June
8, 2004
The
Fillmore County Board of Supervisors convened in open and public session at
8.30 a.m. on June 8, 2004, in the Courthouse Boardroom in Geneva, Nebraska with
Chairman Kimbrough presiding. Members present were Yates, Simacek, Galusha,
Cerny, Mueller, and Capek. The County Clerk was present to record the minutes
of the meeting.
Notice of the meeting
was given by publication and by broadcasting on radio station KAWL. A copy of the affidavit of publication is on
file in the County Clerk’s Office. All
proceedings hereinafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to
the public. The meeting adjourned at
2.03 p.m.
MINUTES
APPROVED WITH CORRECTION
Yates moved and Cerny
seconded the motion to approve the minutes of the May 25, 2004 meeting with the
following correction:
Correct the amount of
the Homeland Security Grant to $498,600.
Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:
Ayes: Kimbrough, Mueller, Cerny, Simacek, Capek, Yates, and Galusha
Nays: None
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
Items discussed are as follows:
1. The storm damage report presented by Emergency Management Coordinator Terry Marshall.
2. Health insurance cost increases.
3. Mowing and removal of grass piles.
4.Truck parking in the two parking lots.
5. Estimate of $550 maximum on staining and resurface the exterior doors on the east, west and north entrances of the courthouse.
6. Treasurer’s report showed all county funds with sufficient balances.
Galusha
moved and Simacek seconded the motion to accept the quote from Beaver Creek
Antiques and Restoration to stain and resurface the exterior doors on the east,
west, and north entrances to the courthouse for an amount not to exceed
$550.00. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:
Ayes: Mueller, Cerny, Simacek, Capek, Yates, Galusha, and Kimbrough
Nays: None
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
Mueller
moved and Galusha seconded the motion to approve the salary claims as
presented. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:
Ayes: Cerny, Simacek, Capek, Yates, Galusha, Kimbrough, and Mueller
Nays: None
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
The minutes of the last
meeting of the Fillmore County Visitors Committee were reviewed and ordered
placed on file in the Clerk’s office.
Capek moved and Yates seconded
the motion to approve the following fee reports for the month of May:
Sheriff - $1,784.63
Clerk of District Court - $135.00 Clerk
- $6,661.53
Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:
Ayes: Simacek, Capek, Yates, Galusha, Kimbrough, Mueller, and Cerny
Nays: None
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
Mueller
moved and Capek seconded the motion to go into session as the Fillmore County
Board of Equalization at 9.19 a.m. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:
Ayes: Capek, Yates, Galusha, Kimbrough, Mueller, Cerny, and Simacek
Nays: None
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
The County Treasurer presented an application from the Sisters of St. Francis for exemption from motor vehicle fees.
Cerny moved and Galusha seconded
the motion to approve the application of the Sisters of St. Francis for
exemption from motor vehicle fees on a 1998 Ford. Upon roll call, the vote was
as follows:
Ayes: Yates, Galusha, Kimbrough, Mueller, Cerny, Simacek, and Capek
Nays: None
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
Mueller
moved and Capek seconded the motion to approve valuation changes due to
clerical changes or late reporting on parcel numbers 8110, 3716, and 9658. Upon
roll call, the vote was as follows:
Ayes: Galusha, Kimbrough, Mueller, Cerny, Simacek, Capek, and Yates
Nays: None
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
The Assessor presented a list of parcels that were figured in the CAMA program but not completed by the May 25th meeting and therefore not listed when the changes were approved, said list as follows:
#3737, 4227, 4158 Imp, 4226, 3747, 3614, 3615, 3619, 6993, 7016, and 2393
Yates moved and Mueller seconded
the motion to adjourn the Fillmore County Board of Equalization and return to
regular session of the County Board at 9.32 a.m. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:
Ayes: Kimbrough, Mueller, Cerny, Simacek, Capek, Yates, and Galusha
Nays: None
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
Capek moved
and Galusha seconded the motion to approve the application of TMT
Swartzendruber for a permit to install a new driveway in the NW ¼ SW ¼ of Sec.
