Board of Commissioners
Agenda
AGENDA for a Meeting of the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners to Be
Held Tuesday, April 21, 1998 at 1:30 p.m. in the County Commissioners
Hearing Room, First Floor, County-City Building.
1) MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the Board of Commissioners meeting
held on Tuesday, April 14, 1998. (1998869) (A copy of the
minutes is on file in the Office of the Lancaster County
Clerk.)
2) CLAIMS: Approval of all claims processed through Tuesday,
April 21, 1998.
3) ITEMS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: It is the policy of the Lancaster
County Board of Commissioners to accommodate the public to the greatest
extent possible. Therefore, this agenda has been prepared with items of
greatest public interest at the beginning with more routine items toward
the end as a courtesy to those who wish to speak with the County Board
at this meeting. If you are here to participate on an item and need
special consideration because of a schedule conflict or some other
problem, would you please let us know now so we can try to meet your
needs.
COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS; Members of the public who wish to
comment on any item on the agenda may come forward at this time.
4) NEW BUSINESS:
A. An agreement with DocuPhase, Inc. for additional
consulting services for the County Records Upgrade
Project, not to exceed $15,000. (1998907)
B. An agreement with HWS Consulting Group Inc. for sampling
subsurface soils, preparation of a written report and
recommendations and two days of construction observation
and testing in connection with the widening of North
84th Street, at rates as specified in the
agreement. (1998916)
C. Approval of a disbursement from the Lancaster Leasing
Corporation Renewal and Replacement Fund to Pegler Sysco,
in the amount of $19,097.60, for 80 bedside cabinets and
hutches and to Midland Medical Supply Company, in the
amount of $610, for ten physician stools for Lancaster
Manor. (1998908)
D. Release of real estate mortgage for satisfactory
repayment of a loan, for $10,000, under the Lancaster
County Housing Rehabilitation Program through the Lincoln
Action Program for James D and Bonnie Peterson.
(1998906)
E. An application for a Special Designated License for
Centerville Stop & Shop to hold the Third Annual Crawfish
Boil and Hog Roast on Saturday, May 2, 1998 from 1 p.m.
to 1 a.m. at 1405 West Roca Road, Martell, Nebraska.
(1998815) (1998872) (1998895) (1998897)
F. An application for a Corporate Manager license from
Shirley L Beers in connection with a Class H (Non-Profit
Corporation) liquor license for Hillcrest Country Club
located at 8901 "O" Street. (1998800) (1998871)
(1998888) (1998898)
G. Applications for Special Events Permits from the Nebraska
Sports Council/Cornhusker State Games to hold the following:
1. A triathlon competition as part of Nebraska's
amateur athletic festival on Sunday, July 19, 1998
beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Branched Oak State
Recreation Area. (1998611) (1998748) (1998688)
2. Cycling time trials and a road race on Saturday,
July 18, 1998 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Branched Oak
State Recreation Area. (1998612) (1998745) (1998747) (1998688)
H. A political subdivision tort claim filed against the
Lancaster County Corrections Department by Ronald P
Dreimanis for lost property, in the amount of $10.50.
(1998905)
I. A political subdivision tort claim filed against
Lancaster County By John F Aman, on behalf of Susan
Marlow, for damages, in the amount of $4,364.54.
(1998804)
5) CONSENT ITEMS: These are items of business before the Lancaster
County Board of Commissioners which have been previously supplied to
each Commissioner in writing, which are relatively routine and which are
expected to be adopted without dissent. Any individual item may be
removed for special discussion and consideration by a Commissioner or by
any member of the public without prior notice. Unless there is an
exception, these items will be approved as one with a single vote of the
Board of Commissioners. These items are approval of:
A. Agreements with Consulting Associates for surveying
services at various locations to re-establish survey
corners, for a total amount of $1,950. (1998914) (1998915)
B. Contracts relating to road improvements with the following:
Landowner Location Amount
David Wayne Nielsen Near N 112th Street $10
(1998900) and Waverly Road
Marvin E Mueller, Jr Near S 162nd Street $10
and Kathleen L and Pine Lake Road
Mueller (1998901)
Richard J and Near SW 72nd Street Donation
Dorothy Mae and W Bennet Road
Williams (1998913)
6) ANNOUNCEMENTS:
A. The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners will hold a
meeting on Thursday, April 23, 1998 at 8 a.m. in the
Conference Room, #113, on the first floor of the
County-City Building.
