August 31, 2020
North Platte, Nebraska
Meeting of the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners. Present were Commissioners Joe Hewgley, Bill Henry, Kent Weems, Walt Johnson, Jerry Woodruff and County Clerk, Rebecca Rossell. Henry offered prayer. Henry called the meeting to order at 9:00 A.M.
Chairman Henry announced the Open Meeting Act with amendments is posted for public review and the county board will comply with the open meeting requirements.
Motion by Johnson, seconded by Weems to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting held on August 24, 2020. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Woodruff to receive and order filed the treasurer’s receipts. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Johnson to receive and order filed the fee report submitted by the County Sheriff. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Weems to approve the Special Designated Liquor Permit submitted by Good Life on the Bricks for an event at Harbor Lights on September 19, 2020 and authorize the Chairman to sign. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Johnson, seconded by Weems to adopt Resolution No. 2020-25 to enter into an interlocal agreement with the Village of Sutherland to provide library services for 2 years. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Johnson to adopt Resolution No. 2020-26 to enter into an interlocal agreement with the Village of Brady to provide law enforcement services for 4 years and authorize the Chairman to sign. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Woodruff to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the annual Peopleware renewal agreement for software used in the Register of Deeds office. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners recessed at 9:17 A.M. and the Lincoln County Board of Equalization convened.
Chairman Henry announced the Open Meeting Act with amendments is posted for public review and the county board will comply with the open meeting requirements.
County Assessor, Julie Stenger appeared.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Johnson to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Equalization meeting held on August 24, 2020. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Johnson, seconded by Hewgley to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the certificates of correction or refund submitted by the County Assessor on personal property. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Johnson to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the certificates of correction or refund submitted by the County Assessor on real property. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Woodruff to agree with the County Assessor on Protest 2020-01 to reduce the valuation from $4250 to $0 on the Personal Property Valuation Protest filed by KCW Enterprises, LLC and authorize the Chairman to sign. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
The Lincoln County Board of Equalization adjourned at 9:32 A.M. and the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners reconvened.
Deb McGee appeared for Nebraska Bar & Grill concerning the special designate liquor license application. Sheriff Kramer requested that guests be ID’d and banded at the entry door.
Motion by Johnson, seconded by Woodruff to approve the Special Designated Liquor Permit submitted by Nebraska Bar & Grill of Gothenburg for an event to be held at Harbor Lights on October 17, 2020 and authorize the Chairman to sign. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Commissioner Hewgley reported that the county is looking at drilling a test well, possibly in the SW corner of the block hopefully in the next couple of weeks. There will be a team of people to investigate. It will be difficult to estimate an exact cost of the testing.
Commissioner Weems commented that this situation is unique because you have to do analysis as you go with multiple companies.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Weems that due to the unique and/or noncompetitive nature of items and related remediation work to be performed on existing geothermal system at the Lincoln County Courthouse in accordance with Neb. Reb. Statute 23-3109(1) (a) that the county will forego the normal bidding process. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Johnson to authorize Sargent Irrigation of Broken Bow to be part of a team of consultants and authorize them to investigate and test the well system for possible remedies for the HVAC system issues. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Sheriff Kramer reported that if the JAG grant funds are approved in the amount of $11,733 for riot gear, it would be shared with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Woodruff to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the Memorandum of Understanding with the City of North Platte concerning the FY 2020 JAG Program funding. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Johnson to go into closed session regarding deployment of security personnel or devices, and to protect attorney client privileges, which is clearly necessary to protect the public interest at 10:07 A.M. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Chairman Henry restated the motion for the closed session.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Woodruff to go into open session at 10:32 A.M. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Weems to approve the 2020 Inventory forms as submitted by all county offices. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Johnson and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Hear concerns from Elected Officials, Department Heads and their representative.
County Board conducted a budget work session on the 2020-2021 Lincoln County, Nebraska budget.
Approved the following claims as presented for payment:
General:
AcroMat su 291.21
Adms/Swnsn Fnrl Hm se 2404.00
Amazon Cap su 35.98
Antelope CS se 130.00
Bear Comm FC se 1500.00
Big Red Twg se 288.19
B Aufdenkamp mi 6.90
A Bellew se 30.55
Capital Business agree 246.00
Cash-Way Dist se 58.60
DAS St Acctg se 334.30
Charter Comm se 220.30
Clk Dist Crt se 246.00
Comm Invst rt 375.00
C Schuman se 557.75
Eakes su 925.70
First Concord ins 145.00
GWorks eq 3375.00
Gladstone Inc rt 872.04
Hintons Lck & Alrm eq 431.25
P Collins mi 111.55
T Stasser mi 149.50
J Stenger mi 109.25
K Rossell se 270.00
Lancaster CS se 25.21
Maxwell’s Off Rd su 796.55
Menards su 29.96
Micoflm Imgng se 216.49
Mi6 Pizza su 22.20
ML&W se 17763.49
NP Telegraph se 1546.83
NWE se 9.39
O’Keefe Elvtr agree 277.66
Platte Valley Cnslg se 280.00
Poplar St. CW su 78.00
Quill su 12.58
R Schroeder se 900.00
Recognition Unlmtd se 125.40
Region II se 17509.00
Rosenberg Ins. ins 5447.00
Seevers Auto se 150.17
Shred It se 40.25
Snells se 261.84
Summitt FS cont 4239.65
Home Depot su 718.99
Unitech su 1029.00
US Cellular se 645.59
Verizon se 425.13
Walmart su 328.34
Westfield Phar se 6888.22
Witmer Public Sfty su 140.24
Zones eq 330.00
Roads:
Bomgaars su 70.98
Bosselman Tk re 907.26
Capital Business su 1.95
Consolidated se 609.57
DPPD se 50.38
Guynan Mach se 98.89
Kelly Supply re 181.43
Mentzer Oil se 957.00
ML&W se 507.27
NWE se 15.11
Lodging:
Best Wstrn Pls cont 675.00
D&N Event Ctr su 114.00
J Cruz se 2100.00
KS Plus rt 3500.00
Mly Mrktg se 3086.01
Meyer Creative se 132.00
Midwest Conn se 500.00
ML&W se 585.33
M Clark reb 44.99
NE Trvl adv 550.00
NP Comm Playhs se 436.74
Protex Ctl se 98.00
RA Prod cont 1900.00
Sandhills Natl Wtr su 747.84
Sutherland Fire cont 800.00
P & M:
CIC se 16790.00
August Payroll $772,440.10
The meeting was adjourned at 12:45 P.M.
Advance notice and the agenda for the August 31, 2020 board meetings were sent to the county board and all others requesting the same. Advance public notice (includes agenda) of the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting and the Lincoln County Board of Equalization meeting was posted at the Lincoln County Courthouse, City Hall and the Lincoln County website on August 28, 2020; and was also emailed to the media on August 28, 2020.
The agenda for the meetings to be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 will be kept
continually current and open for inspection at the office of the Lincoln County Clerk. The regular meeting of the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners will be at the Lincoln County Courthouse in the Commissioners Room at 9:00 A.M. The regular meeting of the Lincoln County Board of Equalization will be at the Lincoln County Courthouse in the Commissioners Room at 9:15 A.M.
Rebecca J. Rossell
Lincoln County Clerk
