michael Associates	engineers estimate (4)	$ 1,658.21
		4/19/05	Kirkham Michael Associates	engineers estimate (5)	$ 292.63
					$ 1,964.34
			GAS
20739		4/6/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 2,633.86
20740		4/6/05	City Alma Payroll	pension	$ 62.40
		4/19/05	All Tell	cell phone--russ	$ 30.39
		4/19/05	Nebr Department of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 181.68
		4/19/05	State Nebr Department Rev	sales-city-use tax	$ 5,029.99
		4/19/05	Eakes Office Plus	forms--utility bills	$ 52.00
		4/19/05	Dresser Piping Spec	line maint	$ 676.40
		4/19/05	All Tell	cell & on call phone	$ 70.01
		4/19/05	National Public Gas Agency	cost of gas	$ 51,679.82
		4/19/05	I-con Solutions, Inc.	r & m equipment	$ 92.23
					$ 60,508.78
			WATER
20739		4/6/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 2,145.03
20740		4/6/05	City Alma Payroll	pension	$ 99.74
		4/19/05	Nebr Department of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 154.45
		4/19/05	State Nebr Department Rev	sales-city-use tax	$ 620.94
		4/19/05	Eakes Office Plus	forms--utility bills	$ 52.00
		4/19/05	T & S Tire & Auto	tire r & m	$ 10.00
		4/19/05	Bosselman Energy, Inc.	fuel	$ 163.45
		4/19/05	Dutton Lainson	line maint	$ 101.77
		4/19/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 65.41
		4/19/05	Twin Valleys P.P.D.	electric	$ 291.12
		4/19/05	State NE HHS Laboratory	line testing	$ 30.00
					$ 3,733.91
			WASTEWATER
		4/19/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 6.13
		4/19/05	Nebr Department of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 84.78
		4/19/05	State Nebr Department Rev	sales-city-use tax	$ 421.11
		4/19/05	Eakes Office Plus	forms--utility bills	$ 52.00
					$ 564.02
			R.V. PARK
20739		4/6/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 592.07
		4/19/05	Nebr Department of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 21.45
		4/19/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 45.82
					$ 659.34
			PAYROLL
1086		4/6/05	American Funds	pension	$ 941.64
		4/19/05	Nebr Department of Revenue	nebr withholding	$ 505.12
					$ 1,446.76
			HOUSING REHABILITATION
34		4/8/05	Shaffer Construction	app (401) work done	$ 1,530.79
					$ 1,530.79
Page 3			CLAIMS DATE 4/19/05
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR EXP
		4/19/05	Hogeland Market	groc supplies	$ 145.21
		4/19/05	Coca Cola Dr. Pepper	pop	$ 415.00
		4/19/05	Brown Transfer	shipping charges	$ 87.80
		4/19/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 46.93
		4/19/05	T & F Sand & Gravel	grounds maint	$ 229.37
		4/19/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 485.77
		4/19/05	Nebr Department of Labor	unemployment ins	$ 137.79
		4/19/05	Midwest Turf & Irrigation	grounds maint	$ 725.42
		4/19/05	Holmes Plumbing & Heating	grounds maint	$ 40.00
		4/19/05	Nebraska Golf & Turf	used cart purchases	$ 10,500.00
		4/19/05	Arrow Seed Company	chemicals and seeds	$ 1,096.96
		4/19/05	Office Solutions	operating supplies	$ 158.97
		4/19/05	Shaffer Construction	load of rock & used lockers	$ 731.94
		4/19/05	Frito Lay, Inc.	groc purchase	$ 55.22
		4/19/05	Arrow Seed Company	chemicals and seeds	$ 827.50
		4/19/05	United Distillers Products	concession	$ 298.00
		4/19/05	Sterling Distributing	concession	$ 341.32
		4/19/05	United Distillers Products	concession	$ 274.80
EFT		4/11/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 137.80
EFT		4/12/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$ 235.00
EFT		4/12/05	H & H Distributors	concession	$ 301.20
EFT		4/6/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$ 225.41
EFT		4/5/06	H & H Distributors	concession	$ 48.70
2639		4/6/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 2,280.14
2640		4/6/05	City Alma Payroll	pension	$ 51.48
					$ 19,877.73

There being no questions, comments, additions or deletions to the presented treasurer’s report it was moved by Mercer seconded by Huggins to approve report. Motion Carried.

Ken Johnson, Furnas/Harlan Partnership, gave a slide presentation to Mayor, Council and all in attendance pertaining to the partnership. Topics presented and discussed included; overview , quality of life, population changes, household income comparisons, age distribution figures, history of partnership activities, accomplishments, benefits, strategies, funding, budget breakdown, financial investment benefits, breakdown by Counties on cost, breakdown of Harlan County costs, timeline of proposal and what all the partnership is proposed to do for the community. Questions arising concerning presentation included; set of goals striving for, concerns about not all joining, what would be the best ways to allocate resources, in kind resources use, survey questions pertaining to proposal and need of further examination of all facts and figures. Subject on Community Partnership tabled until May 3^rd, 2005 regular meeting for any action.

N.P.P.D. electric distribution system discussion included; report on comparisons of all other communities, clearness of comparison questions, comments on future guarantees, opinions expressed leaning toward Pro-Agreement because of knowledge and equipment, opinion expressed concerning need of further analysis and projections, need of more information concerning electrical system, possible hiring engineering firm for further input, costs of professional consultant concerns expressed. It was decided to try and have consultant attend May 3^rd, 2005 meeting to provide more information before decision is made on electrical distribution system.

Community Survey discussion included, report of discussion held with Kay Payne, (UNK), concerning questions on survey and possible use of smaller survey down the road. It was decided by Council to go ahead and move forward with the survey.

Mayor and City Council thanked the City Attorney for his opinion letter as to the rights and obligations of the City Council with regard to protection of the City and it employees from defamatory remarks.

It was noted and discussed that the public has the right to criticize government officials and operations and that great latitude is allowed in making these criticisms. In some instances, even criticisms involving untrue allegations are protected. However this privilege does disappear under certain circumstances and it was reported to the Mayor and City Council there are remedies available for slander, libel, and invasion of privacy under such circumstances. It was also noted that newspapers or other media may also be joined as defendants in a libel or invasion of privacy action.

Discussion also involved the numerous public statements made about elected officials and city personnel and that factually untrue statements had been reduced to writing and published. After additional discussion it was decided to monitor the situation closely in light of available opinions.

Backflow issue comments included; report that water superintendent went through all issues satisfactory with Mayor and also that water superintendent has spoken to Citizen about complaint and he was satisfied with what water superintendent reported to him. City Ordinance # 3-043-l, an ordinance to require that customers of the City of Alma water distribution system install necessary backflow prevention devices, where needed, was reviewed by Council.

D. Keslar house discussion included; ownership of property, need to have articles cleared out of building and off of property, status of what to do with building on property, potential interest in lot for new construction, comments about what to do with property after house is removed. It was decided to have the City Attorney send legal paperwork to family giving them 60 days to clear out property.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report that still waiting for contract signatures and pre-construction conference date on trail project, possible set up a committee to advise Council about any extra plans for trail area, no personnel issues, economic development projects ongoing comments, no board of health issues, airport pre-construction conference report given. City Administrator explained that some bills on housing rehabilitation projects were turned in late and that they needed to be okayed for payment. Motion made by Huggins seconded by Mercer to pay the presented bills. Motion Carried.

There being no other agenda items for discussion, the Mayor opened the floor to any other comments or discussion. Topics brought up included; report that street light in question has been fixed, noxious weed problem reported, need to inform public on control of noxious weeds, street sweeper replacement comments, capping of well at sewer lagoons report, skateboarding area status, insurance questions on skate board ramps that need to be found out, fund raising projects, possible ice skating rink comments, other areas of interest expressed on skateboarding possibilities, and permission given by Council to go ahead and keep looking into project.

There being no other business or topics for discussion it was moved by Calkins seconded by Huggins to adjourn the meeting of April 19, 2005. Motion Carried.

______________________________ ATTEST: ___________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

APRIL 5^TH, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 5^th day of April, 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Mercer, Waggoner and Calkins. Also attending the meeting; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Michael Huggins, Ginger Jensen, Dick Coe, Leon Kuhlin, Kirsten Prickett, Russ Pfeil, Pat Underwood, Neil Molzahn, Jerry Dietz, Sam Gillette, Ruth Gillette and Bryan Ransdell.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of April 5^th, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. Present.

Moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. Motion Carried.

Moved by Mercer seconded by Calkins that the minutes of the March 15^th, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. Motion Carried.

Mayor opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Clerk reported that there were no corrections, addition or deletions made on the presented listing.

Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS: APRIL 5, 2005
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35262		3/16/05	City Alma Housing Rehab	service fees	$ 84.00
35263		3/23/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,198.82
35264		3/23/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 148.74
		4/5/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 217.76
		4/5/05	Harlan County Journal	subscrpt-prin & publish	$ 969.06
		4/5/05	Duncan Duncan Jelkin	legal	$ 1,000.00
		4/5/05	Jan Rojewski	cleaning---bldg maint	$ 50.00
		4/5/05	Julie Hansen	reimbursement books bought	$ 36.76
		4/5/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 19.20
		4/5/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 91.18
		4/5/05	Nebraska Co-op Government	internet service	$ 29.00
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	elec usage charge	$ 149.50
		4/5/05	Michael Richman	travel & meal expense	$ 125.92
		4/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 28.47
		4/5/05	Zellar Zulauf Furniture	office equipment	$ 129.88
		4/5/05	Hanna Variety	office supplies	$ 39.30
		4/5/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 53.26
c-card		3/31/05	Garden Café & Bakery	meal	$ 10.00
c-card		3/30/05	Holiday Inn--Hastings	room	$ 61.60
c-card		3/28/05	Symantec	computer service	$ 46.94
		4/5/05	Aramark	uniform expense	$ 474.55
					$ 6,963.94
			STREET
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,843.80
		4/5/05	The Island Supply	r & m equipment	$ 724.94
		4/5/05	Nebr Department Roads	maintenance agreement	$ 840.00
		4/5/05	Michael Todd & Company	signs	$ 391.50
		4/5/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment	$ 5.18
		4/5/05	Lincoln Journal Star	print & publish	$ 191.51
		4/5/05	Liberty Flags	flags	$ 290.95
		4/5/05	BARCO Muni Products	equipment safety	$ 133.63
		4/5/05	T & S Tire & Auto	r & m equipment	$ 72.95
		4/5/05	Agri Co-op	fuel--chemicals	$ 111.65
					$ 4,606.11
			FIRE
		4/5/05	Green Country Enterprises	floor maint	$ 40.00
		4/5/05	Agri Co-op	fuel--chemicals	$ 22.24
		4/5/05	Jan Rojewski	building maint--cleaning	$ 175.00
		4/5/05	Apria Healthcare	chemicals	$ 42.50
		4/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w--s-t	$ 420.53
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 195.12
		4/5/05	linweld	chemicals---gas	$ 31.73
		4/5/05	Aramark	cleaning---bldg maint	$ 15.66
		4/5/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 23.45
					$ 966.23
			SHOP
		4/5/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 12.42
		4/5/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 6.81
		4/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 601.17
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 64.10
					$ 684.50
			LIBRARY
35263		3/23/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,370.90
		4/5/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 6.60
		4/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 122.56
					$ 2,500.06
			POOL
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 63.06
					$ 63.06
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Claim #	Invoice #	Inv--date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			AUDITORIUM
		4/5/05	Jan Rojewski	cleaning---building maint	$ 175.00
		4/5/05	Aramark	cleaning---building maint	$ 45.80
		4/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 567.72
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 113.28
					$ 901.80
			PARK
35263		3/23/05	City Alma Payroll Account	payroll	$ 205.34
		4/5/05	Agri Co-op	supplies--r & m	$ 70.83
		4/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 16.01
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 54.21
					$ 346.39
			RECREATION
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 40.08
					$ 40.08
			LANDFILL
		4/5/05	South Central Sanitation	trash service	$ 7,922.62
					$ 7,922.62
			AIRPORT
		4/5/05	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$ 13.63
					$ 13.63
			GAS
20717		3/22/05	State Department Revenue	sales-use tax	$ 6,309.97
20718		3/23/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,502.20
20719		3/23/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 116.52
		4/5/05	Office Solutions	supplies	$ 19.08
		4/5/05	Agri Co-op	supplies-fuel	$ 59.85
		4/5/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 19.80
		4/5/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		4/5/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 58.04
		4/5/05	M.T. Deason Company	line maint	$ 85.88
		4/5/05	U.S. Postal Service	postage machine	$ 300.00
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 19.24
		4/5/05	Nebr Municipal Power Pool	membership dues	$ 517.10
					$ 10,017.28
			WATER
20717		3/22/05	State Department Revenue	sales-use tax	$ 626.90
20718		3/23/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,202.46
20719		3/23/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 102.41
		4/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 16.17
		4/5/05	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$ 396.81
		4/5/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 18.76
		4/5/05	Agri Co-op	supplies r & m	$ 124.54
		4/5/05	Municipal Supply Inc	line maint	$ 508.83
		4/5/05	Aflac	insurance	$ 139.60
		4/5/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 16.20
		4/5/05	Nebraska Rural Water	registration	$ 120.00
		4/5/05	State NE HHS Labs	line maint	$ 30.00
		4/5/05	MTl COL Columbus	room	$ 92.00
		4/5/05	Builders Choice	grounds maint	$ 9.69
		4/5/05	U. S. Postal Service	postage machine	$ 300.00
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 456.26
					$ 5,160.63
			CUSTOMER DEPOST
		4/5/05	City Utilities	hale refund applied	$ 100.00
					$ 100.00
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			WASTEWATER
20717		3/23/05	State Department Revenue	sales-use tax	$ 374.79
		4/5/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 40.00
		4/5/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		4/5/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 97.36
		4/5/05	Builders Choice	line maint	$ 5.16
		4/5/05	U. S. Postal Service	postage machine	$ 300.00
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 291.69
					$ 1,118.60
			R.V. PARK
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 25.10
		4/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 55.37
		4/5/05	Pin Point	cable service	$ 43.45
					$ 123.92
			PAYROLL
1084		3/23/05	American Funds	pension	$ 915.21
		4/5/05	Blue Cross Blue Shield	insurance	$ 3,775.40
					$ 4,690.61
			HOUSING REHAB EXPENSES
		4/5/05	Community Development Ser	general administration	$ 631.00
		4/5/05	Jerry Dietz	app (406) rehab work	$ 1,525.00
		4/5/05	Metzger Plumbing	app (406) rehab work	$ 1,074.57
		4/5/05	Shaffer Construction	app (407) rehab work	$ 388.91
					$ 3,619.48
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR EXPS
		4/5/05	Hogeland Market	operation supplies	$ 754.04
		4/5/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	pop	$ 289.10
		4/5/05	Brad Pearson	range ball purchase	$ 400.00
		4/5/05	Brown Transfer	shipping	$ 43.60
		4/5/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 44.88
		4/5/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 80.03
		4/5/05	Hall Electric & Refrigeration	r & m buildings	$ 268.00
		4/5/05	Builders Choice	grounds maint	$ 6.19
		4/5/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 263.04
		4/5/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 315.76
		4/5/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 49.76
		4/5/05	Hanna Variety	operation supplies	$ 150.98
2619		3/22/05	Nebraska Dept Revenue	sales-use tax	$ 404.28
2620		3/23/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,873.76
2621		3/23/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
		4/5/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		4/5/05	Office Solutions	supplies	$ 37.99
		4/5/05	Frito Lay, Inc.	concessions	$ 58.05
		4/5/05	United Distillers	concessions	$ 325.30
		4/5/05	Cash Wa	supplies	$ 13.25
EFT		3/21/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concessions	$ 235.00
EFT		3/21/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concessions	$ 27.00
EFT		3/21/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 45.90
EFT		3/14/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 115.50
EFT		3/16/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concessions	$ 49.80
EFT		3/28/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 452.70
EFT		3/28/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concessions	$ 148.80
					$ 6,513.79

Mayor Haeker explained to all that he had at the last regular City Council meeting March 15, 2005 nominated Michael Huggins to fill the empty City Council seat and that City Council had approved his nominations. Clerk reported that the Oath of Office and Potential conflict of interest statement has been signed by new Council Member Huggins.

There was no comments or discussion to be had on the treasurer’s report and warrant discussion. Treasurer’s report accepted as presented.

Nebraska Public Power electrical distribution system discussion included; report on presentation given by Leon Kuhlin, total revenue reports discussed, question about operational costs not broken down by community, liability comments, economic impact comments heard, need to compare and look at all figures before decision is made. Subject of electrical distribution system tabled until April 19^th 2005 regular meeting so all information could be had.

City Administrator recommended the following board appointments for Council review and action. Bruce Ring, Ken Guthrie, Dave Pfeil to planning zoning commission and LaVon Olson from alternate member of Board of Zoning Adjustment to being a full member. After short discussion it was moved by Mercer seconded by Waggoner to approve appointments as stated. Motion Carried.

City Administrator introduced Pat Underwood to all and presented a formal proposal for her to serve as City Auditorium event Coordinator. Topics brought up and discussed included; proposal agreement with City of Alma contents, Chamber of Commerce participation, formal obligations of proposal, estimated financial returns, telephone provision, advertisement budget, time line of coordinating first proposed event, public admittance fee, participation in event by local and regional businesses, support from local organizations and participation level hopes. Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to approve proposed contract with Pat Underwood as written. Motion Carried.

City Clerk reported that there was only one insurance bid proposal for City Insurance turned in. That bid was turned in by Waggoner Insurance Agency. City Council Member Waggoner excused himself from discussion upon insurance bid proposal. It was explained that bid proposal was sent to three companies. Amount of cost for bid proposal reported to be approximately $7,800.00 less than last years insurance costs. Comments were heard from Council about how Paul Waggoner handled the insurance proposal and his help with trying to get more insurance bids in a professional manner. Motion made by Calkins to accept bid proposal as stated by Waggoner Insurance, seconded by Mercer. Upon roll call vote the following voted yes; Mercer, Huggins, Calkins. Waggoner abstained. Motion Carried.

City Administrator informed Mayor and Council that bid opening was held the 17^th day of March, 2005 on the hiking biking trail projects, TDA Project number 2003 (004), RTP Project number 2003 (005) and NDOR Project number STPB-42(22) and that four bids were received. Bids received included; Werner Construction $585,013.63 for 6” asphalt trail, Werner Construction $689,877.17 for 5” P.C.C. trail, Paulsen Inc. $625,336.45 for 5” P.C.C. trail and Cement Products Inc. $549,067.98 for 5” P.C.C. trail. Topics discussed concerning bids received included; bid approval comments from State Department of Roads and Game & Parks Commission, need of resolution authorizing chief elected official to sign all contracts regarding Alma Methodist Cove hiking/biking trail, dirt work to be done, paperwork that needs to be done and possible first of May start up time frame and possible 60 to 90 days till completion. Motion made by Calkins to accept low bid as stated, seconded by Mercer. Motion Carried. Council Member Calkins made motion to amend original motion to include authorizing chief elected official to sign all needed paperwork. Motion seconded by Mercer. Motion Carried. Also discussed concerning the hiking biking trail was, sample trail regulations to go over, signage work to look at, dirt work at start up of trail, possible rocking for parking lot, gazebo work to be done by Alma Rotary club, okay given to go ahead for Rotary on gazebo project and parking area, possible wait till trail started so equipment won’t tear up parking area suggestions.

Community Assessment Survey discussion included; comprehensive survey coming up, door to door distribution of survey planned, repeat of 2001 survey with more current topics on survey, confidentiality of survey, working with Kay Payne, UNK, on survey, need to find out what citizens of community want, rewording of survey to include City Staff comments, customer satisfaction main goal, economic development concerns, perception of public, need to visit with Kay Payne of perception issues and possible month of May for survey work with having town hall meeting on results in June.

City Administrator explained that the hearing on the CDBG South Street Grant application was advertised to be opened at 7:30 p.m. The time being 6:45 p.m. it was decided to go on with rest of meeting business and to come back to Grant application hearing at 7:30 p.m.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; no other comments on hiking biking trail, no economic development issues, housing rehabilitation work going on, no board of health meeting so no issues to discuss, report on pre-conference for airport hanger project and report that all hangers were spoken for airplane storage at this time.

The time being 6:45 p.m., April 5^th, 2005 motion made by Mercer seconded by Calkins to go into executive session for discussion on personnel issues. Motion Carried.

The time being 7:30 p.m., April 5^th, 2005 motion made by Calkins seconded by Mercer to come out of executive session and return to the regular meeting. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker explained purpose of executive session was on discussion of personnel matters and the City Administrator was to provide more facts and figures at a future meeting.

