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Buffalo County approves three administrative subdivisions; residents oppose Fick parcel as board authorizes floodplain development restriction
Summary
The Buffalo County Board of Commissioners approved three administrative subdivisions May 27, 2025 — Matrix Road, Pesek, and Fick — despite local opposition to the Fick parcel; the board also authorized a development restriction agreement tied to a FEMA Letter of Map Revision (LOMR-F) for Bruner Lakeside Estates.
The Buffalo County Board of Commissioners on May 27 approved three administrative subdivisions and authorized a development-restriction agreement related to a floodplain Letter of Map Revision.
At a public hearing, surveyor Mitchell Humphrey presented the Matrix Road Administrative Subdivision on behalf of Steven E. Pesek; no members of the public spoke in opposition and the board adopted Resolution 2025-31 to record the plat. The board later approved a similar administrative subdivision for Pesek (Resolution 2025-32).
The board held a more contested hearing on the Fick Administrative Subdivision, filed by Walter J. Fick and Cecilia M. Lauby-Fick. Multiple Buffalo County residents — Amy Fahnholz, Steve and Harlena Fehringer, Fred Erpelding, Deanna Malzacher and John Maul — spoke in opposition during the hearing. After discussion, the board approved Resolution 2025-33 to record the Fick subdivision. The board’s roll-call vote recorded the six present commissioners voting to approve; one member, Timothy Higgins, was absent.
Following the subdivision actions, the board authorized Chairperson Sherry Morrow to sign a Development Restriction Agreement connected to a Letter of Map Revision on the basis of fill (LOMR-F) for Lot 11, Block 1, Bruner Lakeside Estates Second. The resolution (2025-34) states the county’s floodplain administrator and engineer submissions meet local standards and that the county will file a copy of the resolution with the recorded development restriction. The board’s action certifies local compliance with FEMA-related technical findings and permits the applicant to pursue the LOMR-F with FEMA.
The approvals were procedural and included findings that each proposed plat met Buffalo County’s Administrative Subdivision requirements and that abutting county roads met minimum width standards. For the Fick parcel, the record shows resident opposition was received and considered before the board voted to approve.
What happens next: the approved plats will be filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds, and the LOMR-F applicant will proceed with the FEMA process while the Development Restriction Agreement is recorded against the property.
