This is a synopsis of the Saline County Board of Commissioners’ February 21st, 2017, 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 9:33 a.m. on Tuesday, February 21st, 2017, by Chairperson, Marvin A. Kohout. Present were Kohout, Willis D. Luedke, Russ Karpisek, Janet J. Henning and Stephanie A. Krivohlavek, Commissioners, County Clerk Daryl Fikar and Administrative Assistant Tim McDermott. 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. Kohout 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 7th, 2017 regular meeting; Under correspondence, heard reports of receiving the agenda for the Southeast Nebraska Emergency Management Region March 2nd meeting, Aging Partners February 23rd meeting agenda, Public Health Solutions January 19th meeting minutes, 5 Rivers RC&D January 19th meeting minutes and February 16th meeting agenda, Saline County Wind Association February 26th meeting agenda, a check from Farmers Coop of Dorchester for dividends in the amount of $1,458.27, Saline County Historical Society’s January 22nd meeting minutes, a notice from the Nebraska Department of Roads that we will be receiving $118,206.67 in STP funds and $205,582.04 in bridge funds, the Southeast Nebraska Tourism Council’s October 7th, November 5th and December 2nd meeting minutes and, from Blue Valley Community Action, their February 21st meeting agenda, their February report to the Board of Directors and their November through January news clippings. Also reported were a list of checks that the Clerk’s Office had received as reimbursement from the political subdivisions as reimbursement for election expenses; Under report of officials, heard reports of attending several meetings with the contractors and architects for the courthouse addition project, two RC&D meetings, a BVCA meeting, the County Employee Health Fair, an Employee Handbook Committee meeting, the complete nutrition class and reviewing the school records that are kept in the courthouse and taking a phone call from a county citizen seeking to help spray weeds in the county and, coming up, the Reading Classic on March 2nd, a meeting with Madonna on Monday to receive the results of the employee health fair, the Employee Recognition Banquet, an Aging Services meeting and the SCAT luncheon; At 9:46 a.m., Recessed; At 10:00 a.m., Reconvened; Saline County American Legion Commander and Veterans Service Committee Chairman Glen Pieper was present to report to the Board concerning recent activities of the Legion and the Veterans Service Committee. He reports that cooling fans have been installed behind the kiosk in the Veteran’s Memorial to prevent overheating and that they are waiting for louvered panels to be installed to either side of the screen to provide for better air circulation. He also reports that the data entry into the kiosk of the Veteran’s Memorial is progressing and that the system now has the names and other information of 4,332 veterans. Pieper also thanked the Board for their support of Saline County students and asked that, should other funding not be available, if Saline County would somehow be able to fund the luncheon for the students during County Government Day in October. He states that the cost of the luncheon is general between $600.00 and $750.00. The Board asked that a budget request be submitted in May so that the issue may be considered prior to the next budget year; Approved an interlocal agreement that would provide for the Saline County Sheriff’s Office to assume the law enforcement duties of the Wilber Police Department. According to the agreement, the current members of the Wilber Police Department would become employees of Saline County, and the City of Wilber would reimburse the County for services rendered to the City of Wilber