PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEMAHA COUNTY

COMMISSIONERS MEETING

AUGUST 22, 2012

County Board of Commissioners of the County of Nemaha, State of Nebraska met on August 22, 2012, Commissioner’s Chambers, Nemaha County Courthouse, Auburn NE for a regular scheduled meeting.  Notice of meeting published in the Nemaha County Herald on August 16, 2012. The agenda for the meeting was kept continually current and available for public inspection at the office of Nemaha County Clerk during normal business hours and also on the Nemaha County website.  The agenda was held open until one business day prior to the meeting for appearance before the board and items for approval by the Board of Commissioners.  The Board of Commissioners has the right to modify the agenda to include items of an emergency nature only at such public meeting. 

Chairman Hutton called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. Present for the meeting:  Commissioner District 1 Bob Hutton, Commissioner District 2 Dennis Wittmann, Commissioner District 3 Marvin Bohling and County Clerk Joyce Oakley. 

Chairman Hutton noted the posting of the Open Meeting Poster and the availability of the Open Meeting Handouts to the public.

Motion by Bohling, seconded by Wittmann to approve the agenda as presented.  Roll call vote:  Wittmann, aye; Bohling, aye; Hutton, aye.  

Motion by Wittmann, seconded by Bohling to approve the August 8, 2012 regular scheduled meeting minutes with no corrections.  Roll call vote:  Bohling, aye; Wittmann, aye; Hutton, aye.

Motion by Wittmann, seconded by Bohling to approve the claims for payment as presented by the County Clerk and authorized for payment by the Board of Commissioners.  Roll call vote:  Hutton, aye; Bohling, aye; Wittmann, aye. 

Brent Lottman and Mark Boellstorff visited with the board regarding the MFO 2012 levy.  Motion by Wittmann, seconded by Bohling to adopt Resolution 2012-28 setting the 2012 MFO levy at .035377 and 2012 Agricultural Society levy at .006133.  Roll call vote:  Bohling, aye; Wittmann, aye; Hutton, aye.

Marcia Reeves visited with the board regarding her request for temporary closing county road 646 Ave from 733 road to 734 road.  She requested the closing so her cattle could get to the water on the other side of the road.  Board told Marcia Reeves she could temporarily place cattle gates on the road so long as they are manned by someone at all times when the gates are closing the road.

Motion by Bohling, seconded by Wittmann to approve the 2012 County Officials and Office Directors Inventories.  Roll call vote:  Hutton, aye; Bohling, aye; Wittmann, aye.

The following fuel bids for September, 2012 were received:  Lueders Petroleum No. 2 Diesel $3.865, Unleaded $3.555; Farmers Coop No. 2 Diesel $3.81, Unleaded $3.51.  Motion by Wittmann, seconded by Bohling to award the fuel bid for the month of September, 2012 to Farmers Coop.  Roll call vote:  Wittmann, aye; Bohling, aye; Hutton, aye.

Motion by Wittmann, seconded by Bohling to the approve the Amendment Agreement dated August 22, 2012 with the City of Auburn on the Law Enforcement Contract, changing the rent to $50,000.00 per year for Oct. 1, 2012 through Sept. 30, 2014; $51,000.00 per year for the period Oct. 1, 2014 through Sept. 30, 2015.  Roll call vote:  Bohling, aye; Wittmann, aye; Hutton, aye.

Motion by Bohling, seconded by Wittmann to approve Amendment #1 Nemaha County Ave #643 Agreement with Nemaha Natural Resource District on Buck Creek Watershed Structure.  Roll call vote:  Hutton, aye; Wittmann, aye; Bohling, aye.

Motion by Wittmann, seconded by Bohling to approve Amendment #1 Nemaha County Ave #735 Agreement with Nemaha Natural Resource District on Buck Creek Watershed Structure.  Roll call vote:  Bohling, aye; Hutton, aye; Wittmann, aye.

Motion by Wittmann, seconded by Bohling to approve Permit 2012-06 issued to Great Plains Communications for installation of fiber optic cable on designed county roads right of way in Nemaha County.  Roll call vote:  Hutton, aye; Bohling, aye; Wittmann, aye. 

Motion by Bohling, seconded by Wittmann to approve Windstream application to install communications facilities between Sections 18 T4N R14E & 13 T4N R13E.  Roll call vote:  Wittmann, aye; Bohling, aye; Hutton, aye.

Motion by Wittmann, seconded by Bohling to approve Windstream application to install communications facilities between Sections 8 T6N R14E & 17 T6N R14E.  Roll call vote:  Bohling, aye; Hutton, aye; Wittmann, aye.

