Washington Co Board of Supervisors The Board met at 3:07 pm on Tue, Jan 23, 2024 in the Supervisor’s meeting room at the Courthouse in Blair, Nebr. Present: Chairman Steve Dethlefs, Co Board Members, Lisa Kramer, Steve Kruger, Jay Anderson, Kevin Barnhill, Jon Stewart, and Bob Frahm. Also present, Co Clk Barb Sullivan, Shrf Mitch Robinson, and Co Atty Scott Vander Schaaf. Atty Vander Schaaf stated there were no items for a closed session. Board unanimously approved the agenda for 1/23 and the minutes of the 1/9/24 mtg. Board unanimously approved all claims. There was no correspondence. Hwy Supt Kruger gave an update on Road Dept matters then he and Tim Farmer, Speece Lewis, opened the following bids for Co Rd 4: 1) Constructors Inc., $1,993,345, 2) Old Castle Materials, dba Omni Engineering, $2,367,871, 3) Knife River, $1,999,139, 4) Western Engineering, $2,045,786. After review and recommendation from Kruger and Farmer the board voted unanimously to accept bid from Constructors Inc. Planning Admin Chris Shewchuk discussed request for board to appoint members to the Board of Adjustments and said a notice of vacancies was published and the only applications received were from the incumbents. Board voted unanimously to appoint Chris Bilau, Gary Lambrecht, and Joe McBride to the Board of Adjustments for a two-year term and Cynthia Timmermier to a three-year term. Shewchuk then had public hearing for the request from Michael Hagerbaumer for an approval of a one-time lot split for property zoned A-1 and a change of zone from A-1 to A-LSR. After there were no comments during the public hearing, the board voted unanimously to approve the request for a one-time lot split of the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Sect 29-19-9. Board voted unanimously to adopt Res 2024-2; rezoning a portion of the NE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Sect 29-19-9 from A-1 to A-LSR. Emergency Manager Dan Douglas discussed the Local Emergency Plan document that is being updated and summarized some of the changes from when the plan was last updated in 2016. Douglas stated that there is still some editing that needs to be done and asked the board for suggestions. Board voted unanimously to table approval of the Local Emergency Plan until next meeting to give the board members time to do additional edits. Chairman Dethlefs discussed committee assignments for 2024. Board voted unanimously to authorize the Chairman to sign Local Designated License Form 200 for Nelson’s Food Pride, Arlington PTO, and Arlington Youth Foundation. Ben Stangl spoke during public comments and committee reports were briefly discussed. There were items for a closed session. CLAIMS: GENERAL FUND EMPLOYEES Payroll 1/23/24 265,486.10 AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE Retirement 19,466.42 PRINCIPAL Life-Dental-Vision 862.10 WASHINGTON COUNTY-INSURANCE FUND Health Ins. 60,345.78 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK FICA/MEDI 19,396.57 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK H.S.A. 9,543.75 ADVANTAGE LASER PRODUCTS, INC Supplies 185.00 AIRGAS USA, LLC Supplies 19.30 ALL COPY PRODUCTS INC Copier Lease 348.94 ALL MAKES OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO Copier Lease 50.58 BLAIR ACE HARDWARE Supplies 392.14 NICOLE CAVANAUGH Public Defender 2,708.33 CENTEC CAST METAL PRODUCTS Supplies 318.60 CITY OF BLAIR Library Fees 275.00 CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT ASSOC. Dues 50.00 CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT Fees 289.00 CREDIT BUREAU SERVICES, INC. Serv 125.00 DAS STATE ACCNTING-CENTRAL FINANCE Serv 517.00 DODGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Fees 7.37 DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF Fees 8.68 WILLIAM P. DUNN Public