Accounting and Finance:
• Submitted annual SAM.gov registrations for City of Alliance
• Managed Choice Gas research on sixteen City of Alliance Accounts
• Attended Paylocity webinar regarding new features
• Completed employee annual review
• Sent LB840 tracking reminders
• Sent Hotel Occupation Tax communications to three Businesses Utility Billing Services:
• Cycle 1 and 2 bills mailed
• Cycle 3 and 4 reminder notices mailed
• Ten new residential accounts
Fire:
• Monthly department meeting held Wednesday evening.
• Career staff meeting held Thursday morning.
• FD staff participated in meetings with WSKF Architect’s on Public Safety Center Thursday and Friday.
Streets:
• Completed 17 locates
• Extended culvert on Kansas St.
• Pothole patching
• Street sweeping and sweeper repair
• Cleaned slice out of all trucks
• Washed all dump trucks and heavy equipment
• Cleaned and organized shop
• Grading of alleys
• Fixed solar panel on stop sign
Landfill:
• 276 customers, 546 tons this week
• Ran burn box
• Installed scale steps
• Laid dirt cover
• Scheduled bull dozer repair
• Worked on cleaning blowing debris
• ongoing maintenance of heavy equipment and refuse trucks
Water/Sewer:
• Spread gravel on sewer lake road
• Collected well samples and chlorine residuals
• Completed new driveway at lift station “A”
• Completed 17 locates
• Read cycle 2 radios
• Installed 87 radios
• Prepared Carhenge for water samples
• Changed oil at wells #3 and 7
• 2 employees attended class in Bridgeport
• Inspected R/O units at airport
• Cleaned out wash bay pit
• Flushed hydrant on Platte Ave.
• Moved office furniture for floor project
• Greased and cleaned backhoe
• Cleaned and washed trucks
• Inspected sewer at 8th and Bighorn
Electric:
• Continued installation of load control/disconnect boxes
• Work continues on three-phase rebuild project north of Nance Road and east of Highway 87
• Installed underground primary wire and terminated to make final connections for solar field line build installed “jumpers” and protective covering on solar field reclosure
• Installed secondary pole for new house service on CR 63
• Operated one generator for MEAN required monthly exercise
• Installed new overhead house service on Potash
• Progress continues on transition and training of new warehouse manager
Museum:
• Hosted 80 museum professionals for a three-day conference including a meet and greet, two workshops, a community tour, nine educational sessions As part of the conference we also hosted the NMA annual meeting which included a key note speaker who specializes in marketing small towns.
• Hosted five meals centered around the 1960’s conference theme.
• Conference room was used to conduct City and Game and Parks employment interviews.
• Next year’s meeting will be in Beatrice.
SkyView Golf Course:
• Membership and other fees continue to be collected for the 2025 golfing season
• Most of the inventory for the season has arrived and staff continues to get it out in the Pro-shop
• The course came through the winter in GREAT shape so very minimal seeding was necessary in the fairways. Shout out to our very talented maintenance staff for their hard work!
Library:
• This week, I made weekly Book Mobile deliveries, assisted patrons, and processed interlibrary loans. I also assisted with the Summer Reading preparations and started shelf reading the Nonfiction section of the library.
• With Children’s and Youth Services, Story Time A to Z featured Wonderful W plus whimsical woodland watercolor and with the wonderful weather, we welcomed back our friends from BBGH Building Blocks! Cynthia also shared outreach visits with three Head Start classrooms including stories and music. Search for Little Blue Peep continues for preschool through second grade. Cynthia shared KCOW announcements and organized Book Mobile items. Ongoing projects include updating book displays, cataloging new items and backpack checks. Preparations for upcoming events continues, including Summer Reading and preparing eggs for our Story Time Easter Egg Hunt.
• Checkout total is 624 for Children’s and Youth areas.
• This week I cataloged new materials, hosted the Fiber Arts Club, and the book club at Highland Park Care Center. I also began a shelf reading project with the Library Clerks, and aided in Summer Reading preparation.
RSVP & Senior Center:
• RSVP had fifteen volunteers in the community this week.
• Events hosted at the Center were card parties, Bunco, coffee and Treats and a movie for area seniors
Parks:
• Started spring application for fertilizer.
• Started turning water on at the ballfields, public restrooms, and concessions.
• Worked on the hustler and grasshopper mowers to ensure the work well this summer.
• Moved tables at the museum after the conference.
• Staff had two funerals this week.
• Installing mower decks onto the front-end mowers.
• Started turning on irrigation systems in the parks and ballfields.
• Conducted interviews for seasonal hires.
Airport:
• Airline Selection – We continue to stay in contact with Department of Transportation and our aviation consultants awaiting news.
• Received Senator Fischer’s appropriations request forms for FY2026. We have been advised that Senator Fischer will be prioritizing her FY25 requests that were previously advanced out of the Appropriations Committee, of which our airport was one. We have a short time frame to re-submit our new request and it is a priority. Our electrical project will still be our focus but we have applied for grant funds on the runway light portion of this grant so our request will be narrowed to all taxiway lights, removal of old taxiway shoulders, guidance signs, and the new MALSR system.
• Finally received our depredation permit from U.S. Fish and Wildlife services, so an update to our Airport Certification Manual was submitted and approved by the FAA.
• Received notification from FAA on our annual inspection. Documents must be submitted by May 5th and on-site inspection will begin Monday, May 12th.
• Preparation work continues for the FAA inspection by all airport staff.
• Prescribed burn is scheduled for April 12th, weather permitting. All notifications and press release has been completed.
• Filling of prairie dog holes on all airport property is a priority of staff. This is a huge project and will require many hours but essential so we can monitor where we still have work to do on active holes
Human Resources:
• Starting our first Seasonal Hiring groups for the year, including Carhenge, Golf Course Maintenance and Golf Pro Shop to prepare for the upcoming seasonal needs in these departments. Applications are being accepted for all Seasonal positions. Openings are limited and filling quickly. Interested individuals are encouraged to apply early and to indicate their top 3 choices for employment. Applications will be reviewed in the order they are received and positions are open until filled.
• HR is updating the Onboarding process for both regular and seasonal hires to ensure a smooth hiring process and that required training takes place for all employees. This includes revising the previous Onboarding packets and creating new trainings and workflows related to Benefits, Timekeeping, and New Employee Safety Training. Assisting department heads with scheduling interviews for open positions and conducting pre-employment requirements for the same. The City currently has several new hires pending in Transit, Streets, Utilities, and at the Senior Center.
• Conducting new employee training to assist the Human Resources department with time sensitive tasks with a focus on Applications, Jobs, and Personnel records management. Updating employee records for Payroll processing and benefits enrollment. Assisting employees with submitting leave requests and entering timesheets.
• Along with the Police Department, HR was one of the many featured employers at the WNCC Spring Job Fair on Wednesday. City representatives had the opportunity to visit with current students and community members about starting a career in Law Enforcement.
• Assisting employees with leave requests for qualifying family and medical events.
• Managing the City’s FTA and FMCSA Drug and Alcohol program and ensuring compliance for testing, reporting, and random pool selection maintenance.
Transit:
• 740 Passengers
Administration:
• Met with various Council Members, Program and Department Heads
• Work on FY2026 Budget
• Attended initial meeting with WSKF Architects on preliminary design of possible new public safety center that would be home to Fire, Police, EMS and dispatch.
Attended BBDC’s Perfect Blend where we learned about BBGH’s expansion plans
• Attended SLFRF webinar on closeout procedures for ARPA funds