Lancaster County
Board of Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
1) MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the Board of Commissioners meeting held on Tuesday, May 27, 1997. (A copy of these minutes is on file in the Office of the Lancaster County Clerk.) 2) CLAIMS: Approval of all claims processed through Tuesday, June 3, 1997, with the exception that the vote of any Commissioner who might have a conflict of interest in the payment of any claim shall be deemed an abstention from approval for such claims alone. 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) PUBLIC HEARINGS: A vacation of South 82nd Street, Pella Road, Princeton Road and Olive Creek Road in connection with the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Project near Firth in Lancaster County, Nebraska. 5) NEW BUSINESS: A. Reappointment of Eldon Miller, Bill Edwards and Bruce Yoder to the Advisory Defense Council, terms to expire on June 30, 2000. B. Recommendations from the County Engineer and the Purchasing Agent to award bids to the following: VENDOR PURPOSE AMOUNT Construction Products, For culvert pipe $11,595.20 Inc. Land Construction, Inc. To perform channel $ 9,603.90 maintenance Commonwealth Electric To provide and $10,345.00 Company install flashing beacons C. A contract with Lincoln General Hospital to provide nursing services for the Community Mental Health Center at a rate of $25.88 for each hour of service provided, commencing upon execution of the contract. D. Referee agreements with the following for the Lancaster County Board of Equalization regarding the 1997 real estate valuation protests: INDIVIDUAL AMOUNT Robert W. Anderson $48 per hour Fred W. Briggs $65 per hour Mike Brinkman $55 per hour Dan L. Cuda $75 per hour George W. Hancock $80 per hour Stephen R. Hanks $75 per hour Michael J. Kerrigan $60 per hour John R. Layman $75 per hour Tim S. Lentz $50 per hour Daniel D. McKenzie $50 per hour John E. McVay $60 per hour Robert M. Mook $75 per hour Stanley L. Portsche $60 per hour Barbara J Ramm $50 per hour John (Jack) Sullivan $55 per hour Larry Swanson $75 per hour Marilyn Tabor $55 per hour Terryl M. Tilman $60 per hour Sally A. Webster $55 per hour Matthew J. Wilson $75 per hour Larry K. Wrasse $55 per hour Great Plains Appraisal, Inc. $55 - $75 per hour 6) 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 consideration of: A. Maintenance agreements with the following: AGENCY VENDOR AMOUNT County Court D & E Technical $384 Sheriff D & E Technical $160 B. A user's agreement with Roger Bridger for remote access to County records at a rate of $.013 per transaction. C. Contracts relating to road improvements with the following: LANDOWNER LOCATION AMOUNT Donald P. and Cleo F. Near S.W. 14th $80 and a Madden Street and Olive land Creek Road donation Keith Stewart On Ashland Road No fee near North 40th Street 7) ANNOUNCEMENTS: A. The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners will hold a meeting on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. in the Fourth Floor Conference of the County-City Building. B. A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, June 10, 1997 at 1:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Hearing Room on the first floor of the County-City Building to vacate the plat of Saltillo, located on the north side of Saltillo Road and east of 27th Street in Lancaster County, Nebraska (Miscellaneous Number 97002). C. The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners will hold Department Budget Hearings on the following dates and times in the Register of Deeds Conference Room, County-City Building, 555 South 10th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska: Tuesday, June 3, 1997 County Clerk...................................... 8:00 a.m. County Engineer and Geographic Information System. 8:30 a.m. County Assessor................................... 9:00 a.m. Attention Center.................................. 9:30 a.m. Lancaster Manor................................... 10:00 a.m. County Court...................................... 10:30 a.m. General Fund Miscellaneous........................ 11:00 a.m. Extension Office.................................. 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 10, 1997 Juvenile Court.................................... 8:00 a.m. Library........................................... 8:30 a.m. Agricultural Society.............................. 9:00 a.m. Visitors Promotion................................ 10:00 a.m. Register of Deeds................................. 10:30 a.m. Relief/Medical.................................... 11:00 a.m. District Court and Clerk of the District Court.... 