The time being 7:30 p.m., April 5^th, 2005 Mayor Haeker opened the public hearing for CDBG South Street Grant Application discussion. Topics brought up and discussed included; application explanation that seeking grant of $250,000.00 for South Street from highway 183 to Lincoln Street, reported that estimated cost of project would be $439,000.00, need of resolution authorizing chief elected official to sign application request, possible including Park Avenues comments, one & six year road report referred to on comments. There being no other comments or questions to be heard the Mayor closed the hearing Moved by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to approve resolution authorizing Mayor to sign any and all paperwork between the City and State on Grant application. Motion Carried.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor opened the floor to any other comments or discussion. Council Member Huggins requested from City Attorney a legal definition of libel and slander and advice on responsibility of Council to protect City Government and employees from libel and or slander. Other topics brought up included; fire department issues have been taken care of report, utility bill letter composition comments, cross connection comments from State relayed, letter from Jim Bowen on Stake holders meeting, delinquent account report comments, health issue concerns with utility shut offs comments, have water superintendent look into complaints, comments and discussion about the possibility of getting an ethanol plant project started, need of a lot more work and gathering of information on proposal, okay given by Council to have Mr. Dick Coe gather more information on proposal with City help and to have him report back at future meeting with findings,

There being no other issues for discussion it was moved by Waggoner seconded by Mercer to adjourn the regular meeting of April 5^th 2005. Motion Carried.

_________________________________ ATTEST: _________________________

Mayor Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MARCH 15, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 15^th day of March 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Waggoner, Mercer, Calkins. Also attending; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Russ Pfeil, Ginger Jensen and Gary Wheeler.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of March 15, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. All attending.

Moved by Calkins seconded by Waggoner that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. Motion Carried.

Moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins that the minutes of the March 1^st, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. Motion Carried.

Mayor opened the floor to discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Question arose pertaining to the phone bill at the R.V. park, comments were expressed upon the Burge clean-up bill in wastewater department, possible suggested to re-submit bill to insurance company and instruction given to Administrator to check and make sure all figures are correct before payment of bill.

Moved by Mercer seconded by Waggoner that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE: MARCH 15, 2005_
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35224		3/7/05	Jan Rojewski	cleaning	$ 50.00
35327		3/9/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,467.96
35238		3/9/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 161.24
c-card		3/4/05	Bico's	meal expense	$ 19.00
		3/15/05	Aramark Service	uniforms	$ 181.28
		3/15/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 88.38
		3/15/05	AllTell	cell phone	$ 54.76
		3/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 175.72
		3/15/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 12.15
		3/15/05	Institute Municipal Clerks	registration	$ 125.00
		3/15/05	Harlan County Tourism	advertisement space	$ 50.00
		3/15/05	Rep Valley Animal Center	animal care	$ 75.66
		3/15/05	Countryman Associates	audit work	$ 1,300.00
		3/15/05	Duncan,Duncan, Jelkin	legal	$ 1,000.00
		3/15/05	Pension Administrators	services	$ 495.00
		3/15/05	Harlan County Journal	print & publish	$ 436.51
		3/15/05	City Alma	petty cash	$ 92.45
		3/15/05	Kearney Hub	subscription	$ 108.00
					$ 7,893.11
			STREET
		3/15/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 119.25
		3/15/05	EDM Equipment	sweeper parts	$ 799.17
		3/15/05	Great Plains One Call	line locates	$ 56.00
		3/15/05	McClymont Implement	r & m equipment	$ 157.63
		3/15/05	Shaffer Construction	cement work	$ 480.00
					$ 1,612.05
			FIRE
35224		3/7/05	Jan Rojewski	cleaning	$ 175.00
		3/15/05	Mid-Nebr Fire Extinguisher	r & m equipment	$ 216.15
		3/15/05	Frontier	services	$ 37.11
		3/15/05	AllTell	cell phone	$ 23.45
		3/15/05	LINWELD	gases	$ 29.24
					$ 480.95
			LIBRARY
35236		3/8/05	Penworthy Company	books	$ 283.45
35235		3/8/05	Rockbottom Book Co.	books	$ 108.82
35234		3/8/05	Knowledge Industries	books	$ 187.61
35233		3/8/05	rep Valley Library System	prof & school	$ 30.00
35232		3/8/05	Columbia House	videos	$ 58.71
35231		3/8/05	Ingram	books	$ 495.99
35230		3/8/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 151.19
35229		3/8/05	Upstart	supplies	$ 168.16
35228		3/8/05	Nebr Public Power	electric	$ 161.23
35227		3/8/05	The Library Store	supplies	$ 72.49
35226		3/8/05	Pam Metzger	contract labor	$ 68.25
35225		3/8/05	Modern Methods	miscellaneous expense	$ 28.81
					$ 1,814.71
			SHOP
		3/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 60.15
		3/15/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 117.49
					$ 177.64
			AUDITORIUM
35224		3/7/05	Jan Rojewski	cleaning	$ 175.00
					$ 175.00
			POLICE
		3/15/05	Harlan County Treas	contract labor	$ 3,468.00
					$ 3,468.00
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Claim #	Invoice #	Inv--date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			POOL
		3/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 6.55
					$ 6.55
			GAS
20702		3/9/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 5,584.22
20703		3/9/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 109.67
		3/15/05	Heath Consultants	calibrate equipment	$ 165.38
		3/15/05	Olsson Associates	engineering	$ 750.00
		3/15/05	Industrial Sales	line maint	$ 688.80
		3/15/05	National Public Gas	cost of gas	$ 80,050.05
		3/15/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 71.70
					$ 87,419.82
			WATER
20702		3/9/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,145.07
20703		3/9/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 99.74
		3/15/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 100.05
		3/15/05	T & S Auto & Tire	lube & service	$ 48.00
		3/15/05	Municipal Supply Nebr.	line maint	$ 765.96
		3/15/05	Nebr Public Power	electric	$ 504.24
		3/15/05	Shaffer Construction	line maint	$ 685.00
					$ 4,348.06
			WASTEWATER
		3/15/05	Nebr Public Power	electric	$ 323.91
		3/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 6.13
		3/15/05	Donald Burge	sewer clean-up	$ 501.00
					$ 831.04
			R.V. PARK
20702		3/9/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 592.00
		3/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 52.59
		3/15/05	PinPoint	cable service	$ 43.45
					$ 688.04
			PAYROLL
1082		3/9/05	American Funds	pension	$ 918.43
1083		3/14/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	nebr monthly w/h	$ 777.02
					$ 1,695.45
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR
		3/15/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 107.35
		3/15/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	concessions	$ 171.10
		3/15/05	All Tell	cell phone	$ 49.76
		3/15/05	Harlan County Journal	print & publish	$ 96.00
		3/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 45.42
		3/15/05	Tat Golf Signs & Supply	grounds maint	$ 151.32
		3/15/05	Brown Transfer	shipping	$ 43.60
		3/15/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 54.30
		3/15/05	Office Solutions	supplies	$ 52.99
		3/15/05	United Distillers	concessions	$ 149.65
		3/15/05	Sterling Distributing	concessions	$ 130.00
EFT		3/7/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concessions	$ 34.50
EFT		3/7/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 265.15
EFT		3/10/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concessions	$ 44.10
EFT		2/28/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concessions	$ 66.40
2606		3/9/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,109.52
2607		3/9/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
					$ 3,622.64

Treasurer’s report and warrant discussion included the need to check totals on debt due and payment of gas bill. There being no other discussion or comments upon the treasurer’s report it was accepted as presented.

Approval of Priscila Garrett to work at golf course bar discussion included; how hired, manager of bar participation in hiring. Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to approve Priscila Garrett as recommend by Manager of bar to work at the golf course bar. Motion Carried.

Motion made by Mercer seconded by Waggoner to approve Dusti Torrey to serve on the City Tree Board. Motion Carried.

Motion made by Mercer seconded by Waggoner to approve Russ Pfeil as building inspector and zoning administrator at $l00.00 per month. Motion Carried.

City Administrator presented paperwork from the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics that needed to be discussed and signed. Paperwork included; resolution adopting and approving execution of a revolving hanger program agreement and financing statement for hanger project H-01 and a resolution adopting and approving the execution of a financial assistant agreement for project number SA-3, both resolutions with the Department of Aeronautics of the State of Nebraska for development of a hanger at the Alma Municipal Airport. Council member Calkins introduced the two resolutions, read the two resolutions by title and moved for final passage of the resolutions. Council member Waggoner seconded the motion on the resolutions, Mayor Haeker okayed to sign the resolutions. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker explained that he had compiled a list of names interested in filling the empty seat on the Council. After short discussion the Mayor named Michael Huggins as the citizen he would like to appoint to fill the empty City Council seat. Moved by Mercer seconded by Calkins to accept the Mayors appointment of Michael Huggins to fill the empty seat on the City Council for fulfillment of term December 2006. Motion Carried.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report on upcoming bid opening Thursday March 17, 2005 on the hiking biking trail, advertisement of bid opening explained, consultants agreements okayed for Mayor to sign, dirt work comments, gravel work at start of path comments, volunteers possible available for help comments, possible need of committee to look into start up work at beginning of trail comments, housing rehabilitation project reported as about 75% completed, no report on Board of Health issues, Airport Hanger project going on as scheduled.

The time being 6:20 p.m. March 15, 2005 it was moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins to go into executive session for discussion upon Personnel matters and Economic issues. Motion Carried.

The time being 6:50 p.m. March 15, 2005 it was moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins to come out of executive session and return to the regular meeting. Motion Carried.

Motion made by Waggoner seconded by Mercer to have the City Administrator hire seasonal help as necessary. Motion Carried.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor opened the floor to discussion. Topics brought up included; comments from Gary Wheeler about a possible memorial for Veteran’s project, comments from Council to have Mr. Wheeler continue his work on the proposed project, concerns expressed about the number of pot holes showing up on South Street, temporary methods of fixing pot holes suggested, explanation of funding list for proposed projects given, information relayed on about the existing well at lagoon site, options given as to how to handle well at site comments, suggested to go ahead and make well inactive okayed, use of City Auditorium comments, possible hire of coordinator to handle Auditorium proposals needed to be put on future agenda, hazardous waste pick-up scheduled for March 19, 2005 report given, pool lining comments heard, power point presentation by N.P.P.D. comments, report that April 9, 2005 will be City wide clean-up day and report given about Fire Department changing locks and entry to fire hall area because of break ins.

There being no other business for discussion it was moved by Waggoner seconded by Mercer to adjourn the regular meeting of March 15, 2005. Motion Carried.

_________________________ ATTEST: __________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MARCH 1^ST, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 1^st day of March 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Mercer, Waggoner, Calkins. Also attending; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Ron Mroczek, Leon Kuhlin, Stan Clause, Neil Molzahn, Russ Pfeil, Sam Gillette, Ruth Gillette and Gerald Thornburg.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of March 1^st, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. All attending.

Moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. Motion Carried.