B. The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners will meet
with all fire districts in Lancaster County to discuss
compliance with the levy lid restrictions of Legislative
Bill 1114 on Tuesday, April 21, 1998 at 7 p.m., in the
County Commissioners/City Council Chambers, Room 112,
County-City Building.
C. A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 28, 1998
at 1:30 p.m. in the County Commissioners/City Council
Chambers, Room 112, on the first floor of the County-City
Building for a street name change to rename Prairie Lane
as "Prairie Lake Drive" and to rename Prairie Lake Drive
as "Prairie Lake Bay". (98-814)
D. The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners meeting which
is broadcast live at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays will be re-broadcast
at 6:30 p.m. on Cablevision Channel 5.
7) EMERGENCY ITEMS AND OTHER BUSINESS:
8) PENDING:
A. Change of Zone Number 147, from AG Agricultural to AGR
Agricultural Residential, requested by Peter W. Katt on
behalf of Steve Champoux, on property located at the
northwest corner of 134th and "A" Streets in
Lancaster County, Nebraska.
B. Change of Zone from Ag Agricultural to AGR Agricultural
Residential, requested by Harry Muhlbach, on property
located west of North 56th Street (Highway 77)
between Mill Road and Raymond Road in Lancaster County,
Nebraska. (Change of Zone 165) (97-26) (Scheduled for
further discussion on October 6, 1998.)
9) ADJOURNMENT:
This agenda, which is kept continually current, is available for inspection
in the Office of the County Clerk in Lancaster County, Nebraska.
NOTE: Interpreters for the hearing impaired are available at meetings
of the County Board upon request. Please contact the County Clerk's Office
at 441-6336 and ask for Susan Starcher or Kandra Hahn at least 48 hours
prior to the meeting if this accommodation is required, or if you have any
other special communication needs requiring assistance.
REPORTS AND INFORMATIONAL FILINGS: The following items which may be
of interest to residents of Lancaster County are among those which have been
filed this week in the County Clerk's Office:
A. Reports from the following:
County Attorney (1998862)
Register of Deeds (1998887)
Lincoln City Libraries (1998870)
AGENDA for a Meeting of the Lancaster County Board of Equalization to Be
Held Tuesday, April 21, 1998 at 1:30 p.m. In the County Commissioners
Hearing Room, First Floor, County-City Building.
1) MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the Board of Equalization meeting
held on Tuesday, April 14, 1998. (1998868) (A copy of these
minutes is on file in the Office of the Lancaster County
Clerk.)
2) ADDITIONS AND DEDUCTIONS:
Approval of 21 additions and deductions to the tax assessment
rolls per Exhibit "A". (1998899) (1998912)
3) APPROVAL OF MOTOR VEHICLE TAX EXEMPTIONS:
Capitol City Christian Church
Department of Nebraska, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Goodwill Industries Serving Southeast Nebraska
St. Elizabeth Community Health Center
4) APPROVAL OF EXEMPTION APPLICATION WITH A LATE FILING PENALTY
ON REAL ESTATE FOR LINCOLN MEDICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC.
5) ADJOURNMENT:
MINUTES
Lancaster County Board of Commissioners
Commissioners Chambers
First Floor, County-City Building
Tuesday, April 21, 1998
1:30 p.m.
Commissioners Present: Linda Steinman, Chair
Kathy Campbell
Larry Hudkins
Steve Svoboda
Commissioners Absent: Darlene Tussing
Others Present: Kerry Eagan, Chief Administrative Officer
Kandra Hahn, County Clerk
Diane Staab, Deputy County Attorney
(Commissioners Hudkins entered the chambers.)
1) MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the Board of Commissioners meeting
held on Tuesday, April 14, 1998. (1998869) (A copy of the
minutes is on file in the Office of the Lancaster County
Clerk.)
MOTION: Hudkins moved and Svoboda seconded approval of the minutes of
April 14, 1998. On call Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman and Svoboda
voted aye. Motion carried.