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, 1997 Finalization of the review of agency budgets and seconded interviews if needed at 9:30 a.m. Other budget meetings are scheduled to be held in the Fourth Floor Conference Room of the County-City Building as follows: Thursday, June 19, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. - Working Session Thursday, June 26, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. - Working Session Thursday, July 10, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. - Working Session* Thursday, July 17, 1997 at 8:30 a.m. - Working Session *Common Budget Meeting for joint budgets - Tentative date of July 10, 1997; location and time to be announced. Tuesday, July 15, 1997 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Board Proposed Budget Working Session; County-City Building, Register of Deeds Conference Room. A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, August 12, 1997 at 7 p.m. in the Commissioners Hearing Room on the first floor of the County-City Building. Adoption of the County Budget will be on Tuesday, August 26, 1997. D. Changes in real property valuation have been certified for 1997. Protests may be filed through midnight June 30, 1997. Hearings with referees will be scheduled from June 18 through July 15 at Trabert Hall, 2202 South 11th Street. The Board of Equalization has set final hearings for: 1 - 4:30 p.m. Thursday, July 17 9 a.m. - Noon and 1 - 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 18 9 a.m. - Noon Tuesday, July 22 9 a.m. - Noon and 1 - 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 23 1 - 4:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24 If need, July 25 E. 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. 8) EMERGENCY ITEMS AND OTHER BUSINESS: 9) PENDING: A. Comprehensive Plan Amendment Number 15 revising the Lincoln Land Use Plan to change an 18-acre area at the southwest corner of 56th Street and Pine Lake Road from Residential to Commercial. B. 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. C. County Change of Zone Number 139, from AG Agriculture to AGR Agricultural Residential, requested by LeRoy F. Busboom, on property located at the northeast corner of Southwest 112th Street and West Pioneers Boulevard in Lancaster County, Nebraska. (This item is scheduled for further discussion on Tuesday, July 15, 1997 at 1:30 p.m.) D. County Change of Zone Number 165, 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. (This item is scheduled for further discussion on Tuesday, September 9, 1997 at 1:30 p.m.) 10) 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 are available at meetings of the County Board upon request. Pease 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.
1) MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the Board of Equalization meeting held on Tuesday, May 27, 1997. (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".
Minutes Lancaster County Board Of Commissioners Commissioners Hearing Room First Floor, County-city Building Tuesday, June 3, 1997 1:30 P.m. Commissioners Present: Linda Steinman, Chair Kathy Campbell Larry Hudkins Steve Svoboda Darlene Tussing Others Present: Kerry Eagan, Chief Administrative Officer Kandra Hahn, County Clerk Diane Staab, Deputy County Attorney 1) MINUTES: Approval of the minutes of the Board of Commissioners meeting held on Tuesday, May 27, 1997. (A copy of these minutes is on file in the Office of the Lancaster County Clerk.) MOTION: Campbell moved and Tussing seconded approval. On call Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda and Tussing voted aye. Motion carried. 2) CLAIMS: Approval of all claims processed through Tuesday, June 3, 1997, with the exception that the vote of any Commissioner who might have a conflict of interest in the payment of any claim shall be deemed an abstention from approval for such claims alone. MOTION: Hudkins moved and Tussing seconded approval. On call Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda, Tussing and Campbell voted aye. Motion carried. 3) The Clerk asked if anyone present requested a change in the agenda. No requests were made and the meeting proceeded as planned. 4) PUBLIC HEARINGS: A vacation of South 82nd Street, Pella Road, Princeton Road and Olive Creek Road in connection with the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Project near Firth in Lancaster County, Nebraska. Steinman opened the public hearing and submitted letters from Ray Lineweber of United Transportation Union (Exhibit "A") and Harlan Layton (Exhibit "B"). She asked if anyone wished to testify in favor. Trev Peterson, representing Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company, appeared and said the application would not involve the vacation of any streets and added from a legal standpoint if a road is vacated it would have to be reacquired to reopen it. He explained the proposal, as amended, involves the installation of a second main line track and a cut north of Firth. The 82nd Street crossing