Moved by Mercer seconded by Waggoner that the minutes of the February 15^th regular meeting be approved as written. Motion Carried.

Mayor opens floor to any discussion upon presented claims and invoices. Clerk reported that there were no changes or typos on the presented claims and invoices listing.

Moved by Mercer seconded by Calkins that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE: MARCH 1ST, 2005
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35202		2/23/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,198.83
35203		2/23/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 148.74
		3/1/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 97.95
		3/1/05	Nebraska Coop Government	internet service	$ 29.00
		3/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 209.36
		3/1/05	Hogeland Market	office supplies	$ 17.93
		3/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 194.84
		3/1/05	Aramark	clothing expense	$ 174.49
		3/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 15.17
		3/1/05	Alma Chamber Commerce	community public relations	$ 1,750.00
		3/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 19.20
		3/1/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 1,327.82
					$ 7,183.33
			STREET
		3/1/05	Shaffer Construction	cement work	$ 760.00
35202		2/23/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,301.21
		3/1/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 188.08
		3/1/05	Tripe Motor Company	r & m equipment	$ 75.00
		3/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 1,845.00
		3/1/05	Lingg's Fix It	equipment--chain for saw	$ 5.00
		3/1/05	BARCO Municipal Products	r & m equipment	$ 4.95
		3/1/05	Neil Molzahn	dental insurance	$ 237.00
		3/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
					$ 4,425.84
			FIRE
		3/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	r & m equipment	$ 6.39
		3/1/05	Agri Co-op	r & m equipment	$ 0.96
		3/1/05	Green Country Enterprises	floor cleaning	$ 40.00
		3/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 186.61
		3/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 477.44
		3/1/05	Aramark	cleaning supplies	$ 15.66
					$ 727.06
			LIBRARY
35202		2/23/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,209.04
		3/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 212.85
		3/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 6.60
					$ 2,428.49
			PARK
		3/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 54.21
		3/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 14.30
					$ 68.51
			SHOP
		3/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 69.21
		3/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 225.68
		3/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	operating supplies	$ 14.56
					$ 309.45
			AUDITROIUM
		3/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 138.94
		3/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 910.43
		3/1/05	Aramark	building maint	$ 43.20
		3/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 0.99
					$ 1,093.56
			POOL
		3/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 70.96
		3/1/05	Nebraska Health & Human Service	pool permit fee	$ 40.00
					$ 110.96
			RECREATION
		3/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 46.64
					$ 46.64
Page 2			CLAIMS DATE: MARCH 1ST, 2005
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			AIRPORT
35204		2/24/05	Twin Valley Public Power	electric	$ 14.48
					$ 14.48
			LANDFILL
		3/1/05	South Central Sanitation	service	$ 7,850.52
					$ 7,850.52
			GAS
20682		2/22/05	Kelly Supply	line maint	$ 80.13
20683		2/23/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,979.90
20684		2/23/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 136.49
20685		2/24/05	State Nebr Department Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 4,997.46
		3/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 19.24
		3/1/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 105.01
		3/1/05	Heath Consultants	r & m equipment	$ 165.38
		3/1/05	American Public Gas Association	membership dues	$ 318.00
		3/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 225.69
		3/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		3/1/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 19.80
		3/1/05	State Nebraska Fire Marshall	meter assessment	$ 112.20
		3/1/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 706.56
					$ 9,875.46
			WATER
20683		2/23/04	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,248.12
20684		2/23/04	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 104.53
		3/1/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 4.69
20685		2/24/05	State Nebr Department Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 593.97
20686		2/24/05	Twin Valley Public Power	electric	$ 511.80
		3/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 16.20
		3/1/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 139.60
		3/1/05	State of NE HHS Laboratory	line maint	$ 30.00
		3/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 241.86
		3/1/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 7.95
		3/1/05	Dutton Lainson	line maint	$ 24.50
		3/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 79.02
		3/1/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 827.20
					$ 4,829.44
			SEWER
20684		2/23/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 60.61
20685		2/24/04	State Nebr Department Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 368.67
		3/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 225.69
		3/1/05	Nebr Department Environmental Quality	operator fee	$ 100.00
		3/1/05	League of Nebr Municipalities	conference registration	$ 50.00
		3/1/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 667.24
					$ 1,472.21
			R.V.PARK
		3/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 25.10
		3/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 77.12
					$ 102.22
			CUSTOMER DEPOSIT
		3/1/05	City Alma Utilities	nottoli refund applied	$ 100.00
					$ 100.00
			PAYROLL
1080		2/23/05	American Funds	pension	$ 1,157.01
		3/1/05	Blue Cross Blue shield	insurance	$ 3,775.40
					$ 4,932.41
Page 3			CLAIMS DATE: MARCH 1ST, 2005
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR EXPENSES
		3/1/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 89.36
		3/1/05	Marlin Richards	mileage--conference	$ 222.75
		3/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 335.79
		3/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		3/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 356.02
		3/1/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 284.23
		3/1/05	Davis Sun Turf	r & m grounds & equipment	$ 163.05
		3/1/05	Marlin Richards	room---conference	$ 279.54
		3/1/05	Darron Hohnholt	building r & m	$ 200.00
		3/1/05	Horung's Golf Products	bag tags	$ 263.10
		3/1/05	Brown Transfer	shipping fees	$ 43.20
		3/1/05	United Distillers Products	concessions	$ 627.05
		3/1/05	Sterling Distributing	concessions	$ 295.00
		3/1/05	Office solutions	supplies	$ 124.34
EFT		2/14/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concessions	$ 255.94
EFT		2/21/05	H & H Distributing	concessions	$ 134.80
2588		2/23/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,676.76
2589		2/23/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
2591		2/24/05	State Department Revenue	sales-city-use tax	$ 340.81
					$ 5,752.82

There were no topics of discussion upon the presented treasurer’s report or warrants. Report was accepted as presented.

Leon Kuhlin, Stan Clause, Ron Mroczek, (representatives from N.P.P.D.) visited with the Mayor and Council about a professional retail operating (PRO) agreement and an operation and maintenance (O & M) agreement. Topics of explanation and comments presented concerning agreements included; responsibilities of PRO agreement include; Alma responsibility to purchase distribution system from N.P.P.D., N.P.P.D.’s responsibilities; wholesale power contract, maint & operation of City owned distribution system, Capitol improvements, risk management, ratemaking, billing, collections, customer calls, meter reading, outage management, lease payments to City, environmental issues, mapping and extensions at no cost. Explained to Council were; PRO advantages being; resources available, organization strength, risk management abatement, long term lease advantage, experience of M & O of electrical system, philosophy focusing on partnership and City retain ownership of system. PRO disadvantages stated as potential revenue restrictions. Comments pertaining to Operation and Maintenance (O & M) agreement; Alma responsibilities would include; wholesale contract, ratemaking, meter reading, billing, collections, customer calls, outage management, risk management, project capitol outlay being Council approved, budgeting electrical system, city audit, environmental issues, extension costs. N.P.P.D. service fee based responsibilities; M & O City owned system, labor & equipment risk management, distribution planning, outage restoration, contract true-up. O & M advanteage to City listed as; City assumes electric system, potential increase revenue. O & M disadvantage; City assumes system risk, electric department budgeting and fee based services. Also brought up and discussed pertaining to electric system were; outstanding debt payments, number of PRO agreements (76), number of O & M agreements (4) comparisons, length of years of agreements, possible out early years, dollar sign explanations. It was decided that more information was needed and more thought needed. Subject tabled until April 5^th 2005 meeting for discussion.

Clerk presented a class “I” liquor license request application for Gerald Thornburg, dba ,Alma Lanes to Council for review and action. Clerk reported that there were no written no oral objections for or against said application request. Motion made by Council Member Mercer seconded by Council Member Calkins to approve Class “I” liquor license request. Motion Carried.

Two tax increment financing applications, (Tripe Motor and Auto Creations), with CRA recommendations were presented to the Council for review and approval. Mayor Haeker opened the public hearing at 6:15 March 1^st 2005 for any comments and discussion upon applications. Topics discussed included; years of financing, amount of taxes, real property taxes only and possible legal issues.

The time being 6:35 p.m. March 1, 2005 it was moved by Waggoner seconded by Mercer to go into executive session for legal issue discussion. Motion Carried.

The time being 6:40 p.m. March 1^st, 2005, it was moved by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to come out of executive session and return to the regular meeting. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker explained that the executive session was for discussion about possible need of attorney disclosure statement about client attorney relationship. It was decided that no statement was needed due to not being involved in the application process.

Mayor Haeker closed the public hearing. Motion made by Mercer seconded by Waggoner to approve resolutions granting the Tax Increment Financing for applications. Motion Carried.

Completed and unfinished business discussion included; report of hiking biking trail bid opening scheduled for March 17^th 2005, no reports on personnel issues, economic development, housing rehab or board of health issues and all paperwork signed in Airport hanger project.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor asked for any other comments or discussion. Topics brought up included; report on how burn of old country club went, parking concerns questions about City leased building, possible curb work for area of possible parking, permission given to install underground sprinkler system at small ball diamond, report of no more pumping at the lagoon site, look into what to do with well at lagoons area, report given upon upcoming hazardous waste pick-up on March 19, 2005 and a report the need to have new members approved to vacant positions on some of the City Boards.

There being no other areas of discussion it was moved by Waggoner seconded by Calkins to adjourn the regular meeting. Motion Carried.

____________________________ ATTEST: ____________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

FEBRUARY 15, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 15^th day of February2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Fleischmann, Waggoner, Calkins, Mercer. Also attending; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Brent Lewis, Lathan Thompson, Don Whitmire, Ginger Jensen, Bryan Lubeck, Russ Pfeil, Jerry Dietz and Neil Molzahn.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of February 15, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Fleischmann, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker. All attending.

Moved by Fleischmann seconded by Waggoner that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and it is in open session. Motion Carried.

Moved by Mercer seconded by Waggoner that the minutes of the February 1, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. Motion Carried.

Mayor opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing. Clerk reported that there were no changes to be made on the presented listing.

