This is a synopsis of the Saline County Board of Commissioners’ January 23th, 2024, 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 on 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 9:37 a.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, by Chairperson Phil Hardenburger. Present were Hardenburger, Janet J. Henning, Russ Karpisek and Marvin A. Kohout Commissioners, County Clerk Diann Nettifee and County Attorney David Solheim. Commissioner Stephanie A. Krivohlavek was absent. Notice of said meeting was posted in the County Clerk’s Office and published in all three county newspapers on January 17, 2024, in compliance with State Statutes; Hardenburger advised those present of the open meetings act at the back of the room and that all proceedings are electronically recorded; Approved Agenda; Approved minutes of the previous meeting; Under Citizen Forum; No Citizen spoke; Correspondence; Blue River Arts Council thanked the Board and Visitor’s Committee for the $1,200 grant they used for IT and security services, Blue Valley Behavioral Health thanked the Board for their continued financial support and dedication to the people of Saline County; Letter from NIRMA with 3 checks in the amount of $1,775.00 towards the cost of a sign post puller, battery powered chainsaw, and three pair of steel toed boots for the Roads Department. This was made possible through NIRMA’s ASSIST program; Court findings for the Milligan One Lawsuit, the Board of Adjustments did not have authority to impose a sound limit on any of the existing wind turbines and vacates the order; Kohout presented the certified results of the special election shall Hardenburger be removed 99 yes votes and 232 no’s; Reports of Officials; Commissioner Karpisek; Nothing to report; Commissioner Kohout; attended NACO presidents meeting in Washington D.C. he learned that the OPIOID settlement needs to be spent in areas that will benefit the opioid project, attended meetings with FEMA concerning bridges and CO2 Pipeline, attended a dinner at the British Embassy, January 16 attended CO2 meeting Solheim will give a report after studying information, Mutual Aid meeting discussed EMT shortage, attended NACO meeting in Lincoln, Legislative Day and heard all bills coming up. Will be attending the Seward/Saline County Solid Waste and Wellness meeting next week; Commissioner Henning; Attended January 18th Public Health Solutions meeting and has a CASA meeting next week; Commissioner Hardenburger; Ag Society meeting, Extension Board meeting tomorrow. Numerous calls with John McKee with Disaster Declaration and other snowstorm issues; Business for Action; Discussion the need for encrypted emails for the Assessor’s office, Assessor will get more information and bring back to the Board; Approved Resolution #2024-02 to sell certain real estate to another political subdivision, Friend Volunteer Fire Department; Approved signing and sending a letter of support for NextLink to provide internet service near Pleasant Hill, NE; Approved making reimbursement for Flex, Health Reimbursement and Dependent Care by way of petty cash account; 10:21 a.m. Meeting in Recess; 10:32 a.m. Meeting Reconvened; Approved Saline County Clerk Fees in the amount of $15,315.76; Discussed Planning and Zoning will elect member to serve on the Board of Adjustments; Approved COVID Premium Payout for Tim McDermott; Approved moving May 14th, 2024 Commissioner meeting to Monday, May 13th, 2024; Highway Superintendent – Road and Bridge Matters; Bruce gave a report on the recent snowstorm and how everything was handled, discussed the shortage of gravel for roads and praised his crew for their hard work and long hours; Approved Claims as presented; All Funds A&F Const Cntrct 165.00; Rebecca Anderson Atty Fees 2,432.00; Anytime Plumb Bldg Maint 104.07; Barnas Spls 1,791.24; Black Hills Utly 2,034.38; Blue 360 Media Cntrct 184.45; Radiant Solutions Spls 840.80; Candlewood Suites Trng 2,039.15; Capital Business Sys Cntrct 172.79; CCP Ind Spls 160.85; City of Wilber Utly 8,196.11; Crete Ace Hardware Spls 29.94; Crete Auto Supply Equip Rpr 1,761.70; Culligan