NOTICE OF MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Regular meeting of the Otoe County Commissioners of
AGENDA OF THE NEXT MEETING June 10,
2008
meeting,
Audit and Sign payroll and regular claims
8:45 a.m. – Dave Schmitz,
Zoning Administrator: Discussion and/or action RE: Approval of Vogt Subdivision
located
in the SE ¼ S14-T9-R10 as requested by Jason Zeorian
9:00 a.m. -- Discussion
and/or action RE: Other Road and Bridge matters
10:00 a.m. – Howard Bebout: Discussion and/or action RE: Absence of First
District Commissioner
10:15 a.m. – Rena Pugh,
SENCA: Quarterly report
10:30 a.m. – Jacki Schmitz, PUFF: Discussion and/or action RE: Grant
application for Enhanced Juvenile
Services Program
10:45 a.m. – Erik Olson,
Kimmel Orchards: Discussion and/or action RE: Approval of Special Designated
Liquor Licenses for
the wine tasting event being held August 2, 2008
Other business matters to address when
time allows:
Jackie Smith, Co
Theresa Johnson, Child Support Enforcement Officer:
Discussion and/or action RE: Contract renewal
with
Stephen Kraviec to be the Authorized Attorney to
provide legal services for child support
establishment and enforcement
Discussion and/or action to sign “Notice and
Acknowledgment of Assignment” regarding the financing
Bonds for Diversified Foods
and Seasonings Inc
Miscellaneous Correspondence and other matters that may
come before the Board
Janene Bennett, Otoe
The
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Bennett,
June 10, 2008
The Otoe County Board of Commissioners convened in regular session at
8:30 a.m. on June 10, 2008 to audit and sign payroll claims and regular claims
and to take care of such other matters as are on the agenda for this meeting. Advance notice of this meeting was published
in the Nebraska City News Press and Syracuse Journal Democrat, announced on the
local radio station KNCY and posted in at least three public places. This
meeting was open to the Public, and the agenda was kept current, and is on file
for public inspection at the office of the Otoe County Clerk during regular
business hours.
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman of the Board, Dale Haverty. Answering present at roll call were Commissioner Haverty and Commissioner Schroder.
Commissioner Thummel was absent.
Chairman Haverty informed the public in
attendance that a current copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted on the south
wall of the Courtroom. Additional copies
are available upon request. He asked that all attendees turn off their cell
phones or set them to vibrate while present in the meeting room. If they need
to take a call they should step out of the room.
Commissioner Schroder made a motion, seconded
by Commissioner Haverty to accept the agenda as
posted but with the addition of a closed session to discuss a request for a county
burial with Marv Pesek,
General Assistance Administrator. Voting -- Commissioners Haverty,
aye; Schroder, aye. Motion carried.
Commissioner Schroder made a motion, seconded
by Commissioner Haverty to accept the minutes from
the previous meeting as mailed to them as each member was furnished with a copy
of same. Voting – Commissioners Schroder, aye; Haverty, aye. Motion carried.
Commissioner Schroder made a motion, seconded
by Commissioner Haverty to audit and sign payroll
claims and regular claims unless otherwise noted. Voting – Commissioners Haverty aye; Schroder, aye. Motion carried.
Therese Trombino, Deputy County Assessor,
presented the following tax list correction: James and Geraldine Eisenhauer – add $915.98 – State corrected Homestead
Exemption by decreasing percentage from 85% to 25%. Commissioner Schroder made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Haverty to approve the tax list correction as presented.
Voting – Commissioners Schroder, aye; Haverty, aye. Motion carried.
Jackie Smith,
Ms. Smith then presented demands for tax refunds. Commissioner Schroder made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Haverty to issue a tax refund to Henry Roger Bose in the
amount of $138.34 for tax years 2006 and 2007 resulting from a correction of
tillable acres on the assessment record. Voting – Commissioners Schroder, aye; Haverty, aye.
Motion carried.
Dave Schmitz, Zoning Administrator, said Jason Zeorian
left a message on his answering machine that he still does not have water test results
for his subdivision. Commissioner Schroder made a
motion, seconded by Commissioner Haverty to table any
action to approve the plat map for Vogt Subdivision located in the SE ¼
S14-T9-R10 until the results of a test for quality water is submitted. Voting –
Commissioners Haverty, aye; Schroder,
aye. Motion carried.
