Washington Co Board of Supervisors The Board met at 3:03 pm on Tue, Dec 28, 2021 in the Supervisor’s meeting room at the Courthouse in Blair, Nebr. Present: Chairman Steve Dethlefs, Co Board Members, Bob Frahm, Lisa Kramer, Kevin Barnhill, Jordan Rishel and Steven Kruger. Absent: Jay Anderson. Also present, Co Clk Barb Sullivan, Sheriff Mike Robinson and Co Atty Scott Vander Schaaf. Board unanimously approved the agenda for 12/28 and the minutes for the 12/14/21 meeting. Claims were received, reviewed and approved unanimously. Board voted unanimously to receive and place on file correspondence from the following: 1) Douglas Co Planning Commission 2) SID #10 3) Nebr Dept of Natural Resources. Bill Hansel gave a brief update to Road Dept projects. Board voted unanimously to approve Change Order for Ft Calhoun, Co Rd 34 project for decreased amount of $27,920.53. Hansel then discuss setting dates for informational meeting and public hearing for the One & Six Year Plan. Board voted unanimously to set hearing date for the One & Six Year Plan for 2/22/22. Jen Wang, Cox Communications, discussed Local Franchise Agreement in order to expand its broadband, cable and other services to Washington County. Board voted unanimously to approve Local Franchise Agreement with Cox Communications. Dan Douglas, Emergency Manager, discussed building an emergency plan for the courthouse facility and asked the board to make the distinction of the courthouse and Justice Center as one facility so that he can move forward with creating the plan and to designate Facility Incident Command position to be held by the Board of Supervisors Chairman and Sheriff. Board unanimously approved the Emergency Procedure Plans as presented by the Emergency Manager. Supervisor Barnhill asked board members to reconsider Res #2021-39 that was voted down at the last meeting should appropriate edits to the language be made. Board voted unanimously to reconsider County Board action on Res 2021-39; to amend the County Zoning Regulations to create the Recreational Vehicle/Marina Resort Overlay District, at the next meeting with appropriate edits. Sheriff Robinson and Blair City Officer Aaron Wattenbach discussed the Records Management System Data Conversion. Robinson said more information is needed from Douglas Co before any action can be taken on the matter. Kramer stated MOUs will need to be established in order to have everyone to have permissions that share the RMS. Board voted unanimously to adopt Res 2021-40; Setting the days the Courthouse will be closed for 2022. Board voted unanimously to approve moving first board meeting dates in May and Nov of 2022 to Mon, May 9 and Mon, Nov 7 to avoid meetings taking place on election days. At 4:00 p.m. the Chairman opened a public hearing for an application for Class C Liquor License for Lois’s Driftwood, LLC. Applicants Lois and Michael Sorensen spoke, there were no public comments. Board voted unanimously to adopt Res 2021-41; approving Class C Liquor License for Lois’s Driftwood, LLC. Board voted unanimously to accept proposal from Ritterbush & Piotrowski LLP for county audit. Public Comments: Mike Anderson spoke. Committee Reports were briefly discussed. Co Atty Vander Schaaf stated there were no items for closed session. CLAIMS: GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES, Payroll 12/24/2021, 217,981.64 AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP, Retirement, 15,299.62 UNITED HEALTHCARE INS CO, Life-Dental-Vision, 51,753.19 WASHINGTON COUNTY-INSURANCE FUND, Health Ins., 1,078.21 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK, FICA/MEDI, 15,938.54 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK, H.S.A., 10,506.25 BCDM ARCHITECTS, Serv, 8,629.80 BLACK HILLS ENERGY, Serv, 3,070.93 BLAIR ACE HARDWARE, Supplies, 159.96 BLUE 360 MEDIA, LLC, Supplies, 263.25 NICOLE CAVANAUGH, Public Defender, 2,291.66 CITY OF BLAIR, Serv/Library Fees, 2,409.51 CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT ASSOC., Dues, 50.00 CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT, Filing Fees, 108.00 CONNIE'S BLAIR BAKERY, Supplies, 32.00 CONSOLIDATED MANAGEMENT COMPANY, Training, 80.38 COX BUSINESS, Serv, 115.34 CREDIT BUREAU SERVICES, INC., Serv, 150.84 DES MOINES STAMP MFG CO INC, Supplies, 114.00 DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF, Fees, 38.39 WILLIAM P. DUNN, Public Defender, 6,666.66 EGAN SUPPLY COMPANY, Supplies, 1,245.65 ENTERPRISE