BBDC:
• Hosted Perfect Blend Tuesday with guest speakers Greg & Lisa Carter of Carter’s Home Hardware & Appliance.
• Hemingford received their plaque for Leadership Certified Community (recertification) Tuesday from Department of Economic Development.
• Attended Rural Rendezvous Zoom meeting on SourceLink Nebraska Wednesday.
• Attended the Heartland Expressway monthly meeting in Chadron with Mayor Dafney Thursday.
• Friday submitting our Rural Fellows Community Application to host 2 interns Summer 2022.
• Dec. 20th-24th – BBDC Office Closed.
Chamber of Commerce:
• Chamber Ambassadors visited Heartland Real Estate & Appraisals as the January Spotlight Business.
• Attended the Activate Alliance meeting.
• Attended the Autumn in Alliance planning meeting.
• Finalizing the details for the Parade of Lights Scavenger Hunt on Monday, December 20th from 5 to 7 pm.
Electric:
• Replaced a streetlight pole on West 3rd street that was knocked over from an auto accident.
• Installed alley lights for the BNSF parking lot in the 100 block of Box Butte.
• Repairing/replacing streetlights where needed. Performing maintenance on various pieces of our rural and urban system.
• Built/replaced two irrigation well transformer banks.
Public Works:
• Landfill continuing to clean up following the fire earlier this year. 97 customers 157 tons of refuse received at landfill this week.
• Sewer Department cleared a sewer backup last Sunday.
• Lift Station “A” work nearing completion, with the last pieces – piping and electrical, nearly complete.
• The new Public Works building will finish installing heaters, electrical and doors next week!
• Transit 588 riders this week.
• Water Emergency Response Plan under final review.
Police:
• Department wide meeting regarding police theory.
• This week: three accidents, two mental health holds; one burglary; and one theft of firearm, which was recovered.
Code Enforcement/Animal Control:
• 5 dogs impounded and returned to their owners.
Fire:
• Had 2 phone conferences with Fire Training Structures (FTS) on our new training facility. Community Development Director Kusek participated in one of the phone conferences.
• Chief met with HR on the hiring process for the Fire Apparatus Engineer/EMT position.
• Submitted 3rd quarter NFIRS report to the Nebraska Fire Marshal.
Parks:
• Staff cleaned the Sallows roof and drains to ensure melting water doesn’t leak into the building over winter. Moved downtown furnishings around to make room for snow removal when necessary.
• Staff is cleaning up both shops in anticipation of moving to the Street Garage when the new
building is done.
• Prepared two funerals.
• Pruned and watered plants in the greenhouse.
Museum:
• Staff continued sorting and packing up Christmas stuff.
• Several individuals were in the Heritage Room researching family history.
• Database review and development continued.
RSVP:
• The nutrition site received a large donation and worked with non-profits to get the donated items to individuals in need.
• Staff continued to serve meals at the site as well as deliver as necessary.
Golf Course:
• Weather has slowed play significantly.
• The pro shop continues to operate on limited hours to allow Christmas shopping.
Airport:
• 2020 Hailstorm claim – walk-in doors arrived and installation has begun. The last overhead doors are to arrive and be installed right away on December 22nd.
• First snowstorm event and everything went as planned with no on-the-ground delays.
• November passenger count:347 enplaned and 346 deplaned. Our parking lot was full during Thanksgiving and had to overflow onto concrete pad west of the terminal. December numbers are looking good also with a lot of sold out flights before and after Christmas. This will be a record year for passengers using the airport!