This is a synopsis of the Saline County Board of Commissioners’ January 5th, 2021, regular meeting proceedings. A complete set of the proceedings is on file in the Board of Commissioners’ Journal, is of public record in the Saline County Clerk’s office and on our website: www.co.saline.ne.us SALINE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS The regular meeting of the Saline County Board of Commissioners was called to order at 9:32 a.m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, by Chairperson Marvin A. Kohout. Present were Kohout, Russ Karpisek, Janet J. Henning, Philip Hardenburger and Stephanie A. Krivohlavek, County Clerk Anita K. Bartels, and Administrative Assistant Tim McDermott. County Attorney Tad Eickman was present between court commitments. Notice of said meeting was posted in the County Clerk’s Office, on the Saline County Website, and published in all three county newspapers prior to the meeting, in compliance with State Statutes; Let the record show that all proceedings are electronically recorded; Approved the agenda as presented; Approved the minutes of the December 22, 2020, regular meeting; Under Citizens Forum, Gary Veprovsky addressed the Board to ask them to think about any action they may take on the Milligan 1’s request to cross a County’s drainage easement. Jeff Koll made a request to have a different Planning and Zoning Board liaison other than Kohout; Under correspondence it was reported from the City of Crete the December 28th agenda for the Planning Commission; the January 4th agenda for the Planning Commission Special Meeting; The January 5th agendas for the City Council, Public Works Committee, Legislative/Economic Development meeting and Public Safety Committee; an IRS notice stating the standard mileage rate for 2021 has changed to 56¢; an email from S & P Global reporting Saline County has a AA- long term rating; and a letter from NACO announcing the retirement of Executive Director Larry Dix and his replacement will be John Cannon; Under Report of Officials heard reports of upcoming meetings with the Veteran Service Board, Saline County Tourism, Ag Society, Solid Waste Management, CASA, and having attended meetings with A/V Associates, Spyglass and Employee Wellness; The Board held election of officers for the 2021 Board. Karpisek will be the Chairperson, with Hardenburger as Vice-Chairperson. The Board approved the Appointments and Policies for 2021 as follows: 2021 APPOINTMENTS, POLICIES, HOLIDAYS, FEES, MEETING DATES, ETC. *The Saline County Board of Commissioners will hold their first regular meeting the 5th day of January 2021 and every two weeks thereafter. Meetings are held in the Saline County Board Room, 2nd Floor, Court House, Wilber, NE. Other special meetings and workshops may be scheduled as needed. *Official keepers of the Saline County Board agenda – Anita Bartels County Clerk. Requests to be on the agenda must be in the Saline County Clerk’s office 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting. *Purchasing agent for the County Road and Bridge Departments – Bruce Filipi, Highway Superintendent, with the final approval of the County Board; *Purchasing agent for the County Weed Department – Lyle Weber, County Weed Superintendent, with final approval of the County Board; *Purchasing agent for the Veterans’ Service Office – Forrest Doyle, Veteran’s Service Officer, with final approval of the County Board; *Building and Grounds Committee – Henning, Kohout, Hardenburger, Krivohlavek and Karpisek; *Safety Committee – Kohout and Karpisek; *Weed Board – Henning, Kohout, Hardenburger, Krivohlavek and Karpisek; *Saline County Board of Equalization – Henning, Kohout, Hardenburger, Krivohlavek and Karpisek; *Coroners – County Attorney, Deputy County Attorney, County Sheriff; *Aging Services – Krivohlavek, Alternate Kohout; *SENDD – Karpisek, Alternate Kohout; *Blue Valley Community Action – Hardenburger, Alternate Henning; *Region V Board – Henning, Alternate Karpisek; *Public Health Solutions – Henning, Alternate Karpisek; *Saline County Area Transit – Krivohlavek, Alternate Karpisek; *CASA – Henning, Alternate Karpisek; *CISDA Board – Henning, Alternate Hardenburger; *Seward/Saline Solid Waste Management – Kohout, Alternate Henning; *Communications, Law Enforcement & Emergency Management Liaisons – Karpisek and Kohout; *Veterans’ Service Board Liaison – Krivohlavek, Alternate Kohout; *Planning & Zoning Board Liaison – Kohout, Alternate Krivohlavek; *Union Negotiations – Hardenburger