Submitted by

Mary Kay Schultejans

County Clerk

The Board of Nemaha County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, Oct. 12, in the Commissioner’s Room of the Nemaha County Courthouse. The meeting was called to order with Chairman Ben Glace leading the flag salute. Present also were Commissioner Joe Dalinghaus, County Counselor/County Administrator Austin Parker and County Clerk Mary Kay Schultejans recording the minutes. Commissioner Jason Koch was absent from the meeting. Glace led those present in an opening prayer to begin the meeting.

The board set the agenda for the meeting. The commission approved the agenda for Oct. 12 as presented.

Chairman Glace called for Open Public Forum to begin at 9:12 a.m. No one came before the board to speak during the forum. Glace ended the public forum at 9:19 a.m.

Department Reports

Road and Bridge/Solid Waste Supervisor Adam Kuckelman submitted a written report advising the board that:

• The truck drivers have finished rocking between Highway 62 and Highway 63 on the Lillis Road.

• They are now rocking on the Long Chain Road.

• The bridge crew is working on Bridge 0-51 south of Kelly.

• Kathy and Kristina are working on pulling information for the FEMA claim sites.

• The Solid Waste roll off truck’s EGR cooler ruptured and is going to be out of commission for a week.

Human Resources Manager Mary Gatza came before the board to give the commissioners an overview of what she has been working on over the past few weeks.

Nancy Gafford with Rural Development Association of Northeast Kansas came before the board to update the commissioners regarding the most recent annual review of the 2024 Nemaha-Brown Solid Waste Management and Disposal Plan. The commission approved the annual review as presented.

Appraiser Kerri Koch came before the board to speak to the commissioners about also serving as the interim Brown County Appraiser. The commissioners approved allowing K. Koch to retain her benefits at a reduced per parcel rate and to allow Brown County time to prepare a formal Memorandum of Understanding before the end of the year.

Also at the meeting:

The board approved the minutes from the Oct. 5 meeting as amended.

Seneca City Administrator Steve Brooks came before the board to have a discussion with the commissioners concerning an exchange of property between the City of Seneca and Nemaha County. The property exchange would involve approximately nine acres of property located near the horse arena at the fairgrounds and the Nemaha County Community Building. The city would still allow the Seneca Nutrition Center and the Nemaha County Fair to utilize the Community Building. The city and the county will continue to have discussions concerning this issue and hope to have a final decision by the end of the year.

The board held a 10-minute executive session to discuss the pay and performance of non-elected personnel. Present for the executive session were the Board of Commissioners, Parker and Gatza. The meeting returned to open session with no action taken by the board following the executive session.

The board approved the Nemaha County Quarterly Financial Statement for the quarter ending Sept. 30 for publication. Chairman Glace signed the statement as presented.

The commissioners reviewed vouchers submitted by the different departments to be paid. The board approved the AP warrants to be paid on Oct. 13 as presented.

The next regularly scheduled meeting was held on Monday, Oct. 19. These minutes were not available at The Herald’s press time.