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Brown County Commission The Board of Brown County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, July 11. Present were Commissioners Steve Roberts and Keith Olsen. Also present were County Clerk Melissa Gormley and Deputy County Clerk Dawn Boyles. Commissioner Roberts opened the meeting at 8 a.m. The July 6, 2016 payroll was approved as follows: General, $59,983.63; Road and Bridge, $16,378.12; Election, $225.77; Technology, $322; Appraiser, $6,740.02; Noxious Weed, $1,877.34; Diversion, $0; ACC, $6,174.81; JJA Core, $6,389.04; ACE Fund, $187.30; Services for Elderly, $2,535.75; Solid Waste, $2,787.85; Special MVT, $2,606.09; Employee Benefit FICA, $6,844.99; and Employee Benefit KPERS, $7,675.09. After State Unemployment/Worker’s Compensation of $107 and Insurance of $3,184.17 were taken out, the total was $117,436.63. Moni G. El-Aasar and Brady Hedstrom with BG Consultants visited with commissioners about the approved OS-72 bridge permit from the Corp of Engineers and commissioners signed a utility agreement with Westar Energy. Hedstrom also visited with commissioners on the annual bridge inspections and the suggested maintenance recommendations.
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Brianna Howell, Anna Lundergard, and David Thompson, KVC Representatives, spoke with the commissioners about the backpack program for local foster parents. Commissioners approved a Cereal Malt Beverage License for Casino White Cloud as approved by Irving Township. The U.S. Board on Geographical Names approved the proposal to change the name of Squaw Creek in Doniphan and Brown counties to Nolands Creek. Department Reports Sheriff John Merchant reported that there are 21 inmates – 18 males and three females in the County Jail. Budget Requests John Moore and Leon Wissman, HFED, presented the budget request of $27,000. Tim Ross and Greg Rodvelt, HIDC, presented the budget request of $25,000. Kristin Watkins and Cindy Cluck, NEK Multi County Health, presented a budget request of $58,000. Jeremy Forkenbrock, Horton EMS, has requested to use $500 of the July appropriation to pay for warranty repair for defibrillator. Linda Lock, BCDS Director, presented the 2017 budget request in the amount of $27,052. Lori Gray, Director of Services for the Elderly, requested the bud-
get amount of $118,293. County Treasurer Cheryl Lippold presented a budget request of $204,929 for the Treasurer department. Gormley presented budget requests for Emergency Management at $25,300; Clerk at $138,990; Commissioner at $730,874; Janitor at $256,040; Road and Bridge at $2,978,842; and Election at $100,800. Delores Waite, Eric Thompson, Jere Bruning, Donna Thonen and Larry Day of the Brown County Historical Society presented a budget request of $45,000. Charlie Brockhoff, Landfill Operator, presented a budget request for Solid Waste of $593,763.28. Dan Hermesch, Matt Sprick, Ethan Noll, Mark Meyer and Nikki Tollefson, Conservation District Board of Directors, requested the Conservation District budget at $25,000. Also at the meeting: Commissioners approved the July 5 meeting minutes. Commissioners entered into a 10-minute executive session on non-elected personnel with County Appraiser Jeff Ball. No binding action was taken. The commissioners met Monday, July 18. Those minutes were not available at The Herald’s press time.
