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Buffalo County commissioners ratify payroll and vendor claims, approve fund transfers and pledged-collateral adjustments
Summary
At their Nov. 26 meeting, Buffalo County commissioners ratified Nov. 15 payroll, approved November vendor claims including large project payments, authorized a $350,000 fund transfer and adjustments to pledged collateral at two banks, and approved a county agreement with Schneider Geospatial.
BUFFALO COUNTY, Neb. — The Buffalo County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 26 ratified payroll and approved a large set of vendor claims and several financial housekeeping actions.
Chairperson Ivan H. Klein called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. and the Board unanimously approved the Nov. 12 meeting minutes. Commissioners then ratified payroll processed Nov. 15, 2024, which the minutes list as general fund net payroll $342,667.64, road fund net payroll $67,582.55 and weed fund net payroll $5,594.44.
The Board also approved the county’s November vendor claims, which the minutes itemize in detail. Notable entries include a $417,905.00 project payment to BOKF, NA; a $292,196.00 construction payment to Duncan Theis Construction; $103,767.70 charged to SHI International Corp. for software; and a $49,157.00 vehicle purchase charged to COVID American Rescue Plan funds. The motion to approve vendor claims passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.
Commissioners approved a $350,000 transfer from the 2700 Inheritance Fund to the 3700 Bond Debt Fund “per budget,” and they approved multiple pledged-collateral transactions for the County Treasurer: the release and addition of $1,200,000 in pledged collateral at NebraskaLand Bank and the release of $456.46 and addition of $150,000 in pledged collateral at FirsTier Bank. All were approved by recorded roll-call votes.
The Board also approved a tax refund of $1,398.22 for a parcel (660153005) as requested by County Treasurer Brenda Rohrich, accepted the October 2024 RYDE report from the Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska (with Commissioner Myron Kouba recorded as abstaining), and ratified Commissioner Ron Loeffelholz’s signature on the revised Buffalo County Extension Service Board constitution (Loeffelholz recorded as abstaining on that ratification).
Commissioners approved an agreement with Schneider Geospatial, LLC for beacon add-ons; the minutes record the motion and unanimous approval and indicate the agreement is available from the County Clerk’s office. Zoning Administrator Dennise Daniels presented a resignation from Planning and Zoning Commission member Kurt Schmidt, which the Board accepted.
The meeting recessed at 9:30 a.m. and reconvened at 10:00 a.m.; it adjourned at 10:11 a.m. following the quarterly jail inspection. The Board will meet next at 9:00 a.m. on Dec. 10, 2024.
Votes at a glance: motions recorded in the minutes were carried by roll-call votes; where noted, Commissioner Kouba abstained on acceptance of the RYDE report and Commissioner Loeffelholz abstained on the Extension Service constitution ratification.
