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Kearney board approves ordinances to retain arbitrage services and hire collective-bargaining counsel
Summary
On April 6 the Board of Aldermen passed two ordinances: one to retain Gilmore & Bell for required arbitrage calculations tied to the city's 2020 Certificates of Participation, and another employing Jackson Lewis P.C. (attorney Jeff Place) for collective bargaining legal work. Both passed 3–0.
The Kearney Board of Aldermen approved two ordinances on April 6 that advance city financial compliance and labor-law preparedness.
Sheila Ernzen, city administrator, said the Internal Revenue Service requires an arbitrage calculation for the city's 2020 Certificates of Participation and that Gilmore & Bell has previously performed the calculation and holds the necessary records. After two readings, the council approved the ordinance to retain Gilmore & Bell; the ordinance was assigned Ordinance No. 1680-2026 following a roll call vote of Holt, King and Lehman in favor.
Ernzen also presented an ordinance to employ Jackson Lewis P.C. to provide legal services specifically related to collective bargaining and named attorney Jeff Place to perform the work. The ordinance passed on second reading and was numbered Ordinance No. 1681-2026 after the same 3–0 roll call vote.
Both ordinances passed without recorded dissent. The minutes do not list contract dollar amounts for either engagement in the published summary; the ordinances were approved for the city to finalize terms and proceed with the specified services.
