BROKEN BOW, Neb. – During Wednesday night’s Broken Bow City Council meeting, a letter was read from City Administrator Dave Schmidt announcing the retirement of Broken Bow Police Chief Steve Scott.
Scott’s retirement will be effective on August 1 of this year. He told KCNI/KBBN that he began his nearly 45 year career with the Broken Bow Police Department on October 20, 1980. He was chief for nearly half of those years, starting in the position in 2005.
“It’s been a great honor to serve the city of Broken Bow and serve and protect the citizens. I think it’s going to move on, and we’ve got good officers that will continue to serve and protect the City of Broken Bow,” said Scott.
When asked what he was looking forward to after retirement, Scott smiled and said some miles will be put on traveling.
“A lot of family time, camping, we’ve got grandkids active in basketball tournaments and everything, summer league in Omaha and Lincoln, so we’ll be doing a lot of traveling,” Scott said.
Also during Wednesday night’s meeting, the consent agenda approval included the firework business applications for Troy’s Hot Rocket Fireworks and Loud & Proud Fireworks.
The Spirit of the Sandhills Summer Shootout USA Softball Tournament was designated a special city event from June 20 to 22.
Council approved the closure of South D Street from South 8th Avenue to South 9th on June 23 for the Broken Bow Ambulance Service’s Drive-Thru burger fundraiser.
The sale of an air compressor to Nebraska City Utilities for the price of $9,000 was also approved by council. The compressor was set to be installed at the power plant and was in the basement when the explosion incident happened. The compressor was not damaged and won’t be needed by the city anymore because of the damage to the power plant.
City Administrator Dave Schmidt also reported impressive numbers with the city’s recent clean-up dates, telling council that 11,160 pounds of iron and over 25,000 pounds of trash were collected between the dates. Over 187 visitors were counted at drop-offs on just one of the two dates, and Schmidt estimates that there were easily well over 200 participants over the two weekends.
The meeting adjourned at 6:10 PM. The next city council meeting is set for 6 PM on June 24.
