February 22, 2005

The Fillmore County Board of Supervisors convened in open and public session at 9.00 a.m. February 22, 2005, in the Courthouse Boardroom in Geneva, Nebraska with Chairman Kimbrough presiding. Members present were Yates, Simacek, Galusha, Mueller, Cerny, 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 12.08 p.m.

MINUTES APPROVED WITH CORRECTIONS

Yates moved and Simacek seconded the motion to approve the minutes of the meeting of February 8, 2005 with the following corrections:

In the paragraph “Hearing on One and Six-Year Road Plan”, line 5, …”dropping the box culvert project between Sec. 1 and 12-6-3, Stanton Township”, ADD “but retaining the project in the One and Six-Year Plan”; and in the paragraph “Other Roads Discussion”, line 1, CHANGE the words “armor coating project” to read “paving project”.

Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:

Ayes: Galusha, Capek, Yates, Simacek, Kimbrough, Cerny, and Mueller

Nays: None

The Chairman declared the motion carried.

CLAIMS

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
Joan Ackland	Mile, misc	$ 66.20
All Around Lawn Care	Ser	50.00
Alltel	Cellular	416.52
Ameritas Life Insur	Ret	3,921.56
Aramark Uniform Serv Inc	Ser	152.28
John Becker	Mile, mtgs	44.50
Larry Biester	Mile, mtgs	32.50
Bottorf & Maser, Atty’s	Ser	207.76
Marilyn Christiancy	Ret	25.00
City of Geneva	Rent	440.00
Jill R Cunningham, Atty	Mile	60.75
Duckwall’s	Sup	25.95
Robert Dumpert	Mile, mtgs	71.25
Eakes Office Plus	Sup	967.57
Earl’s Window Service	Ser	4.00
Election Systems & Software	Ser	1,562.00
Sharon Elznic	Mile, mtgs	55.50
Fillmore Co Treas	Post, transfers	62,457.65
Franklin Co Treas	Sup	11.22
Gambles	Sup, equi	667.08
Garbage Co	Ser	98.08
Geneva St Bank	SS	4,093.39
Geneva St Bank	Ser	50.00
Geneva Super Foods	Sup	111.21
Germer, Murray & Johnson, Attys	Ser	2,586.65
Great Plains Appraisal	Ser	1,980.00
Norma Gregory	Ret	25.00
Lyle Heinrichs	Mile, mtgs	24.50
Hilty’s	Sup	552.02
Hometown Leasing	Ser	374.00
Ray Johnson	Mile, mtgs	19.25
Kalkwarf & Smith Law Off LLC	Ser, uti, misc	2,588.12
Ralph Kassik	Mile, mtgs, Planning & VSO	32.78
Richard Kleinschmidt	Mile, mtgs	6.48
Deborah L Kopf	Ser	55.00
Stephen J Kraviec, Atty	Ser, misc	1,578.37
Lease Consultants Corp	Ser	249.00
William Leif	Mile, mtgs	14.17
Norma Lichtenberg	Mile, mtgs	23.75
Harold Long	Mile, mtgs	7.69
Ann H McDonald	Ret	18.00
Microfilm Imaging Systems Inc	Ser	100.00
MIPS/Co Solutions LLC	Ser	1,736.81
Morley Most	Mile, mtgs	71.25
NE Clerk of Dist. Court Assoc	Wksh, dues	50.00
NE Law Enforcement Tr Center	Training	150.00
NE Nat’l Bank	Ser	187.59
NPPD	Uti	820.40
Nebr Signal	Subscrip	24.50
Nebr Tech & Telecommun Inc	Uti	1,213.67
Merle Noel	Mile, mtgs	55.50
Reg Noel	Mile, mtgs	69.00
PC Nuts	Equ, sup	1,150.50
Polk Co Court	Sup	4.25
Ralph’s Geneva Tire	Sup, rep	189.15
Redfield & Co	Sup	34.95
Region V Systems	Ser	1,430.00
Russ’s Pest Control	Ser	65.00
Mary Saum	Mile	58.32
Sec of State	Sup	20.00
Seward Co Court	Sup	3.00
Seiler & Parker, PC	Ser	227.50
SE Dist Co Officials	Wksh	108.00
NE Dept of Admin Serv	Ser	79.87
St of NE HHS Lab	Ser	351.34
UNL – IS Telecommun	Uti	44.57
Village of Exeter	Rental	35.00
Weaver Pharmacy	Sup	199.05
Ziemba Roofing Co	Ser	85.00
ZCBJ Lodge	Rental	35.00
Special Election Boards	Poll workers	735.24
Naomi Mussman	Salary	1,559.97
Payroll	Salaries	57,309.33
ROAD/BRIDGE FUND
Ameritas Life Insur Corp	Ret	1,679.01
Baum Hydraulics	Sup	120.47
Casey’s General Stores Inc	Fuel	174.36
Contech	Culverts	8,898.18
Dentworks	Ser	40.00
Farmers Coop	Fuel	2,575.58
Fillmore Co Shop	Post, misc	31.47
Filter Care of NE	Sup	20.25
Gambles	Sup	553.21
Garbage Co	Ser	47.24
Geneva Implement	Sup	16.19
Geneva St Bank	SS	1,822.49
Ralph Gould	Ret	18.00
Grafton Oil	Fuel	600.48
Pat Halbur	Mile	81.81
Jill’s Sweet Shop	Sup	31.59
Donavon Jirkovsky	Ret	25.00
Kabredlo’s Inc	Fuel	42.71
Lichti Bros Oil Co	Fuel	1,251.23
NE-Iowa Indust Fasteners	Sup	153.21
Nebr Machinery	Sup	1,770.07
Nebr Peterbilt	Sup	265.15
NPPD	Uti	261.55
Nebr Tech & Telecomm	Uti	105.83
Phillips 66 Co	Fuel	28.31
Ralph’s Geneva Tire	Tires & rep	435.48
Roit Repairs	Rep	18.49
Speece-Lewis Engineers	Ser	947.73
Jerry Salmon – New hire	One week salary	360.00
Superior Deshler Inc	Fuel	42.08
Payroll	Salaries	25,066.29
INSTITUTIONS FUND
NE Health & Human Serv	Jan patient care	609.00
SENIOR SERVICES FUND
Ameritas Life Insur Corp	Ret	264.31
Janet Bartak	Reim	10.59
Dawg’s Smokehouse	HDM’s	74.35
Fairmont Aging Services	3 mo’s USDA	493.05
Fillmore Co Rural Transit	Ser	15.00
Gambles	Sup	32.99
Geneva Senior Center	3 mo’s USDA, ad, uti	1,970.68
Geneva St Bank	SS	324.44
JoAnn Vavra	Ser	100.00
Payroll	Salaries	4,382.03
COPS GRANT
Geneva St Bank	SS	140.25
Payroll	Salary	1,833.33
NOXIOUS WEED FUND
Ameritas Life Insur Corp	Ret	154.20
Geneva St Bank	SS	160.22
Payroll	Salaries	2,284.40
E911 COMMUNICATIONS
Alltel Commun	Ser	1,152.65

