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Gage County Board of Equalization elects officers, approves tax corrections and nonprofit vehicle exemptions
Summary
At its Jan. 7 reorganization meeting, the Gage County Board of Equalization elected officers, approved the agenda and minutes, approved tax correction slips 23–29 and opened and closed a public hearing that resulted in vehicle tax exemptions for multiple local nonprofits; no public comments were received.
BEATRICE, Neb. — The Gage County Board of Equalization reorganized and completed routine business during its Jan. 7 meeting, electing officers and approving several administrative items including tax corrections and vehicle exemptions for local nonprofit organizations.
The board convened at 8:30 a.m. and confirmed attendance. The board moved to elect officers "for both boards during your board of supervisors, election," a motion recorded as "Motion by Jurgen, second by Dorn," and the vote was recorded in the minutes as 7–0 in favor. The meeting was then returned to Mister Teaman.
The board approved the meeting agenda (moved by Doran, second by Jurgens) with a recorded vote of 7 in favor. It later approved the minutes of the previous meeting (moved by Dorn, second by Adams); that vote was recorded as 6 in favor and the motion carried.
The board considered tax correction slips numbered 23 through 29. According to the clerk’s reading, the items covered "personal property tax returns, equipment sold on auction, equipment that was disposed of, and 1 amended because of the sole a business was sold." A motion to approve the correction slips was moved by Dorn and seconded by Adams; the minutes record a 6–0 vote in favor and the motion carried.
At 8:33 a.m. the board opened a public hearing on requests for vehicle tax exemptions for a list of nonprofit entities. The chair read the applicants into the record, including Beatrice Cemetery Association; Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Care; Beatrice Humane Society; Blue Valley Behavioral Health Center; Boy Scout Troop (as read in the record); Christ Community Church; Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society; Goldcrest Retirement Center; Mosaic; PEO Home; Saint John's Lutheran Church; Saint Joseph Catholic Church; Saint Paul's Lutheran Church; Teen Challenge of the Midlands; and Wymore Church of Christ. After asking for public support or opposition, the clerk and chair recorded that no members of the public spoke during the hearing.
The board voted to close the public hearing on a motion by Adams, seconded by Haxby, with the minutes recording a 6–0 vote. The board then moved to approve vehicle tax exemptions for the listed nonprofit entities; that motion passed with a recorded vote of 6 in favor.
Miss Milligan, addressed near the end of the meeting, reported there were no updates or guests noted for the next meeting. The Board of Equalization adjourned at 8:36 a.m.
Notes on records: Some roll-call and tally lines in the transcript show both 7–0 and 6–0 tallies on different items; the article reports the tallies as recorded in the meeting minutes in each instance.