NEMAHA COUNTY SHERIFF ARRESTS Robert J. Hobbs, 40, of St. Joseph, Mo., was arrested by the Nemaha County Sheriff ’s Office (NMSO) on July 11 for two Nemaha County warrants for failure to appear. Bond is set at $400 and $500, and Hobbs remains in custody. Ian L. Malcolm, 31, of Fairview was booked into the Nemaha County Jail on July 8 on a Nemaha County warrant for failure to appear. Malcolm remains in custody with no bond set. Dagan K. Solberg, 21, of Sabetha was arrested on July 11 by the NMSO on a Nemaha County warrant for probation violation. Solberg was released from custody on July 12 on a $2,500 own recognizance bond and issued a court date of 10 a.m. on Aug. 25. Rodney J. Scoggins Jr., 31, of Hiawatha was booked into the Nemaha County Jail on July 12 on a Nemaha County bench warrant for probation violation. Scoggins remains in custody with bond set at $5,000. Mark D. Dishong, 50, of Oneida was booked into the Nemaha County Jail on July 12 on a Seneca Municipal Court warrant for probation violation. He was released on $250 cash bond with a court date of 9 a.m. on July 20. Jazmene N. Hicks, 22, of Sabetha was booked into the Nemaha County Jail on July 13 after being extradited from Clay County, Mo., where she was arrested on a Nemaha County warrant for failure to appear. Hicks remains in
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custody with bond set at $1,500. Bobbi A. Spomer, 20, of Seneca was arrested by the NMSO on July 13 on a Brown County warrant for probation violation. Spomer was released to the custody of Brown County on July 13. Garrett Collins, 30, of Topeka was booked into the Nemaha County Jail on July 14 on a Nemaha County warrant for failure to appear. Collins remains in custody with bond set at $750. Faitele C. Fagota, 22, of Seneca was booked into the Nemaha County Jail on July 14 on a Nemaha County warrant for criminal threat, assault, and harassment by telecom device. He was released on July 14 on $6,500 surety bond. This warrant stemmed from an incident on May 26 worked by the Seneca Police Department. REPORTED CRIMES / INCIDENT RESPONSES On Sunday, July 3, the NMSO took a report of burglary and theft at 428 Second Street in Wetmore. An unknown person entered a building and removed 30 chickens. It is estimated at approximately a $300 loss. On Saturday, July 9, the NMSO responded to a civil dispute at 1847 32nd Road in Goff. The dispute was over ownership of livestock and ended without incident. SCAMS The Nemaha County Sheriff ’s Office has received notice of another scam going around. This time they are calling claiming to be the U.S. Treasury and saying that you owe them money. It is very
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similar to the IRS scam. The number that the call was received from was 844-551-0590. If you receive one of these calls, please just hang up on them. Do not give them any information! If you believe you have been a victim of this scam, please contact the Nemaha County Sheriff ’s Office at 785-336-2311.
NEMAHA COUNTY, NEBRASKA, SHERIFF At approximately 5:35 p.m. Saturday, July 16, 33-year-old Wade Moore of Sabetha was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 75, 2.75 miles south of Auburn, Neb., when the 2007 Ford E250 he was driving ran off the roadway to the right while exiting a curve. The vehicle continued through the ditch and a fence before becoming airborne over a creek and striking an embankment. The vehicle continued into a pasture where it began to slide sideways and overturned. Although Moore appeared to have been buckled into the seat, he came out of the restraints over the back of the chair and was ejected through the roof of the vehicle. Police were notified at 5:37 p.m. The Auburn Rescue Squad transported Moore to Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn, where he died from his injuries.
