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Buffalo County commissioners approve $1 million road transfer, ARPA grant and multiple resolutions
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Summary
At its May 24 meeting the Buffalo County Board of Commissioners approved a $1,000,000 budget transfer to the Road Fund, an ARPA-funded agreement with the county agricultural society, adopted a FEMA-aligned hazard mitigation plan, and passed a resolution correcting Dove Hill Road’s legal description.
The Buffalo County Board of Commissioners on May 24 approved a series of budgetary and administrative actions, including a transfer of $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the Road Fund and multiple resolutions intended to support infrastructure projects and clarify county records.
Vice Chairman Sherry Morrow presided over the meeting. Commissioners voted to move $1,000,000 from the county General Fund into the Road Fund per the adopted budget. The board also authorized an American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) agreement with the Buffalo County Agricultural Society to fund parking repairs, parking expansion and electrical upgrades at the fairgrounds (Resolution 2022-19); Commissioner Ronald Loeffelholz recorded an abstention on that vote.
The board adopted the Central Platte NRD Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update (Resolution 2022-20), a FEMA-aligned plan needed to maintain eligibility for pre- and post-disaster federal mitigation funds. The board approved release of $125,000 pledged collateral from Exchange Bank for the county treasurer and accepted the appointment of Roy Meusch as Deputy County Assessor.
During the vendor-claims portion of the meeting the board approved May 2022 vendor payments as presented, a list that included a $1,009,813.02 payment listed to Werner Construction Co. in the Road Fund batch. The board also approved a Special Designated Liquor License for The Wanderin Well for a June 10 event.
As part of its regular business the board adopted Resolution 2022-22 to correct the metes-and-bounds description of Dove Hill Road and to authorize quitclaim deed transfers that will align recorded property descriptions with the road as physically used. The resolution notes historical board minutes dating to 1874–1875 and documents the county’s intent to resolve the legal description prior to further area development.
The board recessed and convened as the Board of Equalization, approving motor vehicle tax exemptions for Crane River Theater Company Inc. and Mid‑Nebraska Individual Services and reviewing the county’s 2022 property valuation protest process. No members of the public addressed the board during Citizens’ Forum. The meeting adjourned at 9:49 a.m.; the next regular meeting is scheduled for June 14, 2022.
Votes at a glance (outcomes reported as recorded in meeting minutes): - Approve May 10, 2022 minutes: Passed (Aye: Loeffelholz, Kouba, Higgins, Lynch, Maendele, Morrow; Absent: Klein). - Ratify May 20, 2022 payroll claims: Passed (Aye: Higgins, Lynch, Kouba, Loeffelholz, Maendele, Morrow; Absent: Klein). - Transfer $1,000,000 from General Fund to Road Fund: Passed (Aye: Maendele, Loeffelholz, Higgins, Kouba, Lynch, Morrow; Absent: Klein). - Resolution 2022-19 (ARPA agreement with Buffalo County Agricultural Society): Passed (Aye: Maendele, Kouba, Higgins, Lynch, Morrow; Abstain: Loeffelholz; Absent: Klein). - Charlesworth Benefits agreement authorization: Passed. - Accept Veterans Service quarterly reports: Passed. - Special Designated Liquor License for The Wanderin Well (June 10): Passed. - Resolution 2022-20 (Hazard Mitigation Plan adoption): Passed. - Release of Exchange Bank pledged collateral $125,000: Passed. - Appointment of Roy Meusch as Deputy County Assessor: Passed. - Resolution 2022-21 (W & C Farms Administrative Subdivision): Passed. - Approval of May 2022 vendor claims: Passed. - Board of Equalization motor vehicle tax exemptions (Crane River Theater; Mid‑Nebraska Individual Services): Passed. - Resolution 2022-22 (Dove Hill Road description and quitclaim authorizations): Passed.
The minutes record all roll-call votes and note Commissioner Ivan Klein as absent for the session.