FRIEND CITY COUNCIL MINUTES-REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 6, 2026 Council President Kristen Milton called the regular meeting of the City Council to order at 7:00 p.m. Councilmembers present: Kristen Milton, David Sladek, and Phyllis Schwab. Mayor Judith Knoke and Councilmember Jeremy Collier absent. A quorum being present, the meeting was duly convened. Council President Kristen Milton led the meeting in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. As required by the Nebraska Open Meetings Act, Council President Kristen Milton announced that a copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act has been posted on the south door of the City Hall meeting. Motions were made, seconded, and passed unanimously for the following: to approve the minutes from December 2, 2025 Regular meeting to approve the December Treasurer report to approve December claims and payroll to approve cashing in Certificates of Deposit and General ICS Account, and moving other funds from checking account to Certificates of Deposit to postpone annual appointments of staff, boards, and committees until February meeting to approve hiring of Trent Roesler for Public Works Supervisor to approve hiring of Travis Perkins for Police Chief to hire Splashtacular to inspect the ply structure at the pool for no more than $4000.00 to adjourn meeting at 7:52 pm The claims approved were as follows: December Payroll, 28176.18; Ameritas, 3187.29; EFTPS, 6742.13; NE Dept of Rev SWH, 1209.41; AMGL, fe 8660.00; Architectural Design Assoc., fe 3965.50; Allen Bruntz, se 1618.38; Arbor Barber LLC, se 9200.00; BOK Financial, fe 21983.75; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska, fe 4608.24; Bruning Law Group, fe 1252.00; Cengage Group, su 98.96; Center Point Large Print, su 98.28; Claire Brejcha, se 100.00; Jacob & Johnathan Clouse, fe 850.00; Community Redevelopment Authority, re 21732.06; Culligan Water Service, se 152.00.00; Depository Trust Corp. fe 5715.00; Drake Refrigeration Heating/Cooling, se 40.30; EMS Connect, fe 55.00; Eakes Office Solutions, su 431.84; Farmer’s Union Cooperative Co., su 175.73; Hampton Commercial Construction, fe 194242.98; Hometown Leasing, fe 98.60; Lee Enterprises, fe 710.00; MMC Consulting, se 7996.75; MacQueen Equipment, su 11536.00; Rosemarie Markus, se 50.00; Mastiff Systems, se 210.00; Chris Michl, se 436.80; Midwest Laboratories Inc, se 334.40; NE Dept. of Revenue ST, fe 1268.35; NE Public Health Environmental Lab, se 146.00; NE Rural Water Association, fe 300.00; Nick’s Farm Store CO., su 6346.00; Norris Public Power District, fe 7255.00; Diane Odoski, re 49.02; One Billing Solutions, LLC, se 109.54; One Call Concepts, Inc., se 22.88; Postmaster, se/su 1000.00; Precision Signs & Graphics, LLC, su 8132.00; Pribyl Plumbing & Heating, Inc., se 975.00; Principal Mutual Life Ins. Co., se 178.36; Qwik 6, su 492.11; Saline County Clerk, fe 159.00; Seward County Independent, se 3474.32; Kyle Sharkey, se 680.00; Sparq Data Solutions, se 4250.00; US Cellular, se 264.40; Waste Connections, se 14400.86; Windstream, se 2807.86; Young’s Welding, se 2025.00. Total Claims Approved: 390003.28 No Hospital Financial Report. Public comments included announcement of Community Club meeting February 12th at 7pm. Discussion about city employee appreciation dinner. No action taken. Discussion about Sargent Drilling recommendation to drill a new water well and to hire an engineer to design and prepare bid documents, etc. No action taken. Discussion about cashing in CDs and general ICS account & moving other funds from checking account to CD. No action taken. Discussion about date and location of City Employee Appreciation Dinner. No action taken. No Hospital report. No Building Inspector report. Brent Milton gave Fire Department Report. No action taken. Ray Rohrig gave Rescue Squad Report. No action taken. Kristen Milton gave Police Report. No action taken. Kristen Milton gave Pool Report. Kristen Milton gave Public Works report. No action taken. Heather Varney gave Clerk Report. No action taken. Diane Odoski gave Library Report. No action taken. Deputy from Saline County Sheriff Department came in at this time to add to police report. No action taken. Kristen Milton, City Council President ATTEST Heather L. Varney, Deputy City Clerk A complete copy of the minutes is available for review upon request at City Hall during regular office hours. FS — January 14, 2026 ZNEZ
