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The Hastings Utility Board met on June 11, 2026, at 9:00 AM in the Airport Conference Room. Key topics included a cost-of-service study for water and wastewater rates, a second-quarter financial update, and a budget schedule review. The board also recognized outgoing Chairman Bill Hitesman for his service and unanimously approved recommendations to adjust rates and shift a July meeting date.
I would like to call the Hastings Utility Board meeting to order for June 11th, 2026. Bill Heisman? Yes. Jeanette Duell? Yes. Scott Coles? Yes. Susan Miski. Reg. Stand for Pledge of Allegiance. The United States is America. Undergisible with liberty. I believe we've been asked to move the uh item administrative uh item cost of service up to regular agenda just before the general business. So with that, a motion to adopt the current agenda for June eleventh, twenty twenty-six regular meeting. So moved. Second. Heightsman. Yes. Dewell? Yes. Calls. Yes. Official notice of the regular meeting was published in the Hastings Tribune on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, pursuant to the Nebraska revised statute, section eighty-four dash fourteen twelve. 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 located at the back of the council chambers. Also a current copy of the Nebraska Opens Leading Act is posted on the south wall of the council chambers, which is accessible to members of the public. Second, this is uh Bill Heitzmann's last meeting. So I think a lot of us um when we choose to go into public service positions, um the one thing we all hope to do is uh leave everything a little bit better than how we found it. Um Bill through what he's done for this community, not only through the the community college through Hastings economic development, but especially for us in this room as a utility. Um I can't thank you enough, Bill, for your leadership, what you've done for uh the utilities, what you've done for myself, uh working through the transition of coming into this managerial role. Um appreciate the hours that you've stopped in, talked to me, allowed me to call you on the phone, talk through some things. Um I can't thank you enough. Really appreciate uh what you've done for our staff, the support you've shown for the staff, uh what you've done for our ratepayers. So thank you for your service for your time. We do have uh a plaque here I'd like to present you with uh just to show some appreciation for your time as a utility board chairman. So if I could ask you to come up front. Tony, where would you uh front slide everywhere for it? You didn't know there's gonna be an obstacle appreciation for everything you've done for the utilities and thank you. That is all I have for managers communication. Well, since it is my last meeting, Derek did ask if I would make a comment or two, and uh this I was not expecting, but I appreciate it very much. It's been a pleasure. I'm gonna miss being on the board, miss working with all of you, but like all good organizations, I can tell you it's the people that make it work. Good people, always hard to find, but we want to hang on to them, and the utilities has been outstanding with what they do. I know it's pretty tough when you have outages when you have all those things and people are complaining and calling in, but wow, our efficiency is extremely uh good. I've been fortunate with the board.