October 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM - Beatrice Regular City Council Meeting

Discussion:  TT - Mayor Morgan subitted resignation; swear in Mayor McLain

Discussion:  post in community  mayor bring appointment at next mtg.  if not, bring back until agree.

Mayor McLain - read honor to serve as Mayor of community.

Discussion:  COlleen, 

Discussion:  TT - amendment to loan agreement; 2 - one for equipment, 1 line of credit.  wroking on finalizing purchase, need $ for closing to wrap up.  allow $9,500 available for closing costs.

Mayor - thank for investing in communitiy

Ibrahim gave background thank city community for making this happen..  brought several clients to beatrice
patrick - want to expand on contract manufactuig, keep Beatrice bakery brand alive, good things to expand on sales & bring in __________.

doyle - product line?  Ibe - set up licensing deal for bakery brand, royalties for sales to bakery to cover sales, 17 employees now, plan to bring in more for marketing, fulfillment
barnard - how did you lean about this?  Pat - owner of bldg fell sick in CA, in nov - searched all over, landed on this on a business broker website, reached out - another buyer, reached back out in feb - reengaging conversations, came out in march.  June - had checklist & this met everything.  Ibe - every person in bakery & city want this business to be successful.  initially 6-7 employees, now 17, common theme
ted - where thought would be?  Pat - ahead, team has been great.  ibe - having customers come see facility & meet team, longevity is great to show clients.  company - 20 years, working for 6 months to reengineer process, finalizing deal machine; 2 truck loads of pizza cookies - finding right clients had cupcake project, but lot of labor, not gonna keep 
 

Discussion:  fee resolution annually - increase in demo fees admin fees; false alarms changed to calanedar year to update code; rename insufficient funds; library charge & removed PD not used.

Discussion:  new blight study - May street, 18-19th, near lincoln elementary, want to rebuild.  infrastructure costly, inquire if TIF is available. if all comes back, will be brought back to this body.  1.  no impact on taxes within blight, 2. no one likes bight, set by state, any house over 40 years old, 3.  prior worried about hitting 35% area, now 35% inside & extraterritorial jurisdiction, have to be under 35%, that whole area, could blight the entire city & still be under state statute.  Total $8500, split with developer.  

Discussion:  timing is everything, working with NEMA for floodplain buyout, glenover area hoyt as far west before river, talked to paul for a number of years, came to us 1 year ago, started paperwork. floodplain acquisition roughly ____%  appraisal, demolish structure city has to own, but can't be developed.  most likely wooded nature area.  start grant process
gary - any possibility of putting boat launch?  can't build structure, but could see if we could build 

Discussion:  part of 2021 dtr grant, received $10,000, keep improvements for 5 years, then forgiven, owner wants to sell to new buyer, assign loan & grant docs, transfer to new buyer, 2nd res - bank asking us to subordinate, likeliness that they remove improvements, not

Discussion:  subord agreement, move city down from line of title, bank first position

Discussion:  sen fischer received 1 year ago, have to apply for grant project fits into, grant agreement to $782,000 for new 911 communication equipment
Hydo - sen fischer put on as project, but have to approve.  Tr - still have to complete applicaition. 

Discussion:  photos of before & after - ted -still a lot to be done 12 bulidins, 8 additional buildings - in sept pic; voted to take down 3, city staff street & Mars took down carpentry.  $41,200 low bid - foundry, Bellhouse & Powder shop.  glary & Alex - 
Mike - water levels?  ted - val meyr plant manager, he said where locker rooms & cafeteria would fill up from bottom up.  there was no water
alex - thank for starting project, didn't realize how large site is, come a lot further than what thought wanted to keep doing more, but satisfied with where it is at & future designs & projects with the site
glary - thank public, they have been patient, response has been positive.  couple ideas to do smote more.  Ted - fosslers down to earth & good to work with.  Alex - touch on brownfield grant?  TT - 1 point shy from being funded, encouraging & discouraging at this time.  amount of grant has decreased significantly, will be smaller scope, requires 20% match next year, will look to apply & take down bldgs near highway.
glary - ted & tt good job,   Ted - 5 blds butted up next to each other, hole in roof, brownfield grant will hae match, but will will need to take care of sooner than later.
gary - conversation with val meyer, suggested to find a way to have monument with historic marker 
terry - hope to tie something in the downtown project to dempsters.

Discussion:  caleb officially merged.  big things coming down the pike - mvoiing to Paddock bldg, lot of work was getting board organized, finished legacy, board of 13 to 9.  had some setbacks, but have been good.
campaign - launching out.  
gage county as whole, caleb focusing on Beatrice, rural outreach coordinator - blythe applegarth, more emphasis on surrounding communities.  good background of public policy. 
Blythe - Texas version, 22,000 in gage county, outside of Beatrice, looking to assist & other opportunities, integrated into _________, untraveled roads, make some desitinations, 
caleb  - noseblind to our own communities, say positives, but one great example, Newport bakers - has charm, grit & great place to be.  remind ourselves we can be good place, keep rowing in same direction.
Mayor- involved with merger, hope good things come of the merger
terry - doing a great job - update on app - county under negotiations of price.  master community calendar for all of gage county.  terry - timeline?  caleb - next month to start app development
terry - businesses come in that he doesnt' know about , when do that, list new businesses that have come into?  Caleb - can add to report.
caleb - CRM - overlap from the organizations, got a CRM customer relations to help identify, will categorize.  manufacturing, to local bakery, industry modification reader, scrapes data every 6 months, new contact, website, 

alex- memberships? Caleb - not ready as board, felt unfair as board to ask, pause for 2026, organize for 2027 to figure out strategic plan, membership drive will be coming, website itching for it to be complete, membership rollout Nov-Dec, annual sign up Jan? plan to be constant onboarding, current drive - moving to Paddock Bldg, and not chamber, GDC now.
Hydo - would like to see chart of what the organizations were doing, what GDC will be continuing, what others are going to do.  downtown will always be a focus, how does what mainstreet did fit in?  Caleb - once new board starts in feb, annual summit in January, board election, 13 down to 9, once permanent board is seated, strategic plan wil be done, 3 year plan, 

caleb - launching campaign, "we can build something here"  for next 5-10 years.  we can build something here, taking idea & giving it abstract, we can also build friendships, families, etc., marketing to see this move foward.

gary - compliment, just had carshow downtown, huge success, hope to be able to do it again, 

Ted - text from Omaha paper - asked to share with 
neighbor stopped to thank community for notifications, powers out,