The Lancaster County Board of Equalization on Jan. 6 opened a public hearing on motor-vehicle tax exemption applications for multiple nonprofit entities and, after receiving no public testimony, approved the exemptions.

Clerk read the list of applicants that appeared in the transcript: Doane University; Goodwill Industries; Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital; Trinity Lutheran Church and School; People’s City Mission; Alon Chapel SDA Church; The Salvation Army; St. Paul’s Lutheran Church; Union College (doing business as Union Adventist University); an entry listed in the transcript as "Saesostra Strine"; and Nebraska Wesleyan University. The board opened the hearing, received no comments and closed it. The BOE then approved the exemption applications by unanimous roll call.

The transcript records no public testimony and no discussion of individual applications during the hearing. The BOE’s approval is an administrative action that implements state law procedures for motor-vehicle tax exemptions; the transcript does not include supporting documentation for each applicant or the grounds for approval.

The board adjourned after routine business.