December 12, 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, Deputy County Clerk, Terry Heessel. Micaela Wuehler offered prayer. Bruns called the meeting to order at 9:00 A.M.
Chairman Bruns 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 Hewgley, seconded by Woodruff to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting held on December 5, 2022. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Woodruff, and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Wuehler to receive and order filed the treasurer’s receipts. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Woodruff, Wuehler, and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Woodruff to deny claims submitted by various attorneys on the wrong claim form. Those claims can be resubmitted upon the correct forms. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Woodruff, Wuehler and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Weems to receive and order filed the following fee reports: Clerk of District Court $9,881.63, Register of Deeds $21,981.85, and County Clerk $709.50. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Woodruff and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Wuehler, seconded by Weems to appoint Jason Schultz and Melissa Wilson to the Lincoln County Employee Safety Committee. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Woodruff and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Wuehler to authorize the Chairman to sign the representation letter concerning the 2022 Lincoln County audit. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Woodruff and Bruns 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 Bruns 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 along with Deputy County Treasurer, Sheri Newton.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Weems to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Equalization meeting held on December 5, 2022. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Woodruff and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Woodruff the certificates of correction or refund submitted by the County Assessor. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Woodruff and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Wuehler, seconded by Woodruff to approve the motor vehicle tax exemption application submitted by Great Plains Health as recommended for approval by the County Treasurer. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Woodruff and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
The Lincoln County Board of Equalization adjourned at 9:19 A.M. and the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners reconvened.
Jayna Schaaf, Executive Director of Community Connections presented the FY 2023-2024 Community-based Juvenile Services Aid (CB) grant for consideration.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Woodruff to authorize the Chairman to sign the FY2023-24 Community-based Juvenile Services Aid (CB) grant. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Woodruff and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Sheriff Kramer was present to discuss the acceptance of bids on four pickup trucks for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office from Janssen. Originally, he questioned the allowances for the trade-ins, but after looking into the matter, he fills the figures from Janssen is in line with today’s market. He also requests that the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office continues with the rotation system that is currently in place.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Weems to accept the bid on four ½ ton, crew cab, 4dr, 4-wheel drive pickups for the final amount of $71,120.00 with trades. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Woodruff and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Lee Davies presented a layout plan for the newly acquired District 11 Probation Offices along with a renovation estimate. The security system is not included. The total cost of the renovations will not be known until it goes out to bid.
Commissioners questioned the security system.
Booker Boyer told the Board that the security system is a stand alone system. Lee Davies stated the security is not in the estimate that he presented.
Motion by Hewgley, seconded by Weems to set February 6, 2023, at 10:00 AM to receive bids on the renovation of the building at 103-111 N Dewey which will house part of the District 11 Probation Office. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Woodruff and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Bids were received for Motor Grader Blades. 1) Titan Machinery total of $39,943, delivery in 45 days; 2) Wear Parts & Equipment total of $36,880, delivery in 40 days; 3) NMC total of $27,399.19, delivery 45-60 days to Hershey and North Platte only or increase of the quantity of the 8’ blades to 80 from 50, to meet lower shipping requirements to free, this changes the total amount to $30,959.74. Superintendent. Jason Schultz and Assistant Brian Glos review the bid and recommended the acceptance of the bid from NMC for the quantity in the bid specifications for $27,399.19.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Weems to accept the bid from NMC for motor grader blades for the total amount of $27,399.19. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Woodruff and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Wuehler to go into closed session at 10:36 A.M. to discuss pending litigation. Upon roll call vote Wuehler, Hewgley, Weems, Woodruff and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Chairman Bruns restated the motion for the closed session.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Woodruff to go into open session at 10:46 A.M. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Woodruff and Bruns voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Hear concerns from Elected Officials, Department Heads, or their representative.
Approved the following claims as presented for payment. Motion carried.
