Police, fire union deals lead rest of North Platte City Council agenda

Before and after their 2024-25 budget hearing, North Platte City Council members Tuesday will consider new police and fire union contracts and a second bid for its new industrial wastewater treatment system at the city wastewater plant. New three-year collective bargaining agreements with police officers and firefighters lead a list of five new or renewed agreements on a 10-item consent agenda. As per the city’s usual practice, all 10 will be considered with a single vote unless a council member asks for separate votes on one or more items.

The union contracts with Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 33 and International Association of Firefighters Local No. 831 would start Oct.



1 and run through Sept. 30, 2027. No supporting details on either contract were included in the meeting’s agenda book.

Also on the consent agenda are a renewed interlocal agreement with Lincoln County for emergency management services and annual renewals of contracts with Alexandrea Stroud to operate the city’s government access cable TV system and Zelle HR Solutions of Lincoln to provide city human resources management. During the regular agenda, council members will be asked to approve a nearly $3.4 million bid from Van Kirk Bros.

Contracting of Sutton to install a lift station and forcemain for the industrial wastewater expansion. The council Aug. 20 approved Industrial and Environmental Concepts of Lakeville, Minnesota, for $1.

526 million worth of anaerobic lagoon liner work. The industrial wastewater system, aided by $20 million in state funds, will treat pretreated wastewater from Sustainable Beef LLC after it opens next year. Van Kirk’s bid fell in the middle of three for the lift station and forcemain but had the earliest starting date of Sept.

30, according to a bid tabulation sheet in the council’s agenda book. Midlands Contracting of Kearney was the apparent low bidder at $2.677 million, but it wouldn’t be able to start work until April 1.

Myers Construction of Broken Bow bid $4.174 million. In another Sustainable Beef-related agenda item, the council will be asked to sign an agreement to obtain up to $500,000 in state reimbursements toward the $1.

4 million cost of paving Golden Road outside the beef plant. The funds will come from the Nebraska Department of Transportation’s Economic Opportunity Program. In other business, the council will: Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter.

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