December 13, 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. Weems 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 Bruns to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting held on December 6, 2021. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.

Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Wuehler 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 Bruns, seconded by Hewgley to receive and order filed fee reports submitted by the County Clerk, Clerk of District Court, Register of Deeds and County Sheriff. 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 interlocal agreement with the City of North Platte for maintenance of roads in the County’s jurisdiction. 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.

Deputy County Assessor, Pat Collins appeared as well as County Treasurer, Alex Gurciullo.

Motion by Bruns, seconded by Woodruff to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Equalization meeting held on December 6, 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 deny the motor vehicle exemption application submitted by North Platte Opportunity Center as recommended for denial by the County Treasurer. Upon roll call vote Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none. Hewgley abstained.

The Lincoln County Board of Equalization adjourned at 9:21 A.M. and the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners reconvened.

Shannon Vanderheiden, Executive Director of the West Central District Health Department, appeared to request $400,000.00 of the CARES act funds received by the county or the amount that county would approve. When the DHM ended for Covid-19 the funding stopped coming in, but they are still doing testing, vaccinations and supplying PPE equipment. The funds would be used for consulting with UNMC, payroll, PPE equipment and testing.

Deputy County Attorney, Tyler Volkmer, stated that these funds must be spent or contracted for by December 31, 2021. He questioned how they could get these funds spent or encumbered in that amount of time.

Vanderheiden questioned if prior related expenses could be considered for these funds.

Volkmer replied that he would have to do some research.

No action was taken on the item.

UNICO, the consultant hired by Lincoln County, conducted oral interviews with the following commercial insurance bidders: Rosenberg Insurance Inc., Hub International Ltd. and NIRMA (Nebraska Intergovernmental Risk Management Association).

No action was taken on this item.

Hear concerns from Elected Officials, Department Heads or their representative.

Approved the following claims as presented for payment:

General:
Ace Hardware su 157.90
Advanced Med Img se 1,000.00
Agri Computer Sales se 1,804.95
A Gurciullo reb 280.68
Allo Communications se 1,927.97
Al’s Lock & Safe se 82.00
A Speichert se 540.00
Amazon Capital Svcs su 129.95
American Red Cross se 32.00
Big Red Towing se 98.00
Bound Tree Medical su 2,090.81
B Aufdenkamp mi 149.52
Brouillette, Dgn, Trshki se 7,294.54
Capital Solutions se 1,091.69
Capital One se 300.71
Cervelle Cnsltg Svcs se 54.60
B Peterson se 1,048.08
C Durham se 1,630.00
C Shaw se 605.40
C Minshull rent 2,930.00
Clrk of Dist Crt se 1,152.00
Colfer, Wood, Lyons Wood se 2,778.72
Community Connections se 1,056.00
Correctional Technologies su 133.92
DAS St Acctg se 130.00
D McCarthy reb 127.64
Douglas Co Sheriff Dept se 44.72
Dr Debs Exprss Med Care contract 1,500.00
Eakes Ofc Sltns su 3,115.58
Fair Law Ofc se 5,140.00
gWorks se 10,450.00
Galls, LLC su 174.99
Godfathers Pizza se 59.92
Grt Plns Hmcr Eq se 14.00
Guardian RFID su 464.66
Hintons Lk & Alrm se 23.00
Hometown Leasing rent 528.64
Ideal Linen se 211.94
JC’s Auto Wash se 7.48
J Rudolph se 1,170.00
J Le Moine mi 34.16
Justice Works su 200.00
K Marshall mi 67.20
Keith County Sheriff Ofc se 69.00
K Turnbull se 1,000.00
Knobel Refrigeration se 281.82
Lancaaster Co Sheriff se 18.59
Petty Cash se 43.00
County Sheriff Fees fee 2,060.48
Lin Co Treasurer se 1,876.42
Lindemeier Law Ofc su 664.56
Lowman’s Auto Repair se 300.88
Malcom, Nlsn, Wndrm se 2,094.88
M. McKeone se 6,997.00
MASA Glbl ins 1,637.50
Menards su 201.26
Micrfilm Img Systems se 5,507.98
Midwest Connect su 8.12
Morris Reporting se 1,912.15
NACO se 25.00
Ne Inst of Frnsc Scnce se 2,000.00
Ne Notary Assoc su 308.00
Ne Sfty & Fire se 127.00
Ne Sheep & Goat Prdcrs reg 35.00
NMC, Inc se 277.73
No Platte Hardware su 31.60
No Platte Police Dept contract 10,441.87
No Platte Sanitation se 56.00
No Platte Telegraph se 494.00
NorthWestern Energy se 206.08
O’Reilly Auto Parts su 56.98
Pathology Svcs se 169.04
Pederson Law Ofc se 3,520.00
Pitney Bowes Res Act se 10,000.00
Platte Valley Communications se 17,836.52
Prodigy Sltns se 15,880.29
Quadient Pstg Fndg se 642.00
Region II Hmn Svcs fee 11,642.02
St Louis University se 864.25
Seevers Auto Care se 154.29
Shred-It se 43.07
Squeegee Clean se 528.00
T Hetherington se 1,275.75
Transunion Risk & Alt se 125.00
US Bank se 3,669.95
Uline su 834.65
Univ Ne Lincoln rent 750.00
Univ Ne Med Ctr se 3,375.00
US Cellular se 86.46
Verizon se 242.38
Wstrn Ne Process Svc se 40.00
WEX Bank se 7,393.87
Co Roads:
AKRS se 1,089.02
Black Hills Energy se 454.71
Garrett Tire se 227.21
Ideal linen su 320.43
Michael Todd & Co su 1,350.97
Murphy Tractor Co eq 280,401.89
NMC eq 181,284.38
Lodging:
Affordable Storage rent 99.00
Allo Comm se 369.83
Culligan se 56.12
Flower Market se 72.72
Gldn Spk Tower grant 1,162.38
Husker radio se 1,000.00
Ideal Linen se 37.87
Integrated se 387.40
KS Plus rent 3,500.00
Lamar se 600.00
Link Media se 1,200.00
Miss Rodeo NE grant 1,750.00
Municipal Light & Water se 259.77
Nanonation se 730.90
Ne Travel Assoc se 450.00
No Platte RSVP se 175.00
No Platte Telegraph se 17.88
Northwestern Energy se 113.22
Sports Nebraska fee 1,000.00
S Maly se 3,483.33
US Bank se 3,941.17
US Cellular se 321.78
WEX Bank se 313.32
P & M Fund:
Microfilm Img se 45.00
Juvenile Fac:
Brouillette, Dgn & Tshnski se 163.25

The meeting was adjourned at

Advance notice and the agenda for the December 13, 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 December 10, 2021; and was also emailed to the media on December 10, 2021.

The agenda for the meetings to be held on Monday, December 20, 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