Minutes, July 5, 2005

ELLSWORTH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING

MINUTES

JULY 5, 2005

The Board of Ellsworth County Commissioners convened this 5^th of July 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 as presented.

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

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the Minutes of June 27, 2005 as presented.

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

2. APPOINTMENTS:

Barry Koetkemeyer, Pride of the Prairie Leadership Program, presented a 2006 budget request of $4,285 an increase of $405. Last year they had fifteen students in the youth program and six in the adult. They are hoping to increase the participation in the adult program this year.

Kevin Ludlum, EMS Director, presented his budget request for 2006 in the amount of $387,100, an increase of $10,700. Included in the budget is the purchase of a truck to replace their car.

Pat Bender, President of the Ellsworth Historical Society, requested $23,000 for 2006. This is a decrease of $1,000.

Administrative personnel from the 20^th Judicial District, Judge Mike Keeley, Administrator, John Isern, Chief Court Administrator, Sabrina Chism, and Ellsworth County Clerk of the District Court, Peggy Svaty, presented their budget for 2006. The budget request remained the same as last year, $80,090. Judge Keeley also presented the Commissioners with a check from the court-bonding fund for $1,722.50.

Paula Schneider, Ellsworth County Treasurer, requested $96,312 for the 2006 budget. This was an increase of $2,812 or 3%.

County Attorney, Joe Shepack, visited with the Commissioner about a sundry of items relating to county business.

Anita Hoffhines, Hoffhines Marketing, discussed the fact that the hours contracted for the Welcome Home Program have been expended already for this year and that only $1,500 remains for down payment assistance. In the contract, approximately $1,675 earmarked for seminars and copies has not been expended and the Commissioners allowed those dollars to be converted to hours for the Welcome Home Program. Therefore, remaining in the contract is 22.5 hours for former hospital project and 84 hours for the Welcome Home Plan. The Commissioners did not feel they could come up with additional down payment assistance money for this year.

3. OLD BUSINESS:

There were no old business items.

4. NEW BUSINESS:

Commissioner Rush moved to approve the June payroll in the amount of $145,872.67.

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

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the June accounts payable in the amount of $382,719.42.

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

5. ADJOURNMENT:

Chairman Rush recessed the meeting until Wednesday, July 6, 2005 at 1:30 p.m.

 

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Janet L. Andrews, Ellsworth County Clerk