will be left alone with the exception of the additional track being added, along with signals and gates being installed at the crossing. Pella and Princeton Roads would be closed for the construction of two bridges extending across the new track and the existing track. Peterson said Olive Creek Road would be closed with the provision that it could be reopened in the future. Benefits of the project discussed by Peterson were as follows: 1. Elimination of one locomotive 2. Safety 3. Elimination of holding trains near Firth Peterson also addressed three issues of concerns: 1. Movement of large amounts of dirt -- Peterson said most of the dirt would be wasted on neighbors property and would not involve the use of any substantial part of the County roads. 2. Future plans between the Panama Road north to Saltillo Road -- Peterson explained by the end of the year the railroad would have double track from the Hobson Yard south to Saltillo Road with double track between Panama Road and Firth Road. He added the railroad would consider, at some point, double tracking between Panama Road and Saltillo Road. 3. Relocation of utilities -- Peterson said they are negotiating with utility companies to relocate the lines. Campbell said no one is advocating the vacation of any four of the roads, but they are advocating the temporary closing of Olive Creek Road. Diane Staab, Deputy County Attorney, said that was correct. In response to a statement made by Tussing, Don Thomas, County Engineer, explained the County would take Firth Road as a County responsibility; South 82nd Street will be an "at grade" crossing with signals and gates rather than requiring the closure of the road or a bridge; Pella Road and Princeton Road will have identical bridges over both the old and new tracks and Olive Creek Road will be temporarily closed with the right to reopen it at a future date. Thomas said one concern, which was somewhat addressed in the agreement, is that they want one of the east/west roads opened around September 1. Campbell asked why the County wanted to take the responsibility of the Firth Road. Thomas said their office would rather take the time to deal with the individual landowners because it would be a hard road to build. In response to a question asked by Hudkins, Thomas said they would utilize Railroad Transportation Safety dollars to help build the viaduct. Hudkins asked how long the east/west roads would be closed. Thomas said the agreement states the goal is to have a bridge open by September 1. Peterson appeared again and said the contractor has an agreement which states the bridges will be built by September 1. In response to a question asked by Hudkins, Peterson said he wasn't sure if alternate access could be provided for landowners during construction or whether there would be additional money to take care of the expenses for going around. He added the company working on land acquisition for the railroad would deal with access. Steinman asked if anyone wished to speak in opposition. Steve Mann, 1411 D Street, appeared and addressed his concerns regarding the track. No other testimony was taken in opposition. Steinman asked if anyone wished to speak in a neutral position. Art Younkey, 103rd Street and Princeton Road, appeared and asked when the bridge on Princeton Road would be completed. Steinman said both bridges are to be completed by September 1. Kevin Pollard, Manager of Engineering for Norris Public Power, appeared and submitted a map showing where their lines run (Exhibit "C"). He addressed his concerns about relocation of their lines and closure of Olive Creek Road in relation to the maintenance of a three phase feeder. Rex Kuhn, 27907 South 82nd, appeared and expressed his concerns as follows: 1. Location of new track 2. Closure of the three east/west roads 3. Maintenance of 82nd street Kent Imig of Firth, Nebraska appeared and asked if a feasibility study had been done in relation to building the overpass. Thomas said they had just signed a contract with a consultant for design work. Dwight Tekoste of Firth, Nebraska appeared and asked the following: 1. Height difference on 82nd Street 2. Height at the top of the overpass Tom Anzia, representative from Trans Systems, appeared and said there was no significant vertical difference between the tracks and the clear width on the top of the overpass is 28 feet. Tekoste added he uses the road quite frequently and had not been approached by the contractor. Mary Schuetze of Firth, Nebraska appeared and expressed her concerns regarding the following: 1. Water runoff and drainage 2. Noise from the construction 3. Traffic 4. Crossing on 82nd Street Peterson appeared again and said there is enough room between 82nd Street and Panama Road to hold two trains without them occupying the crossing and there should be no problems unless the engineer stops in the