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Arapahoe Council reappoints airport authority members, approves annual water-tower contract
Summary
At its Sept. 3 meeting, the City Council of Arapahoe approved Resolution 2024-23 to accept five Airport Authority resignations and reappoint the same members to staggered terms under Nebraska law, and voted to accept an annual Maguire Iron contract to maintain the city’s water tower; consent agenda items including claims and payroll were also approved.
The City Council of the City of Arapahoe, Nebraska, on Sept. 3 approved a resolution reappointing five members to the Arapahoe Airport Authority with staggered terms and accepted an annual contract with Maguire Iron to maintain the city’s water tower, according to council minutes.
Mayor Koller presided over the meeting held at the EMCC Council Room. Councilmen Middagh, Kreutzer, Paulsen, Polston and Carpenter were present; Councilman Dean tenBensel was listed as absent. City Superintendent Greg Schievelbein and Assistant City Clerk Dixie Sickels attended; visitors included Mason Schroeder and Janella Sweeney of Hometown Agency and Jake Dugger of Maguire Iron.
Resolution 2024-23, introduced during the meeting, accepts the resignations of the Airport Authority’s five current members — Dean tenBensel, Todd Weverka, Todd Eichenberger, Robert Schievelbein and Corey Groves — and reappoints them with staggered terms to correct the board’s term rotation. The resolution cites the Cities Airport Authorities Act (Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 3-501 et seq.) and directs elections of successors under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-547; the minutes list the new term end years as 2026, 2028, 2028, 2030 and 2030, respectively. Councilman Middagh moved for passage and Councilman Kreutzer seconded; the roll call showed ayes from Middagh, Kreutzer, Paulsen, Carpenter and Polston and no nays. The Mayor declared the motion passed.
Jake Dugger of Maguire Iron gave an overview of the company’s services and answered questions from council members. Following that presentation, Councilman Middagh moved and Councilman Paulsen seconded a motion to accept Maguire Iron’s annual contract to maintain the city water tower. The roll call recorded ayes from Kreutzer, Paulsen, Carpenter, Polston and Middagh with no nays; the Mayor declared the motion passed.
The council also approved a consent agenda that included minutes from the Aug. 20 regular meeting and claims and payroll for Aug. 21 through Sept. 3, 2024. The minutes list total August receipts of $386,342.41 and total expenses for the period of $77,761.24. The roll call on the consent agenda recorded ayes from Paulsen, Carpenter, Polston, Middagh and Kreutzer and no nays; the minutes note abstentions on specific claims recorded in the claims listing (see minutes for claim-level abstention details).
The resolution’s recitals state the resignations are being accepted so the council can reappoint current members with properly staggered terms and that successors will be elected at future general city elections under the cited state statute. The minutes record no further conditions or amendments to the resolution.
The meeting adjourned by unanimous consent at 8:49 p.m. The minutes indicate that, following the reappointments, the affected Airport Authority positions will be filled by election in the sequence required by statute at forthcoming municipal elections.