20-5-3, Hamilton Township, just south of the cattle lot. Upon
roll call, the vote was as follows:
Ayes: Mueller, Cerny, Simacek, Capek, Yates, Galusha, and Kimbrough
Nays: None
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
Yates moved and Galusha
seconded the motion to approve the application of Alltel Communications for
permission to install buried communications cable in or across county
right-of-way at the following locations:
between Sec. 16 and
21-6-1, Glengary Township, and
between Sec. 29 and
30-7-4, Bennett Township,
and that said Alltel
Communications shall assume all liability for the construction, maintenance,
and repair of said underground
communications cable. Upon roll call, the
vote was as follows:
Ayes: Cerny, Simacek, Capek, Yates, Galusha, and Kimbrough
Nays: Mueller
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
The landowner of the SW ¼ of Sec. 21-5-1, Franklin Township, has asked if the county would clean out a draw or creek channel through the southwest corner of his property at his expense. The silted channel does not affect county roads adjacent to the property.
Galusha
moved and Capek seconded the motion to decline to do channel cleaning on
private property when the channel involved does not affect adjacent county
roads. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:
Ayes: Simacek, Capek, Yates, Galusha, Kimbrough, Mueller, and Cerny
Nays: None
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
Salary Committee
Chairman Capek reported that the committee recommends a salary increase of
between 2 and 2.5 per cent or an increase of 20 to 25 cents per hour based on a
$10.00 per hour rate. Elected officials
are not included because their salaries are set before the term of office
begins.
After discussion, Capek
moved and Mueller seconded the motion to approve a pay increase of 25 cents per
hour for all employees except the Deputy Civil Defense Director and elected
officials, effective July 1, 2004.
Upon roll call, the vote
was as follows:
Ayes: Capek, Yates, Galusha, and Mueller
Nays: Kimbrough, Cerny, and Simacek
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
George Frey, Executive Director of the Southeast Nebraska Development District, met with the Board to discuss services that would be available to the county by joining the District and to answer questions they might have.
The Planning and Zoning Director advised the Board that the Fillmore Western Railway has requested that the subdivision requirement be waived for the repurchase of certain tracts of land previously sold by them between Fairmont and Geneva. After discussion, the Board took no action, allowing the subdivision requirement to stand.
Emergency Management Coordinator Marshall and Sheriff Burgess approached the Board about the possible purchase of a 30-foot travel trailer for use as a mobile communications/command center in case of disaster. Consensus of the Board was that it should be deferred until later.
The Emergency Management Coordinator reported that Perennial Public Power was the only public entity that suffered enough storm damage to possibly qualify for Federal grant money for repairs. Two private homes had considerable damage and a number of pivots and some grain bins were damaged in the storms at the end of May.
