Webster County Board Of Commissioners

 WEBSTER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS The Webster County Board of Commissioners met at 8:30am on Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 for a regular business meeting at the Courthouse in Red Cloud. The following Board Members were present for roll call: Dan Shipman (District One), Trevor Karr (District Two), TJ Vance (District Three), Keith Buschow (District Four) and Gary Ratzlaff (District Five). Chairman Buschow gave notice of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act Laws. Motion was made by Ratzlaff, seconded by Vance to approve the minutes of the September 1st meeting. Voting in favor: Buschow, Ratzlaff, Vance, Karr and Shipman. Voting no, absent or abstaining: None. Motion carried. Motion was made by Shipman, seconded by Ratzlaff to pay claims and payroll. All members present voted in favor. Motion carried. At 8:35am, Paul Stoner met with the Board. The crews are busy working on and repairing roads, and widening out intersections. They also discussed roadsides, tree problems and spraying plum thickets. At 9:00am, Paul showed bids received by email for New Excavator Bid Letting and Plate Compactor Bid Letting. Bids were received from Nebraska Machinery Co and Wear Parts & Equipment Co. After discussion, motion was made by Shipman, seconded by Karr to go with Nebraska Machinery Co.bids on both the Excavator and Compactor. This decision will be approved based on performance expectations when they review the machines. Voting in favor: Buschow, Ratzlaff, Vance, Karr and Shipman. Voting no, absent or abstaining: None. Motion carried. At 9:15am, Deputy Assessor Tami Scheuneman met with the Board. Motion was made by Shipman, seconded by Vance to go into Board of Equalization. Voting in favor: Buschow, Ratzlaff, Vance, Karr and Shipman. Voting no, absent or abstaining: None. Motion carried. Deputy Scheuneman presented 3 Tax Corrections for the Board to approve. They are all on the same property. Motion was made by Karr, seconded by to approve the 3 tax corrections. Voting in favor: Buschow, Ratzlaff, Vance, Karr and Shipman. Voting no, absent or abstaining: None. Motion carried. Motion was made by Vance, seconded by Karr to go out of Board of Equalization. All members voted in favor. Tami also discussed internet service, MIPS and Great Plains hook up problems to be looked at in the future. At 9:20am, the Board approved Resolution 36-2020 transferring $150,000.00 from General Fund to Capital Construction Fund and Resolution 37-2020 transferring $195,000.00 from General Fund to Road Fund. Motion was made by Vance, seconded by Karr to allow both transfers. Voting in favor: Buschow, Ratzlaff, Vance, Karr and Shipman. Voting no, absent or abstaining: None. Motion carried. At 9:30am, Treasurer Janet Knehans presented Resolution 38-2020 .0Letter of Credit for $500,000.00 with expiration date of 09/17/20. Motion was made by Karr, seconded by Vance to approve this Letter of Credit. Voting in favor: Buschow, Ratzlaff, Vance, Karr and Shipman. Voting no, absent or abstaining: None. Motion carried. At 9:40am, Janet & Liz visited with the Board about a different way of doing pledged securities. Jamie Kosse from South Central Bank had presented this Single Bank Pooled Collateral Program option to them. Janet will get more information from other counties and report to the Board at our next meeting. The Board discussed Noxious Weed Superintendent, Brian Pedersen and felt they needed to meet with him directly to see if he had any questions or needed anything for his job. The Board felt Brian was doing a good job. The Household Hazardous Waste pickup will be in Blue Hill, September 19th from 8 to 10am. The Board discussed the handicapped area west of the Courthouse for possible changes to make it more visible for safety purposes. Floors will be done when time permits and the Extension floor is being discussed with Carmichael Construction Co. The Board reviewed the Imprest Account Report and the Clerk of District Court Report submitted. A letter had been received from the State of Nebraska Jail Standards Board stating the jail facility was in full compliance for 2020. At 10:00am, motion was made by Ratzlaff, seconded by Vance to go