Moved by Fleischmann seconded by Mercer that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE: FEB 15TH, 2005
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35176		2/9/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 3,467.96
35177		2/9/05	City Alma Payroll	pension	$ 161.24
		2/15/05	City Alma Payroll	insurance	$ 1,327.82
		2/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 182.64
	3406	2/15/05	Michael Huggins, C.P.A.	advisory services	$ 482.00
		2/15/05	Alltell	cell phone service	$ 29.93
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,498.83
		2/15/05	Eakes Offcie Plus	office supplies	$ 3.99
		2/15/05	Harlan County Journal	print & publish	$ 319.29
		2/15/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 41.35
		2/15/05	Aramark Services	uniform expense	$ 169.40
					$ 7,684.45
			STREET
35176		2/9/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 1,424.83
		2/15/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel	$ 157.16
	3407	2/15/05	Michael Huggins, C.P.A.	advisory services	$ 114.00
		2/15/05	Great Plains One Call	line locates	$ 29.00
		2/15/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 7.91
		2/15/05	T & F Sand & Gravel	stockpile sand	$ 250.11
		2/15/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 259.82
		2/15/05	Tagge Engineering	engineering budget report & 1 & 6 yr	$ 500.00
		2/15/05	Harlan County Journal	print & publish	$ 6.66
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 2,021.58
					$ 4,771.07
			LIBRARY
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 784.11
35164		2/8/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 190.48
35165		2/8/05	Pam Metzger	contract labor	$ 97.13
35166		2/8/05	Columbia House	videos	$ 22.20
35167		2/8/05	Harlan County Journal	print & publish	$ 6.00
35168		2/8/05	Nebraska Library Commission	books	$ 63.12
35169		2/8/05	Quill Corporation	office supplies	$ 144.45
35170		2/8/05	Modern Methods, Inc	miscellaneous expense	$ 28.81
35171		2/8/05	Follett Software	service agreement	$ 400.00
35172		2/8/05	Nebraska State Historical	magazines	$ 35.00
35173		2/8/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 150.79
35174		2/8/05	Keri Anderson	travel & meal expense	$ 42.76
35175		2/5/08	Ingram	books	$ 440.59
					$ 2,405.44
			FIRE
		2/15/05	Apria Healthcare	chem--gases	$ 17.00
		2/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 37.11
		2/15/05	LINWELD	chem--gases	$ 31.73
		2/15/05	Alltell	cell phone service	$ 46.78
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 2,423.32
					$ 2,555.94
			POOL
		2/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 10.24
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 700.21
					$ 710.45
			AUDITORIUM
		2/15/05	General Glass--Holdrege	glass replacement door	$ 220.70
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 955.13
					$ 1,175.83
			SHOP
		2/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 55.16
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 313.00
		2/15/05	B. H. Hesemann Shop	r & m equipment--grate	$ 300.22
					$ 668.38
Page 2			CLAIMS DATE: FEB 15TH, 2005
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			AIRPORT
		2/15/05	Harlan County Journal	print & publish	$ 111.00
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 580.82
					$ 691.82
			RECREATION
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 596.96
					$ 596.96
			PARK
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 466.27
					$ 466.27
			LANDFILL
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 304.93
					$ 304.93
			POLICE
		2/15/05	Harlan County Treasurer	contract	$ 3,468.00
					$ 3,468.00
			GENERAL
		2/15/05	Bill Hogeland	dental--eyeglass insurance	$ 132.00
					$ 132.00
			GAS
20664		2/9/05	City Alma Payroll	payroll	$ 3,117.30
20665		2/9/05	City Alma Payroll	pension	$ 142.87
		2/15/05	City Alma Payroll	insurance	$ 1,558.76
		2/15/05	Alltell	cell phone expense	$ 71.19
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,313.30
		2/15/05	Olsson Associates	engineering	$ 2,250.00
					$ 8,453.42
			WATER
20664		2/9/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,328.25
20665		2/9/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 108.25
		2/15/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 827.20
		2/15/05	Julie Hansen	dental--eyeglass insurance	$ 75.00
		2/15/05	Bosselman Energy	fuel	$ 26.79
		2/15/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$ 44.59
		2/15/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$ 97.17
		2/15/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 654.67
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,303.62
					$ 5,465.54
			SEWER
20665		2/9/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 66.35
		2/15/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 667.24
		2/15/05	Orcutt Sanitation	line maint	$ 440.00
		2/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 6.13
		2/15/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 356.07
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 487.24
					$ 2,023.03
			R.V.PARK
20664		2/9/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 592.07
		2/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 51.90
		2/15/05	PinPoint	cable service	$ 38.45
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 451.75
					$ 1,134.17
			CUSTOMER DEPOSIT
		2/15/05	Nathan Pfeil	deposit refund	$ 100.00
		2/15/06	Mark Ziemba	deposit refund	$ 50.00
					$ 150.00
Page 3			CLAIMS DATE: FEB 15TH, 2005
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			PAYROLL
1077		2/9/05	American Funds	pension	$ 1,216.24
1078		2/14/05	State Dept Revenue	monthly state withholding	$ 604.88
		2/15/05	Blue Cross Blue Shield	insurance	$ 4,627.60
					$ 6,448.72
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR EXPENSES
		2/15/05	Hogeland Marker	concession--grocery	$ 173.63
		2/15/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	concession	$ 114.50
		2/15/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 52.99
		2/15/05	Frontier	telephone service	$ 44.51
		2/15/05	Alltell	cell phone service	$ 49.76
		2/15/05	City of Holdrege	landfill trash service	$ 34.86
		2/15/05	Waggoner Insurance	insurance	$ 1,932.84
EFT		2/8/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 244.90
EFT		2/7/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$ 182.00
EFT		1/31/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 101.10
2579		2/9/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,915.73
2580		2/9/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
					$ 4,898.30
			HOUSING REHABILITATION EXPENSE
		2/15/05	Community Development Service	clearance testing	$ 500.00
		2/15/05	Community Development Service	general administration servive	$ 1,350.00
		2/15/05	Shaffer Construction & App 401	construction	$ 10,513.08
		2/15/05	Lifetime Impressions & App 402	construction	$ 597.43
		2/15/05	Trustworthy Hardware & App 402	construction	$ 14.69
		2/15/05	Lifetime Impressions & App 407	construction	$ 9,611.09
		2/15/05	Beckman Construction & App 408	construction	$ 1,132.37
					$ 23,718.66

Discussion upon the treasurer’s report and warrants included; comments and question about how housing rehab payments were determined and how reimbursement process worked. There being no other questions or comments concerning treasurer’s report, the report was accepted as presented.

Brent Lewis, City Administrator, from the City of Minden, Nebraska, visited with the Mayor and Council about how the electric system is run in the City of Minden. Topics brought up included; training of linemen, pay scale for linemen, losing of personnel after training to other communities that are paying more, equipment costs, percentage of monies returned from N.P.P.D., operation maintenance program explained, base budget figures used, access to N.P.P.D. engineers, control of rate structure for electricity, length of O & M plan, negotiation of plan after five years, need to visit with N.P.P.D. on PRO & OM plans. Motion to have N.P.P.D. personnel at next regular meeting to discuss plans made by Mercer, seconded by Fleischmann. Motion Carried.

Clerk presented a Member resolution for Essent Services Inc. Members Council Representative for Council consideration and action. Topics discussed concerning resolution included; explanation that Alma is a member, City Administrator is the Cities representative and the need to appoint City Attorney Pat Duncan as its Alternate Representative to members Council of Essent Services, Inc. Motion made by Mercer seconded by Calkins to have Mayor sign resolution. Motion Carried.

Mayor and Council were presented a letter from Kirkham Michael Project Manager Heather A. Olson, P.C., recommending Award of Alma Municipal Airport 2005 T Hanger and Taxiway Improvements, K.M. 0409238 project. Topics brought up and discussed included comments on three bids received on 2-1-05, range of bids from $229,742.00 through $292,400.00 for bid schedule (1), and $297,943.00 through $261,500.oo for bid schedule (2), report that all bids had submitted bid bonds at 5% and all were qualified in accordance with the General Specification Specifications. It was her recommendation the bid should be granted to lowest bidder, (Shaffer Construction), amount of $229,742.00 contingent upon execution of change Order No. (1) consisting of deletion of bid item (6) seeding and bid item (9) 3’ concrete mow strip, due to funding constraints. Other topics discussed pertaining to recommendation of award included; renting of bays of hanger, possible lease agreement to rent, possible Federal Funds available to help with down the road projects, budget figures for future years budget and need to have contract signed before the 20^th of February 2005. Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to accept recommendation on low bidder and have Mayor sign contracts and change orders as stated. Motion Carried.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ALMA, NEBRASKA , BY ITS DULY ELECTED BOARD:

WHEREAS, the City of Alma, Nebraska, recognizes the benefit of participating in the Homeland Security Grant’s process administrated by the Nebraska Emergency Management (NMEA); and

WHEREAS, the City of Alma has encouraged the Harlan County Emergency Manager to participated in the Homeland Security Grant process and fully supports his doing so; and

WHEREAS, the Harlan County Emergency Manager, Chris Becker, has kept the City of Alma informed as to the content of said grant applications, and further supports the same.

WHEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED by the governing body of the City of Alma, Nebraska, that the Emergency Manager, Chris Becker, is instructed and encouraged to file necessary grant application with the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of qualifying Harlan Count, Nebraska’s Emergency Management Program for grants through the Homeland Security Grant’s process. It is further acknowledged that the City of Alma fully supports the Harlan County Emergency Manager’s efforts in the grant application process and further confirms that the Harlan County Clerk shall serve as the receiver and fiduciary agent for any funds received through the grant process. The City of alma further asserts and assures that all grant proceeds received through the Homeland Security Grant’s process shall be administered and used in compliance with the laws of the State of Nebraska and the laws of the United States and any and all regulations set forth by Nebraska Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

After discussion board Member Mercer moved for the adoption of the stated resolution as set forth above, which motion was seconded by Board Member Fleischmann. Upon roll call votes the following members voted YES: Waggoner, Calkins, Fleischmann, Mercer. The following voted NO. None. Motion Carried.

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report on hiking biking trail bid paperwork waiting for approval from all agencies involved before proceeding, economic development issues included; status of new dentist coming to area, dentist proposals, remodeling of dentist office proposals, report that Development Board will have control of building, need of contract from dentist before starting on building remodeling, City employees to help with parts of project, housing rehab projects that are ongoing, no board of health issues, upcoming CRA meeting report, new business (LT’s) report given, lease agreement on building by Lori Tripe okayed as presented, personnel issues comments and report on City Superintendent Hunter report given and the need to have written documentation upon resignation of Superintendent.

The time being 7:00 o’clock p.m. February 15, 2005 it was moved by Calkins seconded by Fleischmann to go into executive session for personnel matters discussion. Motion Carried.

The time being 8:00 o’clock p.m. February 15, 2005, it was moved by Fleischmann seconded by Waggoner to come out of executive session and return to the regular meeting. Motion Carried.

Mayor Haeker explained the purpose of the executive session was for discussion upon City Superintendents position and also explained that Russ Pfeil would be acting Utility Superintendent.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor opened the floor to any other comments or discussion. Council Member Fleischmann informed all in attendance that he is resigning from the City Council position immediately. Other topics brought up included report on new way of automatic withdrawals from banks for payment of utility bills from customers accounts, pumping of sewer lagoon water concerns and comments, water well located at lagoons concerns and need to find out intentions of contractors on pumping of lagoon waters.

