This is a synopsis of the Saline County Board of Commissioners’ May 25, 2021, 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 9:35 a.m. on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, by Chairperson Russ Karpisek. Present were Karpisek, Marvin A. Kohout, Janet J. Henning, and Stephanie A. Krivohlavek, County Clerk Anita K. Bartels. County Attorney Tad Eickman was present between court commitments. Commissioner Philip Hardenburger was absent. Notice of said meeting was posted in the County Clerk’s Office, on the Saline County Website, and published in all three county newspapers on May 19, 2021, in compliance with State Statutes; Let the record show that all proceedings are electronically recorded; Approved the agenda with changes for removing the Public Hearing and adding the time to close Public Defender bids at 11:00 a.m.; Approved the minutes of the May 11, 2021, regular meeting; Under Citizens Forum, Chuck McKay addressed the Board, Karpisek read an email he received from Gary Veprovsky and announced an email was received from Dave Vavra; Under Correspondence, received the City of Crete May 18th meeting agendas for the City Council, Public Works, Finance and Personnel committees; reported a May 27th SENDD zoom meeting, an email regarding sick leave donations; and letters from the Gans Family Farms LLC and Beth Salman; Under Report of Officials, heard reports of attending meetings for the Historical Society, Employee Recognition, County Budget Workshop, Planning and Zoning, NACO Board, Aging Services and with Berggren Architects; also heard reports of several discussions with County citizens on the Planning and Zoning hearing; Approved following the CDC guidelines when encouraging masks in the Courthouse; A proposal was submitted by Unite Private Networks for voice, data and internet service; Discussion held on the reimbursement of ALS services; Approved a minor sub-division for Don Bartels; Approved an administrative sub-division for Ralph Drake; Heard an update of the services provided by Probation and Drug Court; At 10:52 a.m., recessed; At 11:06 a.m., reconvened; Received two quotes to change service from Alertsense to Everbridge; At 11:20 a.m. closed the bidding for the Public Defender; Received and opened one bid for the Public Defender; Accepted the Public Defender bid from Attorney Scott Gropp; Approved the bid from STRIV to upgrade the technology in the District Courtroom; Discussion to proceed with the bidding process for Information Technology (IT) support; Denied the request from Ace/Easton to split the increase cost for culverts; Accepted all gravel bids opened on May 11, 2021; Rejected all culvert bids opened on May 11, 2021; Accepted all crushed rock bids opened on May 11, 2021; Heard reports on the current road projects; Approved moving the November 8, 2022 meeting to November 7, 2022, due to the general election; Approved the 2021-2022 Region V EPC agreement; Approved the By Laws of the Board of Adjustments; Approved the April 2021 Clerk fees, $28,424.25; Approved Resolution #2021-037 transferring $1,500 from the Inheritance Fund to the Adult Drug Court Fund; Approved Resolution #2021-038 transferring $5,000 from the Inheritance Fund to the Grant Fund; Approved Resolution #2021-039 transferring $7,500 from the Inheritance Fund to the Juvenile Services Aid Program; Approved the renewal of Blue Cross Blue Shield with NACO; Approved the claims as presented; GENERAL FUND General Fund Payroll, Salaries, 119,044.60; All Star Glass, Equip Rpr, 323.00; Rebecca Anderson, Atty Fees, 1,440.00; AsphaltKingdom.com, Bldg Spls, 2,798.00; Lyle Bartels, Milg, 55.78; Matt Baumann, Reimb, 25.00; Berggren Architects, Bldg Rpr, 1,047.32; Bryan Heart, Hlth Ins, 20.00; Kara Burda, Reimb, 50.00; Cellebrite, Cntrct, 4,300.00; CAMC, Hlth Ins, 2,424.00; Dell, Equip, 39,649.95; Forrest Doyle, Milg, 98.00; Dee Drake, Reimb, 16.08; Eakes, Off Spls, 1,051.09; Ecolab, Bldg Maint, 183.57; ESRI, Sftwr, 400.00; Farmers & Merchants Bank, Spls, 106.02; Farmers Coop, Fuel, 18.50; First Concord, Ins, 7,366.16; First Concord, Ins, 546.00; First State Bank, Spls, 284.36; Friend Comm Hlthcr Sys, Hlth, 1,230.00; Andrew Glenn, Hlth, 476.00; Gropp Law, Reimb, 444.80; Scott Gropp, Atty Fees, 7,000.00; Gworks, Sftwr, 3,150.00; Bernard Hoesche, Milg, 11.76; Horwath Laundry Equip, Cntrct, 860.07; Integration Partners, Cntrct, 169.96; Interstate All Battery Center, Spls, 418.60; Kalkwarf & Smith, Atty Fees, 1,213.00; Vergene Kracke, Reimb, 150.00; Latimer Reporting, Cntrct, 174.80; Mallory Safety, Unif, 111.99; Marshall & Swift, Data Proc, 371.95; Mechanical Sales, Cntrct, 2,523.30; Microfilm Imaging