The Kearney City Council met on August 13, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in City Council Chambers. The meeting covered routine business, public hearings, consent agenda items, consent ordinances, and reports. The meeting was conducted efficiently, with no oral communications or unfinished business, and adjourned after approximately six minutes.
Items 1-11 were approved unanimously by roll call vote (Mayor Nikkila, Council Members Moore, Buschkoetter, and others voting aye). Key items:
Three ordinances were approved on final passage with a roll call vote (Council Member Moore abstained on all three; others aye):
Thank you. In accordance with the section 8414, the Nebraska revised statutes and copy of the open meetings act is available for you. It's post on the wall in the council chambers. Mayor Klaus. Here. Bush Cutter. Learn. Nicola. More. Air. We have no oral communications and no unfinished business. So we'll move on to public hearing one and two, and they can be discussed together but voted on separately, and they pertain to the proposed acquisition of property from Turkey Creek Properties LLC and Talmage Dam LLC to be used for easement purposes. Sarah. No, we can't. Sorry. No. Okay. So the uh 60 foot wide or 66 foot wide roadway easement connecting the rest of 3rd Street between Yannie and 16th, or what will be 16th. And so actually getting that. There's we kind of joke that it's a field drive right now, extra wide field drive. So it'll actually be a roadway. Um with an easement, a 10-foot utility easement to the north of that. So those are the two easements. The 66 foot ride roadway and then the utility easement. That's on third street, you said. Yep. The road, the road that's already there, that's not actually a road. Yes, the one that we call the street, that's a field drive. Yeah. Okay. Any questions? That one. It's a public question. Okay, this is a public hearing. Is there anyone in the audience which should raise public hearings one and two? Okay. Council have any questions? No. Okay, do we have a motion? I move to close public hearing one and move for the adoption of resolution number 2024-103 acquire acquiring a strip of land 66 feet wide, located in part of government lot nine and section 10 and part of government lot nine and section eleven. All in township eight, north range 16 west of the sixth prime meridian. Buffalo County, Nebraska dedicated for permanent right-of-way and utility easement purposes. Second. Roll call, please. Mayor Klaus. Learn Nicolette. Moore. Hi, Bush Cutter. Hi. I move to close public hearing two and move for the adoption of resolution number 2024-104.