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August 14, 2007 |
State of
A regular meeting of the
Seward County Commissioners was convened in open and public session at 9:00
a.m. on August 14, 2007 in the Commissioner’s room at the Seward County Courthouse. Notice of the meeting was posted on the
Courthouse bulleting board and on the Commissioner’s room door. The agenda for all meetings is kept
continually current and is available for public inspection at the
The Seward County Board of
Commissioners convened on August 14, 2007 at 9:00 a.m.
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Present: |
Chairman: Members: |
Joe Ruzicka Darrell Miller, Scott
Stuhr, Ron Minchow, Mary Koci Sherry Schweitzer |
The Chairman noted that the
public meeting information is posted as required by law and available for
public distribution if requested.
The Pledge of Allegiance
was recited.
Moved by Minchow and
seconded by Stuhr to approve the minutes of August 7, 2007.
Affirmative vote: Minchow,
Stuhr, Miller, Koci, Ruzicka Motion
Carried.
Moved by Minchow and
seconded by Miller to deny General Assistance Case #1378 due to lack of
information.
Affirmative vote: Minchow,
Miller, Stuhr, Koci, Ruzicka Motion
Carried.
Dan Hansen, Seward County
Zoning Administrator stated that the new Seward County Comprehensive Plan and
Zoning Regulations have been received from the consultants and will be online
soon.
Russ Daehling, Seward
County Highway Superintendent informed the Board about personnel in the road
department. He also stated that they are
taking special precautions now that school is about to begin and also seed corn
harvest is about to begin.
Commissioner Reports:
Commissioner Miller had no
report.
Commissioner Stuhr reported
he was active in the fair. He also
attended an
Commissioner Minchow
attended the fair.
Commissioner Koci helped
with the CASA booth at the fair.
Commissioner Ruzicka also
attended the fair.
Moved by Miller and
seconded by Stuhr to go into Executive Session at 9:12 a.m. to discuss pending
litigation, it being necessary to protect the county interests.
Affirmative vote: Miller,
Stuhr, Minchow, Koci, Ruzicka Motion
Carried.
Moved by Minchow and
seconded by Stuhr to go out of Executive Session at 9:30 a.m.
Affirmative vote: Minchow,
Stuhr, Koci, Miller, Ruzicka Motion
Carried.
The Chairman restated the
reason for going to Executive Session, which was for pending litigation.
The RFP for the Hall of
Justice, as provided by Dan Williams Consulting, was discussed. The Board discussed the next step in the
process. The Board has not decided
whether a full Hall of Justice should be built, including legal offices and
courts with a new jail, building a jail only structure, or expanding the
current jail. The selection of an
architect may be next, even if the Board has not decided on which
structure. Commissioner Minchow said
that whatever decision is made, to make sure to include some expansion for
future years. Commissioner Stuhr said
that he felt the current RFP is ambiguous enough to select an architect and
that only a scope of project would need to be added. Commissioner Stuhr will contact Dan
Williamson to add the necessary information.
The Board of Commissioners
recessed at 9:34 a.m.
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August 14, 2007 Seward |
State of
The Seward County Board of
Equalization convened on August 14, 2007 at 9:34 a.m.
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Present: |
Chairman: Members: |
Scott Stuhr Darrell Miller, Ron
Minchow, Mary Koci, Joe Ruzicka Sherry Schweitzer Marilyn Hladky Bob Dahms |
Moved by Minchow and
seconded by Koci to approve the minutes of August 7, 2007.
Affirmative vote: Minchow,
Koci, Ruzicka, Miller, Stuhr Motion Carried.
Moved by Minchow and
seconded by Koci to open the public hearings for Permissive Exemptions for
Affirmative vote: Minchow,
Koci, Miller, Ruzicka, Stuhr Motion
Carried.
Marilyn Hladky, Seward
County Assessor gave the Commissioners information about the Permissive
Exemptions to be considered, with the hearing date and time having been
published according to law.
No other member of the
public made a comment on said permissive exemptions.
