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Council keeps Hornaday reimbursement process for Heartland Public Shooting Park capital projects
Summary
Council approved a resolution continuing the finance-department reimbursement practice for capital projects managed by Hornaday at the Heartland Public Shooting Park. Council members pressed staff to ensure compliance with city procurement and sales-tax-exempt purchasing rules.
Grand Island — The City Council on Oct. 28 approved a resolution allowing the finance department to continue reimbursing Hornaday for capital projects at the Heartland Public Shooting Park under the same administrative process used in prior years.
Staff described the arrangement as a way to streamline capital work at the shooting park, where Hornaday has managed capital projects and sometimes used its personnel and subcontractors for tasks such as interior renovations. “This gives them — finance requires this — this resolution to act in that same manner this year,” Mr. McCoy said, describing last year’s process of direct reimbursement for expenses submitted to the finance department.
Councilmembers asked procedural questions about procurement compliance and tax-exempt purchasing. Councilmember Aussie and others emphasized that even when a private manager performs work, the purchases and contracting must comply with city procurement rules and state law, particularly for purchases above formal bid thresholds (the city’s bid threshold was referenced as $50,000). City staff said Hornaday would work directly with the finance department and provide invoices, quotes and documentation for reimbursement.
Council adopted resolution 2025-367 to continue the reimbursement approach for the 2025 capital projects at the shooting park, which staff said total about $696,000 this year. Staff noted the finance department would manage the documentation and compliance steps for reimbursement.
