The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 6 unanimously approved a series of routine but consequential items that move several road and facility projects forward.

The board approved minutes from Dec. 23, 2025; payroll claims ending Dec. 24, 2025; and claims processed through Jan. 2, 2026. Commissioners also approved overdue claims under Neb. Rev. Stat. 23-135 including payments to Matthew Huss ($1,940), MIT Contracting ($48,800.40), Platte Valley Equipment ($26,208) and Southeast Nebraska Development District ($15,479.03).

On project work, the board authorized multiple professional services agreement supplements and responsible-charge agreements tied to South 68th Street. A supplement to county contract CDash18Dash0721 for additional preliminary engineering was approved in an amount not to exceed $103,400. The board also approved Professional Services Agreement Supplement 3 with the Nebraska Department of Transportation and an amendment to county contract C Dash22Dash0509 related to a federal-aid project on 68th Street not to exceed $69,346.75.

County staff described one item as a roughly $15,000 adder for engineering work tied to a roundabout at Princeton and South 68th Street. "This is for the engineering, of the addition of the roundabout at Princeton and South 68th Street," said Pam, a county engineer presenting the item, which the board approved in roll-call votes.

The board also approved a contract with Midwest Petroleum Equipment to replace damaged Gasboy Atlas fuel dispensers at the Cherry Creek site in an amount not to exceed $23,592.71. "They were damaged in one of the storms from last year, and they were not repairable," County Engineer Ham Dominguez said. "This is to replace the actual fuel pumps at our Cherry Creek location." The motion carried unanimously.

All consent and contract items were approved without recorded dissent. The board announced it will meet again Jan. 13, 2026, and livestream information is available on lancaster.ne.gov and the county's YouTube and Facebook channels.

The board’s actions were procedural approvals that authorize staff to continue engineering design and procurement; no new policy changes were adopted at this meeting. The most immediate next step for the South 68th Street work is continuation of engineering and coordination with NDOT under the newly authorized supplements.