May 2, 2005

ELLSWORTH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING

MINUTES

MAY 2, 2005

The Board of Ellsworth County Commissioners convened this 2^nd day of May 2005 at the Ellsworth County Courthouse.

Members Present:

Lavel Heitschmidt, 1^st District Commissioner

Kermit Rush, 2^nd District Commissioner

Terry L. Kueser, 3^rd District Commissioner

1. OPENING BUSINESS:

Chairman Rush called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the Agenda with a deletion.

Commissioner Heitschmidt seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the Minutes of April 25, 2005 as presented.

Commissioner Heitschmidt seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

No one was present for the Public Forum.

2. APPOINTMENTS:

Teresa Shute, Noxious Weed-Landfill Supervisor, reported they had noticed a puddle of water standing at the landfill. City Plumbing checked it out and found that they had a broken sewer line. The septic tank is full and will have to be pumped out a new lateral put in. Jo Fund, Sanitarian with the Saline-Salina Health Department, will be here today to take a soil test to make sure a new lateral can be installed. They have started spraying for weeds today.

County Attorney, Joe Shepack, discussed some of the appellate work he has been doing. Also, he will be running an ad for the tax foreclosure sale in the next couple of weeks. Some of the property has already been redeemed.

Anita Hoffhines, Hoffhines Marketing, and Dave Rose, Mid West eServices, Inc., discussed the listing of the former hospital for sale on eBay. Mr. Rose suggested that the hospital be cleaned out for better marketing. The Commissioners agreed that Mrs. Hoffhines would contact the City of Ellsworth about using their ECF crew for the man labor and the county would get a dumpster and see that the items are hauled to a landfill. Since Mr. Rose felt he already had some interest in the building, he suggested first going with a real estate contract at 6% of the sale and if something did not happen, we could list it on eBay. Commissioner Kueser moved to enter into a real estate contract with Dave Rose of Land Home Title to sell the former hospital per the terms in the agreement. Commissioner Heitschmidt seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

The Commissioners held a worksession discussing the 24-hour EMS service.

3. OLD BUSINESS:

There were no old business items.

4. NEW BUSINESS:

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the April payroll in the amount of $144,036.70. Commissioner Heitschmidt seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the April accounts payable for $251,431.68. Commissioner Heitschmidt seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

5. ADJOURNMENT:

Chairman Rush adjourned the meeting at 12:00 Noon.

 

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Janet L. Andrews, Ellsworth County Clerk