VILLAGE OF ELMWOOD
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
July 2, 2025 7 PM
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Meeting Held at Elmwood City Hall
The Village Board of Trustees met in regular session on Wednesday, July 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, Heather Scott, Patric Euse and Renee Holland and Tony Greise all present.
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)317.68. NE Dept of Rev(ST)1216.76, American Exchange Bank(F)311.49, IRS(PT)2491.46, NE Dept of Labor(PT)351.90, American Funds(SI)292.80, Payroll(PR)9080.75, Capital City(R)1678.60, OPPD(E)4117.86, NE Lab(L)15, Windstream(T)200.53, Frontier(S)130, Scales Galore(S)207.18, S&S(CL)300, Verizon(CP)55.66, Elmwood Small Engine(TR)72.65, Quill(S)149.10, PeopleService(CL)675, Safety-Kleen(CL)2289.76, Meeske Auto(TR)62.66, Black Hills(NG)253.85, MARC(S)153.08, Cass County Refuse(R)75, Menards(S)9.98, Solheim(A)1100, TACSS(D)198, Library(MA)2916.67, USABlueBook(S)168.67, Voice News(P)37.43, Meeske Hardware(S)85.16, Kyle’s Welding & Repair(TR)300, WireBuilt(D)29, Midwest Labs(L)239.95
Public Comment Period
none
New Business
Brenda Vogt – Vacant property letter
Ms. Vogt here to speak on the letter she received. She states that the property is well maintained and does not feel it qualifies to be considered vacant/abandoned. She notes that she had not received any nuisance communication on the property or other communication from the village until she received this letter. Ms. Vogt asks that the board have more compassion and should not lump every property together. Properties should be looked at individually. No action.
Dr. Eggert letter to the board
Holland read the letter from Dr. Dawn Eggert. To date this property has received multiple nuisance letters and the board does not feel that this property should be exempt from the program. Scott motioned to deny request for exemption, Greise seconded the motion. RCV: 5-0 ayes, motion carried
Planting perennials at the park
Julie Anderson had contacted the village asking if it was okay if she cleaned up the flower bed around the sign and planted some flowers. Scott motioned to approve, Euse seconded. RCV: 5-0 ayes, motion carried
Letter from Dave Bouzek
Mr. Bouzek arrived late. This item moved later in the agenda.
Mike Adair with PeopleService
Mr. Adair here to share about water conservation. He is the village license holder for the water system. He explains that due to usage, the water plant is running too hard to keep up. He relates it to driving your car at 100RPMs and that it is not sustainable. He notes that water conservation is different for every town/village but that every little bit helps. The water plant will not sustain running this hard. He suggests setting on/off hours or setting even/odd watering days to help conserve water during the season. Discussion continued. Euse moved to update the water conservation schedule with odd addresses watering on odd number days, and even addresses watering on even number days, and to reach out to high users to ask for their cooperation. Kicak seconded the motion. RCV: 5-0 ayes, motion carried
Water System discussion and decision
Kicak moved to move forward with water treatment plant and well improvements, Scott seconded the motion. RCV: 5-0 ayes, motion carried
Letter from Dave Bouzek
Mr. Bouzek here to ask the board to reconsider making him move the camper he has parked behind the Quonset. Mr. Bouzek states that he has lived here for a very long time and the camper had been parked there for 2 years before someone new to the community complained about it. He claims that he spoke with the resident who complained and she said she would retract her complaint. He states that there are four (4) other commercial properties with trailers on them. Euse stated that the board does not go around looking for issues, but when they arise, it’s the board’s responsibility to act on them. If we don’t follow up on issues, we lose credibility. Holland explained that regardless of the complaint being retracted the camper being parked on commercial property is still a violation of the village zoning regulations and the camper needs to be removed immediately.
Tree removal at 304 West E Street
Bids from S&S, Topple, and Peterson reviewed. Scott motioned to approve the bid from S&S for $1800, Greise seconded the motion. RCV: 5-0 ayes, motion carried
Membrane replacement and labor
Huxhold spoke to the nitrates rising and the RO membranes needing to be switched out. Kicak moved to approve the cost of the membranes plus labor of $13,850 from Consolidated Water Solutions, Greise seconded the motion. RCV: 5-0 ayes, motion carried
Purchase of pH2 and Myron Ultrapen
Bid from USABlue Book for items needed to test water samples. Euse moved to approve the purchase of these items for $358.70, Greise seconded the motion. RCV: 5-0 ayes, motion carried
Meter pit replacement at 208 West D Street
Huxhold explained that this meter pit is not deep enough and once the new meter is installed it will freeze if we do not install a new one deeper. Bids reviewed for meter pit and labor. Greise moved to approve bid from Core & Main for supplies and Lovell for labor, not to exceed $3100, Scott seconded the motion. RCV: 5-0 ayes, motion carried
Reports/Boards, Commissions, and Committees
Library: next meeting 7/7
Park: Josh Hoyer to perform at the next Pie ride this Thursday, 7/3. Oscar is doing a great job
Streets: making a list of trees to be removed on village property, will work on bids for next fiscal year’s budget. Getting a list of storm drains that need to be flushed
Water: Working on a lead and copper sample site plan for State testing
Sewer: valve still needs to be replaced, Rob to come down next week to take a look
Planning/Zoning: next meeting 8/3
Correspondence: Invite from Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Personnel: none
Future agenda items
Removal of horseshoe pits
Cleaning out of storm drains
Yard mowing letters/fees
Meeting adjourned at 8:27 pm