Burt County Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes

The Burt County Board of Supervisors met June 27, 2014, pursuant to adjournment of their last meeting with the following members present:  Cliff Morrow, Gerald Newill, David Schold, Perry Rogers, Matt Connealy and Greg Brummond.  Absent:  Gene Rollins.

 

The meeting opened at 9:00 A.M. upon motion by Rogers, seconded by Newill, all voting aye.  Chairman Morrow informed the public that the Nebraska Open Meeting Act was posted on the wall.

 

Upon motion by Schold, seconded by Rogers, the agenda was approved as amended with the addition of possibly notifying CSTG that their contract with the County would not be renewed, all voting aye.

 

Visiting the Board were Peggy Smith, Mike Braniff, Abby Surber, Michele Quick, Wendy Rexroad, Marilyn Andersen, Karen Grass, Jan Rasmussen, Jeanice Bowers, Wally Lydick, Gerhardt Thompson, Doug Hansen, Ryan Bichler, Kevin Petersen and Scott Japp.

 

The following claims for June in the amount of $1,224,027.35, including $105,894.54 for payroll, were read, audited, warrant drawn and checks generated on the respective funds on motion by Newill, seconded by Schold, all voting aye.

 

ABBY MALMBERG	JUROR	58.52
AFLAC	INS	644.08
ALBIN LAW	ATTY FEES	261.00
AMERICAN BROADBAND	TELE	786.13
ANDY’S QUICK SHOP	FUEL	181.00
ANGELA DOUGLAS	JUROR	105.00
ANN FLOOD	HEALTH BD	50.00
ARBY’S BODY SHOP	REPAIRS	412.72
AS CENTRAL SERV	AS/400 COSTS	232.60
AS CENTRAL SERV, OCIO	TELETYPE	350.00
AT&T	TELE	53.75
BARBARA H SWANSON	EASEMENT	8,500.00
BARONE SECURITY	ANNUAL FEE	272.04
BEN HOLLMAN	JUROR	54.04
BIL-DEN GLASS	PARTS/LABOR	867.00
BILL J PICKELL	REPAIRS	537.18
BLACK HILLS ENERGY	HEATING	154.47
BLAKE BOWLAND	JUROR	105.00
BLUE CROSS	INS	63,390.02
BOMGAARS	SUPPLIES	230.07
BRANIFF SERV	FUEL/WRECKER	1,697.87
BURT CO CLERK	SUPPLIES/POST	37.77
BURT CO COURT	NON-WAIVE	209.00
BURT CO DIST COURT CLERK	NON-WAIVE	177.00
BURT CO EXT	PROF-IMPROVE	600.00
BURT CO PUBLIC POWER DIST	RADIO TOWER	360.94
BURT CO SHERIFF	PERS SERV	300.38
BURT CO TREAS	MILE/SUPPLY	106.31
CARROLL WELTE	MILE/SUPPLY	133.12
CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL	MOTOR GRADER	151,183.26
CENTEC CAST METAL PROD	MARKERS	719.99
CENTRAL UNITED LIFE	INS	10.25
CENTRAL VALLEY AG	FUEL	164.10
CENTURY BUSINESS PROD	COPIER/MAIN	4,979.00
CENTURYLINK	TELE	636.52
CHERYL PLESKAC	WITNESS/MILES	45.76
CHRISTOPHER TRACY	JUROR	105.00
CINDY BLANC	JUROR	51.80
