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Crawford council and Ponderosa Villa board send contract back to city attorney after executive session
Summary
At a March 26 special joint meeting in Crawford, Neb., the City Council and the Ponderosa Villa Board recessed to executive session to discuss an unspecified contract and then approved a motion directing the City Attorney to continue work on the contract before adjourning.
At a special joint meeting March 26, 2025, the Crawford City Council and the Ponderosa Villa Board recessed to an executive session to discuss a contract and afterward directed the city attorney to continue work on the matter.
Council Member Dean moved that the City Attorney continue work on the contract; Council Member DeBock seconded the motion. Ponderosa Villa Board member Twila Vogl offered the same motion on behalf of the board, seconded by Ralene Suchor. The motion passed; the minutes do not include a roll-call tally.
Mayor Shane Norman opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m. at the Legend Buttes Golf Course Clubhouse and noted that the meeting notice was published in The Crawford Clipper/Harrison Sun and that a copy of the Open Meetings Act was posted and available to the public. The agenda included an item to "Discuss/approve/disapprove contract," but the transcript does not record substantive contract terms for the public record.
Mayor Norman moved to go into executive session; Council Member DeBock seconded. The minutes record that the executive session concluded at 7:23 p.m. and that, after returning to open session, the Council and board approved the direction to have the City Attorney continue work on the contract. Mayor Norman then moved to adjourn, DeBock seconded, and the minutes record "AYE: All. NAY: none." The meeting adjourned at 7:24 p.m.
The minutes list those present as Mayor Shane Norman; Council President Grant; Council Members Dean and DeBock; Attorney Edmund; City Clerk Teri Miller; and Ponderosa Villa Board members Rhonda Schoenemann, Ralene Suchor, Twila Vogl and Patti Page. The record does not specify the contract’s subject, terms, or any required timeline for completion. The next steps recorded are only that the City Attorney was directed to continue work on the contract; no final approval or vote on the contract itself is recorded in these minutes.
