Minutes, June 30, 2008

ELLSWORTH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING

MINUTES

JUNE 30, 2008

The Board of Ellsworth County Commissioners convened this 30^th day of June 2008 at the Ellsworth County Courthouse.

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

Commissioner Rush moved to approve the Agenda as printed. Commissioner Oller seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

Commissioner Rush moved to approve the Minutes of June 23, 2008. Commissioner Oller seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

No one was present for the Public Forum.

2. APPOINTMENTS:

Tracy Ploutz, Sheriff, met with the Commissioner concerning his request to have some repairs at his building taken from the County Building fund. The Commissioners allowed one of the bills in the amount of $451.62 to be taken from the County Building fund and the other would have to come from his budget. When asked about staffing, Sheriff Ploutz replied that he is still down one deputy until the person he hired can complete the academy. Presently, that person is filling in at the jail and when he goes to the academy in August, he will be down one person in the jail.

Ronda Kasiska, Health Supervisor, asked the Commissioners to sign two contracts, one with Rice County for grant money that our county administers and one between USD #328 and the Health Department for health nursing services. The contract with USD #328 did increase $500 this year. The Commissioners signed both contracts.

Rick Nondorf, Road & Bridge Supervisor, reported that he is having lights installed in the yard to decrease the possibility of vandalism. Recently, they discovered that the fence in the back of the yard had been cut, but they could not discern that anything had been taken. Mr. Nondorf checked the cost of bridge building equipment and the price had doubled since their last purchase so they might not be able to do as many bridges next year. Also, his fuel budget is almost depleted and it is only the middle of the year. He will have to use some of his equipment fund for fuel. The 2009 budget for Road & Bridge was presented in the amount of $1,940,000 an increase of $164,520 or 9%. Most of the increase was in the fuel and bridge line items.

Michelle Maze, EMS Director, presented a list of write-off for approval. She and Gaye Woods spent last week going over the accounts and did find some problems with the billing system whereby some bills were not being submitted for payment. Procedures have been put in place to remedy the problems. Commissioner Rush moved to approve write-offs in the amount of $7,823.17. Commissioner Kueser seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

3. OLD BUSINESS:

Commissioner Rush moved to approve the Amended Pilot Agreement, Phase II, Smoky Hill Wind Project. Commissioner Oller seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

Commissioner Rush moved to re-appointment of Robert Hudson to a 4-year term on the ECMC Board Directors. Commissioner Oller seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

4. NEW BUSINESS:

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the June payroll in the amount of $166,855.33. Commissioner Oller seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

Commissioner Rush moved to approve a letter of support for the 2009 E-911 Grant being submitted by the Sheriff's department. Commissioner Kueser seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

5. ADJOURNMENT:

Chairman Kueser adjourned the meeting at 11:45 a.m.

 

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Janet L. Andrews, Ellsworth County Clerk