VILLAGE OF DORCHESTER BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES JUNE 10, 2024 The regular meeting of the Village of Dorchester Board of Trustees was held Monday, June 10, 2024, at the Farmers Cooperative Meeting Room, and was called to order at 6:33 p.m. Chairperson Miller advised those present of the Open Meetings Act. Answering Roll Call were board members Sarah Wenz, Matt Shaw, Nancy Tellez, Tammie Lang, and Chairperson Roger Miller. Advance Notice of the meeting was posted at the Dorchester US Post Office; First State Bank, NE; Village of Dorchester office and in The Crete News. Approved Consent Agenda Items #1-#4. Claims: Amazon spls $232.91; Ameritas Life Ins ins $531; Barco Muni Products spls $1,190; BH Energy gas $354.79; Blobaum & Busboom PC svc $9,800; BCBS Ins $8,730.65; Brent Kasl mileage reimb $164.82; Bullseye Fire Sprinkler svs $1,369; City of Crete svs $269.51; Cline Williams svs $576; Craig Bontrager svs $500; Crete Ace Hardware spls $15.96; CAMC svs $600; Dorchester Public School spls $128; EFTPS payroll tax $4,081.54; Excel Excavating & Underground svs $750; Farmers Coop VFD $476.56; Farmers Coop Vill $2,191.52; FSB HSA $1,800; Five Points Bank copier pymt $146.52; Freddy's meal $22.89; Gage Co Eqpt Excavator $74,895.88; Great Plains Pest Mgmt svs (VFD) $75; Hoffschneider Law svs $4,322.28; KCL Grp Benefits STD/LTD $143.82; Keller IT Solutions svs $75; Kelli Hromek svs $295.08; LONM fin conf $438; Malwarebytes svs $143.45; Matheson Tri Gas spls $40.57; McDonald's meal $18.70; NDEE Water mains pymt $6,666.37; NDEE Lagoon pymt $14,369.78; NDEE water lic/testing $195; NE Dept of Revenue Sales & Use Tax $3,099.81; NE Public Health Env Lab svs $396; NPPD April $21,117.21; NPPD May $24,015.22; NE Rural Water Assn Memb Renewal $300; NE Rural Water Assn Donation $500; Norris elec $3,988.67; Olsson svs $25,933.79; One Call Concepts, Inc. locates $19.46; Pizza Kitchen svs $21.92; RR Management Co Lic Fee $379.14; Remote PC svs $59.50; Saline Co Treas plates $15; Sargent Drilling svs $1,281; SCI publ $348.26; Staples spls $80.14; Tractor Supply Co spls $857.50; Troyer Concrete svs $600; Wages May $13,439.10; Walmart spls $54.89; Waste Connections gbge $5,746.95; Waste Connections Spring Clean Up $987.17; Windstream VFD $204.88; Windstream vill $269.16; Windstream internet $288.99; Zito Media Fire Hall Internet $163.89. No sheriff’s report. Fire report given by B. Kasl. Code compliance report given. Unfinished business: Discussion held on future infrastructure projects. Shayne Huxoll from Olsson presented Olsson’s recommendation of MTZ Construction, LLC, for the bid notice of award. Motion by Wenz, seconded by Shaw to approve the recommendation. Motion carried. Discussion of vehicle storage building updates. Dale Hayek requested additional funds for DCFF to pay off balance of shade structures until potential grant money is received. Motion by Lang, seconded by Tellez to pay for the shade structures out of the general account and reimburse $10,000 from Keno if approved by the auditors. Motion carried. Update was given on summer intern activities. Discussion held on splash pad hours. M-W-F will now be 10 am-7 pm. Cleaner options will be researched and will get a quote for staining the concrete. Discussion held on CD maturity options. New business: Consideration of applications for new fire department members. Motion by Miller, seconded by Wenz to approve both applications. Motion carried. Consideration to approve the warranty deeds for transfer of the VFW property. Motion by Miller, seconded by Lang to approve both warranty deeds as prepared. Motion carried. Discussion held on requested increase of dump site lease to $2,000 per year. Atty Hoffschneider will update the lease for approval at the July meeting. Discussion held on the proposal from Waste Connections for recycling. Motion by Miller, seconded by Tellez to approve the proposal. Motion carried. Discussion held on dates for audit and budget workshops. Motion by Miller, seconded by Lang to enter closed session for the evaluation of the job performance of a person when necessary to prevent needless injury to the reputation of a person and if such person has not requested a public meeting for a period not to exceed 15 minutes, and to include all members of the board, the attorney, the clerk and the deputy clerk. Motion carried at 7:57 pm. Meeting resumed at 8:11 pm. No formal action was taken during closed session. Motion by Miller, seconded by Wenz to update the code compliance protocol, review new protocol with the code compliance officer and require a progress report to be reviewed by the board at the December reorganization meeting. Motion carried. Discussion was held on attorney options and reviewed with Atty Hoffschneider. Motion by Shaw, seconded by Tellez to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:21 p.m. Next regular meeting will be Monday, July 8, 2024 at 6:30 pm at the Farmers Cooperative Meeting Room. Respectfully submitted, Jennifer M. Kasl, Clerk – Treasurer CR — July 03, 2024 ZNEZ
