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2026-09-01 - City Council

Summary

Built from the posted agenda; minutes are not posted. Votes and discussion are not recorded in the agenda.

  • Third reading of Ordinance 4223 on park hours (6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.). See City Park Hours.
  • Budget: public hearing on Ordinance 4224 (Annual Appropriations Bill); Resolution 2026-17 setting the 2026-2027 property tax levy was listed as hearing required, no action taken. See FY2026-27 Budget and Property Tax Levy.
  • Introduced: Ordinance 4225 (compensation), 4226 (fireworks, Councilman Casey), 4227 (garbage and refuse), 4228 (animals and fowl) and 4229 (Library Advisory Board). Staff asked to waive the three-reading rule for 4227 and 4228. See Compensation Ordinance and Labor Agreements, Fireworks Ordinance, Garbage and Refuse Code Update, Animals and Fowl Code Update and Bellevue Public Library.
  • Public hearing on the 2027-2032 Capital Improvement Plan, with action postponed to 2026-09-15. See 2027-2032 Capital Improvement Plan.
  • Entertainment District items: ARCO Murray Change Order 6 (up to $2,124,154.69), MUD gas main extension (up to $13,378) and OPPD transformer contracts (up to $233,556). See Bellevue Entertainment District and Water Park.
  • Other contracts: Fort Crook Road Extension right of way (up to $320,100), Cellebrite licenses (up to $40,270), library patio (up to $34,938), Athletico Excel lease amendment to 2034, a collective bargaining agreement and the revised Employee Handbook.
  • Consent items included changing the 2026-11-03 start time to 4:30 p.m. for Election Day and starting to use The Bellevue Times as the official newspaper for public notices. Board appointments were also on the consent agenda.
  • Amended agenda; the Council vote results are not in the agenda.

Agenda

  1. Pledge of Allegiance, invocation, call to order, Open Meetings Act notice.
  2. Consent agenda: minutes of 2026-08-18; Library Advisory Board minutes of 2026-06-17 received; The Bellevue Times named as official newspaper; two board appointments; 2026-11-03 meeting moved to 4:30 p.m.
  3. Claims, 2026-09-01.
  4. Special presentations, citizen communication, liquor licenses: none.
  5. Ordinance 4223 (third reading), park hours 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.: Ordinance 4223 - park hours.
  6. Ordinance 4224 (public hearing), Annual Appropriations Bill, with Resolution 2026-17, 2026-2027 property tax levy (hearing required, no action): Ordinance 4224 and Resolution 2026-17.
  7. Ordinance 4225 (first reading), Compensation Ordinance Update: Ordinance 4225.
  8. Ordinance 4226 (first reading), fireworks, Chapter 12 Section 12-60: Ordinance 4226.
  9. Ordinance 4227 (first reading), garbage and refuse, Chapter 13; rule waiver requested: Ordinance 4227.
  10. Ordinance 4228 (first reading), animals and fowl, Chapter 6; rule waiver requested: Ordinance 4228.
  11. Ordinance 4229 (first reading), Library Advisory Board, Chapter 16 Section 16-23: Ordinance 4229.
  12. Public hearing: 2027-2032 Capital Improvement Plan (action postponed to 2026-09-15): 2027-2032 CIP.
  13. Hunting regulation waivers list (consent).
  14. ARCO Murray Change Order 6, retainage and hydroseeding, up to $2,124,154.69: ARCO Murray Change Order 6.
  15. Gas Main Extension Agreement with MUD, Entertainment District subdivision, up to $13,378: MUD gas main extension.
  16. Seventh Lease Amendment with Athletico Excel Nebraska, LLC, lease to 2034-07-31: Athletico Excel lease amendment.
  17. Library patio agreement with Creative Sites, up to $34,938: library patio.
  18. Cellebrite software licenses (three) for the Cyber Crimes Unit, up to $40,270: Cellebrite licenses.
  19. Collective bargaining agreement with the Bellevue Professional Management Association, 2026-10-01 to 2028-09-30; revised Employee Handbook: labor agreement and handbook.
  20. Right-of-way purchase agreement, Fort Crook Road Extension, up to $320,100: ROW purchase.
  21. OPPD transformer service installation contracts, Entertainment District, up to $233,556: OPPD transformer contracts.
  22. Administration reports (August); closed session item listed with no topic; adjournment.

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