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The O'Neill City Council met on Monday, April 6, for their annual meeting. All members were present, except Councilman Chris Laursen. Following roll call, the Council held the third reading of Ordinance 1442, the City's Sanitary Sewer Bond for improvements. The City met with an AFLAC representative to discuss potential changes to the City's Dental Insurance. The representative explained AFLAC's dental insurance offerings and answered council members' questions. The council accepted the information for review and stated they would consider other insurance options before making a decision. In other business, Mark Mahoney of Reiser Insurance presented the council with a $55,000 check for their Safety Dividend. Additionally, the Council had to increase its tipping fee due to a 2.4 percent increase at the Butler County Landfill. The Council also briefly discussed placing Bat Houses in Carney and Schaffer Parks, as well as the O'Neill Soccer Fields. Councilwoman Kayla Burdick asked that the city enter into an agreement with O'Neill High School for the upkeep of the houses so they would not fall into disrepair. Furthermore, the Council approved five LB840 requests for various improvements throughout the community. Later, Brittany Koenig from NPPD was on hand to present the city with its annual report. During her report, NPPD collected and remitted $623,576.80 in lease payments and $63,766.42 in city sales tax to O'Neill. Also, NPPD in 2025 paid $251,217.59 in gross revenue tax to Holt County. Koenig further stated that in O'Neill, in the last year, customers received $24,273.48 in incentives to help with more efficient equipment, such as heating systems and more energy-efficient appliances. Koenig also explained that because NPPD has held its rates unchanged for 10 years, it had to increase them last year by two percent. That means a household using 1,000 KW of electricity a month would be an increase of $3.25 a month. After these discussions, the council adjourned, having paid the bills.
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