2) CLAIMS: Approval of all claims processed through Tuesday, April
21, 1998.
MOTION: Svoboda moved and Campbell seconded approval. On call Hudkins,
Steinman, Svoboda and Campbell voted aye. Motion carried.
3) ITEMS OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
The Clerk asked if anyone present requested a change in the
agenda. No requests were made and the meeting proceeded as planned.
4) NEW BUSINESS:
A. An agreement with DocuPhase, Inc. for additional consulting services
for the County Records Upgrade Project, not to exceed $15,000.
(1998907)
Kerry Eagan, Chief Administrative Officer, requested the item be deferred
for one week.
B. An agreement with HWS Consulting Group Inc. for sampling subsurface
soils, preparation of a written report and recommendations and two
days of construction observation and testing in connection with the
widening of North 84th Street, at rates as specified in
the agreement. (1998916)
MOTION: Campbell moved and Svoboda seconded approval. On call Svoboda,
Campbell, Hudkins and Steinman voted aye. Motion carried.
C. Approval of a disbursement from the Lancaster Leasing Corporation
Renewal and Replacement Fund to Pegler Sysco, in the amount of
$19,097.60, for 80 bedside cabinets and hutches and to Midland
Medical Supply Company, in the amount of $610, for ten physician
stools for Lancaster Manor. (1998908)
MOTION: Campbell moved and Svoboda seconded approval. On call Campbell,
Hudkins, Steinman and Svoboda voted aye. Motion carried.
D. Release of real estate mortgage for satisfactory repayment of a loan,
for $10,000, under the Lancaster County Housing Rehabilitation
Program through the Lincoln Action Program for James D and Bonnie
Peterson. (1998906)
MOTION: Campbell moved and Svoboda seconded approval. On call Campbell,
Hudkins, Steinman and Svoboda voted aye. Motion carried.
E. An application for a Special Designated License for Centerville Stop
& Shop to hold the Third Annual Crawfish Boil and Hog Roast on
Saturday, May 2, 1998 from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. at 1405 West Roca Road,
Martell, Nebraska. (1998815) (1998872) (1998895) (1998897)
MOTION: Campbell moved and Svoboda seconded approval. On call Hudkins,
Steinman, Svoboda and Campbell voted aye. Motion carried.
F. An application for a Corporate Manager license from Shirley L Beers in
connection with a Class H (Non-Profit Corporation) liquor license for
Hillcrest Country Club located at 8901 "O" Street. (1998800) (1998871)
(1998888) (1998898)
Shirley Beers, applicant, appeared for any questions from the County Board.
MOTION: Hudkins moved and Campbell seconded approval. On call Steinman,
Svoboda, Campbell and Hudkins voted aye. Motion carried.
G. Applications for Special Events Permits from the Nebraska Sports
Council/Cornhusker State Games to hold the following:
1. A triathlon competition as part of Nebraska's amateur athletic
festival on Sunday, July 19, 1998 beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the
Branched Oak State Recreation Area. (1998611) (1998748) (1998688)
2. Cycling time trials and a road race on Saturday, July 18, 1998
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Branched Oak State Recreation Area.
(1998612) (1998745) (1998747) (1998688)
Tom Ash, Executive Director, and Jeff Miller, Events Coordinator of the
Nebraska Sports Council/Cornhusker State games appeared for questions
from the County Board.
MOTION: Campbell moved and Svoboda seconded approval. On call Svoboda,
Campbell, Hudkins and Steinman voted aye. Motion carried.
H. A political subdivision tort claim filed against the Lancaster County
Corrections Department by Ronald P Dreimanis for lost property, in the
amount of $10.50. (1998905)
MOTION: Campbell moved and Hudkins seconded to accept the Director's recom-
mendation and deny the claim. On call Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman
and Svoboda voted aye. Motion carried.
I. A political subdivision tort claim filed against Lancaster County By
John F Aman, on behalf of Susan Marlow, for damages, in the amount
of $4,364.54. (1998804)
Diane Staab, Deputy County Attorney, recommended denial and explained
that the claim implies negligent acts on the part of the employees of
Animal Control which is a division of the Health Department. She said
Animal Control employees are City employees and that the division is
fully funded by the City. For those reasons there was no negligence by
the County.
