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Broken Bow council approves bank signers, interlocal agreement and holds closed session on real estate
Summary
The council approved new authorized bank signers, approved a one-year interlocal services agreement with Broken Bow Township, heard a library report (details not recorded), and entered a closed session for a real estate strategy discussion before adjourning.
The Broken Bow City Council on Feb. 22 approved administrative and intergovernmental actions and held a closed-session strategy discussion on real estate purchases.
Councilmember Larry Miller moved and David Baltz seconded a motion to add Council President David Schmidt and Deputy Clerk Megan Linn as authorized signers on all city accounts at Bruning Bank and Nebraska State Bank, and to remove former Council President Jacob Holcomb. The motion passed by unanimous roll call vote (Miller, Baltz, Schmidt).
The council then approved a one-year interlocal agreement with Broken Bow Township for shared services in a motion moved by David Schmidt and seconded by Larry Miller; the motion passed unanimously. The minutes record that Library Director Megan Svoboda presented the Annual Library Report to the council, but provide no further detail about the report in the meeting record.
Later in the meeting, the council moved to enter closed session at 6:12 p.m. to "protect the public interest" for a strategy session concerning real estate purchases. The motion listed attendees as Mayor Rod Sonnichsen; councilmembers David Schmidt, Larry Miller and David Baltz; City Administrator Dan Knoell; City Attorney Jason White; City Clerk Kandi K. Peters; and Deputy Clerk Megan Linn. The council exited closed session at 7:07 p.m., then immediately voted to adjourn. The minutes do not record substantive outcomes from the closed-session discussion.
The meeting began at 6:00 p.m. in the Broken Bow Municipal Auditorium and the bill run approved on the consent agenda lists payments to many vendors totaling $117,689.83.
