(KLZA)-- The Falls City Council approved the recommendation of Mayor Shawna Bindle to hire Nicholas Novak as a Falls City Police Officer when they met Monday evening. 

Novak is a native of Dawson and a Peru State College graduate.  He must attend the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Academy in Grand Island to become a certified law enforcement officer. 

Council members also approved the expenditure of $35,800  for Phase I of a Sanitary Sewer Inflow / Infiltration Study and an additional $10,700 for Phase II as recommended
by the Board of Public Works.

Miller and Associates engineers from Kearney will perform the studies.