April 11, 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. 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 Weems, seconded by Woodruff to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meeting held on April 4, 2022. 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 Woodruff, seconded by Weems to receive and order filed fee reports submitted by the County Clerk for $667.41, Clerk of District Court for $8185.56 and County Sheriff for $3739.49. 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 polling place contracts for the 2022 Primary and General Elections. 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 a special designated liquor permit submitted by Pals Brewing Company for a wedding reception at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds on May 27, 2022. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Motion by Wuehler, seconded by Weems to authorize the Chairman to sign the right of way application submitted by Hershey Cooperative Telephone Company. 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 Bruns 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.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Weems to approve the minutes regarding the Lincoln County Board of Equalization meeting held on April 4, 2022. 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.
The Lincoln County Board of Equalization adjourned at 9:16 A.M. and the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners reconvened.
David Pate, I.T. personnel, reported that Lincoln County does not own our current domain. The .gov domain is now free and is more secure.
Motion by Weems, seconded by Woodruff to authorize the Chairman to sign a request letter for lincolncountyne.gov domain. 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 the contract with Winston Michael Contracting, Inc. for a salt shed for Lincoln County Department of Roads in the amount of $169,515.00. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Former County Commissioner, Bill Henry, had reported before he left office that the Sandhills RC & D District was going to disband at the end of 2021. The county received a letter in the mail asking for a representative to the board and an invoice for $100 for dues.
Commissioner Wuehler will contact the executive secretary at Sandhills RC & D for additional information.
Discussion was held concerning the appointment of Lincoln County Treasurer, Alex Gurciullo as Point of Contact and Authorized Representative for Reporting for State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF).
Chairman Bruns commented that he placed this item on the agenda. It was discussed when the new County Treasurer was appointed that this would be one of the responsibilities they would be responsible for in the future.
Commissioner Hewgley questioned if the ARPA committee should have discussed transferring these duties.
Commissioners Weems stated that working in this system can be challenging and he would feel more comfortable if she had someone to work with her initially.
Deputy County Attorney, Tyler Volkmer, clarified that the board can take action to appoint Alex as additional contact but it does not mean that the other people that were appointed are losing access.
Commissioners Weems and Hewgley both stated they would feel more comfortable with review from other points of contact.
Commissioners Woodruff and Bruns gave a Personnel Committee update concerning the Lincoln County Highway Supt. candidates. Four candidates were interviewed for the position. Two candidates have credentials and two do not at this time. They asked how many candidates the full board would like to interview.
Other county board members stated they felt comfortable with the Committee’s recommendation of the top two candidates for interviews.
Motion by Woodruff, seconded by Wuehler to invite the top two candidates for the Lincoln County Highway Supt. position to attend the April 18, 2022 board meeting to conduct interviews. Upon roll call vote Hewgley, Weems, Wuehler, Bruns and Woodruff voted “aye”. Nays, none.
Hear concerns from Elected Officials, Department Heads or their representative.
Approved the following claims as presented for payment:
General:
AJ Sheet Mtl se 3343.00
Accl Recvbls Sol se 1237.50
ACE su 618.39
Agri Comptr Sls se 6318.28
Allo Comm se 734.27
Al’s Lock se 13.92
A Speichert se 1640.00
A Willard mi 53.82
Arrowhead Sc su 595.39
B Barker Co su 267.96
Brouillette,Dgn,Trosh se 9276.14
Capital Business se 607.16
ST of NE contr 204.30
Century Link se 576.78
C Durham se 3670.00
C Korf reb 55.98
NP Public Se se 752.08
Clk of Dist Crt se 641.00
Dawson Co Sheriff se 49.37
Dr Debs se 500.00
Eakes su 592.79
ES&S se 1189.75
EMC Ins se 105.00
Express Arrow se 164.40
Fair Law se 6800.00
First Natl Bk se 300.36
Frnt St AG se 10.00
Garden Glv grt 120.95
GP Hmcr eq 14.00
Guardian RFID su 715.00
Highmark El se 332.28
Hmtwn Lsg lse 593.69
InfoDynamics se 1858.00
JC’s AW se 7.48
K Florom se 550.00
Knapp Elec se 184.86
Knobels se 946.60
Lancaster Co Shrf se 18.62
LC Court se 2264.75
LC Jail PC ex 143.38
Lowmans Auto re 685.18
B Malcom se 5460.19
M McKeone se 6284.00
M Troshynski agre 8250.00
Menards su 51.02
Mentzers su 87.49
Nozicka Law se 6596.15
MIS lsg 600.00
Mdwst Conn pstg 22.77
Mi6 Pizza su 29.95
MonoPrice su 10.18
NE Clks Dist Crt reg 75.00
NP Fire Eq su 99.5
NP Hrdwr se 386.45
NP Telegraph adv 6278.36
O’Reilly’s re 51.96
Odean Clnl Chpl se 400.73
Office Depot su 213.58
Penn Emblm ex 18.62
Prodigy se 12424.52
Recgntn Unl su 425.55
Region HHS se 11642.02
Region II se 17961.00
Seevers re 320.64
Co Shrf Fees se 2834.86
Stericycle Inc. se 99.75
US Bank su 2757.64
UNL-Linc rt 750.00
Verizon se 249.21
Warne Chmcl su 738.86
Westfield Pharm se 3557.85
W Troshynski agree 4500.00
Wes Bank su 9370.26
County Rd:
ACE Hrdwr su 17.99
ACE Irrg su 666.22
ALRS se 427.56
Allo se 152.21
Andersen Sons re 249.71
Blk Hls Enrgy se 627.02
Carquest re 1102.94
DPPD se 646.16
Garrett su 708.15
Hershey Coop se 78.49
Home Lmbr su 102.54
Ideal se 173.38
Inland Trk re 27.86
Mentzers su 6054.20
Murphy Trktr re 3053.23
NE Trk Ctr re 10917.39
NMC re 48032.12
Telegraph se 40.36
Paul’s PP se 305.00
SAPP Bros se 14.95
Schabens se 153.02
Sutherland Farm su 32.73
Tractor Su su 53.08
Troyer Ent re 19.32
V of Hershey se 129.44
V of Maxwell se 77.50
V of Wallace se 25.00
Lodging:
US Bank se 8411.85
P & M:
Microflm Img se 45.00
Self-Funded Ins:
First Concord se 4321.80
The meeting was adjourned at 10:52 A.M.
Advance notice and the agenda for the April 11, 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 April 8, 2022; and was also emailed to the media on April 8, 2022.
The agenda for the meetings to be held on Monday, April 18, 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