MEDIA GROUP, Notices, 11.70 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA, Regist, 106.01 FIRST NATIONAL BANK VISA, Supplies, 29.88 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Supplies, 28.88 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Fuel/Supplies, 826.69 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Fuel, 74.11 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Fuel, 40.46 FIRST NATIONAL BANK - OMAHA, Fuel/Training, 299.80 FIRST NATIONAL BANK VISA, Lodging/Serv, 163.90 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Meals, 53.98 FORENSIC SERVICES DIVISION, Serv, 100.00 BOB FRAHM, Mileage, 184.80 JAMES HETZLER, Fees, 2,750.00 BRADY JOHN HOEKSTRA, Public Defender, 2,500.00 HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS, Lodging, 1,264.45 IDEAL PURE WATER, Serv, 23.35 KONICA MINOLTA PREMIER FINANCE, Copier Lease, 199.48 STEVEN KRUGER, Mileage, 218.40 ED LAUTRUP, Reimb Dues, 111.36 LONG'S OK TIRE STORES, Tires/Serv, 679.80 MCKINNIS ROOFING & SHEET METAL, INC, Serv, 366.79 JANE MCNEIL, Public Defender, 2,291.66 MMC MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC., Serv, 507.75 MORLEY CEMETERY, Cemetery Maint, 300.00 NE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Regional Center, 180.00 NEBRASKA WEED CONTROL ASSOC, Dues, 210.00 GLADYS NELSON, Serv, 14.00 OFFICE DEPOT, Supplies, 127.13 OFFICE NET, Supplies, 227.40 OFFICE WAREHOUSE, Supplies, 670.95 RACHEL OLSON, Reimb Supplies, 8.97 OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, Serv, 6,904.76 SUSAN PAULSEN, Mileage/Meals, 245.60 PHILLIPS 66 - CONOCO - 76, Fuel, 507.81 PITNEY BOWES INC, Supplies, 185.71 CALVIN POULSEN, GIS Serv, 1,600.00 POUNDS PRINTING INC, Supplies, 245.00 ROCHESTER MIDLAND CORPORATION, Serv, 350.00 SARPY COUNTY SHERIFF, Fees, 8.23 SIDNER, SVOBODA,SCHILKE,THOMSEN, Court Appt Atty, 1,748.00 SIRCHIE FINGER PRINT LABORATORIES, Supplies, 222.70 STAPLES BUSINESS CREDIT, Supplies, 341.44 BARB SULLIVAN, Mileage, 174.72 U.S. BANK, Supplies, 102.31 US BANK EQUIPMENT FINANCE, Copier Lease, 88.29 SAMUEL VACHA, Fees, 2,500.00 VERIZON WIRELESS, Serv, 40.01 DAVE VOLENEC, Fees, 2,500.00 WALKERS UNIFORM RENTAL, Serv, 37.82 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK, Supplies, 184.46 WASHINGTON COUNTY COURT, Fees, 55.34 WEX BANK, Fuel, 252.81 HOWARD WOLFE JR., Mileage, 414.80 ROAD FUND EMPLOYEES, Payroll 12/24/2021, 51,636.50 AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP, Retirement, 3,485.41 UNITED HEALTHCARE INS CO, Life-Dental-Vision, 430.25 WASHINGTON COUNTY-INSURANCE FUND, Health Ins., 11,654.33 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK, FICA/MEDI, 3,787.03 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK, H.S.A., 2,625.00 B'S ENTERPRISE INC, Supplies, 34,061.66 BARCO MUNICIPAL PRODUCTS INC, Supplies, 2,070.02 BIG RIG REPAIR, INC., Parts, 793.90 BOMGAARS, Supplies/Parts, 610.86 COUNTRY TIRE INC, Tire Repairs, 675.33 DUSTROL INC, Rumblebars, 5,000.00 FASTENAL COMPANY, Supplies, 160.00 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Supplies, 60.99 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Supplies, 787.06 HI-LINE INC, Parts, 171.42 MIDWEST EXCAVATING SERVICES, LLC, Serv, 175,865.69 OMAHA DOOR & WINDOW CO INC, Repairs, 2,529.42 SCHAEFFER MFG. CO., Fuel, 715.52 SPEECE LEWIS ENGINEERS, INC, Serv, 1,990.36 THERMO KING CHRISTENSEN, Parts,72.00 TY'S OUTDOOR POWER & SERVICE, Parts, 13,723.54 WALKERS UNIFORM RENTAL, Serv, 362.36 INSURANCE FUND AUXIANT, Fees, 45,507.76 STOP PROGRAM U.S. BANK, Supplies, 4,278.93 JUVENILE SERVICES GRANT EMPLOYEES, Payroll 12/24/2021, 1,923.00 AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP, Retirement, 129.80 UNITED HEALTHCARE INS CO, Life-Dental-Vision, 17.15 WASHINGTON COUNTY-INSURANCE FUND, Health Ins., 452.48 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK, FICA/MEDI, 147.03 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK, H.S.A., 93.75 VERIZON WIRELESS, Serv, 66.25 COVID ARP FUNDS LUTZ & COMPANY, Serv, 762.50 911 ENHANCED WIRELESS GREAT PLAINS COMMUNICATIONS INC, Serv, 75.95 E-911 FUND GREAT PLAINS COMMUNICATIONS INC, Serv, 37.41 Meeting was adjourned at 4:11 p.m. Steve Dethlefs, Chairman: Attest: Barbara Sullivan, County Clerk. A complete text of the minutes and Resolutions are on file in the office of the County Clerk, 1555 Colfax St, and are available for public inspection during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. ZNEZ ENT 1-7-22