Cntrct 183.00; Cummins Sales Cntrct 251.23; Eakes Spls 1,540.19; Entenmann-Rovin Spls 224.50; Farmers Coop Fuel 17,665.60; FSB Cntrct 20.00; First Wireless Comm 3,086.35; Stephanie Flynn Atty Fees 808.46; Food Mesto Spls 13.77; Friend Comm Hlthcr Sys Cntrct 695.00; Dueling Pianos Bnqt 2,095.00; Greatamerica Fin Cntrct 135.57; Gropp Law Reimb 90.00; Matthew Hanson MHB 166.08; Helena Agri-Ent Spls 165.50; The Home Depot Pro Spls 101.50; Jefferson Co Em Mgt Cntrct 4,425.00; Sandra Johnson Lbr 48.00; Lancaster Co Sheriff Cntrct 18.69; Language Line Cntrct 14.75; Menards Spls 125.34; Microfilm Imaging Cntrct 150.00; Mid America Benefits HRA 50,000.00; MIPS Cntrct 4,626.71; Nathan Mueller Mlg 36.68; NACO Dues 40.00; NCSEA Trng 90.00; Nebraska.Gov Cntrct 17.00; Pip Spls 282.85; Region V Sys Cntrct 7,569.00; Sack Lumber Spls 87.44; Saline Co Atty Reimb 500.69; Saline Co Crt Reimb 539.00; Saline Co Sheriff Reimb 1,074.94; Sapp Bros Fuel 8,910.58; Sec of State Cntrct 20.00; Seward Co Ind P&P 687.83; Shop Qwik Fuel 69.05; Sid Dillon Equip Rpr 104.95; Soarin Grp Cntrct 10,774.60; SCC Trng 300.00; Sparq Data Cntrct 4,100.00; Stanard Appraisal Cntrct 1,235.00; Anita Stougard Mlg 1,242.16; Summit Spls 16,818.12; Thomas & Thomas Crt Rep Cntrct 379.58; Thomson Reuters Cntrct 160.24; UPN Comm 6,490.97; Carroll Verhage MHB 260.30; Visa Fuel 58.69; Visa Spls 126.83; Visa Spls 61.38; Visa Equip 375.30; Visa Fuel 253.47; Visa Spls 382.24; Visa Spls 37.42; Visa Spls 482.92; Walker Cntrct 114.69; Walker Cntrct 82.03; Windstream Comm 2,871.87; Jerrod Zoubek Cntrct 150.00; 41 Auto Equip Rpr 1,439.42; Ace Irrigation Spls 10,909.46; AKRS Spls 214.44; Beatrice Concrete Gravel 19,303.76; Beaver Hardware Spls 43.98; Certified Truck Spls 20.56; City of Crete Utly 419.15; City of Friend Utly 44.35; Crete Ace Hardware Spls 59.97; Crete Lumber Spls 45.59; Farmers Union Coop Equip Rpr 2,534.34; Food Mesto Spls 10.29; Inland Truck Equip Rpr 585.32; Rick Korbelik Reimb 60.00; Linde Gas Spls 94.81; Matheson Tri-Gas Spls 234.59; Medical Ent Spls 105.00; NE IA Ind Spls 807.73; NMC Spls 106.58; NPPD Utly 945.21; Pomp's Tire Spls 93.50; Powerplan Equip Rpr 1,107.87; Southwest Gravel Gravel 6,423.28; Speece-Lewis Eng Fees 6,805.67; Surplus Center Spls 438.75; Village of Dorchester Utly 124.75; Village of Swanton Utly 68.55; Village of Tobias Utly 56.80; Village of Western Utly 83.25; Visa Spls 153.98; Waste Conct Utly 181.46; Young's Welding Equip Rpr 1,031.72; 41 Auto Spls 69.79; Legion Post 101 Reimb 1,126.13; Meridian SFS Baseball Reimb 1,200.00; Jessica Acosta Prgm 840.00; City of Crete Prgm 60.00; Deb Collins Prgm 1,052.02; Samantha Cosaert Prgm 690.00; Marcia Emal Prgm 277.15; Food Mesto Prgm 26.05; Madison Maly Mlg 58.69; Delaney Mazza Prgm 120.00; Lori Moldenhauer Mlg 39.30; Darlene Pribyl Prgm 180.25; Mom's Meals Prgm 281.25; Tabitha Prgm 743.75; Visa Prgm 87.72; Visa Prgm 59.75; Visa Prgm 1,432.98; Wilber Care Center Prgm 864.00; Sarah Yokel Prgm 69.14; Nereyda Zambrand Prgm 80.00; Family Service Lincoln Prgm 960.00; Geocomm Cntrct 4,165.00; Patrick Hotovy Cntrct 2,000.00; Centurylink Cntrct 4,629.04; Bob Barker Co Spls 87.60; Charm-Tex Spls 372.50; iSolved Pyrl & Txs 272,507.89; Ameritas Life Retire 32,981.53; Health Savings Acct Hlth Sv Acct 10,272.47; Principal Dental Dental Ins 2,328.90; Madison Nat'l Life Life Ins 317.22; AFLAC Ins 971.96; VSP Eye Ins 554.67; Empower Def Comp 3,026.61; Point C Café 952.07; Colonial Supp Ins Ins 157.77; Madison Nat'l Life Dis Ins 474.30; Teamsters Dues 351.00; New York Life Ins 95.64; Globe Life Ins 213.64; Saline County Court Garnish 513.77 Discussion with John McKee by phone. Explained what the reasons for the Disaster Declaration and other snowstorm issues, and updated Commissioner’s on the radio project; There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m. The next regular meeting will be on February 6th 2024 at 9:30 a.m. in the Saline County Commissioners’ Room, Court House, Wilber, NE. ATTEST: Phil Hardenburger, Chairperson Russ Karpisek Marvin A. Kohout Janet J. Henning Diann Nettifee, County Clerk CR/FS/WR — January 31, 2024 ZNEZ