CLAIMS APPROVED

Cerny moved and Yates seconded the motion to approve the claims as presented. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:

Ayes: Capek, Yates, Simacek, Kimbrough, Cerny, Mueller, and Galusha

Nays: None

The Chairman declared the motion carried.

DRIVEWAY PERMITS

Simacek moved and Cerny seconded the motion to approve the following applications for driveway permits:

PEB Inc.: for a permit to install a new driveway on the south side of the SE ¼ SW ¼ of Sec. 16-8-2, Fairmont Township, west of the bin site and existing drive,

Louis Svec: for a permit to install a new driveway at the half mile line on the east side of the SE ¼ of Sec. 10-6-1.

Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:

Ayes: Yates, Simacek, Kimbrough, Cerny, Mueller, Galusha, and Capek

Nays: None

The Chairman declared the motion carried.

PERMIT TO USE COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY

Yates moved and Capek seconded the motion to grant Alltel Communications a permit to place an underground communications line in county right-of-way between of Sec.11 and 12 and between Sec. 13 and 14-5-3, Hamilton Township; and that said Alltel Communications shall assume all liability for the construction, maintenance, and repair of said underground communications line. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:

Ayes: Simacek, Kimbrough, Cerny, Mueller, Galusha, Capek, and Yates

Nays: None

The Chairman declared the motion carried.

