Lillie Amelia Johnson Rose February 15, 1914 to March 27 2022

 Lillie Amelia Rose, 108, passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2022 in Kearney, Nebraska, surrounded by family.

Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Calvary Lutheran Church in Rosemont, Nebraska, with Rev. Ronald Kuehner officiating. Burial will be in the Presbyterian Cemetery southeast of Rosemont.

Visitation will be 8-9 p.m. Friday, April 1, with family present from 5-7 p.m. at Merten-Butler Mortuary in Blue Hill, Nebraska, and one hour prior to service at the church.

Memorials can be directed to the church or the Lutheran Hour.

Private Condolences may be sent to the family at www.mertenbutlermortuary.com. Merten-Butler Mortuary in Blue Hill is in charge of arrangements.

Lillie, the oldest daughter of John D. and Hulda Emma Amelia (Gragert) Johnson, was born on February 15, 1914, on a farm southeast of Blue Hill in Webster County. Lillie was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Blue Hill.

She attended School District 73 and School District 81 in Webster County.

She worked on the family farm until she met and married Frank L. Rose on June 20, 1934 in Ayr. They had two daughters, LaVonda and Margene.

The couple farmed in Webster County until Frank’s death in 1995.

Lillie then moved to Hastings and resided there until moving to Kearney to live with her daughter in 2019.

She was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church and the LWML. She enjoyed baking, quilting, needle work and crocheting as well as playing dominos, cards and bingo.

Lillie is survived by her daughter, Margene Stevens of Kearney; sister, Helen Nemecek of Minden; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter, LaVonda Schmidt; son-in-law, Leslie Stevens; brother and sister-in-law, Leonard and Viola Johnson; brother-in-law, John Nemecek; grandson, Daniel Schmidt; grandson-in-law, Shawn Davis; and great-granddaughter, Kayla Stevens.Twitter

Webster County Board of Commissioners meeting March 15th, 2022

 The Webster County Board of Commissioners met at 8:30am on Tuesday, March 15th, 2022, for their regular Business Meeting at the Courthouse in Red Cloud, Nebraska. 

All Board Members were present for roll call: Dan Shipman (District One), Trevor Karr (District Two), TJ Vance, (District Three), Tim Gilbert (District Four), and Gary Ratzlaff (District Five).

Motion was made by Ratzlaff, seconded by Gilbert to approve the minutes of the March 1st, 2022 meeting. Voting in favor: Vance, Ratzlaff, Gilbert, Karr and Shipman. 

 Motion was made by Karr, seconded by Ratzlaff to pay claims and payroll. All voted in favor   

 Paul Stoner, Highway Manager met with the Board. Paul has ordered tubes. The crews are continuing to do repair work, hauling dirt on roads and working on bridges. 

 Commissioner Tim Gilbert reported on the HVAC System and Fence. 

 Chairman TJ Vance reminded the Board of the Central District Meeting at the Ramada Inn in Kearney, NE on Thursday, March 17th. Hopefully, we will learn more on the ARPA money situation. 

 The Board discussed Cyber Security protection.

The Board held their hearing on Vacating Road D. No public attended the meeting.

 Motion was made by Ratzlaff, seconded by Gilbert to sign Resolution 9-2022 vacating and abandonment of Road D as stated in said Resolution. All voted in favor. .  Resolution 9-2022 was signed.

 The Board reviewed the Imprest Account Report Motion was made by Shipman, seconded by Karr to approve of the report. All voted in favor.

Clerk Liz Petsch presented the Ambulance Write-off Report to the Board for review. Motion was made by Karr, seconded by Ratzlaff to approve the report.  All voted in favor.  

 Clerk Petsch also presented two ambulance claims for the Board to write off because of inability to collect due to insurance issues and Medicaid denying both billings. Motion was made by Karr, seconded by Ratzlaff to write-off both claims in the amounts of $572.00 and $764.00.  All  voted in favor. Motion carried. 

