FRIEND CITY COUNCIL MINUTES-REGULAR MEETING MARCH 5, 2024 Mayor Knoke called the regular meeting of the City Council to order at 7:00 p.m. Council members present: Phyllis Schwab, David Sladek, Kristen Milton, &Jeremy Collier Mayor Knoke led the meeting in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. As required by the Nebraska Open Meetings Act, Mayor Knoke announced that a copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act has been posted on the south door of the City Hall meeting room. Motions were made, seconded, and passed unanimously for the following: to approve the minutes from February 6, 2024, regular meeting, and February 13, 2024, Special Meeting. to approve the February 2024 Treasurer report. to approve the claims and payroll to approve the Hospital financials. to give the mayor permission to get bids to fix the elevator at the library. to approve the recommendations of the Planning and Zoning. to approve the rezoning application and sign and to let the Public Works supervisor to order 3 signs. to table the pool Mgr. , Asst. Mgr. item until the end of meeting, to enter into executive session to discuss personnel. Entered executive session at 8:39 pm. to exit executive session. Exited executive session at 9:13 pm. to hire Heather Black as Pool Manager, Stacy Kirchoff, and Emma Olsen as Assistant Managers for the 2024 Pool Season per the Mayor’s recommendation. to adjourn. The claims approved were as follows: Feb Payroll, 21228.42; EFTPS, 8723.01; NE Dept of Rev SWH, 1470.62 ; Ameritas life Ins, fe 4230.56; 34 Electric LLC, se 333.06; Baker& Taylor Books, su 55.75; Barco Munic Products, su 2074.22; Beaver Hardware, su 114.38; Black Hills Energy, fe 901.61; BCBS of NE, fe 2962.12; Bound Tree Medical, LLC, su 219.67; Center Point Large Print, su 93.48; Jacob & Johnathan Clouse, fe 850.00; Culligan Water Service, se 167.55; Diode Comm, fe 46.45; Eakes Office, su 743.72; Farmers Union COOP, su 839.99; Follett School Solutions, fe 1045.63; Gale, su 95.21; Hometown Leasing, fe 93.01; Judith Knoke, re 20.00; Seth Knoke, re 20.00; Rosemarie Markus, se 50.00; Mastiff Systems, se 100.00; Midwest Labs, se 214.67; NEMSA, fe 260.00; Nebr Sign, se 201.66; Diane Odoski, re 201.70; One Call Concepts, fe 24.38; Principal Mutual Life Ins, fe 224.80; Qwik 6, fe 1122.70; Summit Fire Protection, se 124.00; Marvin Slepika,,fe 2000.00;Tim Schrunk, re 15.96; Waste Connections of Nebraska, se 6308.41. Total Claims Approved: 57177.14 Discussion of Dog Park no action taken. The Mayor, reported on behalf of the Friend Community Healthcare System. Mark Stutzman, Building Inspector gave his report. Billy Baugh, Public Works Supervisor gave his report. No further business come before the City Council, meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Judith Knoke, Mayor ATTEST John R. Schwab, City Clerk/Treasurer A complete copy of the minutes is available for review upon request at City Hall during regular office hours. FS — March 20, 2024 ZNEZ
