OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS This is a synopsis of the Saline County Board of Commissioners’ March 11, 2014, regular meeting proceedings. A complete set of the proceedings is on file in the Board of Commissioners’ Journal, is of public record in the Saline County Clerk’s office and at our website: www.co.saline.ne.us SALINE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS The regular meeting of the Saline County Board of Commissioners was called to order at 9:35 a.m. on March 11, 2014, by Chairperson, Janet J. Henning. Present were Marvin A. Kohout, Willis D. Luedke, Janet J. Henning, Richard D. Jiskra, and Tim McDermott, Commissioners, and Linda Kastanek, County Clerk. County Attorney Tad Eickman was present between court commitments. Notice of said meeting was posted in the County Clerk’s Office, on the Saline County Website, and published in all three county newspapers prior to the meeting, in compliance with State Statutes. Let the record show that all proceedings are electronically recorded. Henning advised those present of the open meetings law posted at the back of the room. The Board: Approved the agenda as presented; Approved the minutes of the February 25, 2014, meeting; Heard report of receiving a check for $1.00 from Interface Security Systems for 9-11 surcharges; a refund check for $100 for an annual conference cancellation; a $7.00 check from CareMark prescription card; the minutes from the November meeting of the Tourism Advisory Committee; a letter from the City of Crete notifying the County of a Planning Commission public hearing; and a check for $20.40 from RGA for an insurance dividend; Heard reports of attending a Region V Meeting; an RC&D meeting, the Weed Seminar in Syracuse and noted that the noxious weed, Sericea Lespedeza is spreading; the Wellness meeting where they met with Madonna Fit for Life and received the results of the health fair held in February; the regular Wellness committee meeting yesterday and they are working on another challenge for April; heard that there was a great turnout for the SCAT soup and sandwich luncheon in Western; sitting in on a cyber-security risk seminar, a Coalition meeting where they finalized the grant through Region V, requesting almost $15,000.00; They want to explore a lot of different avenues of education, on use and abuse; and coming up, the Reading Classic will be on Thursday; an Employee Recognition meeting; a Seward Saline Solid Waste Management meeting; the annual LEPC meeting tomorrow; the SE District meeting on Thursday and a SENDD meeting next week; everyone was reminded of the Employee Recognition banquet on the 21st; The Communications Upgrade Agreement was discussed and approved; After discussion, appointed Fictum as the county’s representative to FirstNet – a US Department of Commerce and national Telecommunications and Information Administration project to build a nationwide broadband network for first responders of the many disciplines that can be used in emergencies and during day to day operations, and interoperability between agencies and disciplines; Last week Fictum met with the nine county area NRDs, the Lower Big Blue NRD and the Little Blue NRD met to discuss updating the mitigation plan; Everyone was reminded of the Severe Weather Seminar to be held at Saline Center on March 29th beginning at 12:30 p.m.; At 10:34 a.m., took a short break; At 10:48 a.m., reconvened; Approved a 2006 Ford Crown Victoria as surplus property; this is an old Sheriff’s vehicle; Approved a Request to Occupy Right of Way from Garry Gurley to bury underground cable in the SW1/4 of Section 9-7-1; The Board was informed