SALINE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS The regular meeting of the Saline County Board of Commissioners was called to order at 9:30 a.m.

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1 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 February 26, 2013, by Chairperson, Willis D. Luedke. Present were Janet J. Henning, Marvin A. Kohout, Luedke, Richard D. Jiskra, and Tim McDermott, Commissioners, and Linda Kastanek, County Clerk. 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. Luedke advised those present of the open meetings law posted at the back of the room. Jiskra moved to approve the agenda as presented, seconded by Henning. Voting aye were McDermott, Henning, Kohout, Jiskra and Luedke, nays none, motion carried. Henning moved to approve the minutes of the February 12, 2013 meeting, as presented, seconded by McDermott. Voting aye were Luedke, Jiskra, Henning, McDermott and Kohout, nays none, motion carried. Kastanek reported receiving the agenda for the February 19 meeting, minutes from the January 15th meeting, reports and activities from Blue Valley Community Action; SENDD meeting notice for the February 14 th meeting, agenda and newsletter; Five Rivers RC&D minutes from their February 14th meeting; Aging Partners agenda for the February 21 st meeting; Saline Eldercare agenda for the February 25 th meeting, and minutes from the January 28 th meeting; checks for $19.00 from Vonage and $10.00 from Level 3 Communications for 9-11 Surcharges. Henning reported attending a CISDA meeting and noted that they are looking for a new manager for New Beginnings, and stated that the Public Health Solutions meeting was cancelled to do the winter storm. Luedke reported attending the Spelling Contest and a Blue Valley Community Action meeting. Kohout attended the Historical Society meeting; did a walk-through of the Court House with Siemens checking security issues; a special Safety Committee meeting, where they updated the rules and regulations for the Fitness Center; attended a Wellness meeting in Lincoln; received a thank you from a constituent for the help in predator control in his area; and noted that the Security meeting was cancelled due to the winter storm and the Planning and Zoning meeting was cancelled due to no business for action. At 9:45 a.m., Emergency Management Director was present to present the 3 & 33 Mutual Aid Agreement for approval. He stated that the agreement has been re-written to more closely comply with FEMA guidelines. Henning moved to approve the agreement, seconded by Jiskra. Voting aye were Kohout, Jiskra McDermott, Luedke and Henning, nays none, motion carried. Jiskra moved to approve Resolution # , declaring a small parcel of land in Swanton as surplus property. This land has been owned by the county for many years. Kohout seconded the motion. Voting aye were McDermott, Luedke, Henning, Kohout and Jiskra, nays none, motion carried. This will be advertised next week and the Board will have an auction at 10:15 a.m. on March 12, 2013, in the Commissioners Room. At 10:00 a.m., Jiskra moved to close bidding on the brick mural work for the Veterans Memorial. Motion was seconded by Kohout. This bid is for Phase III for the brick murals and pavers. One bid was received, opened and read from Masonry Construction Inc of Bellevue NE., for $17, It is placed on file and is of public record in the Commissioners journal as attachment number 1 to these minutes. Marc Zettler of Berggren Architects, was present for the bid opening, and stated that the benches and flag poles for the military flags will be added at a later date. Jiskra moved to approve the bid and contract, seconded by Henning. Voting aye were McDermott, Henning, Kohout, Jiskra and Luedke, nays none, motion carried. A contract and bill for $6, from Windy Prairie Systems, Inc. for the kiosk on the Veterans Memorial was discussed. Marc Zettler with Berggren Architects requested time to go over the contract and illustrations. Henning moved to approve the design of the kiosk subject to approval by the architect. Motion was seconded by McDermott. Voting aye were Luedke, Jiskra, Henning, McDermott and Kohout, nays none, motion carried.

