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City administrator outlines booster-pump bid timeline, pickleball geotech and budget schedule under new state rules
Summary
City Administrator Kelly reported a bid opening for the booster pump project on Aug. 4, recommended a $6,900 geotechnical contract for the pickleball park, and warned council the states new budget forms (LB34/LB647) create a compressed Aug. 20Sept. 30 schedule that will require extra workshops and special meetings.
City Administrator Kelly updated the Hickman City Council on several capital and budget matters Tuesday, including procurement timelines, geotechnical testing for a parks project and looming state-driven budget deadlines.
Kelly said the booster-pump project is open for bids, with a public bid opening scheduled for Aug. 4 at city hall and a recommendation to the council expected at the Aug. 12 meeting. She also reported no sealed bids had been received yet for the Etman Estates water-tower lot and that staff would follow up with prospective bidders.
On parks, Kelly said geotechnical services for the planned pickleball park were reviewed by consultants; the engineering firm recommended Teraccon at $6,900 as the most cost-effective option that meets a three-to-four-week schedule, and staff planned to issue a purchase order to expedite the work.
Kelly also summarized significant changes to budget forms and rules tied to recently passed state provisions (cited as LB34 and LB647 in council discussion). She said the states changes affect how allowable growth and property-tax lids are calculated, and urged councilors to attend two upcoming workshops (proposed July 15 and July 29) and additional special meetings to meet statutory timeframes. Because county evaluation notices arrive Aug. 20, Kelly said the city has a compressed window to prepare, publish and adopt a budget ordinance before the Sept. 30 deadline and will need to schedule extra meetings to complete three required ordinance readings.
Next steps: Staff will advertise and open bids for the booster pump, execute geotechnical testing for the pickleball site, and distribute a workshop schedule and explanatory materials on the state budget-rule changes to council members.
