VILLAGE OF DORCHESTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES JUNE 9, 2025 The regular meeting of the Village of Dorchester Board of Trustees was held Monday, June 9, 2025, at the Farmers Cooperative Meeting Room, and was called to order at 5:30 p.m. Chairperson Miller advised those present of the Open Meetings Act. Answering Roll Call were board members Matt Shaw, Tammie Lang, Nancy Tellez, and Chairperson Roger Miller. Nate Hitchins was excused. 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. Motion carried (4-0-1). Claims: Ameritas Life Ins ins $531; AquaShield Products spls $558.73; Backblaze svs $378; Bel-Con Refuse garbage $6,119; Bel-Con Refuse Fall Clean Up $912.24; BH Energy gas $501.90; BCBS Ins $10,342.47; Cantrell truck & equip repair svs $1,925.39; City of Crete spls $654.11; Crete Ace Hardware spls $83.91; CAMC svs $600; Crete Auto Supply spls $40.99; Crete Lumber & Farm Supply VFD $105.54; Cristinas Family Restaurant lunch $35; Dawn Zoubek mileage $50.40; EFTPS payroll tax $3,131.34; Farmers Coop Vill $429.24; Farmers Coop VFD $119.82; FSB HSA $1,575; Five Points Bank copier pymt $148.93; Great Plains Pest Mgmt svs $75; Hoffschneider Law svs $2,050.82; Idrive svs $459.10; Jerod Francis svs $1,000; KCL Grp Benefits STD/LTD $143.24; Kelli Hromek svs $291.75; Lincoln Winwater spls $991.38; Matheson Tri Gas spls $46.43; MMC Consulting LLC spls $415; NDEE Water Mains Pymt $7,679.44; NDEE Lagoon Pymt $14,369.78; NE Dept of Revenue Sales & Use Tax $5,759.19; NE Public Health Environmental Lab svs $409; NE PPD May $24,375.08; NPPD elec $3,643.69; NPPD elec $186.54; One Call Concepts locates $18.12; Postmaster postage $1.01; Railroad Management Co fees $417.05; SCI publ $310.03; Subsurface Solutions spls $12,235.41; Wages May $14,262.06; Waste Connections Recycle $150; Windstream Vill $278.86; Windstream internet $121.33; Ziemann & Son's Construction svs $3,130; Zito Media Fire Hall Internet $172.51; Zito Media Library $114.65; Zito Media Maint Shop $114.65; LARM Cyber Policy $2,688; Sargent Drilling Testing $900; NE Rural Water Assoc Donation $500; NE Rural Water Assoc Renewal $300. Fire report given. Code compliance report given. Unfinished business: Discussion held on water and street infrastructure projects. An extension was requested for submitting bids, so bid letting was postponed until June 26th at 2:00 pm at the office. Jay Spearman went over the process of creating street districts, and will have Brad Slaughter prepare the documents to begin the street district creation at the July meeting. Discussion held on the water lines and determined they should be included with the well funding, rather than the street funding. Brent Zoubek, Athletic Director for DPS, presented a proposed fencing project at the school. Motion by Shaw, seconded by Lang to match whatever funds are raised by the DPS Booster Club and the Baseball/Softball program. Motion carried (4-0-1). Discussion held on quote from County Line, LLC for the replacement of lights at the welcome signs. Motion by Lang, seconded by Tellez to approve the quote. Motion carried (4-0-1). Discussion held on camera quotes. Clerk Kasl will check with all three companies to see if we can get a video demo for the next meeting. Deputy arrived and gave the Sheriff’s report. New business: New application for fire department recieved. Motion by Miller, seconded by Lang to approve the application. Motion carried (4-0-1). Discussion held on the CD renewals for June. Motion by Miller, seconded by Shaw to cash in the electrical CD to use to fund signs and lights, to rollover the shop, general, and city sales tax CDs, and to cash in the highway allocation CDs and put $400k of the balance into four separate $100k 6-month CDs. Motion carried (4-0-1). Discussion held on the residency requirements to use the burn site. Discussion held on the Municipal Accounting and Finance Conference. No attendees this year. Motion by Shaw, seconded by Lang, to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried (4-0-1). Meeting adjourned at 7:04 p.m. Next regular meeting will be Monday, July 14, 2025 at 6:30 pm at the Farmers Cooperative Meeting Room. Respectfully submitted, Jen Kasl, Clerk – Treasurer CR — June 25, 2025 ZNEZ