The claims were presented for payment. The following abbreviations describe the
expenditures: Equi – equipment, HDM’s – home delivered meals, Insu – insurance,
Main –maintenance, Mtgs – meetings, Mile – mileage, Misc – miscellaneous, Post
– postage, Pro – proceedings, Rep – repairs, Ret – retirement, Ser – services,
SS – social security, Sup – supplies, Uni – uniform allowance, Uti – utilities,
Wksh – workshop expense
GENERAL FUND |
|
|
Howard F Ach Atty |
Rent, wksh, misc |
$ 3,266.59 |
Alltel |
Uti |
409.53 |
Ameritas Life Insur Corp |
Ret |
414.12 |
Aquila |
Uti |
53.94 |
Auto Value Parts Stores |
Sup |
63.53 |
Ian Barnett |
Uni |
35.00 |
Blue Cross-Blue Shield |
Insu |
12,478.12 |
Bottorf & Maser Attys |
Ser |
412.51 |
Mary Burgess |
Ser |
50.00 |
William L Burgess |
Uni, fuel, misc |
68.64 |
Cindy Callenius |
Ser |
25.00 |
Daryl L Callenius |
Uni, misc |
43.33 |
Central Nebr Refrig |
Rep |
150.12 |
Marilyn Christiancy |
Election ser |
76.95 |
City of Geneva |
Uti |
483.10 |
Clay Co Sheriff |
Ser |
72.20 |
Jill R Cunningham |
Wksh |
59.90 |
DAS Communications |
Rent |
350.00 |
Duckwalls |
Sup |
114.67 |
Dugan Business Forms |
Sup |
670.83 |
Earl’s Window Service |
Ser |
4.00 |
Executive Copier Systems |
Main |
152.35 |
Farmer & Son Funeral Homes |
Ser |
266.40 |
Fillmore Co Ag Society |
Election rent |
100.00 |
Fillmore Co Develop Corp |
Bal budget alloc |
12,500.00 |
Fillmore County Hospital |
Election rent |
35.00 |
Fillmore Co Treas |
Reimbursement |
1,475.74 |
Ft. Dearborn Life Insur |
Insu |
189.87 |
Geneva St Bank, Shickley Branch |
Election rent |
35.00 |
Geneva St Bank |
SS |
911.58 |
Geneva Welding & Supply |
Ser |
110.74 |
Grafton Fire Dept |
Election rent |
35.00 |
Jeremy Goeken |
Uni |
35.00 |
Hampton Inn, Kearney |
Wksh |
130.00 |
Frances Heinrichs |
Elect costs |
41.05 |
Terry Hejny |
Mile |
177.38 |
Hometown Leasing |
Ser |
211.25 |
Lynn Peavey Co |
Sup |
45.90 |
Maximus Inc |
Ser |
1,018.96 |
MIPS/County Solutions LLC |
Ser |
1,645.11 |
Richard Mueller/Tom Biegert |
Rent |
625.00 |
Nebr Co Attorneys Assoc |
Dues |
706.50 |
Nebr Forensic Medical Serv PC |
Ser |
1,700.00 |
Nebr Law Enforce Training Cent |
Ser |
50.00 |
Nebr Signal |
Post, sup, ads, pro, elect |
5,680.28 |
Neopost Inc |
Ser |
420.00 |
Nick’s Farm Store |
Rep, ser |
645.64 |
Mary Novak |
Reim |
184.99 |
Nuckolls Co Sheriff |
Ser |
15.50 |
O’Keefe Elevator Co Inc |
Ser |
159.01 |
Peak Interests LLC |
Ser |
55.25 |
Quality Inn & Suites |
Wksh |
325.79 |
Ralph’s Geneva Tire |
Ser |
98.68 |
Rockhurst Univ |
Wksh |
186.95 |
Steven G Roemmich |
Uni |
35.00 |
Patty Scarborough |
Mile, sup |
192.96 |
Seward Co Sheriff |
Ser |
79.24 |
St of Nebr Crime Commission |
Sup |
14.00 |
Carroll Verhage MD |
Ser |
55.00 |
Village of Exeter |
Election rent |
35.00 |
Village of Fairmont |
Election rent |
35.00 |
Village of Ohiowa |
Election rent |
35.00 |
Village of Strang |
Election rent |
35.00 |
Terri Volkmer |
Election costs |
20.00 |
Nancy G Waldron Atty |
Ser |
634.66 |
Daniel L Werner |
Ser |
496.65 |
Eric Williams |
Wksh |
222.25 |
Wingate Inn |
Wksh |
377.70 |
Payroll |
Salaries |
12,340.16 |
Vernon Berggren |
Election costs |
20.00 |
Merle Buzek |
Election costs |
