AUBURN - The City of Auburn has sent the Nebraska Department of Economic Development a letter of intent to apply through the Civic and Community Center Financing Fund program for half of the renovation costs at Legion Memorial Park.

The project on historic property is estimated as $1.1 million and the grant request is $562,000.

City Administrator Crystal Dunekacke told History Nebraska the city is looking to complete two renovations at Legion Memorial Park.

The sports court renovation includes fencing, resurfacing, new hoops for the basketball court and nets for tennis and pickle ball.

The pool renovation includes the pool shell and gutter system, baby pool basin, pool deck, waterslides, chemical room and bathhouse.

In its one and six-year street plan, Auburn included a pool assessment report. Lamp Rynearson’s visual inspection includes cracks in the pool basin, gutter separation from a pool wall, cracks on the toddler pool basin and a blockable drain sump. The shower and water closets in the bathhouse are not ADA compliant. A new toddler pool with zero-entry and the additions of shade and cabanas on the pool deck and a deck sprayground area are recommended.

Also at Monday’s city council meeting, Holly Siske of Auburn Insurance Services requests a $40,000 downtown revitalization grant for a building at 902 Central Ave. Repairs include sitework, masonry, shear wall repairs, concrete and draining. The total project cost is expected to be $54,000.

 

Nemaha County Clerk Diane Johnson certified election results for Auburn City Council.

For Ward 1

Tom Clark was elected with 426 votes.

  • 1st Douglas-Glenrock, 221
  • 2nd Douglas, 88
  • 3rd Douglas
  • 4th Douglas, 96

For Ward 2

Rick Janssen was elected with 463 votes

  • 1st Douglas-Glenrock
  • 2nd Douglas, 252
  • 3rd Douglas
  • 4th Douglas, 211

Ward 3

Johnny Curtright was elected with 302 votes. Seth Bingham had 198 votes.

  • 1st Douglas-Glenrock
  • 2nd Douglas, Curtright 39, Bingham 16.
  • 3rd Douglas, Curtright 263, Bingham 182
  • 4th Douglas

 

In other business, Casey Connelly requested a hobbyist permit for a 1980 Ford F-150 at 604 13th St.

Evan Wickersham of JEO Consulting Group is the 2025 street superintendent.

Other appointments include Angelo Ligouri as city attorney, Jeff Rowell as flood plain administrator, Gary Ensz as city physician, Chris Darnell as building inspector and Blake Goering as street commissioner.