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Broken Bow council holds brief budget hearing; CPA explains 2023–24 appropriation bill
Summary
The City of Broken Bow held a budget hearing Sept. 12, 2023, during which an outside CPA explained the 2023–2024 Appropriation Bill. The council unanimously opened and then adjourned the hearing after the presentation; there were no public comments.
The Broken Bow City Council convened a budget hearing on Sept. 12, 2023, at 5:00 p.m. in the Broken Bow Municipal Auditorium, where Mayor Rod Sonnichsen announced the availability of the open meetings law and recorded the attendance of Councilmembers Chris Myers, Russ Smith and Paul Holland; Councilmember David Baltz was absent.
Councilmember Paul Holland moved, and Councilmember Chris Myers seconded, to open the Budget Hearing at 5:01 p.m.; the roll-call vote recorded Holland, Myers and Smith voting aye and the motion carried. Jeff Oeltjen, CPA with Dana F. Cole & Company, LLP, then explained the 2023–2024 Appropriation Bill to the council. The transcript indicates an explanation was given but does not include line-item figures or direct quotations from Oeltjen.
There were no public comments during the hearing. After the presentation the council moved to adjourn; Holland moved and Myers seconded a motion to adjourn the hearing at 5:19 p.m. The same three members voted aye and the motion carried.
The hearing was procedural in nature: the council opened a public meeting for consideration of the appropriations package, received an explanation from the city’s external CPA, and then adjourned. The minutes and signatures on the record identify Kandi K. Peters as city clerk and Mayor Rod Sonnichsen as presiding officer. No formal adoption or final vote on the appropriation bill is recorded in this segment of the transcript.