There being no other business for discussion it was moved by Mercer seconded by Waggoner to adjourn the meeting. Motion Carried.

________________________________ ATTEST: ____________________________

Mayor City Clerk

MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

FEBRUARY 1^ST, 2005

A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the first day of February 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

Present were: Mayor Haeker. Council Members; Fleischmann, Waggoner, Calkins, Mercer. Also in attendance; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Eric Johnson, Sam Gillette, Ginger Jensen, Russ Pfeil, Jerry Dietz and Kent Shaffer.

Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice. Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes. Availability of the was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of February 1st, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

Roll Call: Mercer, Fleischmann, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker all attending.

Moved by Waggoner seconded by Mercer that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session. Motion Carried.

Moved by Mercer seconded by Fleischmann that the minutes of the January 18^th, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written. Motion Carried.

Mayor opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing; comments expressed on how invoices description should be listed for better under standing heard, Clerk reported that there were some typo errors that had been corrected and also an addition of missed Aramark uniform bill.

Moved by Fleischmann seconded by Mercer that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment. Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE: FEB 1ST, 2005__
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
		2/1/05	Jan Rojewski	cleaning	$ 40.00
		2/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 19.20
		2/1/05	Eakes Office Plus	office supplies	$ 19.94
		2/1/05	Nebraska Public Power District	electric	$ 281.26
		2/1/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 109.00
		2/1/05	Nebraska Cooperative Government	internet service	$ 29.00
		2/1/05	Municipal Clerks Institute	registration	$ 195.00
		2/1/05	City Utilities	bantam payment applied to	$ 200.00
		2/1/05	Marge Bantam	recognition banquet	$ 209.50
		2/1/05	Harlan County Journal	print & publish	$ 360.62
		2/1/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$ 302.79
		2/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 3.96
		2/1/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$ 6.48
35136		1/21/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 1,276.82
35137		1/26/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 3,198.82
35138		1/26/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 148.74
35139		1/26/05	Nebraska Dept Labor	unemployment insurance	$ 1.50
c-card		1/13/05	Applebees	meeting meal expense	$ 29.17
c-card		1/13/05	Buffalo Wild Wings	meeting meal expense	$ 22.00
c-card		1/14/05	Shell---York	fuel	$ 36.13
					$ 6,489.93
			STREET
		2/1/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 128.70
		2/1/05	Nebraska Public Power District	electric	$ 1,845.00
		2/1/05	T & S Tire & Auto	r & me equipment	$ 10.00
		2/1/05	Neil Molzahn	meal expense	$ 6.02
		2/1/05	Neil Molzahn	glasses & dental	$ 251.50
35137		1/26/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,115.78
35139		1/27/05	Nebraska Dept Labor	unemployment insurance	$ 0.32
					$ 3,357.32
			LIBRARY
		2/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 6.60
		2/1/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 255.92
35137		1/26/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,311.13
35139		1/27/05	Nebraska Dept Labor	unemployment insurance	$ 2.81
					$ 2,576.46
			FIRE
		2/1/05	Jan Rojewski	cleaning	$ 175.00
		2/1/05	Nebraska Public Power District	electric	$ 200.16
		2/1/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 610.77
		2/1/05	Green Country Enterprises	cleaning floor buffing	$ 40.00
		2/1/05	Aramark Services	supplies	$ 14.91
		2/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 166.33
					$ 1,207.17
			SHOP
		2/1/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 30.39
		2/1/05	Nebraska Public Power District	electric	$ 74.30
		2/1/05	Fastpro International	supplies--medical	$ 25.56
		2/1/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$ 0.30
					$ 130.55
			LANDFILL
35139		1/27/05	Nebraska Department Labor	unemployment insurance	$ 0.59
		2/1/05	Nebraska Recycling Association	membership	$ 100.00
		2/1/05	South Central Sanitation	service	$ 7,848.32
					$ 7,948.91
			AIRPORT
35140		1/27/05	Twin Valley Public Power	electric	$ 15.58
		2/1/05	Kirkham Michael	engineer	$ 8,875.79
					$ 8,891.37
Page 2			CLAIMS DATE: FEB 1ST, 2005___
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			AUDITROIUM
		2/1/05	Jan Rojewski	cleaning	$ 175.00
		2/1/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 5.59
		2/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 97.50
		2/1/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 1,116.50
		2/1/05	Aramark	cleaning supplies	$ 43.20
					$ 1,437.79
			PARK
		2/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 54.21
		2/1/05	City of Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 16.83
					$ 71.04
			RECREATION
		2/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 40.38
		2/1/05	Metzger Plumbing	building r & m	$ 179.35
					$ 219.73
			POOL
		2/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 77.79
		2/1/05	Metzger Plumbing	capitol outlay--building boiler	$ 3,471.39
					$ 3,549.18
			GAS
		2/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 9.60
		2/1/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 39.60
		2/1/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 50.00
		2/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 19.54
		2/1/05	Harlan County Journal	print & publish	$ 139.50
		2/1/05	National Public Gas	cost of gas	$ 69,069.91
20648		1/21/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 1,558.76
20649		1/21/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city---tx	$ 3,784.44
20650		1/26/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,979.90
20651		1/26/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 136.49
20652		1/27/05	Nebraska Department Labor	unemployment insurance	$ 1.30
					$ 77,789.04
			WATER
		2/1/05	Fort Dearborn Ins	insurance	$ 16.20
		2/1/05	AFLAC	insurance	$ 139.60
		2/1/05	Agri Co-op	supplies	$ 5.59
		2/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 114.19
		2/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 16.17
		2/1/05	State of NE HHS Laboratory	water testing	$ 30.00
		2/1/05	Dutton Lainson	line maint	$ 355.77
20648		1/21/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 827.20
20649		1/21/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city---tx	$ 685.73
20650		1/26/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 2,156.53
20651		1/26/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 100.28
20652		1/27/05	Nebraska Department Labor	unemployment insurance	$ 1.30
20653		1/27/05	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$ 407.91
					$ 4,856.47
			SEWER
		2/1/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$ 19.20
		2/1/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$ 25.00
20648		1/21/05	City Payroll Account	insurance	$ 626.84
20649		1/21/05	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city---tx	$ 413.29
20651		1/26/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 52.00
20652		1/27/05	Nebraska Department Labor	unemployment insurance	$ 1.30
					$ 1,137.63
Page 3			CLAIMS DATE: FEB 1ST, 2005___
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			R V PARK
		2/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 29.69
		2/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 96.55
20652		1/27/05	Nebraska Department Labor	unemployment ins	$ 1.65
					$ 127.89
			CUSTOMER DEPOSIT
		2/1/05	City Alma Utilities	tim henkle refund applied	$ 81.45
		2/1/05	Tim Henkle	refund	$ 18.55
					$ 100.00
			PAYROLL
1074		1/26/05	Blue Cross Blue Shield	insurance	$ 4,536.20
1075		1/26/05	American Funds	pension	$ 1,131.29
	1076	1/27/05	State of Nebr Dept Revenue	nebraska monthly witholding	$ 1,171.69
					$ 6,839.18
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR EXPENSES
		2/1/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$ 143.45
		2/1/05	Coca Cola Dr. Pepper	concession	$ 59.50
		2/1/05	Fort Dearborn Insurance	insurance	$ 9.60
		2/1/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$ 24.32
		2/1/05	Harlan County Journal	print & publish	$ 41.00
		2/1/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$ 362.91
		2/1/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$ 402.06
		2/1/05	Agri Co-op	fuel-supplies	$ 33.37
		2/1/05	Office Solutions Associates	supplies	$ 52.99
		2/1/05	Toby Thulin	contract labor	$ 750.00
		2/1/05	Davis Sun Turf	r & m equipment	$ 21.00
EFT		1/24/05	Nebraskland Distributors	concession	$ 83.00
EFT		1/17/05	H & H Distributing	concession	$ 138.90
2564		1/21/05	State of Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city tax	$ 402.35
2565		1/26/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$ 1,918.90
2566		1/26/05	City Payroll Account	pension	$ 51.48
2567		1/27/05	Nebraska Department Labor	unemployment ins	$ 7.18
					$ 4,502.01
			TRAILS PROJECT
		2/1/05	Kirkham Michael	engineering	$ 4,299.61
					$ 4,299.61
			GENERAL
		2/1/05	Aramark Service	uniforms	$ 169.40
					$ 169.40

City Clerk presented Non Class “C” liquor license renewal requests from Alma Lanes, Alma Short Stop and Bosselman Pump and Pantry #35 to Council for review and action. Clerk also reported that there were no written no oral objections for or against said license renewals. It was noted that Alma Lanes has changed management and the new owners are working on obtaining a liquor license for the Alma Lanes. Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to approve non Class “C” liquor license renewal requests with noted change of ownership at the Alma Lanes. Motion Carried.

Eric Johnson, engineer on Airport Hanger Project, informed Mayor and Council that at the bid opening held at 11:00 a.m. on February 1^st, 2005 there were three bids opened; (T.L. Sund Construction $281,273.00, BD Construction, Inc. $292,400.00 and Shaffer Construction $229.591.00) and that all bids were higher than the engineers estimate on project. No formal action was to take place on bids at this time. All paperwork on bids has to be turned into State Department of Aeronautics for there approval. City Administrator, Engineer and Contractor to work on ways to lower costs to meet engineer estimates, to attend NDA meeting 2/11/05 to ask for additional 0% loan funds. It was decided to table Airport Hanger Project discussion until next regular meeting so all paperwork could be worked out.

Motion made by Fleischmann to pass a resolution pertaining to Continual Partnership between the City and the Alma Development Corporation. Motion Carried.

RESOLUTION:

WHEREAS, economic development is vital to the welfare of the City of Alma and its citizens;

AND WHEREAS, the City of Alma has provided financial support to Alma Development Corporation in the past;

AND WHEREAS, Alma Development Corporation has effectively recruited and aided businesses in locating in Alma;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED; by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, that it is the intent of the City of Alma to provide financial support and assistance to Alma Development Corporation for a period of 15 years.

Passed and approved this 1^st day of February, 2005.

CITY OF ALMA, NEBRASKA

By:_______________________

Mayor

(SEAL)

ATTEST:

__________________________

City Clerk

Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report that re-bidding on hiking biking trail will be done in February, personnel issues included discussion about hiring Marty Wolfe as pool manager with her lining up lifeguards with Council approval, after discussion motion made by Mercer seconded by Waggoner to approve Mary Wolfe as pool manager and have her hire life guards with Council approval. Motion Carried.