2 Emergency Management Director BJ Fictum updated the Board on the Communications upgrade. He stated that a draft should be ready in the next few weeks and the Communications Advisory Committee will look at it before coming to the Board for approval. He noted that he presented a severe weather program to the Crete 4 th graders and everyone really enjoyed it. He also stated that the Severe Weather Seminar is March 10 th at Saline Center beginning at 1:30 p.m. At 10:21 a.m., Luedke announced that the Board would take a short break. At 10:26 a.m., Luedke announced that the Board would reconvene. Henning moved to approve the Sheriff s Report of Fees for January, showing $1, for Writ Fees, $1, for Mileage, $ for Inspections, and $ for Gun Permits, totaling $ Motion was seconded by Kohout. Voting aye were Kohout, Jiskra, McDermott, Luedke and Henning, nays none, motion carried. The website and Wi-Fi were both discussed. At 11:00 a.m., Highway Superintendent Bruce Filipi recommended Van Kirk Brothers Contracting from Sutton NE for construction of a culvert near Friend. After discussion, Kohout moved to approve the recommendation, seconded by Jiskra. Voting aye were Jiskra, McDermott, Kohout, Henning and Luedke, nays none, motion carried. Filipi presented a Request to Occupy ROW from Jim Peters, located in Section to bury electrical/utility line. Henning moved to approve the request, seconded by Jiskra. Voting aye were McDermott, Luedke, Henning, Kohout and Jiskra, nays none, motion carried. A Request to Occupy ROW from Mike Weber, located in Section , to bury irrigation pipe was presented for approval. Jiskra moved to approve the request, seconded by Kohout. Voting aye were Henning, Kohout, Luedke, Jiskra and McDermott, nays none, motion carried. A Request to Occupy ROW from Windstream, located between Sections and , to replace communications facilities. Henning moved to approve the request, seconded by Kohout. Voting aye were McDermott, Henning, Kohout, Jiskra and Luedke, nays none, motion carried. A Request to Occupy ROW from Keith Spohn, to bury irrigation line located in the SE1/4 of Section , was presented for approval. Jiskra moved to approve the request, seconded by Kohout. Voting aye were Luedke, Jiskra, Henning, McDermott and Kohout, nays none, motion carried. Filipi presented a listing of surplus property to be placed on the Saline Center Consignment Sale in March. Henning moved to approve the list, declaring it surplus property, seconded by Jiskra. Voting aye were Kohout, Jiskra, McDermott, Luedke and Henning, nays none, motion carried. Scott Sobotka from the Lower Big Blue NRD updated the Board on the Lower Turkey Creek Project. He stated that they would be starting Site #9 south of Friend in the fall. Henning moved to approve Resolution # , for the construction of a Culvert Project for Site #9, located between Section 12 and Motion was seconded by Jiskra. Voting aye were Jiskra, McDermott, Kohout, Henning and Luedke, nays none, motion carried. Filipi noted that the crews started taking out trees before the snow, and have been burning tree piles after the snow. Filipi introduced Adam Greenquist from Caterpillar Co. Adam thanked the Board for their continued business. At 11:35 a.m., entered into Executive Session; purpose of closed session is to discuss GA #13-04; At 12:07 p.m., exited Executive Session; Approved the claims as presented, with the addition of the General Assistance claims for $ and $665.00, and the Kiosk billing subject to approval by the Architect; GENERAL FUND General Payroll Salaries 84, Amsan Spls Barnas Drug Spls Behavioral Interv Spls 55.44

3 Berggren Architects Srvc 1, Bishop Business Equip Equip Rent Bob Barker Co Spls Joseph Casson Contract 4, CBM Food Srvc Srvc 4, CAMC Srvc/Court Costs 1, City of Wilber Asst Crete News P&P Crete True Value Spls Crown Pointe Mgmt Asst CVSOAN Treasurer Dues D&D Communications Rprs Don's Pioneer Uniform Uniform Eakes Office Off Spls Tad Eickman Contract 1, Kim Feighner Mil First Concord Ins 12, Food Mesto Spls 9.35 Galls Uniform Dean Gorgen Off Spls Kerry Hagemeier Mil Hanson, Hroch & Kuntz Atty Fees Holiday Inn Trvl Jury Duty Court Costs Linda Kastanek Mil L & L Auto Parts Equip Rprs Lawsoft Off Spls Lincoln Journal Star P&P 8.10 Lincoln Pulmonary Srvc Willis Luedke Mil Masonic Lodge Rent NE Hlth & Human Srvc Inst Costs NE Law Enforcement Reg NE Pub Hlth Envr Lab Court Costs Arden Nitz Spls Mitch Novak Uniform Judy Ottman Srvc Mark Pinkerton Srvc Quartermaster Uniform Quill Corp Off Spls Region V Syst Inst Costs Saline Co Clk Dist Crt Crt Costs Sapp Bros Fuel Saunders Co Sheriff Crt Costs Speece-Lewis Engineers Contract Thompson Co Spls Thomson Reuters Court Costs Toshiba America Equip Rent Toshiba Financial Equip Rent Toshiba Financial Equip Rent TV Service Co Spls 4.99 UMB Bank Corp Fees UPS Pstg Verizon Wireless Srvc Visa Off Spls/Equip Visa Pstg 5.60 Visa Spls/Equip Windy Prairie Vet Mem 6, York Co Sheriff Court Costs 18.50