of the Federal Fund Purchase Program Payments that will be coming about the 25th of March. The breakdown shows we will be receiving $102,986.46 in STP funds which can be used for road or bridge projects, and $144,173.72 in Bridge Funds which can only be used for bridge construction, reconstruction, improvement repair or non-routine maintenance of public bridges. Heard that the bucket-truck is in need of repairs, and will be at a cost of approximately $14,000.00; since the truck is used a lot, and is a 1993 model, the Hwy. Superintendent will be looking for a different truck; Heard that the road and bridge crews have been burying or burning tree piles; Approved the County Clerk’s Report of Fees for February in the amount of $9,657.50; Approved the Clerk of District Court Report of Fees in the amount of $2,477.00,Approved Resolution #2014-08, transferring $25,000.00 from the General Fund to the Building Fund as proposed in the budget; Approved the re-appointment of three Planning and Zoning members for the next three years; they are Harold Stokebrand, Mike Stehlik and Ron Lorenz; At 11:29 a.m., entered into Executive Session; Purpose of closed session is to discuss GA#14-04 and GA#14-05. At 11:45 a.m., exited closed session; Heard that during closed session, the Board discussed GA #2014-04 and #2014-05; GA#2014-05 was tabled due to insufficient information; Approved the claims as presented, with the addition of GA #2014-04 in the amount of $427.69; GENERAL FUND General Payroll, Salaries, 84,929.90; Amsan, Spls, 340.12; ATS, Srvc, 37.26; Barnas Drug, Spls, 539.59; Bishop Bus Equip, Off Spls, 52.91; Black Hills, Util, 4,092.37; CBM Food, SrvcSrvc/Spls, 11,653.63; Central Comm College, Reg, 120.00; Chief Supply, Spls, 93.40; City Of Wilber, Util, 6,063.23; CAMC, Srvc/Court Costs, 897.61; Culligan Of Crete, Spls, 158.00; Eakes Office, Off Spls, 947.03; Farmers & Merchants, Off Spls, 57.00; Farmers Cooperative, Srvc, 13.00; First Concord, Ins, 445.00; Galls, Uniform, 73.00; Goodwin Tucker, Contract, 222.00; Hanson, Hroch & Kuntz, Atty Fees, 382.50; Renee Hickman, Uniform, 25.90; Richard Jiskra, Mil, 133.84; Johnson Co Sheriff, Court Costs, 18.00; Kalkwarf & Smith, Atty Fees, 120.00; Lancaster Co Crt, Court Costs, 7.25; Lichti Bros Oil, Gen Asst, 427.69; Willis Luedke, Mil, 70.56; Sandra Lus, Misc, 100.00; Leanne Manning, Trvl/Mil, 126.34; Tim McDermott, Mil, 171.92; McMaster-Carr, Bldg Spls, 45.12; Menards, Bldg Spls, 53.84; Microfilm Imaging, Rent, 275.00; MIPS, Srvc, 2,054.39; NE Pub Hlth Envr Lab, Court Costs, 105.00; Elizabeth Nguyen, Court Costs, 176.50; Steve Platt, Srvc, 305.00; Randy Pryor, Trvl/Mil, 82.79; Quality Cleaners, Uniform, 16.00; Region V Srvcs, Srvc, 245.00; Sack Lumber, Rprs/Spls, 102.15; Saline Co Attorney, Court Costs, 116.90; Saline Co Clerk, Court Costs, 10.00; Saline Co Clk Dist Crt, Court Costs, 291.00; Sapp Bros, Fuel, 2,107.94; Sec Of State, Court Costs, 20.00; Seward Co Independent, P&P, 1,112.81; Shared Service Sys, Spls, 196.92; Shop Qwik, Fuel, 35.70; Eric Stehlik, Mil, 105.28; Thompson Co, Spls, 79.60; TV Service Co, Equip/Spls, 125.94; UNL Coop, Off Equip/Pstg/Mil/Srvc, 1,509.62; Becky Vales, Mil, 19.60; Verizon Wireless, Srvc, 1,175.58; Visa, Subs/Misc, 124.80; Vogt Electric, Bldg Rprs, 159.58; Walkers Uniform Rental, Spls, 37.37; Wilber Auto Parts, Equip Rprs, 287.05; ROAD & BRIDGE FUND Road & Bridge Payroll, Salaries, 21,353.68; All Roads Barricades, Posts/Signs, 4,445.56; Beatrice Concrete, Rock, 1,187.46; Black Hills, Util, 156.44; City Of Crete, Util, 408.34; City Of Friend, Util, 567.66; City Of Wilber, Util, 139.96; Crete Auto Supply, Parts, 124.98; Crete Lumber & Farm