CITY CLERK	WATER BILL	21.05
CITY OF LYONS	UTLITIES	113.76
CITY OF TEKAMAH	WATER BILLS	151.88
CLAYTON OLSEN	MILE/MTG	43.84
CLEANING MART	SUPPLIES	635.19
CLIENT-SERVER TECH	SERV	1,450.00
CLYDE PANKOKE	JUROR	155.40
CODY SKINNER	JUROR	42.84
CONTECH CONST	CULVERTS	398.75
COONEY FERTILIZER	GRAVEL	3,121.52
CORNHUSKER MARRIOTT	LODGING	190.00
CRESTON FERTILIZER	CHEMICALS	506.83
CUBBY’S	FUEL	948.48
DANI MOSEMAN	JURY SUPPLIES	12.00
DANIEL L MAGILL	MILE	31.36
DAVID ELWELL	JUROR	35.00
DEARBORN NATL LIFE	INS	36.70
DEBORAH D. COOLEY	TRANSCRIPT	156.33
DECATUR EXPRESS	FUEL	2,350.88
DEL PETERSON & ASSOC	PARTS/LABOR	487.03
DENISE ENSTROM	JUROR	46.20
DIXON CONST	CULVERTS	120,145.84
DR JAMES UNWIN	WITNESS/MILES	110.40
ERNIE GLUP PIPE SALES	CULVERTS	2,390.15
FARMERS PRIDE	FUEL	4,348.63
FASTENAL CO	SUPPLIES	17.24
FILTER CARE OF NEBR	MAINTENANCE	54.90
FIRST BANKCARD	SCANNERS	79.98
FIRST CONCORD BENEFITS	INS	525.00
FIRST NAT’L BANK-NE-EFPTS	FED TAXES	36,536.99
FRANCES FRENCH	PRIOR SERV	11.00
FRED FRANKLIN	SURVEY EQUIP	735.15
FREMONT SANITATION	GARBAGE	127.27
GIS WORKSHOP	WEB	4,800.00
HALL’S CULLIGAN WATER	WATER/COOLER	109.50
HAMPTON INN	LODGING	169.00
HOLIDAY INN	LODGING/MEALS	195.85
HOLIDAY INN KEARNEY	LODGING	173.90
HUNTEL	1/3 CONTRACT	8,617.00
ILA DAVIS	PRIOR SERV	18.00
INCLUSION SOL	VOTE SCREENS	454.00
IOWA OFFICE	COPIES/LEASES	354.70
JACK’S UNIFORMS	UNIFORMS	80.45
JAMES G EGLEY	HEALTH BD	75.00
JAMES L DEVENING	TRASH REMOVAL	235.00
JAY HOVENDICK	MTG/MILES	27.32
JAY W JOHNSON	MILE	64.96
JEO CONSULTING	ENGINEERING	290.00
JIM HANSEN	PARTS	69.18
JOHN WILSON	MEAL/MILE/SUP	112.56
JOHNSON & MOCK	ATTY FEES	2,048.00
JONI L. RENSHAW	MILE	151.76
K B’S MINI MART	FUEL	918.61
KATE RICHARDS	JUROR	49.56
KATELYN OWENS	JUROR	105.00
KENYON BARBER	JUROR	35.00
KERRY FARBER	JUROR	105.00
KRISTIE BIODROWSKY	WITNESS/MILES	80.48
LARRY LARSEN	MTG/MILES	36.28
LEE VALLEY	EQUIP RENT	2,195.00
LORENSEN LUMBER	CONCRETE	156.00
LYONS MIRROR-SUN	PUBLICATION	926.88
M. SCOTT VANDER SCHAAF	ATTY FEES	3,165.00
MADISON CO SHERIFF	HEALTH BD	21.35
MAINELLI, WAGNER & ASSOC	ENGINEERING	3,632.39
MALLARD SAND & GRAVEL	GRAVEL	24,213.35
MARJORIE SCHAFFER	HEALTH BD	66.80
MARJORIE SHUMAKE	MEALS/MILES	260.82
MARTIN MARIETTA	GRAVEL	6,397.58
MARVIN SIEBRANDT	GRAVEL	12,417.83
MARY LOFTIS	MILES/SUPPLIES	86.09
MARY PEARSON	WITNESS/MILE	44.00
MASSMUTUAL	ADDL RETIRE	200.00
MICHAEL F MCCORMICK	TREE REMOVAL	1,000.00
MICHAEL G BRANIFF	SUPPLIES	380.10
MICHELE QUICK	SUPPLIES	90.87
