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Wymore council approves CDBG street plans, EMS certification and personnel moves; multiple check approvals recorded
Summary
At its Jan. 2 meeting the Wymore City Council approved CDBG street project plans, certified EMS LB886 requirements, approved EMS conference attendance, recorded consensus hires for utility positions, and approved several payroll/claim checks with individual abstentions. The council also entered executive session and adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
The Wymore City Council on Jan. 2 approved plans, specifications and a bidding schedule for Community Development Block Grant project 23-PWI-012 and took a motion to authorize Mayor Collin Meints to sign paperwork related to Community Development Block Grant 2024 Public Works grants (the transcript records the motion but does not document the vote result for the authorization).
Council Member Max Allen raised concerns that fire and EMS ordinances were outdated after the departments split; City Attorney Andy Carothers said he will review the municipal Code Book and draft a new article for EMS to bring the ordinances into alignment.
The council approved the EMS LB886 Annual Certification for the Volunteer Emergency Responders Incentive Act by roll call (motion by Neil Van Boening, seconded by Sue Sapp; motion carried 3-0 with Max Allen abstaining). The council also approved a request from EMS Chief Shawna Argo to send six to eight EMS members to the annual conference in Kearney (March 6–9, 2025) and to cover meals, registration, mileage and lodging; that motion carried 3-0 with Max Allen abstaining.
Utility Superintendent Tim Sedlacek, Mayor Meints and Max Allen interviewed and recommended hiring Wes Eaten as lineman (immediate start) and Branson Husa as water operator (expected to start in March); the council indicated consensus to proceed with those hires.
Mayor Meints raised a request from part-time Officer Mark Meints for a small police office to house a computer and fax; the council asked Sedlacek to check with the city’s insurance carrier about renting a job trailer for that purpose. Neil Van Boening requested follow-up on dispatch’s use of the 'I Am Responding' system; City Attorney Carothers said he would arrange a meeting between Max Allen and Karla at dispatch.
The council approved several individual checks and payroll claims in motions recorded in the minutes. The minutes list multiple votes with abstentions: approval of check numbers 29229 and 29253 carried 3-0 with Max Allen abstaining; approval of check number 29234 carried 3-0 with Neil Van Boening abstaining; approval of check number 29237 carried 3-0 with Curt Oblinger abstaining. The transcript shows several other routine motions carried 4-0, including approval of the prior meeting’s minutes.
Motion by Max Allen, seconded by Sue Sapp, to go into executive session 'for the protection of the public interest and to prevent the needless injury to the reputation of an individual' was carried 4-0 at 7:59 p.m.; the council exited executive session at 8:40 p.m. and the meeting was adjourned.
Votes at a glance: - Approve minutes: motion by Max Allen, seconded by Curt Oblinger; carried 4-0. - Approve claims/payroll except checks 29229, 29253, 29234, 29237: motion carried 4-0. - Approve checks 29229 & 29253: motion by Sue Sapp, seconded by Curt Oblinger; carried 3-0 with Max Allen abstaining. - Approve check 29234: motion by Max Allen, seconded by Sue Sapp; carried 3-0 with Neil Van Boening abstaining. - Approve check 29237: motion by Max Allen, seconded by Sue Sapp; carried 3-0 with Curt Oblinger abstaining. - Approve CDBG Plans/Specs/Bidding Schedule for 23-PWI-012: motion by Sue Sapp, seconded by Max Allen; carried 4-0. - Authorize Mayor to sign CDBG 2024 Public Works grants paperwork: motion by Sue Sapp, seconded by Curt Oblinger; vote result not specified in transcript. - Approve EMS LB886 Annual Certification: motion by Neil Van Boening, seconded by Sue Sapp; carried 3-0 with Max Allen abstaining. - Approve EMS conference travel for 6–8 members (March 6–9, 2025): motion carried 3-0 with Max Allen abstaining. - Enter executive session (personnel/reputation): motion by Max Allen, seconded by Sue Sapp; carried 4-0.
What’s next: City Attorney Carothers will draft any ordinance changes related to EMS and present demolition contract(s) as noted; the council scheduled no additional public meetings on these items in the Jan. 2 minutes.
