Minutes, February 12, 2007

ELLSWORTH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING

MINUTES

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

The Board of Ellsworth County Commissioners convened this 12^th day of February 2007 at the Ellsworth County Clerk.

Members Present:

Albert W. Oller, 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 printed. Commissioner Oller seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the Minutes of February 5, 2007. Commissioner Oller seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

No one was present for the Public Forum.

2. APPOINTMENTS:

Dave Koralek, President of the Ellsworth Senior Center, and eight of his board members had questions regarding the budgeting and distribution of the money for the Service for the Elderly. Mr. Koralek expressed concern that they had expenditure $10,000 over their budget last year and could possibily have the same situation this year. Discussion was held on the large amount of funds the Senior Center have invested and why it was not used instead of depending on tax dollars Mr. Koralek explained the money was for preservation of the building and would be used if the building needed repairs or improvements. Since the Senior Center and ECCA receives 60 % of the total budgeted funds, it was suggested they get together for the 2008 budget and see if changes could be made in the operation of the center to make it more cost efficient.

Carl Miller, Appraiser, reported he would be mailing out Change of Value notices on March 1, 2007. Also, he will put in the newspaper a Market Study Analysis For Ellsworth County for the Assessment Year 2007. Most soil classifications for ag land will be lower while residential property could be higher depending on the location of the property. Oil will be lower as the price per barrel is lower.

Tracy Ploutz, Sheriff, informed the Commissioner he had signed a contract with Nine, Nine One, Inc and Contact One for the wireless Phase I & Phase II projects. The grant will only pay for 61% of the new recorder so the rest of the cost will have to be made up from the wireless 911 or regular 911 funds.

Leonard Haverkamp, representing the VFW, invited the Commissioners to their meeting on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. honoring the Citizen of the Year, Fireman of the Year and the Voice of America Scholarship winner.

Marvin Bush showed the Commissioners a picture of a county truck thought to be about 1902 and asked if they had any information on it.

The Commissioners had a telephone conversation with Rob Freeman, TradeWind Energy, Inc. about the proposed Road & Bridge Contract and Pilot Agreement. No action was taken.

3. OLD BUSINESS:

Although there were no old business items, the County Clerk reported that Rick Nondorf, Road & Bridge Supervisor, had ask that she inform them that in order to increase the speed limit on county roads a traffic study has to be done. The Commissioners asked that Mr. Nondorf be contacted and asked to proceed with the traffic study on Hwy 140 from Ellsworth to Wilson and the County Line Road between Wilson and Holyrood.

4. NEW BUSINESS:

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve Abatement 2006-48 in the amount of $4.52. Commissioner Rush seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

5. OTHER BUSINESS:

Brent Goss, Extension Specialist, asked if the Commissioners would allow 4-H members to bring unloaded guns into the Courthouse after hours for a training class. Commissioner Kueser moved to allow the 4-H members to bring unloaded guns into the Courthouse after hours to participate in a training class under the supervision of adult leadership. Commissioner Rush seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

6. ADJOURNMENT:

Commissioner Rush moved to adjourn the meeting at 11:50 a.m.

 

 

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Janet L. Andrews, Ellsworth County Clerk