This is a synopsis of the Saline County Board of Commissioners’ December 26, 2023, 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 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 26, 2023, by Chairperson Phil Hardenburger. Present were Hardenburger, Marvin A. Kohout, Janet J. Henning, Russ Karpisek and Stephanie A. Krivohlavek Commissioners, and County Clerk Diann Nettifee. Notice of said meeting was posted in the County Clerk’s Office and published in all three county newspapers on December 20, 2023, in compliance with State Statutes; Hardenburger advised those present of the open meetings act at the back of the room and that all proceedings are electronically recorded; Approved Agenda; Approved minutes of the previous meeting; Under Citizen Forum; Gary Veprovsky addressed the Board; Correspondence; Karpisek received an email from Kay Kottas concerning the CO2 pipeline; Reports of Officials; Commissioner Karpisek; Attended NACO Conference, attended open meeting laws with State Attorney General and Assistant State Attorney and met with Todd Bell concerning Union negotiation for the Roads Department; Commissioner Krivohlavek; Nothing to report; Commissioner Kohout; Attended NACO Conference, Zoom meeting with Governor, variance board, NACO officers meeting and Consumption Tax; Commissioner Henning; Nothing to report; Commissioner Hardenburger; Attended NACO Conference, and Union negotiations; 10:34 a.m. Meeting in Recess; 10:47 a.m. Meeting Reconvened; Approved Tourism Grant Awards; Approved New Extension Board applications; Approved Annual Pay Increase of 4% for Appointed Officials; Approved HRA & COBRA proposal for Mid-America Benefits; Approved Dental and Vision Plans – changing the current servicing company to Benefit Management; Approved Options for the 2024 Group Term Life and Long Term Disability Insurance Plans: Maximum disability pay and Term Life from $15,000 to $25,000; Approved Resolution #2023-79; Transfer $235,000.00 from Inheritance Tax Fund #2700 to General Fund #0100; Approved Resolution #2023-80; Transfer $6,000.00 from Inheritance Tax Fund #2700 to Grant Fund #0100, to be reimbursed when funds are available; Highway Superintendent – Road and Bridge Matters; Approve Change order for Project C76(723); Approve Change order for Project C76(790); Approved Claims as presented; All Fund Rebecca Anderson Atty Fees 2,142.25; Anytime Plmb Bldg Maint 996.14; Auto Rpr Plus Equip Rpr 679.52; Barnas Spls 1,968.10; Benefit Mgt Cntrct 1,500.00; Black Hills Utly 2,508.39; Capital Bus Sys Cntrct 148.00; City of Wilber Utly 8,845.36; Ace Hardware Spls 217.30; Culligan Cntrct 683.55; Cummins Sales Equip Rpr 418.59; Wendy Cutting Cntrct 120.00; Eakes Spls 2,831.21; ES&S Elect 1,820.12; Farmers Coop Fuel 37,429.10; Food Mesto Spls 22.92; Forensic Beh Hlth Cntrct 1,350.00; Friend Comm Hlthcr Cntrct 530.00; Mitch Fritz BOA 24.17; Goodwin Tucker Spls 166.80; Gropp Law Reimb 75.00; Charles Hroch Bldg Maint 180.00; Jefferson Co Em Mgt Cntrct 4,425.00; Kalkwarf & Smith Atty Fees 1,922.01; Jeffrey Koll BOA 33.34; Matthew Kosmicki Atty Fees 3,166.03; Justin Kuntz MHB 190.72; Language Line Cntrct 73.07; Lepant Law Atty Fees 1,757.50; Ingrid Lindal Mlg 