MID-AMERICAN BENEFITS	INS/SERV	5,360.00
MIDWEST SERV AND SALES	SUPPLIES	58.25
MIDWEST SERV	FUEL	17,799.28
MIPS	SERV	8,025.28
MOBILE BINDERS	SUPPLIES	101.69
NACO	WORKSHOP	200.00
NANCY FADA	JUROR	67.48
NANCY SCHRAMM	HEALTH BD	50.00
NATIONWIDE RETIRE	ADDL RETIRE	1,375.00
NE HEALTH & HUMAN SERV	INSTITUTIONS	186.00
NEBR ASSN OF CO OFFICIALS	DUES	1,571.50
NEBR CHILD SUPPORT PYT CTR	CHILD SUPPORT	1,224.17
NEBR CO ASSESSORS ASSN	2014 DUES	50.00
NEBR SUPREME COURT PUBL OFF	SUBSCRIPTIONS	365.00
NEBR PUBLIC POWER DIST	ELECTRICITY	619.48
NICHOLAS E. WURTH LAW	ATTY FEES	5,039.25
NICK BOHANNON	MILE	33.60
NMC	PARTS/LABOR	2,439.18
NORMA J WILLIAMS	JUROR	52.92
NORTHEAST NEBR TELE	TELE	228.05
O’KEEFE ELEVATOR	ELEVATOR	252.23
OAKLAND INDEPENDENT	PUBLICATION	1,926.17
OFFICE SYSTEMS	COPIER CHARGES	120.10
OFFICE WAREHOUSE	SUPPLIES	8,320.28
PATRICK R RUNGE	ATTY FEES	1,342.50
PEGGY SMITH	MILE	195.44
PEST-TROL	PEST CONTROL	38.00
PLAINDEALER	ENVELOPES	676.67
PLAINDEALER	SUPPLIES	625.27
QUALITY PRINTING	SUPPLIES	5,667.86
REGION 4 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH	1ST QTR FEES	3,847.50
RETIREMENT PLANS DIV. OF AMERITAS	RETIRE	17,153.30
RODNEY BROMM	MILES/MTG	20.60
RON KEOGH	WITNESS/MILES	41.28
RT PRINTING	SUBSCRIPTION	60.00
SAPP BROS	FUEL	2,620.66
SAVE MORE	SUPPLIES	215.31
SCOTT RONNFELDT	MEETING/MILES	44.68
SEALS & SERV	REPAIRS	1,966.09
SEC OF STATE-ELECT DIV	SUPPLIES	20.00
SHAMBURG AUTO	PARTS/SUPPLIES	215.82
SID DILLION	PICKUP	31,300.00
SIDNER,SVOBODA,SCHILKE,THOMSEN	ATTY FEES	4,968.35
SIFFRING LANDSCAPING	TREES	1,600.00
STA-BILT CONST	SURFACING	84,304.80
STALP GRAVEL	GRAVEL	7,569.96
STAMP FULFILLMENT SERV	STAMP/ENVELOPE	1,482.25
STAR LEASING	PYMT/PRINTER	122.16
STATE TAX COMM	STATE TAXES	4,692.78
STEINY’S GENERAL STORE	SUPPLIES	11.55
STEVE CASS	REPAIR/LABOR	87.65
STEVEN L DEVENING	GRAVEL	7,013.43
TELIA DAY	JUROR	35.00
THEISEN CONST	BRIDGES	343,007.83
TONY MOSEMAN	MTG/MILES	30.12
TRI-STATE COMM	TOWER RENT	158.50
TWILA ALEXANDER	MILE	20.16
U S CELLULAR	TELE	60.74
UNIV OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN	WAGES	9,457.74
VERIZON WIRELESS	CELL PHONES	214.55
VETTER EQUIP	EQUIP REPAIR	17.52
VILLAGE OF DECATUR	UTLITIES	64.59
WALLY LYDICK	MTG/MILES	20.60
WASHINGTON CO SHERIFF	BD PRISONERS	8,004.80
WASHINGTON CO SHERIFF-MED	PRISONERS/MED	120.50
WASHINGTON NATL INS	INS	33.75
WESTERN ENGINEERING	ASPHALTIC	42,218.68
WINGATE INN	LODGING	254.85
WINNER’S GRILL	JUROR MEALS	225.61
WPCI	TESTING	25.00

