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The Scottsbluff City Council held a regular meeting on June 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM. All five council members were present. The meeting covered consent calendar items, an Economic Development Certified Community award presentation, the annual Regional West Emergency Medical Services report, three community festival permits, multiple ordinance readings (first, second, and third), an LB 840 economic development agreement, a KENO funding request, an interlocal cooperation agreement, and several preliminary engineering service contracts. All voting items were approved unanimously unless otherwise noted.
Call the meeting to order. Roll call, bidlack. Here, Phillips. Here. Stricker. Here. McKerrigan. Here, Solomon. Here. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. And to the original. And the municipal. For public information, a copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act is available for review. Notice of changes in the agenda by the city clerk. Additions may not be made to this agenda less than 24 hours before the beginning of the meeting unless added under item five of this agenda. No changes. Okay. Citizens with business not scheduled on the agenda as required by state law. No matter may be considered under this item unless council determines that the matter requires emergency action. Do we have any emergency action? Okay. Closed session. Council reserves the right to enter into closed session if deemed necessary if the item is on the agenda as per section 8414 10 of the Nebraska revised statutes. Consent calendar. Items in the consent calendar are proposed for adoption by one action for all items, unless any member of the council requests that an item be considered separately. I have a second. Okay. Phillips. Yes. Solomon. Yes. McCarrigan. Yes, Stricker. Yes. Midlap. Yes. Petitions, communications, and public input. Council be presented the economic development certified community award for the city of Scusburg from Brittany Harden with the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. Thank you, Mayor, and good evening, Council members. My name is Brittany Hardin, and I represent the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. I'm here on behalf of the state of Nebraska. It's a privilege to represent you all as our department's Western Business Consultant. Tonight I'm here to recognize the city as a leader in Nebraska's economic development certified community program. Nebraska's EDCCs are known as statewide leaders in business recruitment and expansion projects, marketing local job opportunities and working with regional and state partners to create a welcoming environment for businesses. Cities like Scotts Bub are actually helping evolve our ADCC program, and you're doing it by listening to the needs of your working families and business owners and actually doing something about it. For example, recent amendments to include retail and child care development in your LB 840 program reflect your dedication to growing your community. Thank you for that. These local programs are instrumental in ongoing development, and we appreciate all the work you're doing to grow Western Nebraska collectively. The department also values our own partnership with the city most recently through the community development block grant funding for downtown revitalization.