20.00 |
Garold & Wilma Casper |
Election costs |
20.00 |
Chris Dunker |
Election costs |
20.00 |
John Mueller |
Election costs |
20.00 |
Melvin Nun |
Election costs |
20.00 |
Dale Stengel |
Election costs |
20.00 |
Herb Stoldorf |
Election costs |
20.00 |
ZCBJ Lodge |
Election rent |
35.00 |
Robert Ulmer |
Election costs |
20.00 |
Election workers |
Payroll |
4,569.17 |
|
|
|
ROAD/BRIDGE FUND |
|
|
Alltel |
Uti |
67.45 |
Ameritas Life Insur Corp |
Ret |
1,690.69 |
Aquila |
Uti |
84.83 |
Auto Value Parts Stores |
Sup |
822.98 |
Blue Cross-Blue Shield |
Insu |
9,257.98 |
Business World Products |
Ser |
26.50 |
City of Geneva |
Uti |
33.10 |
Don’s Signs |
Sup |
363.75 |
Farmers Coop |
Fuel |
2,040.57 |
Ft Dearborn Life Insu |
Insu |
120.80 |
Geneva Carquest |
Sup |
219.77 |
Geneva St Bank |
SS |
1,826.59 |
Geneva TV & Appli |
Sup |
26.89 |
Geneva Welding & Sup |
Sup |
228.00 |
Grafton Oil |
Fuel |
525.76 |
L J Webb Construct |
Rental |
365.00 |
Lichti Bros Oil Co Inc |
Fuel |
504.25 |
Nebraska Bolt |
Sup |
43.83 |
Nebr-Iowa Indust Fasteners |
Sup |
146.19 |
Nelson Petrol Co |
Fuel |
27.64 |
Nichols Construct |
Gravel |
24,557.59 |
Overland Sand & Gravel |
Gravel |
10,762.65 |
Perennial Pub Pow |
Uti |
19.90 |
Powerplan |
Sup |
2,061.10 |
Ralph’s Geneva Tire |
Rep |
276.47 |
Speece-Lewis Eng |
Ser |
820.40 |
Texaco/Shell |
Fuel |
50.00 |
Village of Fairmont |
Uti |
31.57 |
Payroll |
Salaries |
25,045.74 |
|
|
|
TOURISM/ECONOM DEVELOP FUND |
|
|
Geneva Chamber of Commerce |
Grant |
200.00 |
|
|
|
MEDICAL/RELIEF FUND |
|
|
Farmer & Son Funeral Homes |
Ser |
1,175.00 |
|
|
|
SENIOR SERVICES FUND |
|
|
Blue Cross-Blue Shield |
Insu |
805.04 |
CIMA |
Insu |
1,053.75 |
Judy Dondlinger |
Ser |
100.00 |
Exeter Care Center |
HDM’s |
532.00 |
Exeter Golden Agers |
USD March |
65.55 |
Fairmont Aging Serv |
USDA Mar, LAAA |
1,741.75 |
Ft Dearborn Life Insur |
Insu |
11.30 |
Gambles |
Sup |
35.99 |
Geneva Senior Center |
USDA Mar, sup, rent, misc |
870.57 |
Susan Kerl |
Ser |
385.12 |
Nancy Kohler |
Mile |
131.40 |
Elizabeth M Manning |
Ser |
252.70 |
Ron’s Tavern |
HDM’s |
424.00 |
Rhonda Stokebrand |
Mile |
41.40 |
JoAnn Vavra |
Ser |
243.00 |
|
|
|
NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL FUND |
|
|
Ace Agri Supply |
Rep |
143.32 |
Alltel |
Uti |
39.42 |
Blue Cross-Blue Shield |
Insu |
402.52 |
Brother’s Equip |
Sup |
98.55 |
Chaney Chemical |
Sup |
842.50 |
City of Geneva |
Uti |
8.30 |
Eagle Auto Co |
Sup |
74.11 |
Merlin Ehmen |
Rent |
210.00 |
Exeter Lumber |
Sup |
11.50 |
Ft Dearborn Life Insur |
Insu |
2.26 |
Geneva Activity & Ed |
Ser |
35.00 |
Geneva St Bank |
SS |
80.03 |
Geneva Welding & Supply |
Rep |
53.17 |
Platte Valley Commun |
Uti |
335.85 |
Ralph’s Geneva Tire |
Ser |
13.67 |
Capek moved
and Simacek seconded the motion to approve the claims as presented. Upon
roll call, the vote was as follows:
Ayes: Galusha, Kimbrough, Mueller, Cerny, Simacek, and Capek
Nays: None Abstaining
due to Conflict of Interest: Yates
The Chairman declared
the motion carried.
The Chairman declared the meeting adjourned until 8.30 a.m., June 22, 2004.
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______________________________ Attest Chairman
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