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Votes at a glance: Seward City Council unanimously approves licenses, contracts, ordinances and site agreements
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Summary
The Seward City Council approved a slate of resolutions, contracts and ordinances in a unanimous 7–0 vote at its meeting.
The Seward City Council approved a slate of resolutions, contracts and ordinances in a 7–0 roll-call at its meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Resolution 2025-32: Recommend approval of Class I liquor license for DOT Provisions LLC (dba Birdwise Brewery) at 211 South Fourth Street — Passed 7–0. - Manager approval (DOT Provisions LLC): Jason Siebert named manager for the Class I liquor license — Passed 7–0. - Resolution 2025-33: Designate city items as surplus (including the recycling center building and six other items from the police department) — Passed 7–0. - Ordinance 2025-26: Amend pay plan to provide 3% cost-of-living adjustment for all pay lines, create assistant greenskeeper position and update senior center manager title — Passed on final reading 7–0. - Service agreement (item 3): Five-year service agreement with Gerebi Refuse Services for roll-off containers at the Seward recycling center starting Nov. 1, 2025 — Passed 7–0. - Resolution 2025-34: Establish no-parking area on north side of Lincoln Street east of Manor Drive — Passed 7–0. - Easement authorization (item 5): Authorize mayor to sign permanent easement for Black Hills Energy to install a 6-inch steel gas main to serve the Seward Rail Campus — Passed 7–0. - Contract award (item 6): Professional services agreement with Shemer Associates for conceptual engineering of Second Street–Isaac Walton sanitary interceptor (estimated fee $89,116.20) — Passed 7–0. - MOU (item 7): Memorandum of understanding with Dairy Processing LLC regarding Seward Rail Campus site readiness — Passed 7–0. - Ordinance 2025-27: Initiate electric rate adjustment to increase system revenues by 3% effective with October 2025 billing — Passed on first reading 7–0; later adopted 7–0. - Ordinance 2025-28: Initiate water rate adjustment to increase system revenues by 3% effective with October 2025 billing — Passed 7–0. - Ordinance 2025-29: Initiate sewer rate adjustment to increase system revenues by 3% effective with October 2025 billing — Passed 7–0.
Other business
- The council accepted staff reports, discussed upcoming community events and announced a closed executive session to provide negotiating guidance to the city attorney on contract negotiations with NPPD for wholesale electric power purchase; no formal action was taken in closed session.
Source: Seward City Council meeting agenda and minutes as summarized from the meeting transcript. All recorded council votes in the meeting were unanimous (7–0).