4 ROADS FUND Roads Payroll Salaries 20, Beatrice Concrete Rock 54, Black Hills Energy Util Branding, Inc Rent Consolidated Sand & Gravel Gravel 14, Filter Care of NE Parts Wayne Havlat ROW Matheson Tri-Gas Spls Midwest Srvc & Sales Signs Midwest Unlimited Spls Office Depot Off Spls Officenet Off Spls Orschelns Spls Plains Equipment Parts Powerplan Parts 1, Delbert Reiss ROW Sid Dillon Part Source Gas Distrib Util Speece-Lewis Engineers Off Spls Village Of Dewitt Util Weldon Parts Parts BAILIFF FUND Bailiff Payroll Salary 1, REAPPRAISAL FUND Reappraisal Payroll Salary SENIOR SERVICES FUND Senior Services Payroll Salaries 1, Skala's O.K. Tire Rprs Wilber Care Center USDA JUVENILE DIVERSION FUND CAMC Srvc Leanne Manning Mil DRUG COURT FUND Casey's Incentive Kalkwarf & Smith Atty Fees 1, McDonalds Incentives Redwood Toxicology Srvc Cristy Leonard-Rivers Spls Runza Incentives Taco Johns Incentives Wal-Mart Spls EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND Racom Corp Equip COMMISSARY FUND Barnas Drug Spls Bob Barker Co Spls Crawford Supply Co Spls Eakes Office Spls 3.84 Keefe Supply Co Spls Thompson Co Spls Visa Spls BUILDING FUND Anytime Plumbing Rprs Security Equipment Rprs MILFORD ROAD PROJECT Constructors Contract 121, EMERGENCY SERVICES FUND Tusa Consulting Srvcs Comm Upgrade 8,994.50

5 ALL FUNDS First State Bank Fed Tax 13, NE Dept of Rev State Tax 4, First State Bank Soc Sec 22, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Hlth Ins 76, Ameritas Life Retire 18, Ameritas Life Dental Ins 2, Ameritas Life Eye Ins AFLAC Ins 1, Hartford Life Ins Def Comp 1, Colonial Supp Ins Ins Madison Nat'l Life Life Ins Madison Nat'l Life Dis Ins First Concord Café 1, NE Child Support Garnish Credit Mgmt Service Garnish Kathleen Laughlin Garnish NE Child Support Garnish NE Child Support Garnish Kathleen Laughlin Garnish Credit Mgmt Service Garnish NE Child Support Garnish Visitors Committee appointments will be discussed in two weeks; those on the Committee whose terms expired in 2012 will be notified to see if they want to remain on the Committee; Heard report of attending two meetings for Eldercare, one for their budget, and the meeting yesterday, where they could not make any decisions due to not having a quorum; heard that they need to start looking for four new members; the Union negotiations meeting, the SENDD teleconference executive meeting where they approved the contracts for communities, and noted that the annual report will be coming in the mail; There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 12:29 p.m. The next meeting will be on March 12, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. in the Saline County Commissioners Room, Court House, Wilber NE. ATTEST: Linda Kastanek, County Clerk Janet J. Henning, Vice-Chairperson Richard D. Jiskra Marvin A. Kohout Willis D. Luedke, Chairperson Tim McDermott ************************************************************************ I, Linda Kastanek, County Clerk in and for Saline County, do hereby certify that the minutes of the February 12, 2013, meeting were presented and approved as presented. Linda Kastanek, County Clerk Janet J. Henning, Vice-Chairperson Richard D. Jiskra Marvin A. Kohout

6 Willis D. Luedke, Chairperson Tim McDermott