Moved by Ruzicka and
seconded by Miller to close the public hearings for Permissive Exemptions for
Affirmative vote: Ruzicka,
Miller, Koci, Minchow, Stuhr Motion Carried.
Moved by Miller and
seconded by Koci to add
Affirmative vote: Miller,
Koci, Ruzicka, Minchow, Stuhr Motion Carried.
Moved by Miller and
seconded by Koci to exempt the Goehner Centennial Scholarship Committee from
the tax rolls for Lots 1-5, Block 9,
Affirmative vote: Miller,
Koci, Ruzicka, Minchow, Stuhr Motion Carried.
Moved by Miller and seconded
by Ruzicka to authorize the Assessor to send out the following County board
notice:
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PARCEL 800091647 |
OWNER’S NAME |
LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lot 3, Block 1, |
Affirmative vote: Miller,
Ruzicka, Minchow, Koci, Stuhr Motion Carried.
Moved by Ruzicka and
seconded by Koci to approve the vehicle exemption request from St. Gregory the
Great Seminary for a 1995 Ford Pickup, VIN #1FTHX26G2SKA26704.
Affirmative vote: Ruzicka,
Koci, Miller, Minchow, Stuhr Motion Carried.
Moved by Ruzicka and
seconded by Miller to approve the vehicle exemption request from the Seward
Saline Solid Waste for a 2007 Alleycat Recycle Trailer, VIN #1D9RP24297B388013.
Affirmative vote: Ruzicka,
Miller, Koci, Stuhr
Abstain: Minchow Motion Carried.
Hladky then explained a
request for refund for taxes for David Dickinson. She gave the information to the Commissioners
in regard to the request, which stated that the square footage of the house was
in error, thus the request for refund.
Hladky stated she made several attempts to complete a house inspection
and that making sure house information is correct is also up to the taxpayer.
Moved by Minchow and
seconded by Koci that in response to the letter from David Dickinson for a request
for a tax refund, the Assessor is asked to respond that a refund of 2006 taxes
be authorized plus a copy of the regulations be sent which state that only 2
years of taxes can be legally refunded and that since the taxpayer has a
responsibility to submit correct information, only 1 year of taxes will be
refunded.
Affirmative vote: Minchow,
Koci, Stuhr
Voting No: Miller, Ruzicka Motion
Carried.
Moved by Ruzicka and
seconded by Koci to adjourn as the Board of Equalization at 10:07 a.m. upon
call of the Chair.
Affirmative vote: Ruzicka,
Koci, Minchow, Miller, Stuhr Motion Carried.
State of
I, Sherry Schweitzer, the
undersigned
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this day of 2007.
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________________________ Clerk |
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The Board of Commissioners
reconvened at 10:07 a.m.
Vickie Duey and Laura
McDougall of the Four Corners Health Dept. were present to discuss an adoption
of Quarantine and Isolation Regulation.
They has worked with the
Moved by Koci and seconded
by Stuhr to adopt Resolution #2575 approving the Adoption of Rules and
Regulations for the Prevention of Spread of Communicable Disease, Illness, or
Poisoning by the Four Corners Health Department.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2575 OF THE SEWARD FOUR CORNERS HEALTH DEPARTMENT |
WHEREAS,
the Four Corners Health Department, hereinafter referred as “DEPARTMENT” was
established pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1626, et seq; and,
WHEREAS,
the Department of Health and Human Services, through Regulation and Licensure,
has adopted Regulations for the Prevention of Spread of Communicable Diseases,
Illness, or Poisoning, effective February 21, 2007; said Regulations being
filed with the Secretary of State. See
173 NAC 6.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §71-1631(7), a
public hearing was held on May 11, 2007 regarding the adoption of the rules and
regulations for the Prevention of the Spread of Communicable Disease, Illness,
or Poisoning, all in compliance with the statutory notice provisions;
WHEREAS, the DEPARTMENT has adopted the attached rules and
regulations for the Prevention of the Spread of Communicable Disease, Illness,
or Poisoning,
WHEREAS, the DEPARTMENT recommends the approval from the
Seward County Board of Commissioners for the adoption of these rules as
required by law.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
SEWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: That the attached rules and regulations
are approved for adoption. Said rules
and regulations shall be enforced by the DEPARTMENT with the assistance of the
Seward County Sheriff and the Seward County Attorney’s Office.