Clerk Petsch presented Resolution 10-2022 for the Board to approve of changing the dental premiums as per Auditor’s request. Clerk Petsch did a summary of changes to be done. Monthly premiums for the County to pay for employees are as follows: Family rate was $127.00 (new amount is $100.00); Spousal rate was $111.00 (new amount is $75.00) and single rate stays at $34.00 month. These rates will take affect July 1, 2022. Motion was made by Vance, seconded by Ratzlaff to approve and sign this Resolution. All voted in favor.Motion carried. Resolution 10-2022 was signed.

Treasurer Janet Knehans presented her Public Tax Sale report. 

Total Public Tax Sales were $58,828.57;

 33 tax sale certificates at $20.00 each totaled $660.00;

11 registered buyers at $25.00 each totaled $275.00

 for a grand total of $59,763.57 collected for the County. 

Motion was made by Gilbert, seconded by Ratzlaff to approve this report. All 5 members voted in favor. Motion carried.

 Motion was made by Karr, seconded by Ratzlaff to transfer $195,000.00 from General Fund to Road/Bridge Fund (300). All voted in favor.. Motion carried. 

Resolution 11-2022 was approved and signed.

 Motion was made by Ratzlaff, seconded by Gilbert to transfer $150,000.00 from General Fund to Road/Bridge Construction Fund (800). All voted in favor.Motion carried. 

Resolution 12-2022 was approved and signed. Motion was made by Karr, seconded by Shipman to transfer $30,000.00 from General Fund to Noxious Weed Fund (5400).   All voted in favor.  Motion carried. 

Resolution 13-2022 was approved and signed. 

: No report on Handbook was available.

, Treasurer Knehans discussed the need for a second copier in the Treasurer’s Office. Her copier in the vault is not working and is too old to repair. Since this was not on the agenda, it will be discussed at the next meeting.

Commissioner Dan Shipman reported to the Board his information on the Jail/Sheriff Building he obtained from talking to a representative for information on cost of new building, etc.

 It was decided to have him come to our next meeting and give information to the Board as a whole.

 Lindsey Mead met with the Board and presented the Extension Board’s 2021 Report.

Commissioner Shipman reported on the Hospital from meetings he attended. 

 The following claims and payroll were approved by the Board. 

 Total Wages - $150,944.38. 

GENERAL FUND: 

Ameritas Life Insurance Corp (Health)-$7501.58; 

Applied Connective Technologies (Misc)-$52.25; 

Black Hills Energy (Utility)-$97.43;

 Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Premium)-$20,149.41;

Blue Hill Leader (Publish)-$894.46; 

 Buffalo County Sheriff (Fees)-$18.50;

 C&D Service Center (Supply)-$156.00; 

Coast to Coast Computer Products (Supply)-$179.99;

 Cooperative Producers, Inc (Fuel)-$2511.65;

 Culligan of Hastings (Water)-$631.30; 

DAS State Accounting/Central Finance (Dues)- $225.52;

 DAS State Accounting/Central Finance (Dues)-$448.00;

 S.S. (Fica)-$8015.53;

Eakes Office Solutions (Supply)-$1845.05;

 Election Systems & Software (Supply)-$864.63; 

Electronic Systems, Inc (Misc)-$91.00; 

First Concord Benefits Group (Fees)-$17.50;

 First Concord Benefits Group (Buydown)-$225.00;

 First National Bank Omaha (Supply)-$299.31;

 Hometown Market (Supply)- $683.85;

Interstate All Battery Center (Supply)-$50.00;

 Kenny’s Hardware and Home Center (Supply)-$52.52;

 Krueger Land Surveying (Fees)-$2550.00;

 Lieske Law Firm (Counsel)-$863.18;

 Madison National Life Ins Co, Inc (Life)-$31.19; 

Midland Area Agency on Aging (Misc)-$1491.00; 

Mips Inc (Support)-$2405.83; 

Nebraska Tech & Telecom, Inc (Phones)-$41.89;

 Phelps County Sheriff’s Office (Misc)- $45.00; 

Physicians Laboratory, P.C. (Misc)-$2612.00;

 Red Cloud Chief (Publish/Subsc.)-$558.97;

 City of Red Cloud (Utility)-$1914.46; 

