Village of Dorchester Board of Trustees Minutes January 12, 2026 The regular meeting of the Village of Dorchester Board of Trustees was held Monday, January 12, 2026, at the Farmers Cooperative Meeting Room, and was called to order at 6:30 p.m. Chairperson Miller advised those present of the Open Meetings Act. Answering Roll Call were board members, Matt Shaw, Nancy Tellez, Tammie Lang, Nate Hitchins, and Chairperson Roger Miller. Advance Notice of the meeting was posted at the Dorchester US Post Office; First State Bank, NE; Village of Dorchester office and in The Crete News. Approved Consent Agenda Items #1-#4. Claims: Amazon spls $63.56; Ameritas Life Ins Ins $531; Bel-Con Refuse gbge $6,203; Bella Edinger svs $150.45; Bella Edinger Reimb $34.88; BH Energy gas $1,878.40; BCBS Ins $10,892.78; Brent Kasl Reimb $291.55; Bret's CPR VFD $1,150; BZ Construction svs $1,900; Cline Williams svs $1,515; Credit Bureau Svs svs $50; Crete Ace Hardware spls $416.87; ECHO Grp VFD $749; EFTPS payroll tax $2,967.20; Farmers Coop Vill $428.48; Farmers Coop VFD $100.93; FSB HSA $1,575; Five Points Bank copier pymt $151.58; Great Plains Pest Mgmt svs $93; Hoffschneider Law svs $2,050.82; KCL Grp Benefits STD/LTD $153.28; Kelli Hromek svs $129; Lincoln Winwater VFD $294.25; Matheson Tri Gas spls $45.35; Menards spls $8,438; Menards spls $126.73; Midwest Alarm Svs svs $480; Milford A/C and Appliance svs $193.75; NDEE Renewal $115; NE Dept of Revenue Sales & Use Tax $3,922.93; NE Public Health Environmental Lab svs $2,976; NE PPD svs $27,002.53; NPPD elec $196.23; NPPD elec $3,102.41; Olsson svs $7,813.85; One Call Concepts locates $8.56; O'Reilly spls $26.99; Saline County Treasurer VFD $12; SparqData Solutions svs $4,250; Summit Fire Protection svs $645.15; The Freckled Door spls $40; Time Mgmt Systems svs $50; Tractor Supply Co spls $63.55; Wages Dec $13,969.77; Walmart spls $178.43; Waste Connections Recycle $150; Windstream Lagoon $105.99; Windstream village int $121.33; Zito Media Library $113.65; Zito Media Maint Shop $113.65; Zito Media Vill $184.65; Zito Media Fire Hall Int (Nov & Dec) $344.30 Brandt Carpet & Tile svs $3,742.60; Jerod Francis svs $1,000. Fire report given. Code compliance report in packet. Unfinished business: Consideration of CD options. Motion by Miller, seconded by Lang, to leave the sales tax and shop building CDs cashed out and in the general account; to put the general CD back into a CD; and to put the four highway allocation CDs back into four different CDs in early February. Motion carried. Deputy arrived and gave the sheriff’s report. Discussion held on the generator for Well #5. B. Kasl will do some more research and get additional quotes. Motion by Miller, seconded by Shaw to table until the February meeting. Motion carried. New business: Discussion of conferences and training opportunities. Motion by Miller, seconded by Lang to approve registration and rooms for Midwinter Conference and the NE Municipal Clerks Institute. Motion carried. Motion by Miller, seconded by Shaw to enter closed session at 6:57 p.m. for a period of no more than 15 minutes to discuss the evaluation of the job performance of a person when necessary to prevent needless injury to the reputation of a person and if such person has not requested a public meeting to discuss the utility superintendent resignation and vacancy. Motion carried. Motion by Miller, seconded by Shaw to come out of closed session at 7:01 p.m. Motion carried. No formal action was taken during closed session. Motion by Miller to promote B. Kasl to Utility Superintendent and to increase his pay to $23.60. Motion failed. Motion by Shaw, seconded by Tellez to promote B. Kasl to Utility Superintendent and keep his pay the same for a six-month probationary period. Motion carried. Applications for an assistant will be accepted until February 6. Ads will be placed in the paper, posted in the three locations, put on the marquee, the website, and on Facebook. Meeting adjourned at 7:17 p.m. Next regular meeting will be Monday, February 9, 2026 at 6:30 pm at the Farmers Cooperative Meeting Room. Respectfully submitted, Jennifer M. Kasl, Clerk-Treasurer CR — February 04, 2026 ZNEZ
