Broken Bow council approves two contractor payments for Eagle Crest subdivision, adopts police mobile data policy

The Broken Bow City Council on May 13 approved payments to Myers Construction for work on the Eagle Crest Subdivision and adopted an updated Mobile Data Computer policy for the Broken Bow Police Department.

Councilmember Travis Kleeb moved and Russ Smith seconded approval of Resolution 2025-09, authorizing payment of $331,506.38 to Myers Construction Inc. for work completed Nov. 6, 2024–Feb. 1, 2025 on project #211489, to be paid from the city’s sales tax infrastructure fund. The roll call vote was aye from Smith, Kleeb and Paul Holland; Councilmember Joe Wamsley abstained. The motion carried.

Councilmember Paul Holland then moved and Smith seconded approval of Resolution 2025-10, authorizing payment of $255,591.80 to Myers Construction Inc. for work completed Feb. 2–May 1, 2025 on the same project, also funded from the sales tax infrastructure fund. The roll call vote matched the previous resolution: Smith, Kleeb and Holland voted aye and Wamsley abstained; the motion carried.

Taken together, the two pay applications total $587,098.18. Council did not provide additional debate on the pay applications; the resolutions and funding source (sales tax infrastructure fund account ending in 168) were stated during the motions.

Earlier in the meeting, Councilmember Paul Holland moved and Joe Wamsley seconded adoption of the Broken Bow Police Department Mobile Data Computer policy, which City Administrator David Schmidt described as modernizing expectations for use of computer-based systems by officers. The council voted unanimously (Smith, Kleeb, Wamsley, Holland) to adopt the policy.

The meeting also included routine consent business (minutes and bills) and closed after a roll call adjournment at 6:15 p.m.