Lincoln City Council Regular Meeting Summary – May 12, 2025

The Lincoln City Council met on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 3:00 PM in a regular public meeting. The agenda included the Mayor's Award of Excellence, a consent calendar with multiple personnel reappointments and professional service agreements, public hearings on liquor licenses, resolutions, and ordinances, and first-reading resolutions. All votes were unanimous (7-0) except for one abstention on a change of zone ordinance. The meeting adjourned at 4:35 PM.

Consent Calendar

• Reports of City Officers: All items adopted unanimously (7-0) unless noted:
  • 25R-175: Reappointing Christine Abraham to the City Personnel Board (6-1, A-95158).
  • 25R-176 through 25R-181: Reappointment to Housing Authority Board; professional services agreements for 1st St. & Cornhusker Hwy. Intersection Project; and NDOT agreements for Responsible Charge Services on Cotner Blvd., 48th/56th & Calvert St., Lincoln Area Bridges, and 1st & Cornhusker projects (all 7-0).
  • 25R-184 through 25R-190: Assessment resolutions for College View, Havelock, North 27th Street, University Place, West O Street, and South Street Business Improvement Districts; distribution of idle funds interest earnings (all 7-0).
  • 25R-191 to 25R-195: Liquor license applications and manager approvals for DaVinci's (Class C), Haymarket Park (Class I), and VFW 3606 (manager) – all adopted for approval (7-0).
• Petitions & Communications: Administrative Approval 25012 for Sunrise Estates Community Unit Plan placed on file.

Public Comments & Testimony

No public comments were recorded in the agenda or minutes. The agenda provided a public hearing period for the consent agenda and an open microphone session for non-agenda matters, but no speakers or testimony appeared in the available documentation.

Discussion Items

• 25R-112 (101 North 14th Street Redevelopment Project): After a four-week delay from April 14, 2025, the council adopted the resolution unanimously (7-0; A-95177).
• 25R-182 (Claims Report April 16-30, 2025): A verbal motion to remove the claim of Troy & Tiffany Renk from denied to pending was approved (7-0), and the resolution as amended was adopted (7-0; A-95178).
• 25R-183 (Canopy Park Project Redevelopment Agreement Amendment No. 2): Adopted unanimously (7-0; A-95179).
• Ordinances – 2nd Reading: 25-37 (creating City Facilities Manager classification) had second reading and public hearing ended.
• Ordinances – 3rd Reading:
  • 25R-161, 25-32, 25-33: LCEA labor contract and pay schedule adjustments for 'A' and 'C' pay plans – all passed (7-0).
  • 25-34: Text amendment to increase opportunities to grow and sell produce in residential zones – passed (7-0; #21728).
  • 25-35: Change of Zone 21020C for Community Action Partnership – passed (6-0, Councilmember Weber abstained; #21729).
  • 25-36: Street and Alley Vacation 24003 – motion to amend adopted (7-0), then passed as amended (7-0; #21730).
• Resolutions – 1st Reading: Items 25R-196 through 25R-202 were introduced for first reading and will have public hearings at a future meeting. These include:
  • Appointing Tamara Sloan to the Board of Health.
  • Professional services agreements for Beal Slough Trail, Adams St. Rehab.
  • Grant agreements for Health Department (NEHA-FDA and DHHS).
  • New rate schedule for Solid Waste System due to state disposal fee increase (LB 247).
  • Contract with Thomson Reuters for West Proflex software.

Key Outcomes

• All consent items and public hearing resolutions were adopted unanimously except where noted.
• 25R-182 was amended to move one claim from denied to pending.
• 25-35 passed with Councilmember Weber abstaining; all other ordinance votes were 7-0.
• Pending List: Bill 25-8 (Emergency Communications Head pay range) was removed from the pending list and scheduled for public hearing on June 2, 2025 (7-0). Items 24-129 (Verizon tower space), 24-130, 24R-526, and 24R-527 (Sesostris Temple) remain on pending list with no date certain.