Economic Development issues included; proposal to rent old brick lumberyard building to Lori Tripe with City Attorney to draw up proper lease paperwork. Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to lease building to Lori Tripe and to have proper paperwork drawn up by the City Attorney. Motion Carried. Also discussed on Economic Development issues; CRA tax increment financing request comments, community survey work to be done and possible erecting signage for horse riding trail starting at Alma Vista.

There were no board of health issues to be brought up at this time and short report was given upon the activities taking place with Housing Rehabilitation project.

There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor opened the floor for discussion and the following topics were brought up; report given about upcoming controlled burn of part of old golf course club house area and citizens comments heard about possibility of moving ball diamonds to another area so area used now could be used for future economic growth.

There being no other business for discussion it was moved by Waggoner seconded by Mercer to adjourn the regular meeting of February 1^st, 2005. Motion Carried.

_______________________________ ATTEST: ________________________________

Mayor City Clerk

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MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

JANUARY 18^TH, 2005

            A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 18^th day of January 18, 2005 at 5:30 0’clock p.m.

            Present were:  Mayor Haeker.  Council Members; Fleischmann, Calkins and Mercer.  Also attending the meeting were; Clerk, Attorney, Kerri Sheldon, Darold Tagge, Ginger Jensen and Russ Pfeil.

            Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice.  Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes.  Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting.  All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

            Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting of January 18^th, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.    

            Roll Call; Mercer, Fleischmann, Calkins, Mayor Haeker, attending.  Absent was Waggoner.

            Moved by Fleischmann seconded by Calkins that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session.  Motion Carried.

            Moved by Mercer seconded by Fleischmann that the minutes of the January 4^th, 2005 regular meeting be approved as written and circulated.  Motion Carried.

            Mayor Haeker opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing.  Clerk reported that Countryman Audit for Golf course was not listed on first listing but has been added to the listing for final approval.  Also discussed was the amount of storage credit they are showing on gas bill.

            Moved by Fleischmann seconded by Calkins that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment.  Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE:  JAN 18TH, 2005_
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
35067		1/5/05	Harlan County Clerk	revenue stamp	$       28.00
35068		1/5/05	Harlan County Abstract	title insurance	$       69.25
35069		1/5/05	Harlan County Treasurer	2004 taxes	$      344.58
35070		1/5/05	Harlan County Treasurer	2005 taxes	$         4.70
35071		1/5/05	Kent & Susan Shaffer-Comm Bank	purchase price locker plant	$ 15,553.47
35072		1/5/05	Harlan County Clerk	deed recording	$         7.50
35073		1/5/05	Harlan County Abstract	title insurance	$       69.25
35108		1/12/05	City Payroll	payroll	$   3,467.96
35109		1/12/05	City Payroll	pension	$      161.24
		1/18/05	Intuit	tax forms	$       58.56
		1/18/05	Frontier	tele service	$      119.33
		1/18/05	Michael Huggins	advisory service	$      796.00
		1/18/05	Rep Valley Animal Center	animal care	$       31.50
		1/18/05	Omaha World Herald	subscription	$       18.20
		1/18/05	Main Street Printing	copies & dog tags	$       44.25
		1/18/05	Duncan, Duncan. Jelkin	legal	$   1,000.00
		1/18/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$       73.50
		1/18/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$       41.44
		1/18/05	Harlan County Journal	print & publish	$      477.00
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional service audit	$      480.00
		1/18/05	Eakes Office Products	office supplies	$      117.00
		1/18/05	Compuade	computer r & m	$       37.50
		1/18/05	City of Alma Office	petty cash reimbursement	$       35.00
		1/18/05	Business Beyond the Farm	economic development promotion	$      350.00
		1/18/05	Harlan County Clerk	election expenses	$       57.60
		1/18/05	Ararmark	uniforms	$      172.62
					$ 23,615.45
			STREET
35108		1/15/05	City Payroll Account	payroll	$   1,198.18
		1/18/05	N.P.P.D.	christmas lights	$      274.22
		1/18/05	T & S Tire & Auto	tire r & m	$       38.00
		1/18/05	B. H. Hesemann Shop	r & m equipment	$      250.33
		1/18/05	Great Plains One Call	locates	$       61.00
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional service audit	$      480.00
					$   2,301.73
			LIBRARY
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional service audit	$      480.00
35095		1/5/05	Pam Metzger	contract labor	$       76.13
35096		1/5/05	N. P. P. D.	election expenses	$      154.02
35097		1/5/05	Frontier	tele service	$      150.83
35098		1/5/05	Quill Corporation	office supplies	$       69.98
35099		1/5/05	Modern Methods	service equipment	$       28.81
35100		1/5/05	Nebraska State Historical	books	$       55.00
35101		1/5/05	Ingram	books	$      517.49
35102		1/5/05	Windfall	books	$       98.78
35103		1/5/05	Smart Apple Media	books	$      286.25
35104		1/5/05	Lookout Books	books	$      602.45
35105		1/5/05	Thomas T. Beeler	books	$      135.72
35106		1/5/05	Columbia House	videos	$       22.03
35107		1/5/05	Nebraska Library Commission	books	$      269.36
					$   2,946.85
			SHOP
		1/18/05	Frontier	tele service	$       56.28
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional service audit	$      480.00
					$      536.28
			POOL
		1/18/05	Frontier	tele service	$         3.77
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional service audit	$      480.00
					$      483.77
Page 2			CLAIMS DATE:  JAN 18TH, 2005_
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			FIRE
		1/18/05	Apria Healthcare	chemicals--gas	$       51.00
		1/18/05	Frontier	tele service	$       37.11
		1/18/05	Family Medical Specialties	vaccine	$       27.00
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional services--audit	$      480.00
		1/18/05	Alma Volunteer Fire Dept	calls	$      787.00
					$   1,382.11
			PARK
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional services--audit	$      480.00
					$      480.00
			LANDFILL
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional services--audit	$      480.00
					$      480.00
			AUDITORIUM
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional services--audit	$      480.00
					$      480.00
			RECREATION
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional services--audit	$      480.00
					$      480.00
			POLICE
		1/18/05	Harlan County Treasurer	police service	$   3,468.00
					$   3,468.00
			GAS
20639		1/12/05	City Payroll	payroll	$   3,025.71
20640		1/12/05	City Payroll	pension	$      138.62
		1/18/05	All Tell	cell phone	$       70.52
		1/18/05	Olsson & Associates	engineering	$   3,000.00
		1/18/05	National Public Gas	cost of gas	$ 61,632.38
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional services--audit	$      480.00
					$ 68,347.23
			WATER
20639		1/12/05	City Payroll	payroll	$   2,305.35
20640		1/12/05	City Payroll	pension	$      107.19
DEBIT		1/12/05	JP Morgan Chase Bank	ach transfer---interest payment	$   7,306.25
		1/18/05	Bosselman	fuel	$      125.04
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional services--audit	$      480.00
		1/18/05	Dutton Lainson	line maint	$      146.55
					$ 10,470.38
			WASTEWATER
20640		1/12/05	City Payroll	pension	$       55.83
		1/18/05	Frontier	tele service	$         6.13
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional services--audit	$      480.00
					$      541.96
			R.V. PARK
20639		1/12/05	City Payroll	payroll	$      592.08
		1/18/05	Frontier	tele service	$       51.90
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional services--audit	$      480.00
					$   1,123.98
			PAYROLL
1073		1/12/05	American Funds	pension	$   1,182.87
					$   1,182.87
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR EXPENSES
		1/18/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$       93.70
		1/18/05	Frontier	tele service	$       49.95
		1/18/05	United Distillers	concession	$      608.60
		1/18/05	Cash-Wa	food	$       72.50
		1/18/05	Sterling Distribution	concession	$      244.45
		1/18/05	Brown Transfer	shipping	$       86.00
EFT		1/3/05	H & H Distributors	concession	$      117.50
EFT		1/4/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$       49.50
EFT		12/30/04	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$       66.40
EFT		12/29/04	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$       44.10
EFT		12/29/04	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$       27.00
EFT		1/10/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$       27.00
EFT		1/10/05	Nebraska Wine & Spirits	concession	$      319.14
EFT		1/10/05	Nebraskaland Distributors	concession	$       83.00
EFT		1/10/05	H & H Distributors	concession	$       34.50
2553		1/12/05	City Payroll	payroll	$   1,915.74
2554		1/12/05	City Payroll	pension	$       51.48
		1/18/05	Countryman Associates	professional services--audit	$      480.00
					$   4,370.56

            Treasurer’s report was presented.  There being no questions or comments raised concerning the presented report it was okayed as presented.

Darold Tagge, Tagge Engineering, presented the One and Six Year Road Improvement Plan to the Mayor and Council for review and action.  Topics brought up and discussed concerning the plan included; maintenance program, accumulation on funds up to four years explained, South Street project top priority, intersections that are in need of repair comments, areas that have been taken care of, areas that need to be taken care of comments, thickness of cement projected, street north of Shaffer new location concerns, priority listing of areas can be switched around, use of milling from South Street Project comments, armor coating concerns, highway allocation monies explained to all, grade of South Street concerns and comments about starting on South Street earlier than projected because of heavy use and amount of pot holes showing up because of heavy use.  Motion made by Fleischmann seconded by Mercer to pass resolution finding that the plans submitted are adequate for purposes prescribe by law and that same should be approved.  Motion Carried.

            Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; possible re bidding of hiking biking trail project, no personnel issues at this time.  Economic Development issues discussion included; looking at possible full time dentist moving back to area comments, Alma Development Corporation comments expressed upon all areas on future development, Corporation proposing possible long term commitment of 15 years with the City of Alma, no monetary amounts listed in reference to long term commitment, legal paperwork that needs to be drawn up, number of years to be agreed upon.  It was decided by Council to place subject of long term continued partnership with Alma Development Corporation on next agenda for action.  No reports to be given on Housing Rehabilitation project, Board of Health Issues and Airport Hanger Project.

            There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor opened the floor to any other topics of discussion.

            There being no other discussion to be had it was moved by Fleischmann seconded by Mercer to adjourn the meeting.  Motion Carried.

_________________________________                  ATTEST:            _______________________________

Mayor                                                                                                  City Clerk

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MINUTE RECORD FOR CITY OF ALMA

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

JANUARY 4, 2005

            A meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Alma, Nebraska was held at the Office of the City Clerk in said City on the 4^th day of January 2005 at 5:30 o’clock p.m.

            Present were; Mayor Haeker.  Council Members; Fleischmann, Calkins, Waggoner, Mercer.  Also attending; Clerk, Attorney, Administrator, Russ Pfeil and Jerry Dietz.

            Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting and publication, designated methods for giving notice.  Notice of this meeting was given to the Mayor and all members of the Council and a copy of their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and the agenda is attached to the minutes.  Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the Mayor and Council of this meeting.  All proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

            Mayor Haeker called the regular meeting January 4^th, 2005 to order and the following business was transacted.

            Roll Call:  Mercer, Fleischmann, Waggoner, Calkins, Mayor Haeker.  All attending.

            Moved by Calkins seconded by Waggoner that it is hereby determined that this meeting was previously publicized duly convened and is in open session.  Motion Carried.

            Moved by Calkins seconded by Waggoner that the minutes of the December 21, 2004 regular meeting be approved as written.  Motion Carried.

            Mayor Haeker opened the floor to any discussion upon the presented claims and invoices listing.  All members indicated that they had received a copy of the claims and invoices listing.  There were no question or comments upon the presented listing.

            Moved by Mercer seconded by Calkins that the following claims and invoices be approved as circulated and the following checks be drawn on the proper funds for payment.  Motion Carried.

Page 1			CLAIMS DATE: JAN 4TH, 2005___
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GENERAL
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$      191.94
		1/4/05	City Alma Utilities	g-w-s-t	$       79.42
		1/4/05	Affordable Signs	two rivers grant funds	$      525.00
		1/4/05	Jan Rojewski	janitorial	$       50.00
		1/4/04	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$       19.20
		1/4/05	Nebraska Cooperative Government	internet service	$       29.00
		1/4/05	Nebraska Municipal Power Pool	yearly support plan---computer	$      750.00
		1/4/05	Bill Hogeland	mileage	$       42.18
		1/4/05	Eakes Office Plus	office supplies	$       16.99
		1/4/05	Office Solutions	office supplies	$       50.74
		1/4/05	Aramark Services	clothing--uniforms	$      174.14
		1/4/05	Bill Hogeland	reimbursement for office supplies	$       24.02
35064		12/29/04	City of Alma Payroll	payroll	$   3,589.86
35065		12/29/04	City of Alma Payroll	pension	$      148.74
		1/4/05	All Tell	cell phone	$       53.74
					$   5,744.97
			STREET
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$   1,845.00
		1/4/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$      150.35
	22579	1/4/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$         3.68
	920	1/4/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$      121.72
	35735	1/4/05	Alma Short Stop	fuel	$      110.49
					$   2,231.24
			FIRE
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$      203.34
		1/4/05	City Utilities	g-w-s-t	$      376.42
	22696	1/4/05	Trustworthy Hardware	equipment	$      126.99
		1/4/05	Jan Rojewski	janitorial	$      175.00
		1/4/05	Aramark	cleaning supplies	$       14.41
		1/4/05	LINWELD	chemicals--gas	$       31.73
		1/4/05	All Tell	cell phone	$       23.33
					$      951.22
			SHOP
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$       71.56
		1/4/05	City Utilities	g-w-s-t	$      951.57
		1/4/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$         8.65
		1/4/05	FastPro	supplies	$         4.69
					$   1,036.47
			AUDITORIUM
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$       80.99
		1/4/05	City Utilities	g-w-s-t	$      959.86
	915	1/4/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$       40.11
		1/4/05	Aramark	janitorial supplies	$       42.70
		1/4/05	Jan Rojewski	janitorial	$      175.00
	22651	1/4/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$         0.98
					$   1,299.64
			LIBRARY
		1/4/05	City Utilities	g-w-s-t	$      195.97
		1/4/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$         6.60
35064		12/29/04	City Payroll Account	payroll	$   2,680.53
					$   2,883.10
			RECREATION
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$       51.01
		1/4/05	City Utilities	g-w-s-t	$       10.39
					$       61.40
			PARK
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$       54.21
		1/4/05	City Utilities	g-w-s-t	$       60.30
					$      114.51
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			POOL
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$       69.33
					$       69.33
			AIRPORT
		12/30/04	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$       13.50
					$       13.50
			LANDFILL
		1/4/05	South Central Sanitation	service	$   7,563.92
					$   7,563.92
			GAS
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$       19.24
		1/4/05	Everett Hunter	2 deductibles met	$      500.00
		1/4/05	Everett Hunter	dental reimbursement	$       46.00
		1/4/05	Olson Associates	engineering	$   9,000.00
	264504	1/4/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$       16.00
		1/4/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$         9.60
		1/4/05	AFLAC	insurance	$       39.60
		1/4/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$       61.00
20622		12/24/04	Nebraska Department Revenue	sales-use-city  tax	$   1,493.14
20624		12/29/04	City Payroll	pension	$      136.49
20623		12/29/04	City Payroll	payroll	$   2,991.86
					$ 14,312.93
			WATER
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$      574.74
		1/4/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$       16.20
	22580	1/4/05	Trustworthy Hardware	supplies	$       14.05
		1/4/05	AFLAC	insurance	$      139.60
		1/4/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$       16.39
		1/4/05	NE HHS Laboratory	water testing	$       30.00
20622		12/24/04	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city  tax	$      823.54
		1/4/05	Neil Molzahn	dental	$       78.00
20625		12/30/04	Twin Valleys Public Power	electric	$      156.86
20624		12/29/04	City Payroll	pension	$       98.68
20623		12/29/04	City Payroll	payroll	$   2,122.79
					$   4,070.85
			WASTEWATER
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$      320.48
		1/4/05	City Utilities	g-w-s-t	$       16.17
		1/4/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$       19.20
20624		12/29/04	City Payroll	pension	$       53.91
20623		12/29/04	City Payroll	payroll	$   1,160.71
20622		2/24/04	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city  tax	$      400.10
					$   1,970.57
			R.V. PARK
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$       27.40
		1/4/05	City Utilities	g-w-s-t	$       90.88
		1/4/05	PinPoint	cable t.v.	$       38.45
					$      156.73
			PAYROLL
1072		12/29/04	American Funds	pension	$   1,271.87
					$   1,271.87
			HOUSING REHABILITATION
		1/4/05	Randy Alexander	clearance testing	$      250.00
		1/4/05	#403 & Bug Busters	termite service	$      590.64
		1/4/05	#401 & Bug Busters	termite service	$      685.00
		1/4/05	#402 & Bug Busters	termite service	$      744.00
		1/4/05	#402 & Batt Construction	termite service	$   4,560.00
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Claim #	Invoice #	Invoice Date	Payee	Explanation/Description	Amount
			GOLF COURSE & GOLF BAR EXPENSES
		1/4/05	Hogeland Market	supplies	$      110.20
		1/4/05	Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper	pop	$      131.00
		1/4/05	S & W Auto Parts	r & m equipment	$      152.51
		1/4/05	Davis Sun Turf	r & m equipment	$      196.09
		1/4/05	Agri Co-op	fuel	$       67.21
		1/4/05	City Utilities	g-w-s-t	$      321.62
		1/4/05	Nebraska Public Power	electric	$      318.63
		1/4/05	Hanna Variety	supplies	$      142.28
		1/4/05	All Tell	cell phone	$       49.57
		1/4/05	Fort Dearborn Life	insurance	$         9.60
		1/4/05	NGCSA	membership dues	$       50.00
		1/4/05	Builders Choice	r & m building	$       73.74
		1/4/05	Overhead Doors	r & m building	$      447.83
EFT		12/27/04	H & H Distributing	concession	$      152.50
EFT		12/20/04	H & H Distributing	concession	$      135.30
2537		12/24/04	State Nebr Dept Revenue	sales-use-city  tax	$      581.64
2538		12/29/04	City Payroll	payroll	$   2,694.12
2539		12/29/04	City Payroll	pension	$       98.13
					$   5,731.97

            There was no discussion to be had on the presented Treasurer’s report and warrants.  Treasurer’s report accepted as presented.

            Clerk presented a request from local chapter of Ducks Unlimited for a one day liquor license to be used at their banquet February 19, 2005 at the Alma City Auditorium and also reported that there were no written nor oral objections for or against said one day request.  Motion made by Calkins seconded by Waggoner to approve said one day liquor license request.  Motion Carried.

            Council was presented a letter of proposal for City insurance consulting for review and action.  Topics brought up concerning proposal to assist City in bidding its property and casualty insurance included; cost of proposed services suggested to be too high, possibility of having insurance company draw up bidding specs, comparisons of other insurance companies and  have local agent, administrator and insurance company representative give a  recommendation upon bidding.  Motion made by Fleischmann seconded by Mercer to reject proposed letter of consulting and to have the present company draw up proposal for bidding.  Upon roll call vote, Calkins, Mercer and Fleischmann voted yes.  Waggoner abstained.  Motion Carried.

            Electrical distribution system discussion included a letter form Olsson Associates for scope of services on probable electric operation costs for City of Alma Nebraska.  Services provided would include; review of electric department financials—various Nebraska communities, review Alma annual loads (kW and kWh), review N.P.P.D.’s annual revenues, develop prototype electric department financial sheet, analyze possible operating margins for Alma and provide a summarize of results of review.  Cost of service proposal would be $7,000.00.  Other topics discussed concerning electric system included; repair and maintenance of system concerns, possible need to run all numbers by City accountant for input, comparisons needed from other communities, possible having representative from other communities come to meeting and visit about there systems of operation, questions asked on just what it would cost to run system and need of input on these, possibility of additional families moving to community comments, possible negotiation on service cost, capitol for replacement costs concerns and contacting other communities for informational input.  It was decided to table subject until next meeting so more information could be had and guests could attend.

            Completed and or unfinished business discussion included; report of hiking biking trail possibility of needing re bidding, review of letter from State on concerns on trail, use of concrete or asphalt questions, attendance needed with State and Game and Parks personnel to discuss next steps to take, personnel issues included review of a letter from Everett Hunters doctor stating that with his medical condition he would not be capable of continuing working for the City of Alma, report from Alma Development that they need budgeted funds from City to remodel the dentist office for occupancy, other businesses interested in coming to area comments, need to visit with accountant about requested funds, need of proposals of what all is needed and possible having help form City crew with remodel work, housing rehabilitation work that is going on report given, no board of health issues at this time and Airport hanger project waiting upon Fire Marshal report.

            There being no other agenda items for discussion the Mayor opened the floor to discussion.  Topics brought up included; appreciation banquet date and time, report that locker plant paper work all complete and also report that the LRNRD would like to use the cooler space again for tree storage.  It was okayed with the same rent they paid last year.

            There being no other business for discussion it was moved by Fleischmann seconded by Mercer to adjourn the meeting.  Motion Carried.

___________________________                  ATTEST:                      ____________________________

Mayor                                                                                                  City Clerk