and Karpisek; *Visitors’ Committee – Hardenburger, Alternate Henning; *Ag Society Liaison – Hardenburger, Alternate Kohout; *Historical Society Liaison – Kohout, Alternate Henning; *RC&D Executive Board Liaison – Hardenburger, Alternate Karpisek; *Saline County Wellness Committee – Karpisek, Alternate Kohout; *LEPC – Henning, Alternate Karpisek; *Accountant – Brian Blobaum; *Auditors – Schulz & Associates; *Prepare Levies – Anita Bartels, County Clerk; *NIRMA Contact Person – Anita Bartels, County Clerk; *Saline County Depository Banks – Bank of Friend, Friend; Citizens State Bank, Friend; City Bank & Trust, Crete; Farmers & Merchants Bank, Wilber Branch, Wilber; First State Bank Nebraska, with Branches in DeWitt, Dorchester, Western and Wilber; First Tri-County Bank, Swanton; Great Western Bank, Crete; Pinnacle Bank, Crete; Union Bank & Trust, Crete; and NPAIT; *County Legal Newspapers – The Crete News, Friend Sentinel and Wilber Republican; *General Assistance Applications must be received by the County Clerk’s Office on or before the Wednesday preceding a County Board meeting; *Pauper Burial Allowance – Funeral $1,300.00, Grave Opening $100.00; *Abandoned Cemetery Care - $500.00 per year for cemeteries under 5,000 square feet, $600.00 for cemeteries 5,000 square feet or more; cemeteries must be mowed at least three times during the growing season, with payment made upon job completion and Board approval. Suggested times for mowing are before Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day; *Oversize/Overweight Moving Permits - $25.00 permit, $250.00 for an annual permit; *Building Permit Fees – $25.00 Zoning Permit, $25.00 Subdivision Application, $100.00 Zoning Change, $100.00 Variance, $100.00 Late Fee (not received by application date) and $50.00 if a 911 sign needs to be placed at the site; *Drive-Way Permits - $100.00 if the work is done by the landowner, $400.00 if the County does dirt work and the dirt is available on-site and $500.00 if the County does the dirt work and has to haul dirt in from a remote site; *Holidays for 2021: New Year’s Day-January 1st, Martin Luther King Jr. Day-January 18th, President’s Day-February 15th, Arbor Day- April 30th, Memorial Day-May 31st, Independence Day-July 5th, Labor Day-September 6th, Columbus Day-October 11th, Veterans’ Day-November 11th, Thanksgiving-November 25th and 26th, Christmas-December 24th, 2022 New Year’s Day-December 31st; *Regular Meeting Dates for 2021: January 5th and 19th, February 2nd and 16th, March 2nd, 16th, and 30th, April 13th and 27th, May 11th and 25th, June 8th and 22nd, July 6th and 20th, August 3rd, 17th and 31st, September 14th and 28th, October 12th and 26th, November 9th and 23rd and December 7th and 21st; Approved a consultation agreement with AV Associates of Nebraska for the potential upgrade of the District Court audio visual equipment; Approved the Agreement to Provide Professional Consulting Services with Maximus US Services to identify costs incurred by the County to support federal programs; Approved the release of pledged securities from Farmers & Merchants Bank, CUSIP #68905WDT6, $100,000.00; Approved the release of pledged securities from City Bank & Trust, CUSIP #912828A83, $250,000.00; Approved a new pledged security from City Bank & Trust, CUSIP #91282CAR2, $250,000.00; Approved a request submitted by David Levy, an attorney with Baird Holm LLP, representing Milligan 1 Wind, to bury cable under the Right of Water Use from Water Conservation Reservoir and Drought Wells; At 10:47 a.m. the Board recessed; At 11:03 a.m. the Board reconvened; At 11:05 a.m. opened bids for the Concrete Box Culvert Project, Structure #C007613125. Bids were received from Gus Construction Co., Inc. of Casey, IA; Van Kirk Bros. Contracting of Sutton, NE; JJK Construction LLC of Ceresco, NE; M.E. Collins Contracting Co., Inc. of Wahoo, NE and Reece Construction Co., Inc. of Salina, KS. The bids are placed on file and are of public record as attachments 1 through 5 in the Commissioners’ Journal of these minutes; Approved a Request to Occupy Right-Of-Way from Windstream to replace 1100’ of cable at County Road E, east of County Road 1200; Filipi reported on various road and snow removal activities, as well as going out for bids for a new semi-truck; Approved Resolution #2021-002 voluntarily extending the FFCRA benefits for Emergency Sick Leave and Emergency Family Leave to conclude June 30, 2021; Approved Resolution #2021-005 updating the Register of Dees Fee Schedule; Approved