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Schultz said heavy hauling and campground traffic contributed to deterioration on South Hidden Lakes Road. After severe storms and soaking rains the road was closed briefly; county crews hauled material and repaired soft spots and reopened the road about 4:30 p.m. the following Thursday. Schultz said alternate local access remained available while repairs were underway.

Schultz also reported a washout on Antelope Road just south of Hershey, where a culvert was washed out during a flooding event. That segment remained closed while crews located underground utilities (including a fiber line), procured culverts and mobilized equipment; Schultz told the board he expected the road to reopen the following day after the locate and culvert installation.

Schultz said the county experienced multiple low-water crossings countywide but avoided additional closures; crews deployed barricades and warnings and prioritized repairs where commercial or camp traffic made access critical. Commissioners thanked the highway staff for responding quickly and noted positive public feedback about recent road work on Indian Hills and other areas.

In other road-related notes, Schultz said the city’s Walker Road sewer project would require temporary closures and detours, with traffic expected to be diverted to State Farm and Eugene during pipeline and dewatering operations. Schultz did not provide a definitive completion date for the Walker Road work and said the contractor’s schedule had been slowed by wet conditions in the early phase of the project.

The superintendent asked residents to heed signage and detours while crews completed repairs and encouraged callers to report roadway concerns to the highway office.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting (2) June 30, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","County highway officials reported storm-related washouts and temporary road closures the week of June 30 and described rapid repair efforts that reopened South Hidden Lakes Road and addressed a culvert washout on Antelope Road near Hershey.","taxTitle","Lincoln County, Nebraska","taxId",28925,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6656971,"Lincoln County officials push back after BEAD map cuts; commissioners plan joint letter to preserve fiber funding",610,6518000,7128000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5107982-d153f832262dc97b690ea52b8fab0f31&start=6518&end=7128","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5107982-d153f832262dc97b690ea52b8fab0f31/thumbnail_6518000.jpg","/articles/6656971/Lincoln-County/Nebraska/Lincoln-County-officials-push-back-after-BEAD-map-cuts-commissioners-plan-joint-letter-to-preserve-fiber-funding","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6656971-3d9c5dbce2568943bb6fda43951e55a0/orig.mp4?Expires=1770882505&Signature=SIilvWAQp01L5Nf73x4IZp98mYDBxndC6M3RKZ4kRy~Xk7iY7ceI9uCOrb9jSHRZBvp3wCm~Rn~cO3~0DVNWamw0PScwBUHL8y2FrRnrKmxbtByFlMQ65FFunC18gu6vvP36nbs3XED11yeBYZYfLMYjdMg1kjG~wuC59MP3qFNTehCXJsvXC3sPX4zeW~ZlE3v6nyHm-pijdZ1814u-9SfqD-WikkyHQ3ejSPVyDkXB68vqZkY4B1TsQRWqT5pJlU-tUSg-n3jWeAL5OHpSWeYErbYRFCrwCLpac3qL9Uhu--oN0HXSBg2Y5wFrb5BTQ4WapQ-Ontr-6U7N5IJDrw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Lincoln County commissioners discussed changes to the BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) project-area maps and funding definitions at their June 30 meeting and signaled plans to press state and federal officials to restore the county’s original allocation in order to prioritize fiber buildout.

A county official summarized materials circulated by state broadband staff that showed a national-level reallocation and said the updated map cut the number of eligible locations in some areas substantially. The presenter said the stakeholder group had originally secured funding for approximately 800-plus Lincoln County locations; under the revised map she said Lincoln County would lose roughly 195 of those locations (about a 23% reduction) while statewide the revised maps removed roughly 15,299 locations from the original BEAD lists (a number described in the packet as a 52% decrease in an earlier map comparison). The county’s presenter urged commissioners to sign a drafted letter steering the county’s concerns to the governor’s office, the district state senator and the congressional delegation, and to coordinate with neighboring counties and stakeholders.

The board asked for the draft letter to be circulated for review and asked county counsel and staff to examine the legal and technical language. Commissioners said they preferred fiber (high-speed fixed fiber) builds where feasible, noting that some revised guidance now approves certain fixed-wireless or tower-based solutions that the county considers less durable for agricultural and precision-agriculture needs.

