Village of Exeter – Minutes August 5, 2026 The regular meeting of the Exeter Village Board was convened in open and public session on Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 7:00 pm at the Exeter Village Office. Notice of the meeting was given by posting 10 days prior at the Exeter Village Office, Post Office, and Generations Bank. Chairperson Alan Michl called the meeting to order. Board members present upon roll call were: Alan Michl, Justin Harre, Jim Anderson, Bob Mueller and Terry Salyer. Clerk Becky Erdkamp recorded the minutes. Chairperson Michl noted that a copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act is available in the Village Office for public inspection and review. Visitors present included: Andrew Wilshusen and Rhonda Stokebrand. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved without correction. An accounts payable listing was presented for approval. Harre moved and Salyer seconded the motion to approve invoices as presented. All present voted aye. Approved invoices as follows: 1 To 1 Technologies, $1,529.96; Ameritas Life Insurance Corp, 1,299.06; Aqua-Chem, Inc, 7,882.21; Black Hills Energy, 296.33; Bound Tree Medical, LLC, 210.60; Business World Products, 428.81; Capital One, 3,208.72; Drake Refrigeration, 91.80; EFTPS, 3,222.03; EFTPS, 3,245.77; EMC Insurance Group, 1,910.00; Eakes Office Solutions, 46.49; Ekeler Repair, 82.55; Erdkamp, Rebecca, 100.00; Exeter Lumber, LLC, 197.59; Farmers Cooperative, 2,193.32; Fillmore County Hospital, 66.45; Generations Bank, 22,211.25; Generations Bank, 15.00; Glenwood, 54.92; Greg’s Market, 304.15; Hometown Leasing, 171.52; JEO Consulting Group, 7,720.00; Johnson Service Company, 2,260.70; League of Nebraska Municipalities, 2,258.00; Lincoln Winwater Works Co, 845.24; MacQueen Equipment, 109,705.52; Meininger Fire Protection Inc, 155.00; Midwest Laboratories Inc, 18.00; Miller, Joey, 150.00; Mueller, John, 150.00; NCSPC, 92.31; NCSPC, 92.31; NE Department of Revenue, 966.26; NE Department of Revenue, 477.34; NE Public Health Env Lab, 516.00; NE Rural Water Association, 250.00; Nebraska UC Fund, 37.60; Perennial Public Power District, 4,992.30; Perez, Brandi, 240.00; Pulliam Plumbing, 50.00; Salaries, 28,294.09; Seward County Independent, 181.02; Sudrla, Patty, 239.50; Swanson Steel LLC, 91.71; Uniti, 357.67; Utilities Section – League, 471.00 Total Invoices, $209,380.10 Andrew Wilshusen of JEO Consulting Group presented the One & Six Year Road Plan for review. Discussion was held on the paving project on South Depot from Main Street to Missouri Avenue. Planning, design and environmental studies will be done this spring with construction to follow. The Nebraska Department of Transportation will oversee the project. The project is funded by Senator Fischer’s Appropriations Grant and is an 80-20 match for the Village. ORDINANCE NO. 607 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, ARTICLE 301 – ANIMALS GENERALLY OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF EXETER TO PROHIBIT THE OWNERSHIP OR KEEPING OF CERTAIN FOWL WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE VILLAGE, TO REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, TO PROVIDE FOR THE POSTING OR PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND TO PROVIDE FOR A TIME WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT. SECTION 3-301: No wild animals, roosters, guinea, or peacocks may be kept within the corporate limits. Anderson moved and Harre seconded the motion to approve Ordinance No. 607. All present voted aye. Prohibited animals within the corporate limits as of the effective date of this ordinance shall be removed within sixty (60) days. Requests for funding from the Keno Community Betterment fund were reviewed. Harre moved and Michl seconded the motion to award $250.00 to the EMF Boosters. All present voted aye. Harre moved and Mueller seconded the motion to award $100.00 to the EMF PTO. All present voted aye. Discussion was held on the retention of pool staff for next year. The number of applicants continues to decline each year. High school and college students are involved in many different activities, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to continue to staff the pool so that it can be open every day. As an incentive to return next year the board discussed increasing each lifeguard and manager’s wage by $100.00 for this season. Mueller moved and Michl seconded the motion to approve the wage increase by $100.00 for each employee at the pool. All present voted aye. The twenty-five-year-old storage building at the Exeter Gun Club needs to be replaced. An estimate for an enclosed 14’ X 24’ car port has been obtained from Tri-State Carport for $9,800.00. The Gun Club account currently has $9,831.13 remaining. Anderson moved and Salyer seconded the motion to purchase the car port for the Gun Club. All present voted aye. A Marshal’s Report prepared by Fillmore County Sherrif Mark McFarland was reviewed. Semi-truck parking continues to be a problem. The Sheriff’s department will begin issuing warnings while on patrol. Joe Miller presented the Maintenance Report. An estimate for 8-inch playground border for the park by the ballfield for $1,556.00 was reviewed. Maintenance staff would install the border. Mueller moved and Harre seconded the motion to approve the estimate for the border. All present voted aye. John and Joe cleaned out the drainage ditch on Liberty Street between Horizontal Boring & Tunneling’s property and Paul Jensen’s property. Becky Erdkamp presented the Clerk’s Report. Sales tax receipts for May were $14,595.95. Keno receipts for June were $303.75. Erdkamp is working with HBE CPAs to complete the budget before the September meeting. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 8th at 7:00 pm. The meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm. Becky S. Erdkamp Clerk/Treasurer FS — September 02, 2026 ZNEZ