Resolution #2021-001 transferring $16,554.18 from the General Fund to Aging Services, reimbursing employee benefits and taxes; Approved Resolution #2021-003 transferring $275,500 from the Inheritance Fund to the General Fund; Approved Resolution #2021-004 transferring $6,500 from the Inheritance Fund to the Grant Fund; Scheduled performance reviews for appointed officials for February 2nd, 2021; Approved claims as submitted: GENERAL FUND General Fund Payroll, Salaries, 112,095.54; Aging Partners, Cntrct, 31,599.00; Barnas, Spls, 328.01; Capital City Transfer, Svcs, 329.00; CAMC, Hlth, 1,612.00; Dollar General, Spls, 22.00; Eakes, Off Spls, 1,321.79; Ecolab, Spls, 1,164.62; Election Pay, Milg, 27.60; First State Bank, Cntrct, 20.00; First Wireless, Equip, 85.00; Friend Comm Hlthcr Sys, Hlth, 730.00; Greatamerica Financial, Cntrct, 377.63; Gropp Law, Reimb, 396.00; The Home Depot Pro, Reimb, 111.28; Becky Kalkwarf, Reimb, 74.89; Marvin Kohout, Reimb, 271.41; Matthew Kosmicki, Atty fees, 1,216.50; Kuncl Funeral Home, Svcs, 565.00; Lee's Refrigeration, Maint, 133.25; McCormicks Heating & Air, Maint, 225.00; Midwest Card & ID, Equip, 353.70; Midwest Court Reporting, Svcs, 167.55; MIPS, Cntrct, 2,103.16; Amber Mulbery, Milg, 44.85; Cody Mulbery, Reimb, 18.65; Joseph Murray, Atty fees, 1,481.00; NE Public Health Envr Lab, Svcs, 315.00; NPPD, Util, 242.00; S&P Global Ratings, Svcs, 15,500.00; Sack Lumber, Spls, 77.79; Saline Co Atty, Reimb, 116.53; Saline Co Dist Crt, Reimb, 33.00; Sams Club, Sub, 45.00; Sapp Bros, Fuel, 1,346.64; State of NE Dept Corrections, Cntrct, 5,639.82; Summit, Spls, 8,932.96; Diane Troshynski, Reimb, 38.38; UMB Bank, fees, 212.00; Verizon, Comm, 200.46; Walker, Spls, 33.08; Walker, Spls, 64.21; Wilber Plumbing, Svcs, 392.95; Zito, Cntrct, 209.95; 41 Auto, Spls, 391.82 ROAD FUND Road Fund Payroll, Salaries, 24,119.74; Ace Irrigation, Spls, 9,143.20; B's Ent, Spls, 2,400.00; Beatrice Concrete, Gravel, 19,648.91; Black Hills, Util, 143.23; Crete Ace Hardware, Spls, 6.99; Food Mesto, Spls, 23.63; Hotsy Equip, Spls, 386.67; Interstate Power, Equip Rpr, 925.00; Dean Korinek, ROW, 50.00; NE Dept of Revenue, Tax, 4,633.84; Orschelns Card Services, Spls, 14.99; Overhead Door, Bldg Rpr, 110.00; Pomp's Tire Service, Equip Rpr, 21,661.50; Rock On, Gravel, 1,814.29; Michael Schrad, ROW, 389.50; Sid Dillon, Equip Rpr, 847.99; Village of Dewitt, Util, 69.87; Village of Dorchester, Util, 151.96; Village of Tobias, Util, 56.40; Village of Western, Util, 66.25; Walker, Unif, 48.60 BAILIFF FUND Bailiff Payroll, Salaries, 1,205.90 VISITOR'S IMPROVEMENT FUND Louis Milan Unit #101, Reimb, 2,000.00; Tobias Comm Club, Reimb, 1,019.55 EMPLOYEE WELLNESS FUND Marvin Kohout, Reimb, 35.66 AGIING SERVICES FUND Aging Services Payroll, Salaries, 3,027.45; Samantha Cosaert, Prgm, 200.00; Tia Kreshel, Prgm, 280.00 DRUG COURT FUND Redwood Toxicology Lab, Spls, 136.87 GRANT FUND Grant Fund Payroll, Salaries, 3,813.35 JUVENILE SERVICES GRANT FUND Anita Stougard, Prgm, 782.00; Syerra Watson, Prgm, 48.00 COMMISSARY FUND Barnas, Spls, 691.50; Bob Barker Co, Spls, 102.24; Eakes, Off Spls, 134.88; Summit, Spls, 3,723.04 HIGHWAY BOND FUND UMB Bank, Bond Clsng, 90,217.64 ALL FUNDS First State Bank, Fed Tax, 15,408.58; NE Dept of Rev, State Tax, 6,980.43; First State Bank, Soc Sec, 29,825.20; Ameritas Life, Retire, 24,072.33; Delta Dental, Dental Ins, 2,328.95; VSP, Eye Ins, 506.70; AFLAC, Ins, 1,356.45; MassMutal, Def Comp, 2,228.00; Colonial Supp Ins, Ins, 233.81; Teamsters, Dues, 294.50; Madison Nat'l Life, Life Ins, 49.94; Madison Nat'l Life, Dis Ins, 187.35; First Concord, Café, 2,197.01; New York Life, Ins, 118.90; AZ Child Support, Garnish, 86.06; General Collection, Garnish, 186.40; Professional Choice Recovery, Garnish, 163.42 There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:40 a.m. The next regular meeting will be on January 19th, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. in the Saline County Commissioners’ Room, Court House, Wilber, NE. ATTEST: Anita K. Bartels, County Clerk Janet J. Henning Marvin A. Kohout Stephanie A. Krivohlavek Phil Hardenburger, Vice-Chairperson Russ Karpisek, Chairperson I, Anita K. Bartels, County Clerk in and for Saline County, do hereby certify that the minutes of the December 22nd, 2020, meeting were presented and approved as presented. Anita K. Bartels, County Clerk Janet J. Henning Marvin A. Kohout Stephanie A. Krivohlavek Phil Hardenburger, Vice-Chairperson Russ Karpisek, Chairperson WR/FS/CR — January 13, 2021
