January 18, 2022
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. Bruns 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 Wuehler to elect Commissioner Chris Bruns as Lincoln County Board of Commissioners Chairman for 2022. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none
Motion by Weems, seconded by Wuehler to elect Commissioner Jerry Woodruff as Lincoln County Board of Commissioners Vice Chairman for 2022. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Woodruff to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting held on January 10, 2022. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Weems 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 Weems, seconded by Hewgley to receive and order filed the fee reports submitted by the County Sheriff and County Clerk. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Weems to appoint The North Platte Telegraph as the official newspaper to publish legal notices in 2022 for Lincoln County. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Wuehler to authorize the Chairman to sign the Nebraska Department of Roads sub-recipient annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Woodruff to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the two right-of-way applications submitted by Beveridge, Inc. 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.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Hewgley to elect Commissioner Chris Bruns as Lincoln County Board of Equalization Chairman for 2022. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Wuehler to elect Commissioner Jerry Woodruff as Lincoln County Board of Equalization Vice Chairman for 2022. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
County Assessor, Julie Stenger appeared.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Wuehler to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Equalization meeting held on January 10, 2022. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Woodruff to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the certificates of correction or refund submitted by the County Assessor on real estate. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
The Lincoln County Board of Equalization adjourned at 9:22 A.M. and the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners reconvened.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Hewgley to reject the bid of $210,000 from Winston Michael Contracting, Inc. for a salt shed for Lincoln County Department of Roads. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Wuehler to authorize the Chairman to sign an agreement with Level LLC for the Sarben Guardrail Replacement Project 2021 in the amount of $49,400. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Weems to authorize the Chairman to sign an agreement with Garcia Chicoine Enterprises, Inc. for the Sarben Guardrail Replacement Project 2021 in the amount of $61,018.75. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Woodruff to authorize the Chairman to sign an agreement with Level LLC for State Farm Trail 2020. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Woodruff to authorize the Lincoln County Noxious Weed Supt. to advertise in the North Platte Telegraph, at the earliest date, for applications to fill the vacancy on the Lincoln County Noxious Weed Board. Applicants must reside in the city or village limits for this position. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Make annual appointments to the following board and committee for 2022:
Commissioner Hewgley
Economic Development Task Force
Region II Human Services
ADA Coordinator
Rules Committee
Law Enforcement/Judiciary Committee
Commissioner Weems
West Central Area on Aging
North Platte Senior Center Advisory Committee
Drug Task Force
Law Enforcement/Judiciary Committee
Safety Committee
Commissioner Wuehler
Sandhills RC & D
West Central Development District
County Roads Committee
Building & Grounds Committee
Noxious Weed Committee
Commissioner Bruns
North Platte Area Chamber Development
West Central District Health Board
West Central Development District – Alternate
County Extension/Ag Society Committee
Personnel Committee
Commissioner Woodruff
North Platte/Lincoln County Visitor’s Bureau
Personnel Committee
Rules Committee
County Roads Committee
Building & Grounds Committee
*Appointees to receive drug testing reports – Commissioner Bruns and Deputy
County Attorney, Tyler Volkmer
*Fair Housing Representative – County Clerk, Rebecca Rossell
*South Central Planning & Exercise Training Region (SCPETR) – Region 51
Emergency Management – Brandon Myers & Joanna LeMoine *Mid- Nebraska Community Services Inc. – Bob Peal
Discussed selection of a commercial insurance carrier for Lincoln County. UNICO Group, Inc. reported they had reached back out to the three bidders in regard to a fee/cost structure which they supplied to the County Board.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Weems to enter into an agreement with HUB International Limited for commercial business insurance for Lincoln County for the term that was advertised. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler and Bruns voted “aye”. Woodruff voted “nay”. Motion carried.
Hear concerns from Elected Officials, Department Heads or their representative.
Approved the following claims as presented for payment:
General:
Accel Rec Sol se 1,237.50
Adms & Swnsn se 1,250.00
Allo se 1,159.95
A Willard mi 12.88
BCBS ins 158,702.06
B Barker Co su 323.16
Brouillette, Dgn, Trsnski se 44.75
Capital Business Sys se 5.45
Cass Co Sheriff se 18.59
DAS Cntrl Serv se 514.60
CenturyLink se 581.78
C Minshull rt 2,930.00
City of NP se 28.00
Cohagen Trsfr se 202.99
Comm Inv Svcs se 65.93
Dell Mkting eq 1,705.00
DLT Sltns eq 3,295.26
Eakes su 533.76
Fair Law Ofc se 250.00
Fairfid Inn & Sts ldg 344.85
GovConn eq 1,474.05
Hinton’s Lk & Alm se 703.06
Justice Wrks su 200.00
J Gosnell mi 10.66
J Roberts mi 5.27
K Turnbull se 1,485.00
Malcom, Nelson, & Windrum se 1,392.00
M Troshynski cont 7,012.50
Menards su 142.68
Meyer Creative su 510.50
MIS se 376.00
Midwst Connect se 18.35
Mi6 Pizza su 27.75
MOCIC dues 150.00
ML&W se 410.21
NP Hrdwr su 19.31
NP Opp Cntr su 53.28
NP Telegraph se 838.86
NWE se 2,938.88
Pathology Svcs se 71.75
P Heng se 530.00
Pederson Law Ofc se 2,410.00
Penn Emblem Co ex 22.76
PV Weed Mgmt Area reg 250.00
Prodigy Solutions su 5,645.67
Quadient Fin USA se 55.36
Region II Svcs se 17,963.00
Schabens se 1,540.14
Seevers Auto Care se 138.65
Snell Svcs se 932.17
Stericycle su 99.75
Summit Food Svcs se 4,445.19
T&S Repair se 534.85
T Johnson mi 22.23
US Bank su 6,090.74
UNL-Lincoln se 10.00
USDA Aphis Wildlife Svcs se 1,090.32
W Troshynski cont 4,500.00
Wex Bank su 380.17
Co Roads:
Allo se 157.89
Blk Hills Engy se 591.75
BCBS ins 31,565.82
City of NP su 23,154.46
Cohagen Trsfr & Strg se 64.19
Croell se 42,127.86
Croell, Paving su 104.63
Dawson Pub Pwr se 444.34
Garrett se 10,997.33
Home Lmbr & Supply su 1.24
Ideal Linen se 152.91
Klute Truck Equip se 350.00
Kohler Trailer Sales se 37.90
K Brennemann reg 31.00
Levi’s Plmbg se 50.00
Menards su 170.33
Midwest Electric se 419.73
NE Truck Cntr se 582.47
NMC se 2,580.53
NP Hardware su 99.06
Telegraph se 60.31
O’Reilly’s se 19.62
Paulsen se 5,037.79
RDO se 157.28
RS Hydraulic Sltns se 3,159.06
Schabens se 136.08
Scotty’s Intgtd Entrps se 90.00
Sutherland Frm & Auto su 50.45
Troyer Ent se 136.12
US Bank se 889.21
Vill of Wallace se 25.00
W Arensdorf reg 31.00
Lodging:
BCBS ins 3,756.40
Juvenile Fac:
Pederson Law Ofc se 260.00
Inheritance Tax:
Brown Const se 29,138.42
ARPA Fund:
NP Telegraph se 3,088.63
Self-Funded Ins:
First Concord Benefits ins 8,283.41
The meeting was adjourned at 10:47 A.M.
Advance notice and the agenda for the January 18, 2022 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 January 14, 2022; and was also emailed to the media on January 14, 2022.
The agenda for the meetings to be held on Monday, January 24, 2022 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