79.26; Anthony Lytle Reimb 11.90; Marshall & Swift Cntrct 681.20; Microfilm Img Cntrct 150.00; Midwest Crt Rprtng Cntrct 97.50; MIPS Cntrct 4,598.54; Nathan Mueller Mlg 225.54; Kham Nang MHB 440.28; NE Title Cntrct 175.00; NE Weed Cntrl Assc Trng 150.00; Nebraska.Gov Cntrct 32.00; Aron Ourecky BOA 26.79; Quill Spls 204.05; Resilient Hope Counseling Cntrct 600.00; Saline Co Atty Reimb 44.75; Saline Co Crt Reimb 734.97; Saline Co Dist Crt Reimb 218.00; Saline Co Reg of Deeds Reimb 38.00; Saline Co Sheriff Reimb 1,910.95; Sapp Bros Fuel 9,765.27; Sec of State Cntrct 20.00; Seward Co Ind P&P 1,028.78; Shop Qwik Fuel 510.33; Shredding Sltns Cntrct 54.53; Sid Dillon Equip Rpr 714.98; Siemens Bldg Maint 3,254.00; State of NE Cntrct 242.00; Anita Stougard Mlg 1,227.70; Summit Spls 15,877.43; Thomas & Thomas Cntrct 280.00; Thomson Reuters Cntrct 160.24; Tk Elev Bldg Maint 354.63; Unite Comm 6,490.06; Becky Vales Mlg 47.82; Carroll Verhage MHB 283.95; Visa Spls 50.37; Visa Pstg 8.56; Visa Pstg 1,306.32; Visa Fuel 62.72; Visa Spls 11.99; Visa Spls 44.99; Visa Unif 91.65; Visa Equip 37.48; Visa Equip 155.07; Walker Bldg Maint 82.03; Jennifer Warning Reimb 13.67; Madeline Werner Mlg 189.47; York Co 911 Trng 356.40; 41 Auto Equip Rpr 623.95; 41 Auto Equip Rpr 1,304.09; AKRS Equip Rpr 3,152.94; Beatrice Concrete Gravel 39,025.19; Beaver Hardware Spls 209.70; City of Crete Utly 255.92; City of Friend Utly 44.35; Cornhusker Intl Spls 64.81; Ace Hardware Spls 204.20; Crete Auto Equip Rpr 504.21; Farmers Union Coop Equip Rpr 2,893.96; Filtercare Spls 80.50; Friesen Chevy Equip Rpr 1,238.89; Hamilton Equip Equip Rpr 1,500.00; Linde Gas Spls 91.57; NMC Equip Rpr 1,652.69; NPPD Utly 655.48; Pomp's Tire Equip Rpr 644.03; Powerplan Equip Rpr 8,957.11; CNH Equip Rpr 5,378.45; RDO Spls 644.65; Southwest Gravel Gravel 5,686.36; Spring Creek Rpr Spls 81.95; Transit Works Spls 2,399.00; Van Kirk Bros Cntrct 128,203.22; Village of Dorchester Utly 104.51; Village of Swanton Utly 68.51; Village of Western Utly 83.50; Visa Pstg 37.80; Waste Cncts Utly 237.94; JJK Const Cntrct 62,908.54; Kathy Homolka Mlg 275.10; Samantha Cosaert Prgm 345.00; Purfoods Prgm 425.00; Tabitha Prgm 737.50; Visa Prgm 435.46; Visa Prgm 543.06; Visa Prgm 1,069.30; Wilber Care Center Prgm 918.00; Nereyda Zambrand Prgm 80.00; Homestead LEPC Cntrct 143.31; First Wireless Comm 63,455.35; Windstream Comm 1,379.26; Bob Barker Co Spls 2,870.92; Food Mesto Spls 220.19; Stephanie Flynn Law Atty Fees 1,919.30; iSolved Pyrl & Txs 258,874.76; Ameritas Life Retire 29,691.71; Empower Def Comp 4,017.00; Saline County Court Garnish 513.77 11:13 a.m. Meeting in Recess; 1:03 p.m. Meeting Reconvened; Interviews conducted for the Planning and Zoning Board: Joel Weber Troy Steuer Jeffrey Koll John Barta – by phone There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 1:47 p.m. The next regular meeting will be on January 9, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. in the Saline County Commissioners’ Room, Court House, Wilber, NE. ATTEST: Phil Hardenburger, Chairperson Stephanie A. Krivohlavek, Vice-Chairperson Russ Karpisek Marvin A. Kohout Janet J. Henning Diann Nettifee, County Clerk CR/FS/WR — January 03, 2024 ZNEZ