One commissioner said the county will ask NACO and other stakeholder groups to add tailored materials to the advocacy toolkit and that commissioners in the 93 Nebraska counties could send similar letters to make the concern more persuasive. The county’s target deadline for sending signed letters to elected officials was the second week of July to align with state-level deadlines for technical appeals and stakeholder input.","County leaders described a substantial reduction in BEAD-designated unserved locations and said they will seek to press state and federal leaders to restore original allocations; Lincoln County staff reported a loss of about 195 eligible addresses from the county’s original BEAD map allocation.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6656975,"NACO director briefs Lincoln County on 2025 session: inheritance tax, property-tax cap fixes and nameplate tax among key outcomes",550,3182000,3732000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5107982-d153f832262dc97b690ea52b8fab0f31&start=3182&end=3732","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5107982-d153f832262dc97b690ea52b8fab0f31/thumbnail_3182000.jpg","/articles/6656975/Lincoln-County/Nebraska/NACO-director-briefs-Lincoln-County-on-2025-session-inheritance-tax-property-tax-cap-fixes-and-nameplate-tax-among-key-outcomes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6656975-6677cc074fe002e74a623b113acca3c5/orig.mp4?Expires=1770882505&Signature=LtAMNuJGreOLjwiCAFaPowsOs0V4YBe48XReIhBLFiCqldqyvxqmjF49Pwa5qnuRaaH~16qmyEC84Qba21ZFP8Y16Rdk8fAKagoBYaTnbDVoke2ndjFMxKNRh4fXdFEv29hRqRHhBVKyv1AFX2A-mZkb~0pBcWH~5zhwup5Vtm2KYNxXyCcvBe00kPZvaSXmazeQQenk9qQQjkksC9rDn5C2~Ey9Vu4cgpUZl7VePiXzWTfPK8fiplC8tHvZ2y9cc59N8mTU84sjVoTSwPqanCZ37fXjtZlhsjbRQm1odaMESUHLHnendCZ4V5IfU8EC5-NAYm~g1p14qwSs564cmA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","John Cannon, executive director of the Nebraska Association of County Officials (NACO), told the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners on June 30 that the 2025 legislative session produced several measures and ongoing discussions that will affect county operations and budgets.

Cannon said LB468, a recently introduced inheritance-tax bill, did not pass this session but generated substantial debate. He said much of NACO’s work this year focused on seeking replacement revenues if an inheritance-tax repeal were to move forward, so counties would not lose funding used to pay for local services. Cannon described conversations about locally collected replacement options such as documentary-stamp (doc stamp) tax adjustments and motor-vehicle tax changes, noting differences of opinion on which mix of revenues would be acceptable.

Cannon also described LB647, a technical cleanup to LB34 (the 2023 property-tax request cap statute). He said LB647 corrected several technical problems from the cap law’s initial implementation — for example, ensuring that local growth is counted separately from the cap multiplier — and that the changes were passed to give counties clearer budgeting rules going forward. He warned, however, that the property-tax request cap creates a need for more forecasting and careful use of exceptions (for example, public safety and bonded indebtedness) because reliance on exceptions can reduce future flexibility.

On energy taxes, Cannon summarized LB50, which establishes the nameplate-capacity tax for wind and solar projects (a per-megawatt excise replacing certain property-tax treatments). He said LB50 calls for state collection and distribution to political subdivisions using property-tax distribution formulas. Cannon said community colleges successfully sought a 5% set-aside from the top of the nameplate-capacity distribution, a change NACO did not oppose though it noted policy trade-offs.

Cannon listed additional bills of interest to counties that passed this session or were NACO priorities, including measures on UTV/ATV titling, sheriff-fee increases, bond sale terms, tax-sale cleanup, earlier notice for TIF cessation to assessors, withholding certain addresses of law enforcement from county records, and adjustments to drone procurement language. He said NACO had generally positive results on many of its priorities and urged counties to share data about local unfunded mandates for use in an interim study.

Cannon also described organizational resources: a county-by-county one-pager and online county explorer NACO has prepared; a planned elected-officials and county-employee salary study and dashboard to inform local compensation decisions; and training and conferences for county officials. He encouraged local officials to submit county stories and data that would assist NACO’s advocacy and research work.

Why it matters: Cannon framed the session as one where counties gained certain technical fixes and protections but face ongoing policy debates over revenue replacement and distribution choices that could redistribute funds among local political subdivisions. He urged local engagement with state senators and participation in NACO’s data collection so the association can better represent county concerns in interim studies and the next legislative session.

