August 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM - City Council Regular Meeting

1. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ROLL CALL

2. PRAYER

3. NATIONAL ANTHEM AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. CONSENT AGENDA - The following items are considered to be routine by the city council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a city council member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from consent status and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

4.A. Minutes of July 21, 2025, City Council meeting.

4.B. Change date of first meeting in September 2025 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, September 2, 2025, due to Labor Day holiday.

4.C. Reappointment of Timothy Matas to Library Board for four-year term.

4.D. Reappointment of Chuck Whitney as delegate to the Nebraska Cooperative Government Commission for one-year term.

4.E. Annual renewal of computer-aided dispatch and report management system maintenance, subscriptions, and licenses in the amount of $92,042.79 from Central Square Technologies for the joint communications center.

4.F. Resolution No. R25-101 concurring with and authorizing the mayor to sign the National Functional Classification System Urban Area Boundary Map for the City of Columbus as established by the Nebraska Department of Transportation and associated with the 2020 United States Census.

4.G. Resolution No. R25-102 approving master services agreement with Pictometry International Corporation dba EagleView in the annual amount of $18,150 from 2026 through 2031 for aerial imagery, digital mapping products, and licenses for the engineering department. CIP #20-06

4.H. Resolution No. R25-103 continuing Columbus/Platte County Enhanced 911 service surcharge of $1 per month on each local exchange access line physically terminating in the 911 service area.

4.I. Resolution No. R25-104 authorizing payment of various improvement projects.

4.J. Payroll and bills on file.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Included in Consent Agenda

6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: None

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None

8. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS: None

9. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICES: None

10. REPORTS OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES: None

11. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES: None

12. REPORTS ON LEGISLATION: None

13. NEW BUSINESS

13.A. Authorization to sell surplus radios, pagers, and chargers.

13.B. Authorization to move service of all city-owned wireless devices from Verizon to FirstNet.

13.C. Quote from Confluence in the amount of $29,130 for downtown wayfinding strategy. CIP #23-01

13.D. Quote from Holiday Outdoor Decor in the amount of $24,500 for downtown Christmas decorations.

13.E. Quote from Creative Sites, LLC in the amount of $431,211 for Pawnee Park Sertomaland playground equipment. CIP #25-38

13.F. Quote from Motoplex of Columbus in the amount of $13,000 for UTV for the park department. Reallocated CIP #23-12

13.G. Quote from Midwest Turf and Irrigation in the amount of $34,815.30 for sand trap rake for Quail Run golf course. Reallocated CIP #23-12

13.H. Quote from Van Wall Equipment, Inc. in the amount of $13,667 for fairway blower for the golf courses. Reallocated CIP #23-12

13.I. Discussion on proposed 2025-2026 Budget.

13.J. Comments from mayor and city council members.

14. RESOLUTIONS

14.A. Resolution No. R25-105 approving memorandum of understanding with Columbus Public Schools for student library cards.

14.B. Resolution No. R25-106 approving billing service agreement with Digitech Computer LLC to provide EMS billing services for Columbus Fire Department.

14.C. Resolution No. R25-107 approving engineering services agreement with RVW, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $10,200 for fiber optics design and construction phase services for the Parks and Wastewater Utility Departments Maintenance Complex. Reallocated CIP #25-32

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING: None

16. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING: None

17. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING: None

18. PAYROLL AND BILLS ON FILE: Included in Consent Agenda

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: None

20. ADJOURNMENT