The Board of Nemaha County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, July 11, in the Commissioner’s Room of the Nemaha County Courthouse. Present were Chairman Gary Scoby and Commissioners Tim Burdiek and Dennis Henry, Road and Bridge/Solid Waste Supervisor Dennis Ronnebaum and Office Manager Kathy Haverkamp, and County Clerk Mary Kay Schultejans recording the minutes. Commissioners left the meeting room at 9:35 a.m. to look at additional parking they would like to create on the west side of the Courthouse. Commissioners met with City of Seneca employee Bruce Deters about this issue. Commissioners returned to the meeting room at 9:50 a.m. Department Reports Sheriff Rich Vernon advised the board that Sierra Detention still has not resolved the issues with the control system in the new jail. He advised commissioners that he is hoping that these issues will be addressed this week by Sierra Detention. Ronnebaum advised the board that the crew is hauling rock east
of Woodlawn this week and is still working on getting a new tube installed on 192nd Road. Haverkamp presented a rightof-way easement request from Rural Water District No. 3. They want to bore under 52nd Road near Corning. Commissioners signed the request form as presented. Representatives from BG Consultants, Inc. would like to talk to commissioners about Bridge P-41, which lies on the Brown-Nemaha County line. This bridge is on Brown County’s inventory. Brown County would like to apply to the State’s 80/20 program in order to get this bridge replaced. The representatives from BG Consultants let commissioners know that Brown County had a bridge on the 80/20 program last year, and therefore they feel that it would be better to have Nemaha County apply to the program this year for Bridge P-41. Commissioners agreed to have BG Consultants, Inc. complete and submit the application for this bridge on behalf of Nemaha County. Noxious Weed/Emergency Preparedness Director Todd Swart advised the board that he completed
NEMAHA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED Katelyn Danielle Deters, 25, of Baileyville, and Jason Martin Swart, 25, of Seneca. Shane J. Luebbe, 39, of Centralia, and Megan J. Kopp, 34, of Seneca. TRAFFIC Cherish Bock of Everest, speeding 64/55, $153 fines and costs. Adam Ronnebaum of Axtell, speeding 64/55, $153 fines and costs. Michael Miller of Talala, Okla., speeding 86/65, $220 fines and costs. Madison Thompson of Sabetha, speeding 79/65, $177 fines and costs.
Damacar Wykert of Bern, speeding 82/65, $195 fines and costs. Juaquin Luera of Colorado Springs, Colo., driving without a license issued, $168 fines and costs. Jeffrey Kerr of Hiawatha, speeding 64/55, $153 fines and costs. Brian Holthaus of Axtell, illegal tag, $168 fines and costs. Janet Helmerichs of Summerfield, speeding 74/65, fines and costs. Megan Conley of Berryton, speeding 79/65, fines and costs. TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS Karanvir Singh of Bakersfield, Calif., pass in no passing zone, $233 fines, fees and costs.
Sabetha Assistant City Administrator Bill Shroyer to sit on national rural water board SHROYER.1A to maintain some sense of reasonableness on many regulations that impact cities and rural water districts and to also support funding programs that provide for loans and grants for water and wastewater systems,” Ronnebaum said. Shroyer is a native of Sabetha and graduated from Sabetha High School in 1975. He was first hired by the city of Sabetha in 1983 as a general laborer and was later named supervisor of the General Services Department, which includes the Streets, Water, Wastewater and Parks departments. During this employment, he completed education and test-
ing requirements for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Class III water operator license and a Class IV wastewater operator license, which he still maintains. From 1994 to 1999, Shroyer worked for the Kansas Rural Water Association as Wastewater Circuit Rider. In 1999, he accepted the position of assistant city administrator for the City of Sabetha. Under the direction of the City Administrator, he is in charge of all employees and departments within the city of Sabetha. Shroyer will be inducted onto the national board at the Association’s upcoming conference to be held in Orlando, Fla.
his budget requests for 2017 for the Noxious Weed Department and the Emergency Preparedness Department. Swart presented these budget requests for commissioners to review. He requested $35,400 for 2017 for the Emergency Preparedness Department and $311,170 for 2017 for the Noxious Weed Department. Both of these requests are the same amount that was funded by the county in 2016. County Attorney Brad Lippert spoke with commissioners about payment for an autopsy for a noncounty resident. Also at the meeting: The board approved the minutes from the July 5 meeting. Scoby signed a contract with the Nemaha County FSA Office as presented and the Nemaha County Quarterly Financial Statement for the quarter ending June 30 as presented as well. The board reviewed vouchers submitted by the different departments to be paid at the middle of July. The commissioners met Monday, July 18. These minutes were not available at The Herald’s press time.
SABETHA POLICE DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE INFRACTIONS Kalan Pyle, driving while suspended, no proof of liability insurance. CASES On July 12, the Sabetha Police Department took a report of theft from a motor vehicle. Some of the items have since been recovered, but the case remains under investigation.
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