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City administrator reports progress on recycling center, storm documentation and upcoming events
Summary
City Administrator Greg updated the council on recovery documentation for recent storms, the recycling center transition, work on the NPPD contract and a slate of community events; he also thanked Finance Director Sydney Golden for her work on the FY2026 budget.
City Administrator Greg told the Seward City Council that staff were finishing storm documentation, moving forward on recycling center arrangements and continuing negotiations on the NPPD contract.
Greg said staff had completed much of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) documentation for the March blizzard and an August windstorm, work led by staff member Derek. He said the city plans to move more quickly on the recycling center over the next 30 days following notice of an employee's departure so the city can line up staffing and operations.
Greg also thanked Finance Director Sydney Golden for stewarding the budget through a complex conversion to a new accounting system and a partly manual fallback to Excel earlier in the year. "She is heralded and steward this budget really, really well," he said, noting Golden sat through the meeting to answer any questions from councilmembers.
On events, staff said a ribbon cutting with Chartwells will be held tomorrow at 3 p.m.; the Nebraska Techtober Challenge, a 24-hour hackathon in partnership with Concordia, will take place Friday and Saturday; the downtown Seward progressive dinner is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 25; the Connecting in Nebraska Summit will take place at the renovated Seward Civic Center; a professional development luncheon on domestic violence is set for Thursday, Oct. 9; and a shade dedication will be held at the Band Shell on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m.
Ending Greg closed by asking the council to accept his report; no substantive council direction altering those plans was recorded in the meeting transcript.
