November 22, 2021
North Platte, Nebraska
Meeting of the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners. Present were Commissioners Joe Hewgley, Kent Weems, Micaela Wuehler, Chris Bruns, Jerry Woodruff and County Clerk, Rebecca Rossell. Wuehler 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 Woodruff, seconded by Hewgley to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting held on November 15, 2021. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Hewgley to receive and order filed the treasurer’s receipts. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Woodruff to adopt Resolution No. 2021-39 authorizing the County Board Chairman to sign the Year End Certification of County Highway Supt. for 2021. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Bruns, seconded by Wuehler to receive and order filed the fee report submitted by the County Sheriff in the amount of $14,280.23. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Bruns to cancel the December 27, 2021 Commissioners meeting. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Woodruff to authorize the Chairman to sign the right-of-way application submitted by HGK Cattle Company/Gothenburg Irrigation & Well Service. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Bruns, seconded by Woodruff to authorize the Chairman to sign the special designated liquor permit submitted by GL Concepts LLC dba The Good Life for an event at Harbor Lights on December 11, 2021. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Bruns, seconded by Hewgley to authorize the Chairman to sign Amendment 1 to the USDA Wildlife Services Agreement to increase funding from $32,079.63 to $42,109.63 for the 12 month work period that ends on June 30, 2022. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, 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 Woodruff to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Equalization meeting held on November 15, 2021. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
No certificates of correction or refund submitted by the County Assessor.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Bruns to approve the notice of valuation change number 2021-073 as submitted by the County Assessor. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
The Lincoln County Board of Equalization adjourned at 9:23 A.M. and the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners reconvened.
Discussed a lease agreement or purchase agreement on a mailing system for Lincoln County. County Board Assistant, Tammy White, gave a report of her findings. She contacted three vendors for informal bids: Pitney Bowes, Quadient and Datapech. If the leasing option is chosen, informal bids were not necessary. Tammy recommended leasing the Pitney Bowes machine.
Commissioner Wuehler concurred with her recommendation to lease the machine as technology changes so rapidly.
Commissioner Bruns asked if the mailing system would handle bulk mail.
White responded that the Pitney Bowes mailing system will handle the bulk mail.
Motion by Bruns, seconded by Woodruff to lease a mailing system from Pitney Bowes for 63 months at the rate of $328.87 per month. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
The County Board discussed the initial Commissioner redistricting proposal from gWorks, using 2020 Census data as required per Nebraska State Statute §32-553(1)(c). Additional work sessions will be held to work on the redistricting process.
Motion by Bruns, seconded by Hewgley to go into closed session at 10:09 A.M. concerning strategy session regarding imminent litigation and to protect attorney client privilege, which is clearly necessary to protect the public interest. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Chairman Weems restated the motion for the closed session.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Hewgley to go into open session at 10:36 A.M. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Bruns, seconded by Woodruff to approve the settlement with CSOM regarding tax sale certificate P-19-124. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Hear concerns from Elected Officials, Department Heads and their representative.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Hewgley to approve the following claims as presented for payment with the correction of the amount to Brown Construction Inc. to increase by $3.00 to a total of $75,089.10. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
General:
AJ Sheet Metal re 875.50
Arnold Rural Fire agree 2,455.41
Claire Bazata se 4,140.00
Bound Tree Medical su 380.00
Brent Roggow mi 4.48
Brouillette, Dgn, Trshki se 5,535.20
BTS se 564.00
Capital Bus Systems contract 104.00
CashWa Dist su 551.36
CenturyLink se 350.93
Charles Boden mi 35.84
Charter Communications se 150.33
Cindy Korf su 48.54
City of No Platte agree 55,912.37
Cohagen Trsfr & Strge re 163.99
Colfer, Wd, Lyns, & Wd se 2,091.74
Condons Signs su 93.04
Consolidated Mgmnt Co se 3.94
Curtis Rural Fire agree 1,737.36
DAS State Acctg contract 395.82
Dell Mrktng eq 976.04
Dr Gage Stermensky se 1,800.00
Eakes Ofc Solutions su 2,000.53
ECCA Control se 50.00
Fairfield Inn & Suites se 672.00
Farnam Rural Fire agree 3,054.98
Fastenal su 13.19
FixTec se 40.00
Godfathers Pizza se 134.16
Gothenburg Rural Fire agree 3,828.00
HHS Lincoln Reg Center se 579.00
Hershey Rural Fire agree 14,840.49
Hometown Leasing contract 235.35
Jasen Rudolph se 140.00
Judy Clark mi 152.32
Knobel Refrigeration se 3,771.00
Madison Natl Life ins 489.00
Maywood Wellfleet Rural Fire agree 8,025.20
Menards su 521.68
Mentzer Oil se 132.22
Meyer Creative su 24.57
Mi6 Pizza se 41.93
Municipal Lt & Wtr se 323.61
NACO reg 150.00
Ne Law Enf Trng Cntr se 144.00
Nikki Stevens fee 20.00
NMC se 128.38
Norfolk Reg Center se 372.00
NP Police Dept contract 10,441.87
NP Rural Fire agree 34,274.66
NP Telegraph se 691.41
Northwestern Energy se 2,199.85
O’Reilly Auto parts su 5.69
Patrick Heng se 7,697.80
Prodigy Solutions se 14,654.00
Radiology Svs se 85.15
Recognition Unlimited su 36.20
Rodney Rayburn mi 29.12
SafariLand su 194.92
Scottys Intgrtd Entrprs se 250.00
Snell Svs re 2,829.88
Stapleton Rural Fire agree 2,937.12
Steve Koch mi 22.40
Summit Food Svs se 9,240.29
Sunset Law Enf eq 3,702.40
Sutherland Rural Fire agree 11,521.82
TO Haas Tire se 123.90
The Home Depot Pro su 93.30
U.S. Bank su 6,478.81
U-Save Pharmacy se 59.70
Univ of Neb-Lincoln mi 131.63
Verizon Wireless su 59.04
Viaero Wireless se 177.55
Vill of Brady agree 618.92
Vill of Maxwell agree 451.92
Vill of Sutherland agree 2,569.42
Wallace Rural Fire agree 17,203.21
Winsupply su 89.15
Co Roads:
A T &T se 103.65
Capital Bus Systems contract 104.00
Front Str Auto Glass se 225.50
Great Plains Urg Care se 45.00
JA Traffic Products su 1,095.00
Madison Natl Life ins 68.94
Menards su 24.72
Midlands Occu Medicine se 35.00
RS Hydraulic Solutions se 7.75
- S. Bank su 785.29
Weathercraft se 205.00
Lodging:
Aden Enterprises grant 1,375.00
Cornhusker Comm Clng se 505.00
Link Media Outdoor se 900.00
Madison Natl Life ins 9.00
Midwest Connect su 4,000.00
Nanonation, Inc se 640.00
Presto-X se 42.00
Lodging Improvement:
American Lgn Bsbl Post 163 se 10,000.00
ARPA Fund:
Lutz Acctg Dept se 115.00
Inheritance Fund:
Brown Construction contract 75,089.10
Central Restaurant Prdcts eq 14,113.47
Juvenile Facilities:
Brouillette, Dgn, Trshnski se 839.83
The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 A.M.
Advance notice and the agenda for the November 22, 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 November 19, 2021; and was also emailed to the media on November 19, 2021.
The agenda for the meetings to be held on Monday, November 29, 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
