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May 22, 2007 |
State of
A regular meeting of the
Seward County Commissioners was convened in open and public session at 9:00
a.m. on May 22, 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 May 22, 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 Miller and
seconded by Minchow to approve the minutes of May 15, 2007 and May 17, 2007.
Affirmative vote: Miller,
Minchow, Stuhr, Koci, Ruzicka Motion Carried.
Moved by Stuhr and seconded
by Minchow to go into Executive Session at 9:04 a.m. to discuss General
Assistance Case #1368, it being necessary to protect the reputation of the
individual(s).
Affirmative vote: Stuhr,
Minchow, Miller, Koci, Ruzicka Motion Carried.
Moved by Minchow and
seconded by Miller to go out of Executive Session at 9:08 a.m.
Affirmative vote: Minchow,
Miller, Koci, Stuhr, Ruzicka Motion Carried.
Moved by Stuhr and seconded
by Koci to approve GA Case #1368 in the amount of $1100 for a burial.
Affirmative vote: Stuhr,
Koci, Miller, Minchow, Ruzicka Motion
Carried.
Commissioner Reports:
Commissioner Miller had no
report.
Commissioner Stuhr reported
he attended the work session with the Planning and Zoning Board. He also reported that he rode with a
Sheriff’s deputy in their patrol car the past week and investigated the idea of
using the evidence building to house building and grounds equipment.
Commissioner Minchow
reported he also attended the work session meeting with the Planning and Zoning
meeting.
Commissioner Koci also
attended the work session with the Planning and Zoning Board.
Commissioner Ruzicka
attended a SENDD meeting during the past week.
He also gave an outline concerning space and costs and budgeting for
additional space & staff.
Moved by Stuhr and seconded
by Miller to authorize the Chairman to sign the Engineering agreement for
Construction engineering services for Project BRS-30305 (2) Beaver Crossing SE
between Section 16 and 17 of Township 9 North, Range 2 East of the 6th
p.m.
Amended by Stuhr and
seconded by Miller to add at the end of the previous motion “based on the
Affirmative vote on the
amendment only:
Stuhr, Miller, Koci,
Minchow, Ruzicka Motion Carried.
Voting on the motion as
amended:
Affirmative vote: Stuhr,
Miller, Minchow, Koci, Ruzicka Motion
Carried.
Russ Daehling, Seward
County Highway Superintendent visited with the Board about payment for the
Cordova North Bridge Rehab Costs. He
suggested using the Special Road Fund, which is a sinking fund and has
approximately $235,000 in it and which was planned to be spent on the Cordova
Road Project. This request would expend
the money in preparation for the project, rather that the project itself. He stated
that he would budget in future years for the actual project.
Carla Ketner, owner of
Chapters Bookstore is requesting permission to use the courthouse lawn for an
activity for the Harry Potter book release party on July 20, 2007 from
approximately 6 pm to midnight. There
were liability concerns.
Moved by Miller and
seconded by Koci to approve the right of way request from Windstream between
sections 14 and 23 of Township 11 North, Range 3 East of the 6th
p.m.
Affirmative vote: Miller,
Koci, Stuhr, Minchow, Ruzicka Motion Carried.
Gary Petersen, Seward
County Emergency Manager presented a grant document for the Commissioners’
consideration.
Moved by Stuhr and seconded
by Miller to authorize the Chairman to sign the Homeland Security Grant reallocation
award.
Affirmative vote: Stuhr,
Miller, Minchow, Koci, Ruzicka Motion Carried.
Roger Gamble of RG
Investments made a presentation to the Board involving the Fuel Option the
Board purchased several months ago. He
gave the Board a number of options and an outlook, in his opinion, of what may
be coming up in the future.
Sherry Schweitzer, Seward
County Clerk informed the Board about meetings with Mid-American Benefits and
Colonial Life Insurance Company.
Commissioner Stuhr led
discussion on the EPC (Emergency Protective Custody) Policy with Region V. He gave information on when a person is taken
into EPC. He stated that sometimes,
hospitals that care for a person in EPC have billed counties for large sums of
money and Region V wants to help with the situation. Wendy Elston, Seward County Attorney spoke
on the issue. She stated she has been
working on updating the General Assistance Plan and that the process should be included
in that new document.
During discussion on the
appointed official’s graph, Commissioner Koci said there are some appointed
officials that have never had an evaluation.
Commissioner Minchow stated that formal and informal evaluations have
been given in previous years. He stated
that for several years, there has been work done on salaries and salary graphs
and each year, there seems to be some progress, although not all work on the
subject is done. Evaluations will be
conducted in the next couple of weeks and Commissioners will again discuss the
subject on June 5, 2007.
During Storage/Office Space
discussion, it was noted that the office space on the 2nd floor of
the courthouse, formerly occupied by the Road/Zoning/Veterans Offices was being
cleaned up. Commissioner Minchow said that the CASA Office and the Pre-Trial
Diversion Offices would be going into the vacated office, thereby creating some
storage area in the courthouse. Locked
storage and communication involving surplus equipment for storage was also
mentioned. Commissioner Miller stated that he would rather see storage space
being utilized at the newly leased area on the west edge of Seward rather that
at the courthouse. Jeff Baker, Seward
County Veteran’s Service Officer stated he wanted to keep the newly leased area
looking nice and did not want the area full of storage boxes. The item will be on the agenda again next
week.
Moved by Miller and
seconded by Minchow to authorize the chairman to sign the contract documents
with JMN Construction for Cordova North Bridge Rehabs.
Affirmative vote: Miller,
Minchow, Stuhr, Koci, Ruzicka Motion Carried.
Known items on the agenda
for May 29, 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 May 22, 2007 Discuss/Action – Approve
claims for May 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 –
Committee for storage, staff and budgeting support Discuss/Action – Region V
Emergency Protective Custody Contract Discuss/Action – Discuss/Action –
Storage/Office Space |
Moved by Stuhr and seconded
by Miller to adjourn at 11:00 a.m.
Affirmative vote: Stuhr,
Miller, Koci, Minchow, 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 29th day of May
2007.
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________________________ Clerk |
________________________ Chairman |