Broken Bow council approves 2018 paving assessments, authorizes engineering agreements and KENO park funds
July 01, 2026 | City of Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska
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The City of Broken Bow Council met Nov. 24, 2020, and approved a series of measures including assessments related to 2018 street paving, payments to an engineering firm, and an engineering agreement for levee restoration, then held two closed sessions to evaluate personnel.
Mayor Rod Sonnichsen called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Councilmen Jacob Holcomb (participating by phone), David Schmidt and Chris Myers were present; Councilman Miller was absent. The council approved the consent agenda, which included Nov. 10 minutes, bills to date and the October treasurer’s report; the bills list totaled $92,739.00.
The council recessed to convene as the Board of Equalization and opened a public hearing at 6:02 p.m. on levying special assessments for the 2018 South 19th Avenue and South G Street Paving Improvements. Ryan Kavan of JEO Consulting Group explained the assessments to the board. The hearing closed at 6:14 p.m., and the Board adjourned at 6:15 p.m.
Back in regular session, the council approved Resolution 2020-17 to adopt assessments for the 2018 South 19th Avenue and South G Street paving improvements but explicitly excluded properties owned by the City of Broken Bow and the Broken Bow Rural Fire District. The vote on Resolution 2020-17 was recorded as: yes—Jacob Holcomb and David Schmidt; abstain—Chris Myers; no votes were recorded.
The council then approved Resolution 2020-18, authorizing payment #1 to JEO Consulting Group in the amount of $745.00 for work completed through Nov. 6, 2020 on the Broken Bow Memorial Drive Paving & Drainage Improvements. The vote was unanimous among members present.
Council approved Resolution 2020-19 to use $1,268.74 in KENO funds for mulch and concrete at One Box Park; the motion passed unanimously.
The council also approved an engineering agreement with JEO Consulting Group for the Mud Creek Left Bank Levee Restoration in the amount of $49,435.00; that vote was unanimous among members present.
Department updates were presented for Electric, Water/Sewer, Fire/EMS, Library, Handibus and Police; no formal action on those updates was recorded in the minutes.
At 6:27 p.m. the council entered a closed session to evaluate the job performance of a person when necessary to prevent needless injury to reputation, with the Mayor, City Council and City Attorney Jason White present; the council exited that closed session at 7:24 p.m. A second closed session on the same personnel-evaluation purpose began at 7:28 p.m. and included City Administrator Dan Knoell and City Attorney Jason White; it ended at 8:26 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 8:27 p.m.
The minutes are attested by City Clerk Kandi Klow.
Mayor Rod Sonnichsen called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Councilmen Jacob Holcomb (participating by phone), David Schmidt and Chris Myers were present; Councilman Miller was absent. The council approved the consent agenda, which included Nov. 10 minutes, bills to date and the October treasurer’s report; the bills list totaled $92,739.00.
The council recessed to convene as the Board of Equalization and opened a public hearing at 6:02 p.m. on levying special assessments for the 2018 South 19th Avenue and South G Street Paving Improvements. Ryan Kavan of JEO Consulting Group explained the assessments to the board. The hearing closed at 6:14 p.m., and the Board adjourned at 6:15 p.m.
Back in regular session, the council approved Resolution 2020-17 to adopt assessments for the 2018 South 19th Avenue and South G Street paving improvements but explicitly excluded properties owned by the City of Broken Bow and the Broken Bow Rural Fire District. The vote on Resolution 2020-17 was recorded as: yes—Jacob Holcomb and David Schmidt; abstain—Chris Myers; no votes were recorded.
The council then approved Resolution 2020-18, authorizing payment #1 to JEO Consulting Group in the amount of $745.00 for work completed through Nov. 6, 2020 on the Broken Bow Memorial Drive Paving & Drainage Improvements. The vote was unanimous among members present.
Council approved Resolution 2020-19 to use $1,268.74 in KENO funds for mulch and concrete at One Box Park; the motion passed unanimously.
The council also approved an engineering agreement with JEO Consulting Group for the Mud Creek Left Bank Levee Restoration in the amount of $49,435.00; that vote was unanimous among members present.
Department updates were presented for Electric, Water/Sewer, Fire/EMS, Library, Handibus and Police; no formal action on those updates was recorded in the minutes.
At 6:27 p.m. the council entered a closed session to evaluate the job performance of a person when necessary to prevent needless injury to reputation, with the Mayor, City Council and City Attorney Jason White present; the council exited that closed session at 7:24 p.m. A second closed session on the same personnel-evaluation purpose began at 7:28 p.m. and included City Administrator Dan Knoell and City Attorney Jason White; it ended at 8:26 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 8:27 p.m.
The minutes are attested by City Clerk Kandi Klow.
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