Motion by Wittmann, seconded by Bohling to approve the Omaha Public Power District application to install single phase overhead, 1 mile south and 1 mile west of Peru.  Roll call vote:  Hutton, aye; Bohling, aye; Wittmann, aye.

Motion by Bohling, seconded by Wittman to adopt Resolution 2012-29 vacating county road #49 beginning 2,640 ft west of the SE corner of Section 5 T6N R13E, west to the east bank of the Nemaha River.  Roll call vote:  Wittmann, aye; Hutton, aye; Bohling, aye.

Motion by Wittmann, seconded by Bohling to approve writing a letter of support to the Nebraska Environmental Trust on the invasive weed grant application for Five Rivers Weed Management.  Roll call vote:  Bohling, aye; Wittmann, aye; Hutton, aye.

Motion by Wittmann, seconded by Bohling the approve the application for road entrance requested by Hawley Farms in Section 34 T6N R13E.  Roll call vote: Hutton, aye; Wittmann, aye; Bohling, aye.

Motion by Wittmann, seconded by Bohling to adopt Resolution 2012-29 approving the subdivision of 1.89 acres tract of land for Ella Bergmann Living Trust in Section 12 T4N R13E.  Roll call vote:  Wittmann, aye; Bohling, aye; Hutton, aye.

The following claims were approved for payment by the Board of Commissioners and authorize the County Clerk for payment:

General

Salaries $ 37,554.00

Action Tech, se 200.00

AFLAC, ins 532.60

Ameritas Life Ins, ret 5,572.76

Anderson, C, mhb 400.00

As Central, se 319.00

Black Hills, ut 52.94

Blaser, J, reim 277.08

Blue Rivers, se 1,885.75

Bohling, M, mi 105.45

Bulldog Auto, su 4.49

Cain, James, atty fe 1,175.00

Capital Business, ma ag 124.36

Capital Business, cont 287.65

Caseys, fu 628.44

Credit Manage, garn 144.75

Credit Manage, garn 267.24

Des Moines Stamp, su 29.70

Douglas Co, se 19.76

Edwards Chem, su 345.53

Elliott, Ron, cont 2,695.42

Erickson, T, reim 242.34

Faesser, Victor, atty fe 1,250.00

Fuller, Albert, mhb 500.00

Gerdes, Jana, reim 150.00

Gneil, su 59.99

Hasselbalch, J, se 160.00

Hauserman, J, mhb 400.00

Hutton, Bob, mi 108.23

Johnson Co Sher, se 18.00

Kadavy, M, reim 172.82

Kathleen Laughlin, garn 207.00

Liberty Nat’l, ins 112.86

Metlife, annt 11.16

MIPS, su 58.61

Modern Methods, ma ag 532.66

Moyer, Casey, reim 138.54

NE Hlth Human, se 186.00

NE Public Hlth, bl al 196.00

NE Supreme Ct, su 86.25

Nem Co Hospital, bl al 95.00

Nem Co Tax, ss, fwh 10,488.42

Nem Co Tax, nwh 2,553.48

Nem Co Treasure, fe 4.00

Nutsch-Fulton, K, mi 34.41

Orscheln, su 190.75

Otoe Co Sheriff, se 18.50

Petersens Auto, se 1,667.23

Pitney Bowes, ma ag 142.00

Presto-X, se 273.47

PTS America, su 982.30

Quill, su 318.90

Rieger, Rachel, bd pr 715.05

Ryan, Amber, mi 17.76

SE District, reg 175.00

Tanner, C, reim 150.00

The Hartford, annt 100.00

United Healthcare, ins 8,407.94

UNL Is Comm, se 129.79

Verizon Wireless, se 500.47

Vision Care, ins 66.12

Waddell & Reed, annt 25.00

Washington Nat’l, ins 10.80

West Payment, su 623.85

Windstream, se 1,852.41

Road

Salaries $15,193.00

AFLAC, ins 240.56

Ameritas, ret 2,272.75

Beards Salvage, su 113.90

Bulldog Auto, pts,su 2,719.20

Cavalry SPV, garn 163.08

Liberty Nat’l, ins 168.62

Martin Marietta, rk 5,327.91

NE Public Emp, un du 560.00

Nem Co Tax, ss, fwh 4,526.10

Nem Co Tax, nwh 1,291.49

NMC, pts 224.08

Orscheln, su 36.98

Powerplan, pts 112.31

Schneider OK, ti re 3,451.92

Skidril Ind, pts 16.37

United Healthcare, ins 4,761.38

Washington Nat’l, ins 28.00

Windstream, se 185.48

Wittwer, Joe, mi 404.60

Drug Coalition

Salaries $1,923.20

AIM Institute, se 1,000.00

Ameritas, ret 247.25

Boeve, Ashley, mi 11.10

Nem Co Tax, ss, fwh 410.42

Nem Co Tax, nwh 160.41

Osborne, Laura, mi 79.73

Verizon Wireless, se 135.43

Wells Fargo, su 7.00

Canine Dog Fund

Orscheln, su 39.99

911 Wireless

Windstream, se 640.50

Windstream, se 330.89

911 Emergency

Windstream, se 593.56

Windstream, se 202.81

With no further business to come before the Board of Commissioners, motion by Bohling, seconded by Wittmann to adjourn at 12:55 p.m.  Roll call vote:  Hutton, aye; Wittmann, aye; Bohling, aye.

