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The Hastings City Council held its regular meeting on Monday, June 22, 2026, at the Hastings Municipal Airport, called to order at 6:00 PM by Mayor George J. J. Beckby. Councilmembers Steve Huntley, Michael Anderson, Brad Consbruck, Larry Consbruck, Marc Rowan, Brian Hoffman, and Matt Fong were present. Councilmember Maggie Esch was absent. The meeting was adjourned at 7:47 PM.
Discrepancy with Public Notice: The Agenda and Minutes state the official notice was published in the Hastings Tribune on Thursday, June 18, 2026, while the raw transcript states the notice was published on Friday, June 19, 2026.
This resolution established a policy to maintain the natural water level of Lake Hastings without artificially raising it through city intervention (including wells or pumps), explicitly excluding the normal operation of existing municipal utility infrastructure (e.g., power plant discharge from Unit 4).
No public opposition was voiced. Lori Ferguson confirmed the project was expanded to serve both K & K Mobile Park and the Nebraskan within the original $3,350 grant budget through redesign and energy efficiencies. Councilmember Huntley noted the project includes larger water lines for fire suppression, stemming from a past tragedy.
Fire Chief Troy Vorderstrasse presented a replacement plan for an aging engine and heavy rescue unit. Two options for a Pierce Enforcer PUC pumper were considered.
Tom Treffer (Local 675) requested approval of an MOU to change the shift schedule from 24/48 to 48/96 for the remainder of the union contract.
This meeting to order. Sorry, I was a minute late. I had a password problem up here. Tyler, will you call the role? Huntley? Anderson. Here. Brad Consbrook. Here. Larry Consbruck. Here. Esh. Rowan. Here. Hoffman. Here. Fall. Here. McQoram is present mayor. Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. Can I get a motion to adopt the current agenda? Motion by Fong, second by Anderson. Please vote. Passes seven to zero. Public notice, official notice of the regular meeting was published in the Hastings Tribune on Friday, June 19th, 2026, pursuant to a Nebraska revised statute section 84-1412. The public is advised that a copy of today's agenda and all reproducible written material, which will be discussed at today's meeting, is available for public review, and a current copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act is posted and accessible to members of the public. Council of Communication to my left. Man, did we see a lot of hail over the course of the weekend, and so uh things were kind of a mess uh over there when I buzzed home quick before uh before the meeting here tonight. Uh so grateful for uh for our crews being out there today and getting stuff cleaned up. So things look so much better already. So uh so we're uh grateful for that and happy about that. Additionally, on Friday and Saturday, uh there are lots of great events in town for uh the upcoming Nebraska Chautauqua. So uh weaving a nation is the theme for this year. Uh so this is adjacent. I know I usually give an update on the public library, uh, adjacent to the public library because many of the events are at the library. Uh and so uh so lots of great uh events. They're all free, family friend friendly, and open to the public. So uh so do make sure uh you take note of all of the great events coming up this weekend with the Chautauqua. I was at uh event this weekend called the um flatwater music festival, and it reminded me of why I appreciate living in small town Nebraska, all the volunteers there and the nice the nice um atmosphere, all the people doing their best to present a nice um weekend bunch of activities. The weather did not cooperate, as you probably are aware, but uh it just um if you ever get a chance to go do something like that. Our museum is showing a film called Nine Little Indians, June 25th at 6 p.m. It is a film that has speakers, so it'll be a special one. It's about the legal battles of one family that were held at a boarding school, and um the abuse and the deaths that were attributed to that boarding school and the life there. It follows the story of nine sisters and seeks ign who seek acknowledgement and healing. The director of the movie will be there, one of the sisters and an Omaha elder. So if you um would like to get a little bit of some um a nice documentary to see what's really going on or what has gone on, that would be a good idea.