Defender 7,500.00 PAT DUNN Reimb/Supplies 634.22 EAGLE AUTO REPAIR, LLC Repairs 192.70 ENTERPRISE MEDIA GROUP Printing/Notices 806.44 FASTWYRE BROADBAND Serv 936.05 FIRST NATIONAL BANK Fuel/Supplies 656.25 FIRST NATIONAL BANK Supplies 212.06 GREAT AMERICA FINANCIAL SVCS Copier Lease 298.04 GREAT PLAINS UNIFORMS LLC Supplies 850.00 HILLYARD, INC. Supplies 662.01 HIRCHERT-OLSEN AUTO SERVICE INC. Repairs/Serv 1,649.11 BRADY JOHN HOEKSTRA Public Defender 2,916.66 HOMETOWN LEASING Copier Lease 113.56 IDEAL PURE WATER Serv 173.70 INFOSAFE SHREDDING, INC Serv 90.00 JONES AUTOMOTIVE, INC Repairs 2,314.50 LEGAL & LIABILITY RISK MGMNT INST. Training 600.00 JANE MCNEIL Public Defender 2,708.33 MENARDS - FREMONT Supplies 897.83 MID-STATES ORGANIZED CRIME INFO CTR Membership Fees 200.00 MIDWEST SPECIAL SERVICES INC Transport 230.00 MMC MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC. Serv/Repairs 5,038.95 NACA - NE ASSOC OF COUNTY ASSESSORS Dues 75.00 NACEB Dues 140.00 NE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Regional Center 996.25 NEBRASKA NOTARY ASSOCIATION Serv 483.00 NORTHEAST NEBR JUVENILE SERV INC Serv 2,970.00 O'REILLY AUTOMOTIVE INC Supplies 111.26 ODP BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLC Supplies 390.78 OFFICE DEPOT Supplies 136.77 OFFICE WAREHOUSE Supplies 14.98 OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT Serv 572.94 PFI Storage 60.00 PHILLIPS 66 - CONOCO - 76 Fuel 3,073.51 PHYSICIANS LABORATORY PC Serv 2,350.00 CALVIN POULSEN GIS Serv 1,825.00 PUBLIC AGENCY TRAINING COUNCIL Serv 1,275.00 QUILL CORPORATION Supplies 73.98 SARPY COUNTY SHERIFF Fees 11.75 SE SMITH & SONS Supplies 19.05 TOTAL FIRE & SECURITY, INC. Serv 262.52 TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Serv 449.00 UNIV OF NE LINCOLN Reimb/Supplies 1,965.01 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN Salary/benefits 49,707.30 VELOCITY SYSTEMS Supplies 5,040.00 VERIZON WIRELESS Serv 40.01 VERIZON Serv 42.88 WEX BANK Fuel 490.39 ROAD FUND EMPLOYEES Payroll 1/23/24 68,775.68 AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE Retirement 4,642.40 PRINCIPAL Life-Dental-Vision 350.10 WASHINGTON COUNTY-INSURANCE FUND Health Ins. 13,861.30 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK FICA/MEDI 5,018.11 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK H.S.A. 2,437.50 CARQUEST AUTO PARTS Parts/Supplies 50.49 CRAIG SHOGREN & CATHERINE MCBRIDE R.O.W. 490.00 DULTMEIER SALES Parts 5,565.08 ENTERPRISE MEDIA GROUP Notices 414.05 FASTWYRE BROADBAND Serv 4.51 FIRST NATIONAL BANK Supplies 275.76 FIRST NATIONAL BANK Supplies 1,714.98 HI-LINE INC Parts 70.40 HOLIDAY INN - KEARNEY Lodging 359.85 JOHN DEERE CREDIT, INC. Parts 193.00 KNUDSEN OIL & FEED Fuel 4,934.90 SPEECE LEWIS ENGINEERS, INC Serv 736.29 TRUCK CENTER COMPANIES Parts/Labor 1,275.79 YANT EQUIPMENT COMPANY Supplies 349.33 EMERGENCY FLOOD RELIEF FUND BLUFF AGGREGATE LLC Gravel 35,119.80 BRAKKAN TRUCKING INC Gravel 414.65 DALE R JOHNSON ENT, INC. Gravel 4,831.95 MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS Rock 34,424.62 RUNNIN' ROOSTER Rock 542.75 REGISTER OF DEEDS BRIDGET ABRAHAM Reimb/Supplies 32.82 JUVENILE SERVICES GRANT EMPLOYEES Payroll 1/23/24 2,310.00 AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE Retirement 155.93 PRINCIPAL Life-Dental-Vision 14.59 WASHINGTON COUNTY-INSURANCE FUND Health Ins. 509.97 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK FICA/MEDI 176.54 WASHINGTON COUNTY BANK H.S.A. 93.75 COVID ARPA SPEECE LEWIS ENGINEERS, INC Serv 9,838.40 VOGTSCAPES, INC. Serv 68,647.00 911 ENHANCED WIRELESS FASTWYRE BROADBAND Serv 419.30 GREAT PLAINS COMMUNICATIONS INC Serv 106.00 E-911 FUND B'S ENTERPRISE INC Supplies 1,200.00 Meeting was adjourned at 4:03 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 02-02-24