Bob Hutton, Chairman

Board of Commissioners

I, Joyce Oakley, the undersigned County Clerk of Nemaha County, Nebraska do hereby certify the foregoing minutes are true and are a part of the official records of this office. A complete copy of the minutes is available during normal business hours at the Nemaha County Clerk’s office.

Joyce Oakley

County Clerk

The next meeting of the Board of Commissioners is Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 8:00 a.m.

Herald - August 30

NOTICE

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF NEMAHA COUNTY, NEBRASKA

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT EDWARD CURTTRIGHT, JR., Deceased

CASE NO. PR12-30

Notice is hereby given that on August 9, 2012, in the County Court of Nemaha County, Nebraska, the Registrar issued a written statement of informal Probate of the Will of said Decedent and that Kola Ann Curttright, whose address is 1002 S. 3rd St., Plattsmouth, NE 68048 was informally appointed by the Registrar as Personal Representative of the Estate.

Creditors of this Estate must file their claims with this Court on or before October 16, 2012 or be forever barred.

Nancy Hall

Clerk of the County Court

Nemaha County Courthouse

Bobie A. Touchstone, #20758

Touchstone Law Office

P.O. Box 542

Plattsmouth, NE 68048

(402) 296-5090

Herald - August 16, 23, 30

NOTICE OF COMPLETE SETTLEMENT

IN THE COUNTY COURT OF NEMAHA COUNTY, NEBRASKA

Estate of MARTIN DUANE HANNAFORD, Deceased Case No. PR 11-07

Notice is hereby given that the personal representative has filed a final accounting and a report of her administration, a formal closing petition for complete settlement, distribution of estate and approval of fees, which has been set for hearing in the Nemaha County, Nebraska Court on September 4, 2012, at 3:00 o’clock, P.M.

Deborah Grotrian

Personal Representative,

Petitioner

1212 J Street

Auburn, NE 68305

(402) 274-4342

ALBERT G. FULLER #11405

Attorney for Petitioner

910 13th Street

Auburn, Nebraska 68305

(402) 274-4321

Herald - August 16, 23, 30

NOTICE OF ORGANIZATION

1. The name of the limited liability company is Becker Property Care, LLC.

2. The address of the designated office of the company is 1815 23rd Street, Auburn, NE 68305.

3. The purpose for which the company is to engage in any lawful act or activities for which a limited liability company may be organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska.

4. The company commenced its existence on August 21, 2012, and the period of duration is perpetual.

5. The affairs of the company shall be conducted by its Members.

Fuller Law Office

910 13th Street

Auburn, NE 68305

(402) 274-4321

Herald - Aug. 30, Sept. 6, 13

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given that there are on file with the Clerk of the Village of Johnson, Nebraska, proposed Drawings, Specifications, form of Contract, and estimated costs for the construction of improvements to THE SPORTSMAN’S PARK BALLFIELD COMPLEX, JOHNSON, NEBRASKA – NPS PROJECT NO. 31-01014

Sealed bids for the construction of said improvements will be received by the Village of Johnson at the Village Office in Johnson, Nebraska, until 9:00 a.m. September 21, 2012, and will be opened and publicly read by the Village of Johnson Board of Trustees or their representative within seven days.

Federal Funds will be used to assist with the development of this project.

The general nature of the work is described as follows:

Project Contract No. 1 – Lighting

Construction of a lighting system for one ballfield with a 300-foot radius and delivering a minimum of 30/20 footcandles of illumination.

Project Contract No. 2 – Ballfield Fencing

Extension of backstop fencing on two ballfields and construction of new fencing                           for a batting cage.

All work and equipment is to be in accordance the Drawings, Specifications, and Contract Documents on file with the Clerk of the Village of Johnson, Nebraska, which are, by this reference, made a part of this Notice as though fully set out and incorporated herein.

Work under the proposed Project Contracts shall commence within ten calendar days from the date of the Notice to Proceed, and the work shall be substantially completed on or before November 15, 2012, subject to any extension of time which may be granted by the Village of Johnson.

Herald - August 30