HOWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MINUTES

 

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

 

 

A meeting of the Howard County Board of Commissioners was convened in open an public session on the 30th day of November 2006, in the Boardroom, Howard County Courthouse, St. Paul, Nebraska.

 

Notice of the meeting was given thereof by publication in the Phonograph-Herald on the 22nd day of November 2006, a proof of publication filed in the Clerk’s office.  Copies of the agenda were posted in the courthouse, the county web site, mailed to each Commissioner, and kept current and available to the public at the County Clerk’s office.

 

Notice of the meeting was given to the County Board and a receipt of their acknowledgment is also filed in the Clerk’s office.

 

Chairman Bader called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.  Roll Call: Jim Watson, AYE; Bill Sack, AYE; Larry Seifert, AYE; Gary Rasmussen, AYE; Philip Bader, AYE.    Also present is County Clerk Marge Palmberg.   Chairman Bader also stated to those in attendance that a current copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act is available for review and indicated the location of such copy in the room where the meeting is being held.

 

Executive Session

Motion was made by Sack and second by Watson to go into executive session at 8:30 am for the purpose of discussing personnel with the County Board, County Attorney, County Clerk and County Sheriff present.   Roll Call: All Ayes. Motion carried.

 

Motion was made by Seifert and second by Rasmussen to come out of executive session at 8:40 am.  Roll Call: All Ayes.  Motion carried.  Chairman Bader stated there was no action taken.

 

Payroll Claims

Motion was made by Rasmussen and second by Sack to approve the payroll claims for November.  Roll Call: All Ayes. Motion carried.  The following claims were audited and checks drawn on their regular funds:

 

 

                        General Salary                         64,285.68

                        Road Salary                            29,561.93

                        Weed Salary                              2,343.42

                        Civil Defense Salary                    265.25

                        Communications Salary          12,482.74

                        Federal W/H                             8,544.74

                        State W/H                                 3,238.32

                        BCBS Insurance                     27,730.01

                        FICA/Medicare                       16,608.08

                        Retirement                              10,772.55

                        NE Child Support                        144.00

 

Minutes

Motion was made by Seifert and second by Sack to approve the minutes of the last meeting as submitted by the County Clerk.  Roll Call: All Ayes. Motion carried.

 

Road Discussion

Commissioner Seifert stated he had received these two quotes for South Liberty Rd for clay work to stabilize the existing road. 

The quotes received are the following:

 

                        Island Landhandlers Inc.                    $20,000.

                        Hooker Bros Const.                            $72,645.

 

No action was taken on the quotes.

 

Also discussed was 21st Avenue.  Bill Score had contacted the County Clerk’s office regarding this road and the possibility of the county closing it.  Commissioner Rasmussen had visited with Mr. Score.  Deputy Mike Thompson had been contacted regarding some fence that was down.   This will be addressed again at a later date when more information has been gathered.  Road secretary Jackie Mayberry will mail a copy of a deed to Mr. Score.

 

Road secretary Jackie Mayberry had permits for the following from Spilinek Irrigation for an underground pipe in the NE1/4 of Section 6-15-9 on the Randy Berst property.  Motion was made by Rasmussen and second by Seifert to approve this permit.  Roll Call: All Ayes. Motion carried.

 

Juvenile Grant Fund Discussion

Jami Lukasiewicz and Theresa Petska met with the Board regarding the Juvenile Youth Committee.  They were contacted by a couple of the board members to see if they would be interested in handling this project.  Commissioner Watson gave them some insight about the project and what had taken place in the past.  After some discussion the ladies stated they would try and work with the program and will contact Stepanie with the Crime Commission and also try to recruit some people across the county.  Jami is with the St. Paul Public School and Theresa is the principal at Elba School.

 

Road discussion

Jackie had two permits from Qwest regarding the placement of PVC pipe on 19th Avenue in Section 5-15-9 and Cushing Road in Section 9-15-9.  Motion was made by Rasmussen and second by Watson to approve the permits.  Roll Call: All Ayes.  Motion carried.

 

Jackie also had the motor grader spec forms for the Board to look at and the notice of publication for the paper.  The Board asked her to proceed with this.  She presented to the Board a credit application from Bomgaars for the county.  She will complete the form and Chairman Bader will sign the form.  Motion was made by Seifert and second by Rasmussen to approve this application.  Roll Call: All Ayes. Motion carried.

 

Big Slough Project

Discussion was held on the Big Slough project.  Commissioner Rasmussen had inquired as to whether the county had submitted a statement to the NRD for work done.  Jackie had some paperwork and Hwy Supt Jay Meyer will review this.  Jay will check into this and get back to the Board at a later date.

 

Mead Road

Alvin Spilinek and Terry Spilinek met with Board to discuss the road work that needed to be done at 1810 Mead Road.  They had some pictures for the Board to look at and asked the Board to go and look at the road.  This will be addressed at a later date.

 

Planning & Zoning Regs

Fred Meyer met with the Board to give them an update of the St. Paul City meeting where discussion was had on a subdivision west of town.  He stated he feels it is the county’s responsibility to enforce state law.  He presented a copy of page 101 from the city’s comprehensive plan for them to look at.  He also asked that the county be represented at the city council meeting on December 4th.

 

P & Z Administrator Franz Trumler met with the Board to discuss the zoning secretary duty of keeping the minutes.  After some discussion he is to ask his secretary, Nancy Psota, if she will take the minutes at the zoning meetings which are held the third Wednesday of each month.  Also discussed was the affidavit of error with Franz and County Attorney Dave Schroeder.  This will be addressed at the next meeting.

 

TERC Board Decision

County Attorney Dave Schroeder discussed the TERC Board’s decision of Ronald Bahensky with the Board.  This will be placed on the next agenda.

 

Mail

The County Board received and reviewed the following:  a letter from the Nebraska Crime Commission regarding the juvenile grant fund; the minutes from Loup Central Landfill; a letter from Bosselman regarding the credit account at the St. Libory location; a letter from Contryman Associates.

 

Road Discussion

More discussion followed regarding Mead Road and the crossing on 15th Avenue but no action was taken.

 

There being no further business to come before the Board, motion was made by Seifert and second by Watson to adjourn the meeting at 11:45 a.m.  Roll Call: All Ayes. Motion carried.  The next regular meeting of the County Commissioners will be December 14, 2006.

 

 

 

 

Dated this 30th day of November 2006.

 

 

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                                                Philip G. Bader, Chairman

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

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Marge Palmberg, Howard County Clerk