2026-10-20 - City Council

Summary

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

• Motion to override the Mayor's veto of Ordinance 4222 (Councilman Burns). See Agenda Submission Ordinance and Mayoral Veto.
• Third readings of Ordinance 4230 (pipeline transfer facility zoning) and 4232 (Museum Board); public hearings on 4233 (two-mile zoning map) and 4234 (Improvement District 26-08). See POET Biocarbon Pipeline Transfer Facility Zoning, Museum Board Ordinance, Two-Mile Zoning Jurisdiction Map Amendment and Bellevue Entertainment District and Water Park.
• Resolution 2026-22: Redevelopment Plan for Compass Hill and Old Orchard Place (applicant Excel Development Group), public hearing required. See Compass Hill and Old Orchard Place Redevelopment Plan.
• Police purchases totaling about $580,000 across six items (body cameras, patrol vehicles, investigation vehicles, radios, Code Enforcement truck, training contract). See Police Department Equipment and Facilities.
• Public works and parks contracts: Longo Building cooling tower (up to $181,514), tennis courts (up to $106,800), historic church repairs (up to $60,000), Fort Crook Road design (up to $73,200), pump station evaluation (up to $53,200) and a traffic signal design supplement (up to $5,500). See Parks and City Facilities Projects, Fort Crook Road Extension, Sewer and Lift Station Projects and Street and Traffic Projects.
• Water park slide package change orders (up to $546,435), FY26 CDBG funding agreement (up to $307,019) and Nebraska Task Force One participation. See Bellevue Entertainment District and Water Park, CDBG Funding and HUD Reviews and Fire Department Equipment and Agreements.
• Two liquor license recommendations (an amended Class C and a new Class I). Closed session on legal and personnel matters (process level only).
• 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: Tree Board minutes (2026-09-08) received; Council minutes of 2026-10-06.
3. Claims, 2026-10-20. Special presentations, organizational matters, citizen communication: none.
4. Liquor licenses: amended Class C application for Stella's Bar and Grill, Galvin Road South (reconstruction of licensed area); Class I application for Jade Palace, Galvin Road South.
5. Ordinance 4230 (third reading), pipeline transfer facility zoning, applicant POET Biocarbon: Ordinance 4230.
6. Ordinance 4232 (third reading), Museum Board: Ordinance 4232.
7. Motion to override the Mayor's veto of Ordinance 4222: veto override.
8. Ordinance 4233 (public hearing), two-mile zoning jurisdiction map: Ordinance 4233.
9. Ordinance 4234 (public hearing), Improvement District 26-08: Ordinance 4234.
10. Resolution 2026-22 (public hearing), Redevelopment Plan for Lot 2, Compass Hill and Lot 21A, Old Orchard Place, applicant Excel Development Group: Resolution 2026-22.
11. Motorola in-car and body camera kits (8), up to $57,322.72: body cameras.
12. Six Ford Explorer patrol cars and one F-150 patrol pickup, up to $320,709: patrol vehicles.
13. Two Criminal Investigations Division vehicles, up to $67,791.77: investigations vehicles.
14. Twelve portable police radios and accessories, up to $99,951: portable radios.
15. Drug Recognition Expert state training coordinator contract with the Nebraska Department of Transportation Highway Safety Office (reimbursement): DRE contract.
16. 2027 Ford F150 for Code Enforcement, up to $34,197 with trade-in: Code Enforcement truck.
17. HUD FY-26 CDBG funding agreement, up to $307,019: FY-26 CDBG agreement.
18. Participating Agency Agreement, Nebraska Task Force One: Nebraska Task Force One.
19. Longo Building cooling tower replacement, Prairie Mechanical Corporation, up to $181,514: Longo Building cooling tower.
20. Amendment 2 with HDR Engineering, Fort Crook Road final design, up to $73,200: HDR design amendment.
21. Supplemental 1 with FHU, US 75 and US 34 traffic signal design, up to $5,500: traffic signal design.
22. HDR Engineering pump station electrical evaluation, up to $53,200: pump station evaluation.
23. CertaPro Painters, repairs and painting of the historic First Presbyterian Church on Franklin Street, up to $60,000: historic church repairs.
24. Tennis court resurfacing, 15 courts, City share up to $106,800: tennis courts.
25. Change Orders 1 and 2 with Whitewater, water park slide package, up to $546,435: water park slide package.
26. Hunting regulation waivers list (consent).
27. Administration reports (October). Closed session: legal and personnel matters. Adjournment (reminder: 2026-11-03 meeting starts at 4:30 p.m.).

Sources

• Agenda page: https://meeting.sparqdata.com/Public/Agenda/Bellevue?meeting=771388
• Agenda PDF: https://meeting.sparqdata.com/Public/DownloadAgenda/Bellevue?meeting=771388
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by5NEmo1bSI
• Meeting portal: https://meeting.sparqdata.com/public/Organization/Bellevue
• Town: Bellevue