VILLAGE OF ELMWOOD
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
April 2, 2025 7 PM
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Meeting Held at Elmwood Village Office
The Village Board of Trustees met in regular session on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
Chairperson, Renee Holland, called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Holland stated that a current copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act was posted.
Roll Call: Becky Kicak, Tony Greise, & Heather Scott, Patric Euse and Renee Holland
Consent agenda: Kicak motioned to approve the consent agenda, Euse seconded the motion. RCV: 5-0 ayes, Motion carried
Claims Key: Bond Debt(BD)Contract Labor(CL), Electricity (E), Education(ED)Natural Gas (NG), Monthly Allotment (MA), Refuse (R), Fuel (F), Supplies (S) Publication (P), Telephone (T), Mile Reimbursement (MR), Labs (L), Attorney (A), Cellphone(CP), Postage(PO), Payroll Tax(PT), Capital Improvement(CI), Simple IRA(SI), Dues(D), Payroll (PR) Workman’s Comp Audit (W) Petty Cash Reimbursement(PR), Engineer (EN) , Sales Tax (ST), Truck Repair (TR), Dog License (DL), Street Surface Supplies (SSS), Tech. Repair (TR) Tech. purchase (TP), Debt Service (DS), Audit Service(AS) Lodging(LO)
Claims: C-Store(F)69.90, Loves(F)67.73, IRS(PT)2281.36, NE dept of Labor(PT)325.67, Payroll(P)7220.42, American Funds(SI)298.68, NE Dept of REV(ST)1181.19, Trustee Pay(TP)831.15, Mid-American(S)298.75, Cass County Refuse(R)75, Marriott(Lodging)850.84, NE Rural Water(ED)445, UNO(ED)443, OPPD(E)4418.28, USABlueBook(S)59.78, Meeske(S)12.13, Midwest Labs(L)329.82, PowerManager(S)89.15, Todd Valley(CL)4212.40, WinWater(S)600.14, HTM(S)828.75, NE Public lab(L)15, PeopleService(CL)650, Windstream(T)200.47, Westover(SSS)421.16, Wirebuilt(D)58, Verizon(CP)51.76, TACSS(D)198, Randy Bornemier(CL)1920, BOK(BD)21667.50, USPS(PO)224, Ken Kunz(CL)80, Michael Todd(S)78.36, Gurney(S)206.86, VoiceNews(P)37.43
Public Comment Period none
New Business
AMGL Audit report: Michael Hoback here to review audit findings. Mr. Hoback went over the villages’ financial statements, inventory and current utility rates. He reviewed where the village stands in different areas in comparison to other villages our size.
Developing a Downtown Development Plan: Josh Charvat from the Cass County Economic Development Council, presented an opportunity for the village to work with the UNL extension to develop a downtown development plan. The graduate students from the College of Architecture will be working with the village board, stakeholders, community members, etc. to develop a plan that fits the needs and wants of our community. The cost of the proposal is $8000. The CCEDC has agreed to help with the funding and is willing to do a 50% match with the village. Mr. Charvat is already working on getting additional funding through other organizations and committees. Kicak moved to go forward with the agreement with the UNL extension and agreed to pay $4000 toward project completion, Scott seconded. RCV: 5-0 ayes, motion carried.
Gate valve box replacement around water tower with labor and parts: The board reviewed the bids provided. Greise moved to approve the bid from Lovell for $2450 for labor and from Municipal supply for $2249.85 in materials to replace the valve box risers, Scott seconded. RCV: 5-0 ayes, motion carried.
Generator for wells in case of emergency: The board reviewed the bids for rental of a generator if the power goes down for an extended period of time. Euse moved to approve the bid from Interstate Power Systems for 1 week rental of $2100, plus diesel, plus cost of an electrician to install a quick connect option at one of the well houses, not exceed $10,000, in case of emergency. Greise seconded. RCV: 5-0 ayes.
Spring yard clean up: With the brush pile remaining closed for the foreseeable future, the board discussed options for the villagers to dispose of their brush and yard waste this spring. Euse moved to rent a haul away dumpster from Capital City Refuse for the week of 4/23-4-30 with cost not exceeding $2500, Scott seconded. RCV: 5-0 ayes.
Concrete work on D Street: Greise moved to approve the bid from Homan Construction for $2205 to fix the 2 areas on west D Street, Scott seconded. RCV: 5-0 ayes, motion carried.
Summer help: The village received three applications for summer help. Scott moved to offer the position to Oscar Zierott at $18 per hour for 20-25 hours per week, Kicak seconded. RVC: 5-0 ayes, motion carried.
Purchase of old meters: Diamond out of Omaha has sent an offer to buy all of our old meters for $3.50 per meter. Scott moved to approve the offer to purchase old meters for $3.50 per meter, Euse seconded. RCV: 5-0 ayes.
Planning session: Dane Simonson and Sarah Nguyen here from JEO to review funding packages from USDA and NDEE for our future water project. They discussed the two alternatives and the pros vs. cons of each. The board asked questions and discussion continued. The board will send a letter of intent to Cass County Rural Water to see if they would even be able to provide the village water. Either alternative will affect the village and its citizens financially. The board discussed hosting a town hall meeting and that will be scheduled at a later date. The village clerk will continue looking into funding options.
Reports/Boards, Commissions, and Committees
Library: next meeting 5/5
Park: the plan is to open the bathrooms the 2nd week of April if temps stay about freezing at night
Streets: lots of calls/questions about the brush pile closure
Water: Kevin to attend class in Ashland on 4/9 with MAP, and in Auburn on 4/23 with NeRWA- Alicia to cover
Sewer: waiting on bid for clean air fan and lights at the sewer plant
Planning/Zoning: next meeting 4/27
Correspondence:
Personnel:
Future agenda items
Main Street apartment
Water project
Meeting adjourned at 9:00 pm