MOTION
BY: Koci SECONDED BY: Stuhr THAT THE
ABOVE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION
CARRIED.
Ayes:
Mary Koci, Scott Stuhr, Darrell Miller, Ron Minchow,
Joseph J. Ruzicka
Dated
this 14th day of August 2007.
Attest:
Sherry Schweitzer, Seward
Affirmative vote: Koci,
Stuhr, Miller, Minchow, Ruzicka Motion Carried.
Moved by Stuhr and seconded
by Minchow to adopt Resolution #2576 in regard to the withdrawing of pledged
securities.
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WITHDRAWING
SECURITIES RESOLUTION
2576 OF THE SEWARD |
WHEREAS:
THE JONES NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO. DESIRES TO WITHDRAW THE FOLLOWING SECURITIES:
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CUSIP 90176lAA0 |
DESCRIPTION TWIN
VALLY PUB POWER DST |
PAR VALUE 60,000.00 |
WHEREAS:
AFTER SAID WITHDRAWAL, THE JONES NATIONAL BANK WILL STILL HAVE AMPLE PLEDGED SECURITIES TO MORE THAN COVER THE DEPOSITS OF
THE COUNTY WHICH EXCEED F.D.I.C. COVERAGE.
THEREFORE,
THE SEWARD COUNTY BOARD ALLOWS SAID SECURITY WITHDRAWAL.
Moved
by: Stuhr
Seconded
by: Minchow
Ayes:
Scott Stuhr, Ron Minchow, Darrell Miller, Mary Koci,
Joseph
J. Ruzicka, Chair Person of the
Board
Adopted
as of today’s date: August 14, 2007
Attest:
Sherry Schweitzer, Seward
Affirmative vote: Stuhr,
Minchow, Koci, Miller, Ruzicka Motion Carried.
During office storage space
discussion, Commissioner Minchow stated that the current building housing the
Road/Vet/Zoning Office had some possible purchasers of the building; however
the owner would give
Minchow also led discussion
about the storage/office space in the courthouse. He stated that he has visited with the CASA
director and that she would find working in the former Highway Superintendent
Office adequate and that the Commissioner Room would be locked while she was
not in the office. Commissioner Ruzicka
worried about security issues, and locking the Commissioner Room while not in
use.
Moved by Koci to move the
CASA program into the former Highway Superintendent’s Office.
The Chairman stated the
motion was out of order; stating that a motion was made previously stating the
Highway Supt.’s office was to be storage.
Koci withdrew her motion.
The item will be put on the
agenda for next week for consideration.
Moved by Stuhr and seconded
by Koci to accept the
Affirmative vote: Stuhr,
Koci, Miller, Minchow, Ruzicka Motion
Carried.
Moved by Minchow and
seconded by Stuhr to allow an additional 1% increase on restricted funds for
the 2007-2008 fiscal year budget.
Affirmative vote: Minchow,
Stuhr, Miller, Koci, Ruzicka Motion
Carried.
Sherry Schweitzer, Seward
County Clerk and Budgeting Authority for
Moved by Minchow and
seconded by Ruzicka to adopt Resolution #2577 in regard to setting the taxing
authority for the Misc. Districts.