wrong place. Anzia appeared again and explained the maximum point for the cut is immediately northeast of 82nd Street and the cuts will range from zero to a maximum point of 50 feet. Anzia stated the depth of cut varies throughout the project with the majority of the project length around 20 feet. He also said they are providing open drainage channels along the sides of the proposed track which will convey the flow in their historical drainage basin patterns to the north and to the south to existing tributaries. The Burlington North Santa Fe Railway Company, Anzia stated, has had a history of investigating/evaluating potential impacts to ground water in the area. He said there has been no study indicating there will be an impact. Steinman asked if anyone else wished to testify. No one appeared and the public hearing was closed with action to be taken on Tuesday, June 10, 1997. 5) NEW BUSINESS: A. Reappointment of Eldon Miller, Bill Edwards and Bruce Yoder to the Advisory Defense Council, terms to expire on June 30, 2000. MOTION: Hudkins moved and Campbell seconded approval. On call Svoboda, Tussing, Campbell, Hudkins and Steinman voted aye. Motion carried. B. Recommendations from the County Engineer and the Purchasing Agent to award bids to the following: VENDOR PURPOSE AMOUNT Construction Products, For culvert pipe $11,595.20 Inc. Land Construction, Inc. To perform channel $ 9,603.90 maintenance Commonwealth Electric To provide and $10,345 Company install flashing beacons MOTION: Tussing moved and Campbell seconded approval. On call Tussing, Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman and Svoboda voted aye. Motion carried. C. A contract with Lincoln General Hospital to provide nursing services for the Community Mental Health Center at a rate of $25.88 for each hour of service provided, commencing upon execution of the contract. MOTION: Campbell moved and Tussing seconded approval. On call Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda and Tussing voted aye. Motion carried. D. Referee agreements with the following for the Lancaster County Board of Equalization regarding the 1997 real estate valuation protests: INDIVIDUAL AMOUNT Robert W. Anderson $48 per hour Fred W. Briggs $65 per hour Mike Brinkman $55 per hour Dan L. Cuda $75 per hour George W. Hancock $80 per hour Stephen R. Hanks $75 per hour Michael J. Kerrigan $60 per hour John R. Layman $75 per hour Tim S. Lentz $50 per hour Daniel D. McKenzie $50 per hour John E. McVay $60 per hour Robert M. Mook $75 per hour Stanley L. Portsche $60 per hour Barbara J Ramm $50 per hour John (Jack) Sullivan $55 per hour Larry Swanson $75 per hour Marilyn Tabor $55 per hour Terryl M. Tilman $60 per hour Sally A. Webster $55 per hour Matthew J. Wilson $75 per hour Larry K. Wrasse $55 per hour Great Plains Appraisal, Inc. $55 - $75 per hour MOTION: Campbell moved and Tussing seconded approval. On call Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda, Tussing and Campbell voted aye. Motion carried. 6) 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 consideration of: A. Maintenance agreements with the following: AGENCY VENDOR AMOUNT County Court D & E Technical $384 Sheriff D & E Technical $160 B. A user's agreement with Roger Bridger for remote access to County records at a rate of $.013 per transaction. C. Contracts relating to road improvements with the following: LANDOWNER LOCATION AMOUNT Donald P. and Cleo F. Near S.W. 14th $80 and a Madden Street and Olive land Creek Road donation Keith Stewart On Ashland Road No fee near North 40th Street MOTION: Hudkins moved and Tussing seconded approval. On call Steinman, Svoboda, Tussing, Campbell and Hudkins voted aye. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Tussing moved and Campbell seconded to adjourn. On call Svoboda, Tussing, Campbell, Hudkins and Steinman voted aye. Motion carried. Kandra Hahn - Lancaster County Clerk
Minutes Lancaster County Board Of Equalization Commissioners Hearing Room First Floor, County-city Building Tuesday, June 3, 1997 1:30 p.m. Commissioners Present: Linda Steinman, Chair Kathy Campbell Larry Hudkins Steve Svoboda Darlene Tussing Others Present: 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, May 27, 1997. (A copy of these minutes is on file in the Office of the Lancaster County Clerk.) MOTION: Hudkins moved and Campbell seconded approval. On call Campbell, Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda and Tussing voted aye. Motion carried. 2) ADDITIONS AND DEDUCTIONS: Approval of 21 additions and deductions to the tax assessment rolls per Exhibit "A". MOTION: Tussing moved and Campbell seconded approval. On call Hudkins, Steinman, Svoboda, Tussing and Campbell voted aye. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT: At the direction the Board of Equalization was adjourned. Kandra Hahn - Lancaster County Clerk