MINUTES OF THE DEWITT VILLAGE BOARD REGULAR MEETING held Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 7:00 PM at the Village Office, 209 E. Fillmore Ave, DeWitt, NE. Roll Call: Present: Chairman Fink, Trustees Rahe, Workman and Weise Absent: Wattjes Also present: Utility Maintenance – Kyle Meers, Clerk – Moria Holly, and Liz Poessnecker Chairman Fink announced that a copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted in the meeting room and is accessible to members of the public. Received and placed on file the notices of the meeting. Motions approved by unanimous roll call vote: 1. Consent Agenda Motion and second to approve the items on consent agenda. Ayes: Fink, Rahe, Weise and Workman Nays: None Motion Carried. 2. Ordinance 793 – Sanitation Service Rates Motion and second to adopt Ordinance 793 setting sanitation rates beginning January 1, 2025. Ayes: Fink, Rahe, Weise and Workman Nays: None Motion carried. 3. Clausen & Sons Estimate – Demolition (Mihm Property) Motion and second to approve the estimate as submitted by Clausen & Sons for demolition services for the property at 110 N Concord in the amount of $8,585.00. Ayes: Fink, Rahe, Weise and Workman Nays: None Motion Carried. 4. Asbestos Inspection – Bockmann and Interior Solutions (Mihm Property) Motion and second to approve the amount of $1,000 for Bockmann Inc to conduct an asbestos inspection on the property at 110 N Concord. Ayes: Fink, Rahe, Weise and Workman Nays: None Motion Carried. Discussion: Liz Poessnecker with the Library Board presented to the Village Board the Library’s Community Needs Response Plan which contained information obtained from a community needs survey conducted by the Library. This is a requirement by the State for the Library’s accreditation and is done every five (5) years. The Village Clerk presented to the Village Board a letter from Olsson & Associates notifying the Village of their intent to terminate any Street Superintendent services. The Village Clerk, with training from Olsson & Associates, will now proceed with preparing the necessary documents and budget for the Village’s 1 & 6 Year plan. Shawn Weise discussed with the Village Board regarding setting up a meeting at the Community Center to contemplate ideas for updating the center. The Village may be able to submit for grant funds at the beginning of 2025 and a project must be decided and designed by that time to apply for such funds. Fire Chief, Shawn Weise, informed the Village Board that the new SCBA equipment has been delivered and that their annual Soup Dinner will be October 13th. Utility Maintenance, Kyle Meers, addressed the Village Board regarding street sweeper repairs, wastewater treatment plant continued issues, and water main repairs. Village Clerk, Moria Holly, presented her Clerk’s report consisting of sales tax, JEO design meeting during the November Board meeting, postponing the November Board meeting to November 12th, nuisance property update, sale of the manufacturing plant to McLaren, and TVNR program information submitted by Beatrice Humane Society. Adjournment at 8:01 P.M. with no further business, all in favor. ATTEST: /s/ Lyle Fink Chairman, Board of Trustees Village of DeWitt, NE. /s/ Moria Holly Village Clerk SEAL Bills and claims approved: Amazon - $340.45, Ameritas-$1114.00, Aqua-$35.00, Eveyln Baker-$205.00, Black Hills Energy-$170.46, BCBS-$4885.36, Steve Bragg-$120.00, Ashlynn Brown-$375.00, Capital Business-$156.63, Capital One-$206.50, Card Services-$1045.53, Chrysler Capital-$1629.72, CAMC-$300.00, Crete News-$422.49, Pierce Damrow-$275.00, Dept of Energy-$6127.18, DeWitt Aging-$2750.00, Eakes-$248.75, Electric Pump-$16395.00, Farmers Coop-$1330.33, Jaime Friesen-$350.00, Miley Garrison-$113.00, Google-$26.40, Hoffschneider Law-$1000.00, Moria Holly-$50.00, HOA-$463.75, Internal Revenue Service-$3628.18, JEO-$122323.00, Jerry Miller-$1141.40, Lampton Welding-$269.46, Landmark-$355.91, Lucas Lewandowski-$120.00, MacQueen Equip-$85.47, Madison Life Ins-$27.34, Kyle Meers-$50.00, Milius Hardware-$7091.26, MES-$9501.48, Municipal Supply-$8368.86, NDEE-$125.00, NE Dept of Revenue-$1317.42, NE Public Health Labs-$256.00, Norris-$4812.17, Liz Poessnecker-$106.49, Principal Ins-$213.66, Sack Lumber-$39.54, Karli Scherling-$520.00, Schmidt Sanitation-$9365.50, Servi-Tech-$406.00, Seward County Independent-$422.49, Cole Spahr-$275.00, The Mechanix Garage-$242.49, Tietjen Auto-$974.61, Joan Tietjen-$53.34, TruGreen-$167.84, Village of DeWitt-$299.75, Wilber Plumbing-$2380.83, Windstream-$1145.12, and Salary & Aggregate Wages-$10637.98. WR — October 09, 2024 ZNEZ
