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Scottsbluff City Manager Dustin Rief Begins New Duties

During the March 1, 2021 Scottsbluff City Council meeting; new City Manager Dustin Rief greeted councilmembers and laid out his vision for the first few months on the job:

Scottsbluff Library Considering Going Fee Free

The Lied Scottsbluff Library is considering going ‘fee-free’ for overdue items. Library Director Erin Aschenbrenner says she will ask the Scottsbluff City Council this evening to sign off the proposal. She says the American Library Association has passed a resolution recognizing late fees and fines as a form of social inequality. She adds that fines [...]

KNEB.tv News: January 21, 2021

Today on KNEB.tv News: The Scottsbluff City Council has approved spending up to $10,000 for a study that could result in more grant opportunities for local businesses and properties Five mile stretch of Stegall Road to get new pavement Scottsbluff man pleads no contest in connection to charge of taking $5,400 from local GoFundMe campaign [...]

RDC attendance dips, finances remain solvent

Attendance took a big dip in fiscal year 2019-20 at the Riverside Discovery Center, but officials said that was to be expected with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. RDC director Anthony Mason told the Scottsbluff City Council Monday night that attendance at the zoo was 34,614 over the last year, down from about 45,000 the previous year. With the big drop in attendance, admission income was down more than $13,000 (about 8%). Traditional visits from school groups and home school groups were canceled in most cases, adding to the decrease in attendance and contributing to a drop of more than $10,000 in group admissions. Admissions for seniors, among the highest at-risk population, was down by one-third, dropping by $2,600.

Riverside Discovery Center updates Scottsbluff City Council

Scottsbluff Council Finalizes Contract with New City Manager

BY Scott Miller | December 22, 2020 (Miller/KNEB/RRN) The Scottsbluff City Council Monday approved a contract for incoming new City Manager Dustin Rief, but not without some discussion of some of the terms of the agreement. Under the pact, Rief will have a starting salary of $150,000 when he takes the position by March 1st. Before the vote and discussion, interim City Manager Rick Kuckkahn admitted the contract was at the top end of what the city was willing to agree to but pointed out the recent difficulty of hiring quality managers or administrators among Panhandle communities.  “Many of them have had to go out several times to find the person to fit the position. I think the contract acknowledges those conditions, and really, bottom line, is this is a very aggressive package,” said Kuckkahn. “I will not dispute that, it is a very aggressive package, (but) he was your number one pick.”

Cities take 'baby steps' toward landfill | Politics

The twin cities are one step closer to finding a place to lay their waste. Annie Folck, the city engineer for Gering, asked Scottsbluff and Gering city councils Monday to approve the purchase of an option for a possible landfill site and approval to do so from a joint fund for that purpose. Folck said the process will run for a couple years, and with the joint landfill in Gering nearing capacity, it’s vital to push the project. “The main deadline is the site life of our current landfill. We think we still have capacity through 2026. We’re in pretty good shape,” Folck said. “But when you have projects that take a couple years to permit, and another close to a year to get the construction done, it’s better to get it done.”

Scottsbluff City Council Approves Modified Contract with 23 Club