at a rate of $200,000.00 per year effective March 1, 2017; At 10:53 a.m., Recessed; At 11:15 a.m., Reconvened; After a public hearing, approved the 2017-2023 one and six year road plan; Approved a request to occupy right of way for Larry Fuller to bore under County Road at section 6-7-3 to install electric cables; Approved an interlocal agreement with Jefferson County to allow Saline County to be the lead in approval of construction and funding for bridge match program for culvert projects for bridge/culverts designated as C004800410, C004800405, C004800230, C007604805 and C007601315; Approved change order #7 to the courthouse addition project. Change order #7 includes electrical modifications, adding a booster for cell phones used in the building, a change to the glass at the various service counters, re-routing of mechanical ductwork, adding electrical service to the fire shutters at the service counters, a revision of the sidewalks and a change of countertop composition in the County Attorney’s Office. The total cost of the change order is $90,466.69. At 11:30 a.m., entered Executive Session. Purpose of closed session is to discuss a personnel issue. At 12:20 p.m., exited Executive Session. During closed session, a personnel issue was discussed and no action was taken; Heard that the boring was completed under State Highway 41, south of the courthouse for the installation of cabling and fiber optics for the new telephone and internet systems for the courthouse; Approved the claims as presented; GENERAL FUND General Payroll, Salaries, 98,944.50; Black Hills Energy, Util, 326.98; Bleich, Bonnie, Reimb, 35.28; Branding Inc, Rent, 75.00; Casson, Joseph, Cntrct, 5,461.00; CBM Managed Srvcs, Spls, 7,370.04; Chief Supply, Equip, 923.67; City of Wilber, Util, 3,475.68; Crete Med Ctr, Court Costs, 358.00; Crete News, P&P, 337.95; Cvsoan Treasurer, Dues, 310.00; Drake, Adam, Reimb, 25.00; Drivers License, Sub, 29.95; Eakes, Off Spls, 855.82; Ecolab Pest, Pest Control, 177.36; Eickman,Tad, Atty, 50.00; Farmers & Merch Bank, Off Spls, 65.00; Farmers Coop, Equip Rprs, 397.35; First Concord, Ins, 6,001.33; First Concord, Ins, 440.00; Florian, Judy, Reimb, 50.00; Frey, Janis, Reimb, 150.00; Galls Llc, Uniform, 239.81; Gropp Law, Atty, 2,952.00; Heath Sports, Spls, 48.14; Hickman, Renee, Reimb, 47.30; Horwath Laundry Equip, Cntrct, 644.00; Kalkwarf, Becky, Reimb, 42.89; Kelly, Brandi, Reimb, 9.50; Kohout, Marvin, Mil, 81.54; Latimer Reporting, Court Costs, 121.62; Lawsoft, Off Spls, 75.00; Luedke, Willis, Mil, 164.78; Madison County Court, Court Costs, 2.50; Masonic Lodge, Rent, 650.00; Microfilm Imaging Sys, Equip Rent, 150.00; Midwest Court Reporting, Court Costs, 223.85; MIPS, Data Proc, 362.00; Moore, Alan, Reimb, 125.00; NE Assn Cty Eng Hwy Supr, Dues, 100.00; NE Assn Of County Treas, Dues, 75.00; NE Health & Human Svcs, Inst Costs, 93.00; NE Notary Assoc, Notary, 156.18; NE Title, Court Costs, 300.00; Officenet, Off Equip, 53.17; Otoe County Court, Court Costs, 1.75; Paper Tiger Shred, Cntrct, 354.30; Platte County Court, Court Costs, 2.75; Reeves Co, Spls, 16.12; Region V Srvcs, Cleaning, 320.24; Retchless-Chavez, Jennifer, Reimb, 50.00; Sapp Bros, Fuel, 1,488.68; Schwab, Gwen, Prgrm, 50.00; Sec of State Rules & Regs, Off Spls, 20.00; Seward County Ind, P&P, 640.88; Shop Qwik, Fuel, 126.61; Speece-Lewis Eng, Cntrct, 863.33; Stahl, Chris, Reimb, 50.00; State of Nebraska, Data Proc, 134.60; Thompson Co, Spls, 141.19; Thomson Reuters, Sub, 129.54; Toshiba, Off Equip, 280.00; Toshiba, Off Equip, 194.00; TV Service Co, Spls, 10.00; Visa, Off Equip, 600.49; Visa, Pstg, 11.73; Visa, Fuel, 114.58; Visa, Spls/Equip, 116.00; Visa, Pstg, 13.18; Visa, Off Spls, 22.57; Vogel, Kevin, Reimb, 50.00; Voss Lighting, Spls, 126.08; Walker