MOTION: Hudkins moved and Svoboda seconded to accept the County
Attorney's recommendation and deny the claim. On call Campbell,
Hudkins, Steinman and Svoboda voted aye. Motion carried.
5) CONSENT ITEMS: These are items of business before the Lancaster
County Board of Commissioners which have been previously supplied to
each Commissioner in writing, which are relatively routine and which are
expected to be adopted without dissent. Any individual item may be
removed for special discussion and consideration by a Commissioner or by
any member of the public without prior notice. Unless there is an
exception, these items will be approved as one with a single vote of the
Board of Commissioners. These items are approval of:
A. Agreements with Consulting Associates for surveying services at
various locations to re-establish survey corners, for a total
amount of $1,950. (1998914) (1998915)
B. Contracts relating to road improvements with the following:
Landowner Location Amount
David Wayne Nielsen Near N 112th Street $10
(1998900) and Waverly Road
Marvin E Mueller, Jr Near S 162nd Street $10
and Kathleen L and Pine Lake Road
Mueller (1998901)
Richard J and Near SW 72nd Street Donation
Dorothy Mae and W Bennet Road
Williams (1998913)
MOTION: Hudkins moved and Campbell seconded approval of the Consent Items.
On call Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda and Campbell voted aye. Motion
carried.
ADJOURNMENT:
MOTION: Campbell moved and Svoboda seconded to adjourn. On call Steinman,
Svoboda, Campbell and Hudkins voted aye. Motion carried.
Kandra Hahn
Lancaster County Clerk
MINUTES
Lancaster County Board of Equalization
County Commissioners Chambers
First Floor, County-City Building
Tuesday, April 21, 1998
1:30 p.m.
Commissioners Present: Linda Steinman, Chair
Kathy Campbell
Larry Hudkins
Steve Svoboda
Commissioners Absent: Darlene Tussing
Others Present: Norm Agena, County Assessor
Kerry Eagan, Chief Administrative Officer
Kandra Hahn, County Clerk
Diane Staab, Deputy County Attorney
1) MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the Board of Equalization meeting
held on Tuesday, April 14, 1998. (1998868) (A copy of these
minutes is on file in the Office of the Lanc. County Clerk.)
MOTION: Campbell moved and Svoboda seconded approval of the minutes of
April 14, 1998. On call Campbell, Steinman and Svoboda voted aye.
Hudkins was absent from voting. Motion carried.
2) ADDITIONS AND DEDUCTIONS:
Approval of 21 additions and deductions to the tax assessment
rolls per Exhibit "A". (1998899) (1998912)
MOTION: Svoboda moved and Campbell seconded approval. On call Steinman,
Svoboda and Campbell voted aye. Hudkins was absent from voting.
Motion carried.
3) APPROVAL OF MOTOR VEHICLE TAX EXEMPTIONS:
Capitol City Christian Church
Department of Nebraska, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Goodwill Industries Serving Southeast Nebraska
St. Elizabeth Community Health Center
MOTION: Campbell moved and Svoboda seconded approval of motor vehicle
tax exemptions for Capitol City Christian Church, Department of
Nebraska, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Goodwill Industries Serving
Southeast Nebraska and St. Elizabeth Community Health Center. On
call Steinman, Svoboda and Campbell voted aye. Hudkins was absent
from voting. Motion carried.
4) APPROVAL OF EXEMPTION APPLICATION WITH A LATE FILING PENALTY
ON REAL ESTATE FOR LINCOLN MEDICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC.
Norm Agena, County Assessor, recommended approval of an exemption
application with a late filing penalty.
MOTION: Campbell moved and Svoboda seconded to accept the Assessor's
recommendation and approve an exemption application with a late
filing penalty on real estate for Lincoln Medical Education
Foundation, Inc. On call Svoboda, Campbell and Steinman voted aye.
Hudkins was absent from voting. Motion carried.
5) ADJOURNMENT:
At the direction of the Chair the meeting was adjourned.
Kandra Hahn
Lancaster County Clerk
Board of Commissioners