Sys, Cntrct, 150.00; MIPS, Cntrct, 5,334.32; NACO, Trng, 2,249.09; NE Assn Cty Clerk Reg & Elect, Trng, 250.00; Officenet, Off Equip, 775.52; P.A.T. Mktng, Unif, 795.00; Physicians Lab, Hlth, 108.00; Postmaster, Pstg, 200.00; Protex Central, Cntrct, 1,043.91; Quadient, Cntrct, 300.00; Quadient Leasing, Cntrct, 998.04; Quill Corp, Off Spls, 57.31; Region V Sys, Cntrct, 2,354.00; Saline Co Atty, Reimb, 270.36; Saline Co Crt, Reimb, 618.00; Saline Co Dist Crt, Reimb, 198.00; Saline Co Reg of Deeds, Plat Bks, 54.00; Sapp Bros, Fuel, 1,772.97; Sec of State, Cntrct, 20.00; Seward Co Ind, P&P, 387.06; Shop Qwik, Fuel, 84.74; Siemens Ind, Cntrct, 1,179.00; State Ind Prod Corp, Spls, 1,492.76; State of NE, Cntrct, 147.60; Striv, Cntrct, 5,000.00; Alan Strouf, Milg, 14.00; Summit, Spls, 9,504.13; Thomson Reuters, Cntrct, 143.85; Thyssenkrupp Elevator, Cntrct, 168.00; Us Bank Equip, Off Equip, 157.70; Verizon, Comm, 1,509.71; Visa, Comm, 5.15; Visa, Data Proc, 323.14; Visa, Spls, 127.32; Visa, Pstg, 80.00; Visa, Comm, 52.00; Visa, Pstg, 678.44; Visa, Fuel, 53.90; Visa, Spls, 12.99; Visa, Emp Bnqt, 74.99; Visa, Off Spls, 55.51; Visa, Trng, 280.05; Visa, Off Spls, 234.70; Walker, Spls, 71.21; Windstream, Comm, 6,893.54; Zito, Comm, 83.94; 3 & 33 Mutual Aid, Dues, 25.00; 41 Auto, Spls, 50.96 ROAD FUND Road Fund Payroll, Salaries, 23,852.73; Beatrice Concrete, Gravel, 34,497.71; Crete Lumber, Spls, 287.90; Eakes, Off Spls, 15.95; NPPD, Util, 280.37; O'Reilly Auto, Spls, 3.79; Officenet, Spls, 59.70; Sapp Bros, Fuel, 2,822.90; Scherbarth Ace, Spls, 60.25; Schuerman Welding, Spls, 10.50; Shaffer Comm, Equip, 66.00; Speece-Lewis, Cntrct, 737.50; Sudrla Water Svc, Maint, 300.00; Truck Center, Spls, 78.10; Visa, Tax, 1,143.54; Young'S Welding, Spls, 39.37 BAILIFF FUND Bailiff Fund Payroll, Salaries, 1,205.92 VISITOR'S IMPROVEMENT FUND Dorchester Comm Fndtn, Reimb, 1,000.00 WELLNESS FUND First State Bank, GC, 53.25; Visa, GC, 40.00; Visa, Spls, 108.94; Workwell, Cntrct, 486.00 AGING SERVICES FUND Samantha Cosaert, Prgm, 110.00; Marcia Emal, Prgm, 145.00; Farmers Coop, Fuel, 44.80; Tia Kreshel, Prgm, 418.00; Seward Co Ind, P&P, 27.10; Visa, Pstg, 250.00; Visa, Prgm, 51.75; Visa, Sp Prjt, 1,571.39 DRUG COURT FUND Dairy Queen, GC, 200.00; Kalkwarf & Smith, Atty Fees, 1,200.00; McDonalds, GC, 200.00; Pizza Hut, GC, 200.00; Postmaster, Pstg, 110.00; Runza, GC, 200.00; Sonic, GC, 200.00; Taco Johns, GC, 200.00; Verizon, Comm, 120.03; Walmart, GC, 500.00 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND Homestead LEPC, Fees, 143.31 JUVENILE SERVICES GRANT FUND Better Living Counseling, Prgm, 1,424.96; Family Service Assoc, Prgm, 4,200.00; Ana Perez Mendez, Prgm, 30.00; Anita Stougard, Prgm, 1,570.66; Syerra Watson, Prgm, 36.00 911 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUND Windstream, Comm, 233.11 911 WIRELESS FUND Windstream, Comm, 1,212.79 COMMISSARY FUND Summit, Spls, 6,172.14 COURTHOUSE DEBT SERVICE FUND UBT, Bond Pmt, 34,276.80 ALL FUNDS First State Bank, Fed Tax, 14,711.28; NE Dept of Rev, State Tax, 6,834.90; First State Bank, Soc Sec, 29,615.28; BC/BS, Hlth Ins, 109,570.32; Ameritas Life, Retire, 23,815.94; Delta Dental, Dental Ins, 2,292.63; VSP, Eye Ins, 506.17; AFLAC, Ins, 1,356.30; MassMutal, Def Comp, 2,278.00; Colonial Supp Ins, Ins, 233.81; Teamsters, Dues, 252.00; Madison Nat'l Life, Life Ins, 52.76; Madison Nat'l Life, Dis Ins, 178.95; First Concord, Café, 2,165.40; New York Life, Ins, 118.90; AZ Child Support, Garnish, 86.06; Credit Management Services, Garnish, 186.40; Professional Choice Recovery, Garnish, 15.77 At 12:16 p.m., entered closed session to review application for the Wellness Committee Chairperson and a Catastrophic Leave Request; At 1:10 p.m., exited closed session with no action taken; Since multiple applications were received for the Wellness Chairperson, interviews will be conducted on June 8, 2021; Catastrophic Leave Request was approved; There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 1:12 p.m. The next regular meeting will be on June 8, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. in the Saline County Commissioners’ Room, Court House, Wilber, NE. ATTEST: Anita K. Bartels, County Clerk Janet J. Henning Marvin A. Kohout Stephanie A. Krivohlavek Phil Hardenburger, Vice-Chairperson Russ Karpisek, Chairperson I, Anita K. Bartels, County Clerk in and for Saline County, do hereby certify that the minutes of the previous meeting held May 11, 2021, were approved as presented. Anita K. Bartels, County Clerk Janet J. Henning Marvin A. Kohout Stephanie A. Krivohlavek Phil Hardenburger, Vice-Chairperson Russ Karpisek, Chairperson WR/FS/CR — June 02, 2021 ZNEZ