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RESOLUTION
#2577 OF THE SEWARD |
WHEREAS, Pursuant to State Statute 77-3443, each
County Board shall adopt a resolution by a majority vote of members present
which determines a final allocation of levy authority to its political
subdivisions, AND,
WHEREAS,
political subdivisions as defined in said statute are “all political
subdivisions other than school
districts, community colleges, natural resource districts, educational service
units, cities, villages, counties, and sanitary and improvement districts, AND,
WHEREAS,
statute states that they may levy taxes as provided by law provided they do not
collectively total more than fifteen cents per one hundred dollars of taxable valuation
on any parcel or item of taxable property for all governments for which
allocations
are made by the County, AND,
WHEREAS,
on or before August 1st, all political subdivisions subject to county levy
authority must submit a preliminary request for levy allocation
to the
WHEREAS,
failure of a political subdivision to do so shall preclude them from using procedures
set forth in 77-3444, AND,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
on or before August 1, 2007, the following requests were received:
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Precinct Cemetery District Pleasant
Dale Cemetery District Seward
County Fire District |
Funding
Request: Funding
Request: Levy
Request: Funding
Request: |
$1,300.00 $1,250.00 .030000 $
376,000 and |
WHEREAS,
Also included in the request from Seward County Fire District was an additional
$122,000 for their bond fund and a request to include $40,000 of it’s General
Fund request in Seward County’s five cent levy allocation as allowed by law,
AND,
WHEREAS,
Statute states that the
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the
Seward County Board of Commissioners hereby designate the following levy allocations
pursuant to Nebraska State Statute 77-3443 as follows:
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Precinct Cemetery District Pleasant
Dale Cemetery District Seward
County Fire District |
A levy up to: .002 .002 .03 .05 |
Dated
this 14th day of August, 2007.
Motion
by: Minchow
Seconded
by: Ruzicka
Voting
Aye: Ron Minchow, Darrell Miller, Scott Stuhr, Mary
Koci,
Joseph
J. Ruzicka, Chairman, Board of
Commissioners
Attest:
Sherry Schweitzer,
Affirmative vote: Minchow,
Ruzicka, Stuhr, Miller, Koci Motion
Carried.
Commissioner Ron Minchow
then read and submitted his letter of resignation as a Seward County
Commissioner.
Moved by Stuhr and seconded
by Koci to accept the letter of resignation, with regrets, of Ron Minchow.
Affirmative vote: Stuhr,
Koci, Miller, Ruzicka
Abstain: Minchow Motion
Carried.
The Commissioners recessed
at 11:10 a.m.
The Commissioners reconvened
at 11:25 a.m.
The Commissioners worked on
the budgets as submitted by the various offices. They visited with Joe Yocum about his budget
request.
Moved by Ruzicka and
seconded by Miller to set the Zoning Administrator salary at $31,500.
The motion was ruled out of
order due to the Appointed Officials Salary Graph that already set the salary
in a previous motion.
Other officials meeting
with the Commissioners on their budget were Jeff Baker, Denise Janssen, &
Russ Daehling. Rick Nation of Blue
Valley Community Action also spoke to the Board about a program that was once
under their jurisdiction, but now it has changed to being a program on their
own, specifically Hope Crisis Center.
The Board continued to meet
with the following officials: Monique
Ruby.
The Board of Commissioners
recessed at 1:15 p.m.
The Board of Commissioners
reconvened at 1:45 p.m.
Commissioner Minchow is
absent at 1:45 p.m.
The Commissioners continued
to meet with the following officials:
Sherry Schweitzer, Wendy Elston, Marilyn Hladky, & Gail Brand.
Known items on the agenda
for August 21, 2007 are as follows:
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9:00 a.m. |
Convene and announce Open
Meetings Law Pledge of Allegiance Discuss/Action - Approve
minutes of August 14, 2007 Discuss/Action - GA
Case(s) |
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9:45 a.m. |
Discuss/Action – Fuel
Option |
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Other Business Matters
to Address When Time Allows Discuss/Action –
Public/Officials/Boards Commissioners Reports Right of Way Request(s): Discuss/Action –
Storage/Office Space Discuss/Action –
2007-2008 County Budget Discuss/Action – RFP for
Hall of Justice Discuss/Action – Exe.
Session – Land Purchase Discuss/Action – Vehicle
Logos/Logbooks/Policy |
Moved by Stuhr and seconded
by Miller to adjourn at 4:40 p.m.
Affirmative vote: Stuhr,
Miller, Koci, Ruzicka Motion
Carried.
State of
I, Sherry Schweitzer, the
undersigned
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 21st day of August
2007.
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________________________ Clerk |
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