Uniform, Spls, 54.43; Windstream, Phone, 1,688.19; 41 Auto, Veh Rprs, 200.47; 41 Auto, Equip Rprs, 254.99 ROADS FUND Roads Payroll, Salaries, 21,547.61; B's Enterprises, Equip/Signs, 8,601.60; Bartels Farms, ROW, 160.13; Beatrice Concrete, Gravel, 4,441.06; Black Hills Energy, Util, 1,080.71; Branding Inc, Rent, 96.00; City of Friend, Util, 580.03; Crete Ace Hdw, Spls, 161.82; Eakes, Off Spls, 88.83; Farmers Coop, Fuel/Equip Rprs, 6,869.59; Farmers Union, Equip Rprs, 801.57; General Fire & Safety, Equip, 121.00; Jay's Oil, Equip Rprs, 69.52; Matheson Tri-Gas, Spls, 57.90; Midwest Service, Equip Rprs, 2,837.10; Miller Bros Farms, ROW, 1,034.25; NE Chapter of ACI, Dues, 30.00; NE IA Industrial, Spls, 239.16; NE.Gov, Svcs, 72.00; NMC Exchange, Equip Rprs, 18,358.40; Norris, Util, 578.93; Plains Equip, Equip Rprs, 3,113.24; Praxair Distr, Spls, 66.65; RDO Truck, Equip Rprs, 40.78; Saline County Reg of Deeds, Filing, 20.00; Sapp Bros, Fuel, 988.62; Seward County Ind, P&P, 14.84; Speece-Lewis Eng, Engineering, 13,454.10; Village of Swanton, Util, 38.00; Visa, Spls, 300.40; Von Busch & Sons Refuse, Garbage, 21.00; Walker Uniform, Uniform, 17.54; Western Oil, Equip Rprs, 163.42; Wilber Plumbing, spls, 5.07; Windstream, Phone, 323.84 BAILIFF FUND Bailiff Payroll, Salaries, 1,084.52 VISITOR PROMOTION FUND Mares, Lorine, Mil, 64.80 VETERAN MEMORIAL MAINT FUND Kastanek, Linda, Data Entry, 393.75 APPRAISER FUND Fritz Appraisal, Cntrct, 1,200.00 EMPLOYEE WELLNESS FUND Kohout, Marvin, Mil, 17.82; McDermott, Tim, Reimb, 592.64; Visa, Spls, 144.32 AGING SERVICES FUND Aging Services Payroll, Salaries, 1,836.06; Anytime Plumbing, Maint, 190.00; Black Hills Energy, Util, 52.00; Eakes, Off Spls, 61.98; Farmers Coop, Fuel, 64.67; Pribyl, Darlene, Prgrm, 170.00; Purfoods, Meals, 620.00; Tabitha, Meals, 2,212.50; Visa, Pstg/Proj/Meals, 1,001.17; Windstream, Phone, 117.92 DRUG COURT FUND Kalkwarf & Smith Law, Cntrct, 1,100.00; Verizon, Phone, 120.03 INHERITANCE TAX FUND Electronic Contracting, Security, 11,370.00; MIPS, Data Proc, 498.00 911 WIRELESS SVC FUND Windstream, Phone, 663.76 COMMISSARY FUND Anderson Auto, Autos, 54,312.00; Bob Barker Co, Spls, 129.95; Crawford Supply, Spls, 163.08; Eakes, Spls, 169.08; Keefe Supply, Spls, 1,095.00; Thompson Co, Spls, 600.54 BUILDING FUND Siemens Industry, Bldg Rpr, 1,008.00 CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND Berggren Architects, Courthouse, 8,661.57 911 EMERGENCY SVC FUND Windstream, Phone, 176.00 ALL FUNDS First State Bank, Fed Tax, 16,371.89; NE Dept of Rev, State Tax, 5,629.65; First State Bank, Soc Sec, 26,038.74; BCBS, Ins, 97,074.40; Ameritas Life, Retire, 20,980.48; Ameritas Life, Dental Ins, 2,597.10; Ameritas Life, Eye Ins, 420.96; AFLAC, Ins, 1,397.40; MassMutal, Def Comp, 1,851.00; Colonial Supp Ins, Ins, 273.38; Teamsters, Dues, 233.50; Madison Nat'l Life, Life Ins, 42.39; Madison Nat'l Life, Dis Ins, 145.34; First Concord, Café, 1,680.31; NE Child Support, Garnish, 197.08; NE Child Support, Garnish, 257.54; Tiburon Fin/NAS, Garnish, 163.85 There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 12:41 p.m. The next meeting will be on March 7th, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. in the Saline County Commissioners’ Room, Courthouse, Wilber, NE. ATTEST: Daryl I. Fikar, County Clerk Janet J. Henning Marvin A. Kohout, Chairperson Stephanie Krivohlavek Willis D. Luedke, Vice-Chairperson Russ Karpisek I, Daryl I. Fikar, County Clerk in and for Saline County, do hereby certify that the minutes of the February 7th, 2017 regular meeting were presented and approved as presented. Daryl I. Fikar, County Clerk Janet J. Henning Marvin A. Kohout, Chairperson Stephanie Krivohlavek Willis D. Luedke, Vice-Chairperson Russ Karpisek WR — March 1, 2017
