By james art 
Mark Jackson Burt County Pacific
Ordinance approved to complete the sale of the city batch
The deal is a deal, the old saying goes.
The Tekamah City Council took action last Thursday night to finalize a deal that had started nearly a year ago – the shout of the former Tiger Bowl website of the Wenstrom family.
During its regular meeting on January 23, the Council officially accepted an offer from Wenstroms and County County County Corp. from $ 35 001 to buy the batch.
The city owned the building for several years after paying $ 35,000 to acquire. After going through an official public bidding process, a deal was reached nearly a year ago, which will have the Wenstrom company, 1515 Brewing Co., buy the site after the old bowling alley was demolished. State gratuitous aid enabled the city to be removed the assets from the building without the cost of the city.
That was the first step. After the assets was removed, the building was demolished with the help of a BCED commercial destruction.
Last Thursday, the Council also approved with the emergency clause, Ordinance 1343, which approved the sale of the property. The Emergency Clause denies the rule that requires each regulation to be read publicly three times before approved.
City prosecutor Mat Munderloch, who recommended that the emergency clause be called, said it would work with Wenstroms in the coming days to complete the deal.
The construction of the site is expected to begin in the spring.
In other business during its quick meeting on January 23, the Council:
– Jew from a report from Mayor Jane Walford that the request of former police chief Dan Jacobs to pay 120.5 hours accumulated time for vacation.
City employees receive a certain number of holiday hours a year. The number is reset every year on the anniversary of their hiring. 120.5 hours is a whole time for Jacobs’ vacation for 2024-25. Calling it “a matter of justice,” the Council had previously agreed to pay the time at the pay rate that Jacobs had while he was still a boss, the work he borrowed when the hours were accumulated.
– An approved agreement with Burt County for an annual donation of $ 1,500 to support the City Library. The agreement has been in force for two years. The county has concluded similar agreements with Oklland and Lyon to support libraries in these cities.
– Approved rendering of a rental fee for the city audience, sought by the TEKAMA Trade Chamber. The group sought the refusal for their annual banquet, designated for March 24.
– approved the sending of up to three city officials to the annual conference for mid -winter, held in the Nebraska League of Municipalities. The event is set for February 24-25 in Lincoln. The Council also approved the presence of the construction inspector George Hill at the annual meeting of the Association of the Association for the Planning of Nebraska and Zoning on March 5-7 in Kerni. An additional urban employee was also approved for presence.
– Accepting Patty Wilson’s resignation from the staff at the Burt County Museum. In a letter to the Council, Wilson said her retirement would come into force on July 16.
Moving to accept his resignation, council president Matt Cas said Wilson had done a “fantastic job” at the museum during his time there. “We very much appreciate her service.”