Rich Kuenning and Wally Pohlman,
Road Foremen and Lynn Denniston, Bridge Foreman came
before the Board to discuss road and bridge matters.
Pohlman reported that the price for rock will increase 25 cents a ton effective
July 1st. That will bring the cost up to $9.70 per ton.
Denniston said several bridges and roads have been
closed due to damage from recent heavy rains. A tree fell across a bridge north
of intersection L-2, northwest of
The following written report was submitted by Glen Steffensmeier,
Highway Superintendent, who is attending a workshop in Valentine this week. 1)
There has been no word on the status of the Washington Street Paving Project in
the
Teresa Johnson, Child Support Officer, reviewed the terms of a contract
with Stephen Kraviec, Attorney, to provide legal
services for child support enforcement in
Chairman Haverty explained the reason the
County is being asked to sign a Notice and Acknowledgment of Assignment for the
financing bonds issued to Diversified Foods and Seasonings. He said this document
is part of a long paperwork process that began several months ago when the
County was approached to act as a flow through agent for Diversified Foods who
is revamping the former Bagelicious facilities. He
wanted to stress that the County is in no way obligated to make payment on
these bonds nor will the County be held liable for non payment. Commissioner Schroder made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Haverty to authorize Chairman Haverty
to sign the Notice and Acknowledgment of Assignment approving the assignment of
the financing bonds for Diversified Foods to GE Government Finance. Voting –
Commissioners Haverty, aye; Schroder,
aye. Motion carried.
Bernard Kreifels, approached the Board and requested that the County pay his
attorney fees of nearly $1000 that he spent in order to get the County to honor
a water rights agreement involving an NRD dam structure. Commissioner Haverty said he would have County Attorney Partsch look at the original agreement and review this with
Kreifels’ attorney, Bill Davis; then make a decision
based on the
Howard Bebout, a resident of the First
Commissioner District, came before the Board to question when action will be
taken to replace the First District Commissioner, Zoe
Thummel, who is very ill and has attended only two
meetings since the first of the year. He said she has had ample opportunity to
resign, but since she hasn’t, it is the Commissioner’s responsibility to remove
her from office and appoint someone, citing State Statute 23-2012. It states
that the
Rena Pugh, SENCA Director, gave a quarterly report of the agency’s
activities. Since February, she has volunteered to serve on the Healthy Families
Committee, a Healthy Youth Committee, and joined the City’s Chamber of Commerce.
SENCA assisted 30 people with tax preparation this spring; they collected over $6,235
in food and over $6000 in cash for the Foundation for Hunger (a percentage of
that amount will be reimbursed to SENCA). Last month the Mayor signed a
proclamation declaring May as Community Action Month. SENCA raised $153 at
their annual spring luncheon and will be holding its second annual golf tournament
on June 21st in Humboldt.
Jacki Schmitz, who is contracted to write juvenile service grants for the
County, said she will be submitting an application for an $11,530 grant that is
available only to those counties who have a comprehensive plan for juvenile
services.
Erik Olson, Manager for Kimmel Orchard and Vineyard, appeared before the
Board to request approval for the issuance of Special Designated Liquor Licenses
(SDL) to several wineries and breweries who will be participating in “Wine Under the Pines”, a wine tasting festival on August 2nd
at Kimmel Orchards. Olson said the festival in being held in conjunction with the
Lemon Days celebration in
At 10:53 a.m. Commissioner Schroder made a
motion, seconded by Commissioner Haverty to go into
executive session to discuss a request for county burial with General Assistance
Administrator, Marv Pesek.
Voting – Commissioners Schroder, aye; Haverty, aye. Motion carried.
At 11:00 a.m. Commissioner Schroder made a
motion, seconded by Commissioner Haverty to go back
into regular session. Voting – Commissioners Haverty,
aye; Schroder, aye. Motion carried. No action was
taken while in executive session.
There being no further business to come before the Board at this time,
and since all items on the agenda have been disposed of, Commissioner Schroder made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Haverty to adjourn the meeting, until the next one, which
will be on June 24, 2008.
I, Janene Bennett, County Clerk of Otoe
County, do hereby certify that the above minutes were taken by me, and are true
and correct to the best of my knowledge, and I therefore set my hand and affix
the county seal this 10th day of June 2008.
Janene Bennett
Otoe