 Self-Insured Dental Fund (Premium)-$2888.00; 

Theobald Law Office (Counsel)-$1615.00;

Tru-Built Construction (Repairs)- $11,715.00;

 Ken VanWey (Repairs)-$465.00;

Viaero Wireless (Phones)-$19.36;

Village Pharmacy (Supply)-$62.80; 

Web Co Clk of Dist Court (Fees)-$100.00;

 Web Co Sheriff-Petty Cash Fund (Petty Cash)-$85.00; 

Webster Co Clerk Dist Court (Fees)-$36.00; 

Webster County Treasurer (Transfer)-$195,000.00; 

Webster County Treasurer (Transfer)-$30,000.00;

 Webster County Treasurer (Transfer)- $150,000.00;

 Woodward’s Disposal Service (Utility).

 ROAD/BRIDGE FUND:

 Ameritas Life Insurance Corp (Health)-$2704.82;

 Black Hills Energy (Utility)-$279.79; 

Village of Bladen (Utility)-$59.64;

 Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Premium)-$10,330.10; 

C&D Service Center (Supply)-$29.98;

Central Nebraska Equipment (Supply)-$49.86;

 Cooperative Producers, Inc (Fuel/Supply)-$2175.85; 

Country Corner (Fuel)-$431.64; 

S.S. (Fica)-$3014.65;

 Glenwood Telecommunications (Phones)-$107.23;

 Linda Grummert (Prior Service)-$57.00;

 Village of Guide Rock (Utility)-$105.50; 

Island Supply Welding Company (Supply)-$117.00; 

J&A Auto Supply (Supply)-$484.07;

 Jim’s OK Tires (Repairs)-$542.50;

 Kenny’s Hardware and Home Center (Supply)-$39.95;

 L&M Tire (Repairs)-$11.95;

 Madison National Life Ins Co, Inc (Life)-$4.10;

 Mips Inc (Support)-$113.34;

 NAPA Auto Parts (Supply)-$3.11;

 Nebraska Machinery Company (Supply)- $11,513.15;

 Olson Enterprises LLC (Fuel/Repairs)-$8616.54;

 Power Plan, Dept. 77871 (Supply)-$1896.30;

 R&M Disposal LLC (Utility)- $57.00; 

Self-Insured Dental Fund (Premium)-$918.00; 

Simplot Grower Solutions Kearney (Supply)-$5373.88;

 South Central Bobcat, Hastings, NE (Supply)-$5.16; 

Superior Fire Extinguisher Co (Supply)-$98.00; 

Timm’s Service (Fuel)-$1095.18;

 Michael Todd & Company (Supply)-$594.92;

 Winter Equipment Co, Inc (Supply)-$1647.09.

 ROAD/BRIDGE CONST FUND: 

Speece-Lewis Engineers (Misc)-$900.00. 

MODERN RECORDS FUND:

 Mips Inc (Support)-$138.00. 

SELF-INSURED DENTAL FUND:

 Island View Dental (Dental)- $33.50;

 McCann-Carpenter Dental LLC (Dental)-$132.80; 

Minden Dental Clinic (Dental)-$167.00; 

Webster County Dental Clinic (Dental)-$893.60.

 DIVERSION PROGRAM FUND: 

AT-Scene LLC (Misc)-$2000.00.

NOXIOUS WEED FUND:

 Ameritas Life Insurance Corp (Health)-$238.19;

 Cooperative Producers, Inc (Fuel)-$60.98;

 S.S. (Fica)-$269.96; 

Madison National Life Ins Co, Inc (Life)-$3.15;

 SelfInsured Dental Fund (Premium)-$34.00. 

RC AMBULANCE SERVICE FUND:

 Black Hills Energy (Utility)-$220.88; 

Olson Enterprises LLC (Fuel)-$194.82. 

BH AMBULANCE SERVICE FUND:

 Cooperative Producers, Inc (Fuel)-$122.10;

 Pavelka Truck & Trailer Repair (Repairs)- $28.25. 

 Being no further business, Chairman TJ Vance adjourned the meeting at 10:25am.

