Police Admin:
• DOJ, VOC, PAARI, Central Square, NIBIN, CALEA, MOCIC, NIJ, Datalytics, PERF Town Hall, Trusted Driver, IACP
Police Communications/Intelligence:
• Coordinated 521 calls for service.
• Completed 7 report requests.
• 0 firearms permits issued
Police Operations:
• 5 Child Welfare Investigations
• 1 DUI, 17 Traffic Stops
• 4 accidents,
• 0 K9 deployments
• 68 Building Checks
• 21 Community Contacts/Business Checks
• 16 Vacation House Checks
• 10 Active Investigations
Animal Control:
• 14 Animal Calls.
• 3 Dog Impounds. 2 dogs currently in the shelter.
• 0 Cat Impound. 0 cat currently in the shelter.
Code Enforcement:
• 57 Code enforcement issues.
Notable Service:
• Website for police cameras is complete. Please visit https://www.cityofalliance.net/476/HALOHigh-Activity-Location-Observation for more information on camera locations and use policy.
• Satisfaction rating 91.1%.
• Overall crime is down 2.8% YTD from last year YTD.
Airport:
• Taxiway and Apron Rehabilitation project continues.
BBDC:
• Hosted UNL/UNO Research Team for community focus groups and interviews Monday and Tuesday
• Attended Heartland Expressway Ribbon Cutting with Governor Ricketts, then hosted board meeting at BBDC afterwards
• Preparing for HS Career Days in Hemingford 10/26 and Alliance 10/28; LBB 10/27 – Industry Tours
Electric:
• Working with an Engineer and representatives of solar field to get the project started.
RSVP, Senior Center & Nutrition Site:
• The final walk through was completed on the senior center roof.
• The senior center hosted a packed house for BINGO with the Lineman School on Wednesday.
Museum:
• Hosted the monthly community meeting this week.
• Hosted the Extension Office educators who presented information to approximately 120 4th grade students from Alliance.
• Started making plans for the 2022 Christmas Tree Festival
• Continued inventory of artifacts and sent several items to museums in the areas they originated.
Library:
• The library was able to re-open on Tuesday, and we are happy to say we welcomed 197 people that day! Thanks to all of our patrons for their patience and kindness during this process: The roof is now being replaced, so unfortunately the east parking lot and book drop will remain closed until further notice. There is a drop box in the west entryway for returning items until the book drop is accessible again.
• Children’s Librarian Cynthia Horn is hosting the search for Gertie the Ghost with two winners per day. All children 2nd grade and under are welcome to come in and see if they can find the library’s favorite ghost! Cynthia has enjoyed seeing many new faces coming to Lego club and has been busy creating a new scrapbook of all the projects the kids are working on. Next week’s storytime will have a Spooktacular theme with Alliance Police Department Officer David Laduke sharing Halloween safety tips!
• Technical Services Librarian Emily Nelson updated the Library website with the weekly bookworm, programming events, and the Staff Picks page. She also completed the bookmobile deliveries, processed ILLs for patrons and book clubs, and assisted with the fall fundraising projects by creating the bidding sheets for Stephanie.
• Adult Services Librarian Nalani Stewart created the handouts for our APL Book club and our B.Y.O.B. club. She corresponded with local artist Laura Higgins to set up two craft classes for November and December. She also began a Library Management NLC course, and weeded out the older Fiction and Non-fiction books on our new shelf and catalogued new fiction and nonfiction books.
• Library Clerks Pam Becker and Kris Wilder have been extremely helpful this week in helping with the bountiful basket auction items. These two also were busy getting things back to normal after our closure for the skylight replacement.
Golf:
• Play continues to be steady when the weather is good as players try to get in those last few rounds before snow flies!
Parks:
• Mowed and picked up clippings in park areas as necessary. Grass growth is slowing down with the cooling weather
• Started the fall application of herbicide which will limit week growth in the early spring.
• Removed the fencing at the 3rd street underpass
• Finished Winterizing the pool, fountain, and all ballfield concession stands
• Started working on convers for the softball dugouts
• Blew out the irrigation system at the cemetery
• Had one funeral on Monday
Human Resources:
• Finishing updates to job descriptions following changes to the Classification Plan as part of the budget process.
• Extended conditional employment offer of employment for a Fire Apparatus Engineer/EMT
• Completed first payroll of the new fiscal year incorporating COLA and reclassifications.