into Executive Session. Voting in favor: Buschow, Ratzlaff, Vance, and Karr. Voting no: Shipman. Motion carried. Motion was made by Ratzlaff, seconded by Karr to go out of Executive Session at 10:50am. Voting in favor: Buschow, Ratzlaff, Vance, Karr and Shipman. Motion carried. GENERAL FUND: Ameritas Life Insurance Corp (Retire)-$7030.55; Black Hills Energy (Utility)-$93.05; Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Health/Life)-$17,934.93; Blue Hill Leader (Publish)-$422.99; Brite (Supply)-$244.00; Business World Prod/Hastings (Supply)-$99.79; Carpenter & Skalka Crt Reporting (Fee)-$77.65; Consolidated Management Co (Supply)-$8.74; Cooperative Producers, Inc (Fuel)- $1930.95; DAS State Accounting/Central Finance (Fees)-$225.52; S.S. (Fica)-$7470.45; Eakes Office Solutions (Supply)-$1008.57; First Concord Benefits Group (Fee)-$15.00; First Concord Benefits Group (Fees)-$202.50; Glenwood (Phone)-$105.00; Hometown Market (Supply)-$849.41; Jared’s Auto Expert (Repairs)-$142.43; Kenny’s Lumber & Home Center (Supply)-$16.47; Cheyenne Knehans (Contract)-$1050.00; Krueger Land Surveying (Fees)-$1050.00; Leaf (Lease Pmt)-$424.45; Madison National Life Ins Co, Inc (Life)- $34.34; Med-Tech Resource LLC (Supply)-$402.63; Midland Area Agency on Aging (Funding)-$5236.00; Mips Inc (Support)-$2285.22; Nebraska Co Assessors Assn (Dues)-$50.00; Nebraska Labor Law Poster Service (Supply)-$89.50; Nebraska Tech & Telecom, Inc (Phone)-$56.95; Quadient Finance USA, Inc (Postage)-$1000.00; Red Cloud Chief (Publish)-$32.50; Secretary of State (Supply)- $10.00; Self-Insured Dental Fund (Premiums)-$2861.00; Sullivan Shoemaker P.C. L.L.O. (Counsel)-$436.10; Superior Publishing Company Inc (Supply)-$39.49; Ken VanWey (Repairs/Mowing)-$1302.00; Verizon Wireless (Phones)-$240.06; Village Pharmacy (Supply)-$36.78; Web Co Sheriff-Petty Cash Fund (Replenish)-$258.80; Webster County Treasurer (Transfer)-$195,000.00; Webster County Treasurer (Transfer)-$150,000.00. ROAD/BRIDGE FUND: Ameritas Life Insurance Corp (Retire)-$2645.33; Black Hills Energy (Utility)-$70.59; Bladen Sand & Gravel, Inc (Gravel)-$24,958.89; Village of Bladen (Utility)-$56.63; Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Health/Life)-$9321.80; Cooperative Producers, Inc (Fuel)-$1741.25; Country Corner (Fuel)-$160.51; S.S. (Fica)-$2945.69; First Concord Benefits Group (Fee)-$10.00; Fleetpride (Repairs)-$207.51; Glenwood Telecommunications (Phones)-$159.34; Village of Guide Rock (Utility)-$85.45; Hometown Market (Supply)-$8.78; J&A Auto Supply (Repairs)-$76.27; Jared’s Auto Expert (Repairs)- $103.41; Kenny’s Lumber & Home Center (Repairs)-$219.63; Krueger Land Surveying (Fees)-$187.50; Pat Kucera (Expense)-$150.00; Madison National Life Ins Co, Inc (Fee)-$4.10; Mips Inc (Support)-$108.98; Nebraska Machinery Company (Repairs)-$6775.95; Olson Enterprises LLC (Fuel)-$1264.61; Power Plan, Dept 77871 (Repairs)-$176.96; Self-Insured Dental Fund (Premiums)-$884.00; South Central Bobcat, Hastings, NE (Repairs)-$281.49; Timm’s Service (Repairs/Fuel)-$1276.59; Werner Construction Company (Surfacing)- $16,995.99; Western Pathology Consultants (Testing)-$28.25. ROAD/BRIDGE CONST FUND: Bladen Sand & Gravel, Inc (Gravel)- $1078.48. MODERN RECORDS FUND: Mips Inc (Support)-$138.00. SELF-INSURED DENTAL FUND: Hastings Family Dental 1, LLC (Dental)_$219.20; Robert G Money, D.D.S. (Dental)-$106.40. HOSPITAL BOND FUND: Union Bank & Trust Company (Fee)-$524.00. NOXIOUS WEED FUND: Ameritas life Insurance Corp (Retire)-$233.10; Cooperative Producers, Inc (Fuel)-$144.26; S.S. (Fica)-$264.18; J&A Auto Supply (Repairs)-$5.88; Madison National Life Ins Co, Inc (Life)-$3.15; Self-Insured Dental Fund (Premiums)-$34.00; South Central ATV (Repairs)-$147.50. AMBULANCE FUND: Black Hills Energy (Utility)-$33.11; Cooperative Producers, Inc (Fuel)-$163.52; Ron’s Pharmacy (Supply)-$63.52. Total Wages - $143,435.54. Being no further business, Chairman Buschow adjourned the meeting at11:10am. The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 6th 2020 at 8:30am. A current agenda and complete minutes are on file in the County Clerk’s Office and at www.co.webster.ne.us. Dated this 15th day of September, 2020 Webster County Board of Commissioners ATTEST: Louise Petsch Webster County Clerk