 The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 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.  

WEBSTER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS March 1, 2022

  The Webster County Board of Commissioners met at 8:30am on Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 for their regular Business Meeting at the Courthouse in Red Cloud, Nebraska. 

The following Board Members were present for roll call: Dan Shipman (District One), Trevor Karr (District Two), TJ Vance, (District Three), Tim Gilbert (District Four), and Gary Ratzlaff (District Five). 

 Motion was made by Ratzlaff, seconded by Gilbert to approve the minutes of the February 15th, 2022 meeting. All voted in favor.

 Motion was made by Karr, seconded by Ratzlaff to pay claims and payroll.  All voted in favor.f

 Paul Stoner, Road Manager informed the Board he had been looking into options of motor graders, trade options and interest. Motion was made by Karr, seconded by Gilbert to proceed with purchase of 3 motor graders discussed at previous meetings. All voted in favor.

 Road crews are continuing to work on repairs of equipment and roads. 

 HVAC report was given by Commissioner Gilbert. Fence was also discussed.

 AARP money will be discussed at our meeting in Kearney, March 17, 2022. 

The Board signed the Hazardous Materials Response Plan for Webster/Nuckolls Counties LEPC Plan.

 The Board reviewed the Sheriff’s Distress Warrants Report given by Sheriff Schmitz. All taxes to be collected have been done and the remaining amount is zero.

 An Annual Jail inspection will be done March 21, 2022.

 Paul Stoner presented a Road Study from Lance Harter for the Board to review and sign.

 Motion was made by Vance, seconded by Shipman to sign Resolution 7-2022. All voted in favor.

 Resolution 7-2022 was approved. 

 LeAnn Jochum from SCEDD met with the Board and reported on Broadbent Internet and the need for rural communities.

Clerk Petsch presented to the Board Resolution 8-2022 to transfer $200,000.00 from the General Fund to the County Building Remodeling Fund (4050). Motion was made by Ratzlaff, seconded by Karr to approve this Resolution.   All voted in favor. . Resolution 8-2022 was signed. 

 Motion was made by Ratzlaff, seconded by Karr to go into Board of Equalization. All voted in favor. Deputy Assessor Tami Scheuneman presented a Tax Correction. Motion was made by Shipman, seconded by Ratzlaff to approve this Tax Correction. All voted in favor.

. Motion was made by Ratzlaff, seconded by Vance to go out of Board of Equalization. All members voted in favor: Motion carried.

The Board discussed open-door policy in the Courthouse. The first floor has issues with cold weather when the doors are opened and closed all day. The Board encouraged all offices to have their door open during business hours when possible. If not, they need to post a sign outside their door stating they are open and to come on it. They have been doing this and will continue to do so. 

The Handbook was discussed.

The Clerk of District Court Report was presented to the Board for review.

The Board discussed progress on the Jail/Sheriff Building with B & D Construction, Mark Lewis by phone conference. More information at a later date. 

The Board along with Mark Callahan from Mary Lanning Hospital discussed the Webster County Hospital. Several people were in attendance, so the Board moved the meeting upstairs to the District Courtroom. Mr. Callahan spoke to the group and answered questions and concerns from the public. They decided the County Board of Commissioners and County Hospital Board would meet again on Thursday, March 10th 2022 at the Courthouse at 7:00pm to discuss proposal options and will then bring this again to the public for another discussion. The Board is trying to keep this topic an open discussion with the public so everyone is informed on what is going on. The Hospital is NOT being sold. That was never an option. The Board only wants to do everything possible to keep the doors open and the hospital functioning for the residents of Webster County. 

 The following claims and payroll were approved by the Board. 

Wages - $14,081.92. 