 

 

The minutes of the last meeting were approved upon motion by Connealy, seconded by Brummond, all voting aye

 

Chairman Morrow signed a lot split application for Doug Tranmer located in the Northwest ¼ of Section 8, Township 22 North, Range 10 East of the 6^th P.M., Burt County, Nebraska.

 

Chairman Morrow signed a lot split application for JoAlice Chamberlain located in the Northeast ¼ of Section 28, Township 21 North, Range 10 East of the 6^th P.M., Burt County, Nebraska.

 

Chairman Morrow signed the loan papers with Washington County Bank for the new motor graders that were approved at the April 29, 2014, meeting.

 

Signing the Recommendation of Acceptance with Dixon Construction for the 2013 Sunken Bridge Replacement was delayed.

 

Upon motion by Connealy, seconded by Newill, Chairman Morrow signed a Subgrant Agreement for Child Support Enforcement Services for County Attorneys with the Department of Health and Human Services, all voting aye

 

At 10:00 A.M. the Chairman opened the hearing to close Roads #312, #320 and #468.  After hearing objections from Doug Hansen, Gerhardt Thompson and Wally Lydick, the Board went back into regular session at 10:15 A.M. After discussion, the Board took no action to close the roads.

 

Board Member Brummond offered the following resolution and moved for its adoption:

 

RESOLUTION #2014-14

 

WHEREAS, the Road Fund is in need of funds to operate.

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Burt County Board of Supervisors that $510,000.00 be transferred from the General Fund to the Road Fund per the Burt County budget document for fiscal year 2013-2014.

 

DATED this 27th day of June, 2014, at Tekamah, Nebraska.

 

 

ATTEST: MARJORIE R. SHUMAKE          CLIFF MORROW, CHAIRMAN

BURT COUNTY CLERK             BURT COUNTY BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS

 

Board Member Connealy seconded the motion, and the Chairman declared it adopted, all voting aye.

 

Board Member Brummond offered the following resolution and moved for its adoption:

 

RESOLUTION #2014-15

 

WHEREAS, the Civil Defense budget within the General Fund is over $374.64.

 

AND WHEREAS, there is $738,088.72 remaining in the Miscellaneous General budget.

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Burt County Board of Supervisors that $374.64 be transferred from the Miscellaneous General budget to the Civil Defense budget.

 

DATED this 27^th day of June, 2014, at Tekamah, Nebraska.

 

ATTEST:  MARJORIE R. SHUMAKE           CLIFFORD MORROW, CHAIRMAN

BURT COUNTY CLERK               BURT COUNTY BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS

 

Board Member Connealy seconded the motion, and the Chairman declared it adopted, all voting aye.

 

The Board instructed County Clerk Marjorie Shumake to direct the County Officials to include the possibility of a cost of living raise up to 4% in the last six months of their 2014-2015 budgets.

 

At 10:35 A.M. Chairman Morrow opened the hearing regarding a new liquor license for L-Ten LLC dba Pheasant Bonanza Hunt Club and Kennel.  There were no public comments, so Morrow closed the hearing at 10:37 A.M.

 

Motion was made by Schold to approve a new liquor license for L-Ten LLC dba Pheasant Bonanza Hunt Club and Kennel.  Brummond seconded the motion, all voting aye.

 

The Board met with the County Officials to discuss bids for the County’s IT services for the next year.  It was decided to invite representatives from the top two choices to come to the next meeting and answer any questions, as well as to notify the current IT firm of CSTG that Burt County would not be using them next year.

 

The Board of Equalization meeting to hear Property Valuation Protests was set for July 8, 2014, after the regularly scheduled board meeting.  The Board will also discuss office and fund budgets for the 2014-2015 fiscal year on that date. The Board will meet on Tuesday, July 22, at 9:00 A.M. to make final decisions on Valuation Protests.

 

There being no further business to come before the Board at this time, the Board adjourned at 11:20 A.M. until 9:00 A.M. July 8, 2014.

 

ATTEST: MARJORIE R. SHUMAKE    CLIFFORD L. MORROW, CHAIRMAN

BURT COUNTY CLERK         BURT COUNTY BOARD OF

SUPERVISORS

 

These minutes are not part of the official record and are not yet approved and may be corrected.  A copy of the approved official minutes is available to the public at the Clerk’s Office.