The Kearney City Council met on January 24, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. The meeting included a proclamation for National CRNA Week, a ceremonial badge reveal for the police department’s 150th anniversary, unanimous approval of consent agenda items, authorization of funding for the RYDE Transit program, introduction of new human resources staff, an open account claim to NPPD, and a closed session for real estate discussion.
City Council meeting for January the 24th. We don't have any scouts, so if you rise, we'll have a moment of silence followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you. Now join us in the Pledge of Allegiance. I just do the flag of the United States of America. In accordance with section 841412 and the Nebraska revised statutes of copy of the open meetings act is available for view and is posted on the wall of the council chambers. Mayor Klaus. Here Bush Cutter. Okay, thank you. Um this time if we have some CRNAs, if you'd like to come uh joining us, if you join the up the uh pedestal, pedestal, podium, podium, whatever it is. And I have a proclamation we'd like to read, and then uh we can uh take a photo here. Proclamation proclamation reads whereas certified registered nurse and aesthetist anethicist. You know, there's some words in here. I'm glad you didn't. That's why we had to bring you up. Yeah. Anesthesist. Uh and I knew that, but reading it is uh they're often referred to as nurse anesthesists or nurs anesthesiologists. We're the first health care providers dedicated to the specialty of anesthesiology and the first advanced practical nursing specialty that can trace the origins to the 1800s when nurses ease the suffering of wounded soldiers in the civil war. And whereas a pioneer who paved the way for today's CNR CRNAs, Alice McGraw Maga is the most famous CRNA of the 19th century, and who set the bar for excellent, safe and effective anesthesia practice for generations. And whereas since 1927, nurse anesthesiologist uh education has advanced from a certificate to graduate level education with 121 accredited CRNA programs in the United States and Puerto Rico in 2018, with more than 2,400 residential registered nurse anestheticists, annual graduates uh who go on to pass a national uh certification examination to become a CRNA. And whereas CNAs are independent sole anesthesia providers who vigilant watch and protect patients every breath throughout the various surgical processes daily, and that are the the primary anesthesia providers in rural communities and U.S. military personnel as well as practicing in every setting which anesthesia is delivered, including traditional hospital surgical suites, obstetrical delivery rooms, surgical centers, dentists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists' office, and pain management specialists. And whereas National CRNA week is celebrated every year from January 23rd to January 29th in appreciation of CRNAs. Now for their bill, let it be resolved on behalf of the citizens of Carney, Nebraska. We hereby recognize January 23rd through the January 29th, 2023 as national CRNA week. And we urge the city of Carney, our dissolved citizens to recognize and appreciate and celebrate the many CRNAs practicing in Kearney and throughout the United States for the excellent care they provide. Thank you. And I've used our services, and I'm glad to do what you do. So if you want to take a photo, we pretty much there. No, that's awesome. We're gonna put counsel means we need to. There you go. That's good. Okay, ready? Would you have all two three? One, two, three. And I'll have uh the city clerk center. Excellent. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for all the more than here. Thank you. I have appreciated many times. We're glad we come back. Okay, next we have uh Chief Watch. We reveal the Carnegie Police Department's 150th commemorative badge. Chief. Good evening, Mayor Council. Brian Wall, police chief.