GENERAL FUND: 

Ameritas Life Insurance Corp (Health)-$380.30;

 AT&T Mobility (Phones)-$517.56; 

Bell’s Digging & Plumbing (Repairs)-$1429.35;

 Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Premium)-$939.10;

 Blue Hill Leader (Publish)-$555.73; 

Business World Prod/Hastings (Supply)- $26.67; 

Calkins Law Office (Contract)-$1026.18;

 Central Nebr County Assessor Assn (Dues)-$20.00;

 Gov Connection, Inc, DBA Connections (Supply)-$300.86;

 Consolidated Management Co (Training)-$16.62; 

CVSOAN (Training)-$60.00; S.S. (Fica)-$419.66; 

Eakes Office Solutions (Supply)-$303.90;

 First Concord Benefits (Buydown)-$490.49; 

First Concord Benefits Group (Buydown)-$225.00; 

First National Bank Omaha (Supply)-$134.86;

 Forensic Anthropological Consultant (Misc)-$825.00;

 Great Plains Communications (Phones)-$1439.71; 

Hometown Leasing (Lease)-$129.00; 

Hometown Market (Supply)-$837.53;

 Elizabeth Janning (Expense)-$70.56; 

Kenny’s Hardware and Home Center (Supply)-$6.99;

 Sonja L Krueger (Expense)-$75.40; 

LB413164-Blue 360 Medical, LLC (Misc)-$87.75;

 LEAF (Lease)-$424.45;

 Meyer Laboratory, Inc (Supply)-$243.14; 

Midland Area Agency on Aging (Misc)-$1103.00; 

Mips (Support)-$150.00; NACO (Registration)- $240.00;

NACT (Dues)-$50.00; National Sheriff’s Assoc (Dues)-$68.00;

 NE Law Enforcement Training Cntr (Training)- $250.00;

 Nebraska Tech & Telecom, Inc (Phones)-$49.21;

 Alexa Pedersen (Expense)-$92.40;

 Red Cloud Chief (Publish/Renewal)-$283.29; 

Sam’s Club (Supply)-$298.00; 

Self-Insured Dental Fund (Premium)-$34.00; 

South Central Pub Power Dist (Utility)-$24.56;

 St of Nebr Dept Correctional Svcs (Housing)-$722.80;

 Sullivan Shoemaker P.C. L.L.O. (Counsel)-$930.91;

 Theobald Law Office (Counsel)-$1615.00;

 Thomson Reuters-West (Misc)-$174.25;

 University of Nebraska (Supply/Support)-$1946.43;

 Lindsay Waechter-Mead (Expense)-$50.40; 

Web Co Clk of Dist Court (Fees)- $36.00;

Web Co Sheriff-Petty Cash Fund (Petty Cash)-$348.03;

Webster Co Treasurer (Transfer)-$200,000.00; 

Williams Exterminating, Inc (Pest Control)-$88.00.

 ROAD/BRIDGE FUND: 

Ameritas Life Insurance Corp (Health)-$159.75;

 City of Blue Hill (Utility)-$118.39; 

S.S. (Fica)-$181.06

Great Plains Communications (Phones)-$49.27; 

Hometown Leasing (Lease)-$86.37;

 LRNRD Rural Water Project (Utility)-$22.21; 

Nebraska Machinery Company (Repairs)-$341.69;

 Oak Creek Engineering, LLC (Inspections)-$18,453.58;

 Rockmount Research & Alloys, Inc (Supply)-$43.82;

South Central Bobcat, Hastings, NE (Supply)-$57.64; 

South Central Pub Power Dist (Utility)-$263.89; 

Windstream (Phones)-$82.60. 

 ROAD/BRIDGE CONST FUND:

 ACE/Eaton Metals (Supply)-$47,037.34.

 BLADEN HWY NORTH PROJECT FUND:

Oak Creek Engineering, LLC (Contract)-$40,482.00.

 NOXIOUS WEED FUND:

 J&A Auto Supply (Supply)-$65.88; 

NE Weed Control Assn/Region IV (Registration)-$165.00. 

RC AMBULANCE SERVICE #1 FUND: 

Great Plains Communications (Phones)- $48.57; 

McKesson Medical-Surgical (Supply)-$1.24;

 Petsch Billing (Contract)-$250.00.

 BH AMBULANCE SERVICE #2: Petsch Billing (Contract)-$250.00.

 Being no further business, Chairman TJ Vance adjourned the meeting at 12:10pm. The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 15th, 2022 at 8:30am.