ARMOR COATING PART OF 2 ROADS

After discussion, Yates moved and Galusha seconded the motion to approve the proposal to armor coat Quince Street (Road 6) from Highway 74 to the south limits of Shickley Village, and First Street (Road 12) from Highway 41 north to the blacktop south of MC Industries in Geneva, as preventive maintenance at an estimated cost of $7,364. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:

Ayes: Kimbrough, Cerny, Mueller, Galusha, Capek, Yates, and Simacek

Nays: None

The Chairman declared the motion carried.

ROAD CLOSING HEARING

A public hearing was opened at 10.00a.m. concerning the proposed closing of Road 23 between Sections 22 & 23-7-1, Liberty Township. One of seven dams on the Turkey Creek watershed is proposed in Sec. 23 and the permanent pool would cover the road south of the half-mile line. Twelve people attended the hearing. One person spoke against the dam project, and a second person was against the proposed road closing. Project Engineer Eric Dove and Lower Big Blue NRD Manager Dave Claybaugh answered questions and explained the project. Included in the proposal were the requests made by the County Board for improvements to Road 22 between Roads J & K, and Road J between Roads 22 and 23. Further reference will be made.

REPORTS

Tiffany Sutter, Executive Director of Public Health Solutions, reported on the activities of the organization for 2003-2004.

The minutes of the January meeting of Public Health Solutions, the quarterly meeting of the County Safety Committee, and the January minutes of the Family Health Services Governing Board were reviewed and ordered placed on file.

A synopsis of the minutes of the Family Health Services Governing is below.

The Family Health Services Governing Board met January 20, 2005 at 4.00 p.m. in the CAMED room. Chairman Kotas called the meeting to order. Members present were Nelson, Kudlacek, Johnson, Marget and Eichelberger. Lulf was also present.

The December minutes were approved as presented.

The pre-bid walk through for the Renovation Project was held on January 17, 2005. Bid opening will be at 2.00 p.m. on January 26^th. The Governing Board will make a decision on January 26^th or within the week thereafter.

Total contributions to the project are $273,819 at this time.

It was moved and seconded to accept hospital data report, financial report and the check register as presented. Carried 5-0.

The specialty clinic report for December was 322 compared to 309 in December 2003. Years to date totals were 3,646 in 2004 compared to 3,670 in 2003.

It was moved and seconded to re-credential all medical staff practitioners as presented. Carried 5-0.

The Board adjourned until February 17, 2005 in the CAMED room.

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CLOSED SESSION

Mueller moved and Simacek seconded the motion that the Fillmore County Board hold a closed session at this time pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 84-1401, Reissue, Revised Statutes of Nebraska, 1943, for the protection of the public interest, and to consider in closed session, personnel items authorized by Statute to be discussed in closed session. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:

Ayes: Cerny, Mueller, Galusha, Capek, Yates, Simacek, and Kimbrough

Nays: None

The Chairman declared the motion carried and closed session began at 11.29 a.m.

RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION

Mueller moved and Simacek seconded the motion to adjourn closed session and return to regular session at 11.48 a.m. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:

Ayes: Mueller, Galusha, Capek, Yates, Simacek, Kimbrough, and Cerny

Nays: None

The Chairman declared the motion carried and regular session began at 11.49 a.m.

CHAIRMAN AUTHORIZED TO OFFER CLERK’S POSITION

Yates moved and Cerny seconded the motion to authorize the Chairman to offer candidate number one the position of County Clerk, to take office May 2, 2005.

Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:

Ayes: Galusha, Capek, Yates, Simacek, Kimbrough, Cerny and Mueller

Nays: None

The Chairman declared the motion carried.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GRANTS

Emergency Manager Marshall presented drafts of the grants he is writing for the current grant cycle. They are due February 28^th and have more work to be done on them before they can be sent in.

Galusha moved and Mueller seconded the motion to authorize the Chairman to sign the Emergency Management Grant applications when they are completed. Upon roll call, the vote was as follows:

Ayes: Capek, Yates, Simacek, Kimbrough, Cerny, Mueller and Yates

Nays: None

The Chairman declared the motion carried.

OTHER AGENDA ITEMS

Zoning Commission Director Slezak reported that additional equipment will be placed in the computer room and will require additional ventilation because of the added heat. He was authorized to take the necessary steps to improve the ventilation system.

Because of time constraints, the appointments listed on the agenda were tabled until the March 8^th meeting.

ADJOURNMENT

The Chairman declared the meeting adjourned until 9.00 a.m., March 8, 2005.

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Attest Chairman

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