June 21, 2021
North Platte, Nebraska
Meeting of the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners. Present were Commissioners Joe Hewgley, Bill Henry, Kent Weems, Chris Bruns, Jerry Woodruff and County Clerk, Rebecca Rossell. Hewgley offered prayer. Weems called the meeting to order at 9:00 A.M.
Chairman Weems 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 Henry, seconded by Woodruff to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting held on June 14, 2021. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Henry, seconded by Hewgley to receive and order filed the treasurer’s receipts. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Bruns to authorize the Chairman to sign the contract with Contech Engineered Solutions, LLC for the joint project with Dawson County (O’Fallon bridge) Project #STWD-CBMP (4). Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Bruns, seconded by Woodruff to receive and order filed the fee report submitted by the Register of Deeds. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners recessed at 9:15 A.M. and the Lincoln County Board of Equalization convened.
Chairman Weems 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 Bruns, seconded by Henry to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Equalization meeting held on June 14, 2021. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
No certificates of correction or refund submitted by the County Assessor.
The Lincoln County Board of Equalization adjourned at 9:16 A.M. and the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners reconvened.
County Clerk/Election Commissioner, Rebecca Rossell, along with Angie Frison of Election Systems and Software, briefed the County Board about the Balotar hardware & software package for elections.
Rossell told board members that herself and her Deputy, Terry Heessel, had visited Lancaster County in April and May of 2021 during the City Election. The scope of these visits was to view procedures used in Lancaster County in the election process including the use of the Balotar system. The goal of the purchase of the Balotar system would to be increase efficiency and be more cost effective. The Balotar system would be used primarily for early voting, but could be used to print other ballots as needed. The local printer would still print the ballots for the polling sites.
Frison explained that the Balotar system is not linked to the internet or a network. The data to print the ballots is imported into the system on a thumb drive. Ballots would be voted and processed as normal.
Motion by Bruns, seconded by Woodruff to approve the purchase of Balotar (hardware and software) in the amount of $18,130 out of the CARE funds for the Lincoln County Clerk/Election Commissioner. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Henry, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Hear concerns from Elected Officials, Department Heads and their representative.
Approved the following claims as presented for payment:
General:
AT&T se 171.55
Adams/Swansn se 1050.00
Affrdbl Storage rt `1177.20
Als Lck & Safe re 75.00
A Speichert se 2810.00
Amazon Cptl re 21.67
A Browers eq 46.14
Brckmn & Bzta se 1461.00
B Barker Co su 1697.04
B Aufdenkamp reb 68.83
Brite su 161170.00
Brouillette,Dgn,Trosh se 7857.55
BTS se 100.00
Cptl Busns Sys se 760.57
CashWa se 116.88
Central Rest. su 75.37
Charm-Tex su 464.70
C Durham se 950.00
C Minshull Ls rt 2930.00
City NP Sanitation se 50.00
Comm Connections se 8776.64
Condon Signs se 2200.00
Danko Emgncy Eq eq 2416.00
Dell Mrktg eq 917.40
Douglas Cnty Sheriff se 19.77
Dr. Scrubs ex 200.78
Eakes su 8021.54
Excel Scrn Prt su 241.20
Fair Law se 6182.23
FNBO se 319.14
GP Comm se 318.02
Guardian RFID su 464.23
HHS-Linc se 297.00
Heartland Anml Ctr se 134.90
Hinton’s Lck su 15.00
JC Auto Wsh su 7.48
J Rudolph se 1060.00
J Roberts pstg 14.05
K Stahl reb 15.70
Linc Extention PC su 35.85
Lowman’s Auto re 482.03
Midson Natl Lf ins 458.78
B Malcom se 1045.68
Menards su 294.81
Midwest Conn pstg 185.68
Norfolk Reg Ctr se 465.00
NP Area Chmbr dues 240.00
NWE se 33.23
NSA/POAN dues 500.00
PV Comm eq 4804.20
Poplar St CW ex 105.25
Quadient Lsg se 395.76
R Rossell mi 203.84
RZ Indstrs su 1012.61
Seevers Auto re 126.67
SHI Intl su 248.00
Staples su 790.94
Summitt Food cont 4715.26
TO Haas re 495.36
US Bank su 3521.31
ULine eq 805.66
UNL-Linc mi 368.07
Verizon se 859.98
Viaero se 178.47
WS Darley &Co eq 7099.00
Roads:
ABC Auto re 75.00
Ace su 27.98
Andersen Sons su 16.98
Arrow Seed su 6240.00
Bomgaars su 193.64
Carquest re 491.99
Cty NP su 15571.52
Constrn Rtl su 121.00
Contractor srvcs se 9975.00
Croell su 49819.99
DMC Wear Pts su 5520.00
Fastenal su 673.04
Garrett re 1200.95
Guynan Mach re 34.67
Hom Lmbr su 13.99
Ideal su 208.30
Inland Trk Pts re 174.61
Keystone su 116.68
Knapp Elec su 306.12
Kohler Trlr Sls re 9.90
Madison Ntl Lf ins 72.54
Menards eq 559.92
Mentzer su 2257.75
Midlands Occp Med su 20.00
Murphy Tractor re 2730.86
NTC re 567.42
NMC re 2649.36
NP Do-It re 2.90
Pauls Prtaptty su 460.00
FDO re 1198.47
Shelco Asphalt cont 13496.98
SnapOn su 368.00
Sutherland Farm su 373.25
Tital Mach re 157.00
US Bank su 363.11
Lodging:
Madison Ntl Lf ins 9.00
Juvenile Fac:
Brouillette,Dgn,Trosh se 364.85
Self-Funded Ins:
First Concord se 2915.05
The meeting was adjourned at 10:35 A.M.
Advance notice and the agenda for the June 21, 2021 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 June17, 2021; and was also emailed to the media on June 17, 2021.
The agenda for the meetings to be held on Monday, June 28, 2021 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
