The Alliance, Nebraska City Council met in a Regular Meeting on Tuesday, May 6, 2025at 7:00 p.m. Present were Council Members McGhehey, Mashburn and Turman.
Council acted on and/or discussed the following items of business:
1. Proclaimed May 1, 2025 as National Day of Prayer, the week of May 4 – 9, 2025 as Public Service Recognition Week.
2. Department Heads introduced New Employees.
3. Resolution No. 25-53 was removed from the Consent Calendar to be discussed as a regular agenda item.
4. Approved the Consent Calendar. Ayes: All. Motion carried.
5. Resolution No. 25-53 was tabled with the instructions to City Manager Sorensen to negotiate with Mr. Vacanti regarding contract. Ayes: All. Motion carried.
6. Nate Fox with LARM presented the property analysis report to the Council and shared recommended changes to the City’s Property Insurance.
7. City Treasurer Cindy Baker presented the second quarter financial report for the 2024/2025 Fiscal Year. Ayes: All. Motion carried.
8. Conducted a Public Hearing on the Annexation Petition from (Westco) Jirdon Agri-Chemicals, Inc. The Petitioner requests a 14.99-acre Tract of Land in the Southwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 25 North, Range 48 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Box Butte County, Nebraska, to be incorporated with limits of the City of Alliance. Following the Public Hearing, Council adopted Ordinance No. 2999. Ayes: All. Motion carried.
9. Passed the first reading of Ordinance No. 3000, which approves the rezone of Tracts of Land in the Southeast Quarter of Section 34, Township 25 North, Range 48 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Box Butte County, Nebraska, from Ag, Agriculture, to C-3, Heavy Commercial. Ayes: All. Motion carried.
10. Passed the first reading of Ordinance No. 3001, which approves the rezone of the West Half of Block 28, Original Town, Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska from M-2, Heavy Industrial District, to C-2, Central Business District. Ayes: All. Motion carried.
11. Approves a wage increase step up to 107-4 for City Clerk Pitt. Ayes: All. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 8:37 p.m.
/s/: John McGhehey, Mayor
Attest: Shelbi C. Pitt, City Clerk
Complete minutes of the Alliance City Council may be viewed by the public during regular work hours at the City Clerk’s Office, 324 Laramie Avenue, Alliance, Nebraska.
Publish: May 28, 2025
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