General:
ACE su 337.76
Allo se 1567.57
Al;s Lck su 50.00
A Forbes reb 28.62
BG&S Trans re 2800.00
Bear Cmm se 950.00
Brdy GTnGo su 131.57
BTS se 120.00
Cptl Bus Sys se 885.03
CDW-G ex 1846.53
DAS-STof NE ex 204.30
CntryLnk se 585.51
Chrtr/Spctrm se 221.60
C Durham se 1650.00
C Shaw se 9865.50
C Bruns mi 118.75
Ciox Hlth ex 20.00
NP Sant se 30.04
Chgn Trns re 223.99
Cntry Inn ldg 237.00
Crwn Plz ldg 302.10
Cullign se 24.85
Dwsn CoShr se 114.44
DJ Auto re 169.65
Dgls CoShr ex 23.28
Dr Debs se 1750.00
Eakes su 4222.67
E Andersen mi 282.50
Fmly Skill se 503.50
Galls LLC su 867.24
Garrett Trs re 628.56
Hmtwn Lsg se 300.40
Ideal se 226.40
JC’s AW se 7.48
Rudolph Lw se 1800.00
J Orr mi 40.00
Keith CoShr se 22.00
K Florom se 358.33
LC Attny/PC reb 112.85
LC Treas ex 1876.42
L Russell ex 319.00
M McKeone se 4309.50
Mnrds su 199.58
M Wuehler mi 118.75
MIS Inc rt 470.00
Mdwst Conn pstg 131.99
NE Law Enf se 216.00
NE Sfty se 141.00
NP Police cont 15760.00
NWE se 831.71
M Pederson se 190.00
PV Comm se 253.03
R Fahrni ex 30.00
Region II HHS ex 11900.59
R Hackbarth ex 18.00
R Hackbarth ex 30.00
Rssll Rntal rt 60.00
Sandhill Ctrg se 5860.00
Seevers re 188.25
CntyShrf fees 2686.25
Shrdit se 915.42
Squeegee se 572.00
Strcycl se 104.74
T Fox se 217.40
Wldngr Corp re 2071.08
TK Wldng re 518.82
Trnsun Risk se 129.00
Twn Rvrs Trns se 660.00
US Bnk su 3139.18
Verizon se 239.04
V Hervey se 569.67
Wstrn Path se 1000.00
WexBnk ex 6755.11
World Data su 330.00
Roads:
Allo se 210.96
Andrsn Sns su 17.28
Blk Hls Enrgy se 879.49
Cptl Bus se 23.57
Crquest re 858.60
Cty of NP su 69489.65
DPPD se 42.14
Dwsn Tire re 148.50
Fastenal su 488.82
Garrett Tire re 5472.11
GP Health se 115.00
Hrshy Coop se 78.98
Ideal su 350.02
JA Trffc su 379.00
Knapp Elec re 545.29
Mdwst Elec se 375.41
Murphy Trctr re 7708.80
Mrphy Trctr eq 108500.00
NMC re 6543.24
NE St Fire reg 240.00
NTC re 2945.41
Tlgrph adv 139.59
O’Reilly re 357.72
Pauls PP su 305.00
Paulsn Inc su 29513.42
RDO re 4579.08
Schaben se 156.17
Snap-On eq 156.00
Sthrlnd Frm su 14.14
V of Brdy se 88.29
V of Hrshy se 129.44
V of Mxwll se 70.00
V of Wllc se 25.00
Wthrcrft re 2535.00
P&M Fund:
Eakes su 242.40
MIS se 45.00
Self-Fund Ins:
First Cncrd se 1575.00
Bldg Fund:
LC Treas ex 5985.34
The meeting was adjourned at 11:31 A.M.
Advance notice and the agenda for the December 12, 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 December 9, 2022; and was also emailed to the media on December 9, 2022.
The agenda for the meetings to be held on Monday, December 19, 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.
Terry L. Heessel
Lincoln County Deputy Clerk