Supply, Equip, 1.19; Crete True Value, Tools/Spls, 38.84; DJ Welding & Mfg, Spls, 84.50; Fairfield Inn & Suites, Trvl, 189.90; Farmers Union, Tools/Spls, 82.97; Fred's Auto Electric, Parts/Labor, 149.00; L & L Auto Parts, Parts/Tools/Spls, 426.34; Matheson Tri-Gas, Spls/Equip, 150.78; Menards, Tools, 12.48; Midwest Radiator, Labor, 1,633.00; Midwest Refuse, Srvc, 162.11; NE Iowa Industrial, Spls, 129.94; NE Salt & Grain, Spls, 1,371.76; Officenet, Off Spls, 10.84; Plains Equip Group, Parts, 342.84; Powerplan, Parts, 211.66; Praxair Distribution, Spls, 121.68; Ron's Refuse, Srvc, 18.38; Sack Lumber Co, Spls, 3.59; Saline Co Clerk, Fees, 22.00; Sapp Bros, Fuel, 1,113.75; Source Gas, Util, 222.80; Village Of Dewitt, Util, 58.10; Village Of Dorchester, Util, 277.28; Village Of Swanton, Util, 36.00; Village Of Western, Util, 49.20; Walkers Uniform, Uniform, 39.37; Weldon Parts, Parts, 428.82; Wilber Auto Parts, Spls/Tools, 43.47; Young's Welding & Repair, Spls, 18.48; BALIFF FUND Bailiff Payroll, Salary, 1,010.64; Eakes Office, Off Spls, 88.90; VISITORS PROMOTION FUND Lorine Mares, Mil/Spls, 57.00; Seward Co Independent, P&P, 1.50; SE NE Tourism Council, Dues, 200.00; Swanton Vol Fire Dept, Grant, 84.80; Wilber Area Chamber, Grant, 400.00; VISITORS IMPROVEMENT FUND Lorine Mares, Mil/Spls, 37.71; Seward Co Independent, P&P, 1.50; AGING SERVICES FUND Aging Services, PayrollSalary, 1518.12; City Of Wilber, Util, 228.28; Farmers Coop, Fuel, 35.00; Food Mesto, Off Spls/Misc, 18.46; Hoover Electric, Bldg Rprs, 86.92; NASC, Reg, 20.00; DRUG COURT FUND Redwood Toxicology, LabSrvc, 455.50; Verizon Wireless, Srvc, 160.04; EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND Melanie Metz, Cntrct, 250.00; NASCO, Spls, 111.40; NMC Exchange, Rprs, 2,880.15; Productive Alternatives, Spls, 361.50; Santa Fe Distributing, Spls, 272.31; Shawn Weise, Labor, 327.50; COMMISSARY FUND Barnas Drug, Spls, 503.60; Bob Barker, CoSpls, 153.29; Crawford Supply, CoSpls, 99.84; Eakes Office, Spls, 241.60; Keefe Supply Co, Spls, 46.56; Postmaster, Pstg, 294.00; Thompson Co, Spls, 803.93; HIGHWAY BOND FUND UMB BankBond, Pmt, 72,857.50; BUILDING FUND Security Equip, Bldg Rprs, 468.00; Thomas Nickles, Remodel, 400.00; 911 EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND Norris Public Power, Util, 261.00; ALL FUNDS First State Bank, Fed Tax, 14,189.17; NE Dept of Rev, State Tax, 4,767.17; First State Bank, Soc Sec, 23,011.54; Ameritas Life, Retire, 18,556.91; Ameritas Life, Dental Ins, 2,590.02; Ameritas Life, Eye Ins, 397.68; AFLAC, Ins, 1,430.01; MassMutal, Def Comp, 1,850.00; Colonial Supp Ins, Ins, 183.22; Madison Nat'l Life, Life Ins, 34.37; Madison Nat'l Life, Dis Ins, 137.50; First Concord, Café, 1,214.73; NE Child Support, Garnish, 103.85; Tiburon Fincl, Garnish, 237.67; Kathleen Laughlin, Garnish, 101.00; NE Child Support, Garnish, 257.54; NE Child Support, Garnish, 172.62; Kathleen Laughlin, Garnish, 196.00; Credit Mgmt Srvc, Garnish, 149.88. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:50 a.m. The next meeting will be on March 25, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. in the Saline County Commissioners’ Room, Court House, Wilber NE. ATTEST: Linda Kastanek, County Clerk Janet J. Henning, Chairperson Richard D. Jiskra Marvin A. Kohout, Vice-Chairperson Willis D. Luedke Tim McDermott I, Linda Kastanek, County Clerk in and for Saline County, do hereby certify that the minutes of the February 25, 2014, meeting were presented and approved as presented. Linda Kastanek, County Clerk Janet J. Henning, Chairperson Richard D. Jiskra Marvin A. Kohout, Vice Chairperson Willis D. Luedke Tim McDermott WR — March 19, 2014
