City of McCook

McCOOK, Neb. — In the future, if funding runs out, communities may have to come up with a small match to keep their airline service. That’s one of the scenarios that came up at a recent meeting in Scottsbluff, Neb., hosted by one of the program directors of Essential Air Service (EAS) in Nebraska...

McCOOK, Neb. — Nowadays, water quality issues in the city water are no big deal but 12 years ago, it was a different story. Without discussion, the McCook City Council received and filed the annual Water Quality Report for the McCook Public Water System at the regular council meeting Monday night as a consent agenda item, a far cry from 2005 when the mere mention of city water meant money and lots of it...

McCOOK, Neb. — The City of McCook will borrow money from a local bank to pay for firefighting equipment. As with the rest of the consent agenda items slated for Monday night’s meeting, the McCook City Council approved without discussion a seven-year loan with Horizon Bank at 3.99 percent interest, to purchase 20 self-contained breathing apparatus. The equipment is used by rescue workers to provide breathable air in firefighting situations...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council will be asked to approve financing with a local bank in buying city fire equipment, at its regular meeting Monday, 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at the Municipal Building. The item is from the consent agenda, typically approved in one motion with other consent agenda items unless pulled for discussion...

McCOOK, Neb. — From fixing the restrooms at Felling Field to using the former landfill area east of Walmart, McCook residents shared their ideas with the McCook City Council Monday night at a special town hall meeting. The meeting, for public input on future projects, generated much discussion for city staff and the council to consider, with much of it centered on the city pool and street maintenance...

McCOOK, Neb. — Passenger enplanements dropped slightly in March for Boutique Air at the McCook airport, but numbers are still high for first quarter totals. A total of 196 passengers embarked at the McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport in March for Boutique Air, compared to 221 last year, a decrease of 11.31 percent...

McCOOK, Neb. — New construction projects inside city limits crept toward the $1 million mark in the month of March. A total of 15 construction projects were recorded in March, with total estimated finished costs of the projects at $812,860,00. These included residential remodels, garages/outbuildings, signs and roofing/decks...

McCOOK, Neb. — The beginnings of a fast-moving fire north of McCook on March 6, that needed mutual aid from multiple area fire departments, generated a fire-related call to city dispatchers every 28 seconds, said McCook’s police chief. The rapid-fire succession of calls demonstrates the professionalism of the city dispatcher staff, said Ike Brown Monday night at the regular McCook City Council meeting...

McCOOK, Neb. — Beginning in July 1, motel rooms will cost a little more in McCook. That’s when the 4 percent occupation tax will kick in, per an ordinance the McCook City Council approved unanimously Monday night at the regular council meeting. There was no discussion on the ordinance, other than City Manager Nate Schneider noting he had not received any comments recently from the public about it, compared to several when it was first revealed...

McCOOK, Neb. — An area company won the bid to build a new sewer line in a McCook neighborhood. From the consent agenda, the McCook City Council awarded the bid Monday night to extend an existing sewer to six residential lots, to BSB Construction of Curtis, Neb., for the lowest bid of $32,727...

McCOOK, Neb. —The city wants the public to have a say in possible future big-ticket items for the city. To do that, a town hall meeting is slated for Monday, April 9, 6:30 p.m. at the City Municipal Building. Department heads will be present to inform the public of possible projects, said City Manager Nate Schneider at the regular McCook City Council meeting Monday night. He encouraged council members to present their priorities as well...

McCOOK, Neb. — A new city ordinance that will create a 4 percent occupation tax in the city of McCook will have its final reading tonight at the regular City Council meeting, 6:30 p.m. at the City Council Chambers in the Municipal Building. The 4 percent occupation tax is estimated to generate up to $130,000 in revenue for the general fund or another fund the council designates. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Qualifying trees purchased between Monday, March 26, and Friday, June 8, for planting in McCook may be eligible for the City of McCook’s 2018 spring tree rebate program. The tree rebate program encourages property owners to plant trees. The “focus tree” of the 2018 rebate program, the Kentucky coffee tree, is a tree that the city’s tree advisory board would like to see more of within the city limits...

McCOOK, Neb. — Land near the airport the City of McCook will continue to be leased to the same renter. Before the McCook City Council unanimously extended the contract at the regular council meeting Monday night, council member Janet Hepp pulled the item from consent agenda for discussion...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council mulled over Monday night the best way to handle a damaged, abandoned alley house damaged by fire. The owner of the home at 1107 W. Fourth has been difficult to locate recently, said city attorney Nate Mustion. Based on prior conversations, family representatives do not have the funds to demolish the structure and the owner is not willing to sell, said City Manager, Nate Schneider...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council is asking for public input on future projects in the city. The council set Monday, April 9, 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers, for the first “town hall” meeting to discuss projects in the city. The meeting will be the first of several, City Manager Nate Schneider said at the regular council meeting Monday night, in finding out “the best way to establish what our priorities are.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council will be asked to use funds, typically used to benefit the community, to demolish a residential house instead. The Council will be asked Monday night at the regular meeting to use ACE funds to tear down a house at 1107 W. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Passenger counts for Boutique Air at McCook Ben Nelson Regional Airport continue to climb. Boutique Air became the commercial airline service at the airport in June 2016, offering flights to Denver, Colo. Passengers for January and February this year totaled 377, compared to 297 this time last year...

McCOOK, Neb. — Three McCook businesses are currently using the facade grant program offered by the McCook Economic Development Corp. The MEDC garners roughly $498,000 per year, depending on city sales tax revenue, from fifty percent of the half-cent city sales tax. ...