Meeting participants asked clarifying questions about the property-tax cap’s implications for budget planning and about specific bill details. Cannon noted the cap index (Slice) this year was cited at about 5.17% and recommended careful use of exceptions to preserve long-term flexibility.","John Cannon, executive director of the Nebraska Association of County Officials, gave a 45-minute update on the recently adjourned legislative session, describing outcomes and next steps on inheritance-tax proposals, property-tax cap technical fixes, nameplate-capacity (wind/solar) tax distribution and other bills affecting counties.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6656980,"Lincoln County commissioners approve legal contracts, appoint health board member and clear tax correction",234,2335000,2569000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5107982-d153f832262dc97b690ea52b8fab0f31&start=2335&end=2569","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5107982-d153f832262dc97b690ea52b8fab0f31/thumbnail_2335000.jpg","/articles/6656980/Lincoln-County/Nebraska/Lincoln-County-commissioners-approve-legal-contracts-appoint-health-board-member-and-clear-tax-correction","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6656980-bd8ed938407a386e456486f6d41e502f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770882505&Signature=H-vLQPeRw~WhNkNkKh9EcLFWG-cfCAFQ-qaLt-QfyqbIkb67zehCS48zs1kEj31vyqP~K~pn5gGXw7JUUdxiKkquF0qLhSnB5IvbB6QqvSFeztK220JUqVgmmInkM0ViqB~TDTRXIxvfmWgGH~1FhmPF2sxtI6hYsVowvkHY5BGOpysyX8oUtrNWWT~4xc6zsOzK5AXI9fPbouE4p-QscUFtCqAuIzwMfiH-xDjRfTFbgZKJ7SbbZnuQrNRiLACN1pTVIgXvmEItofUW6HbnjfY1tZ5L49vq0mKAKAyyxurNNi37Lg8MmBaDw8GKu9dOc8S0Yv0CYi7zFR3Geidaxg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners on June 30 approved routine claims, authorized two contracts for outside legal services, appointed a public-spirited member to the West Central District Health Department board and approved a certificate of correction accelerating a 2025 personal-property tax payment for a local business.

The board approved the minutes from its June 23 meeting and voted to accept claims and the treasurer’s receipts as presented. Commissioners also voted to authorize the chair to sign agreements for legal services with two attorneys and to appoint Erin Arnsdorf to the West Central District Health Department for a two-year term ending in January 2027. The board approved a county assessor request to accelerate the 2025 personal-property tax for Neihardt CPA, a business selling in July 2025, for $145.10.

The approvals came after brief discussion and roll-call votes. County staff said the legal-service contracts include annual reporting provisions so the board can track caseloads during the contract terms. The board praised the attorneys who accept these county-appointed cases and noted the county has a small number of attorneys certified to handle certain guardianship and related matters.

Megan Trevino, executive director of the West Central District Health Department, told the commissioners that Erin Arnsdorf (candidate described in the record as the executive director of the West Central Area Agency on Aging) brings experience working with older and rural populations and could provide the “public-spirited” perspective required by state statute for the board of health. Commissioners said Arnsdorf’s familiarity with rural aging and local health care would be an asset.

On the certificate of correction, County Assessor Julie Stinger explained the acceleration is for Neihardt CPA at 121 West Second Street, North Platte, whose owners are selling the business in July 2025 and requested the county accelerate the 2025 personal-property tax payment; the amount recorded in the minutes is $145.10.

The contracts for outside counsel were described in the meeting packet as continuing current arrangements with no rate increase for a third consecutive year and new reporting expectations to provide more transparency on caseloads during the contract term. One presenter cautioned that only a very small number of attorneys in the county are certified for adult guardianship and related appointments, limiting the county’s options.

Votes at a glance
- Approval of minutes (June 23, 2025): passed (roll call recorded as: Hubley/Hughley — Aye; Woodruff — Aye; Williams — Aye; Brunz — Aye; Fuller — Aye). Motion and second recorded in the minutes.
- Approval of claims and treasurer’s receipts: passed (roll call recorded in the minutes with commissioners voting Aye; specific vote tally as recorded by the clerk). Motion and second recorded in the minutes.
- Authorize chair to sign legal services agreement with Martin Krasinski: passed (motion and second recorded; roll-call text in the transcript did not list full tally). Motion and second recorded in the minutes.
- Authorize chair to sign legal services agreement with William Krasinski (contract value in packet: $54,000): passed (roll call in the minutes recorded Aye votes by commissioners present; motion and second recorded).
- Appointment of Erin Arnsdorf to West Central District Health Department (term to January 2027): passed (motion and second recorded; roll call recorded Aye). Motion and second recorded in the minutes.
- Certificate of correction/refund per county assessor — acceleration of 2025 personal-property tax for Neihardt CPA, $145.10: passed (motion and second recorded; roll call recorded Aye). Motion and second recorded in the minutes.

The board recessed at 9:15 a.m. to convene as the Board of Equalization and later reconvened as the commission. No closed session was taken during the public meeting.

The meeting packet and public minutes contain the official motion language and the clerk’s roll-call tallies; the meeting transcript records the discussion summarized above.","At its June 30 meeting the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners approved claims and minutes, authorized two outside legal-service agreements, appointed a public-spirited member to the West Central District Health Department board and approved a small personal-property tax acceleration.","actionData","errors"]

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