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Nemaha County Board of Equalization approves rescue squad vehicle exemption, denies church exemption and signs multiple tax corrections
Summary
At its Feb. 25 meeting the Nemaha County Board of Equalization approved a motor-vehicle tax exemption for Johnson Rescue Squad’s 2025 Ford F550, denied a permissive real-property exemption for the Great Plains Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, and approved a series of tax-list corrections and homestead-audit adjustments that together increased the tax roll by a net $4,883.82.
The Nemaha County Board of Equalization met Feb. 25, 2026, in the Commissioners Chambers in Auburn and approved a set of routine tax-exemption and tax-roll corrections.
The board approved an application for a motor-vehicle tax exemption (Form 457) for Johnson Rescue Squad Inc. covering a 2025 Ford F550. County Treasurer Jana Gerdes presented the application; Commissioner Michael Weiss moved to approve, Commissioner Mike Hall seconded, and the board voted unanimously. The board also considered a permissive real-property tax exemption application (Form 451) from the Great Plains Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church for Parcel #640041000 and denied that exemption by unanimous vote after a motion from Commissioner Mike Hall and second from Commissioner Michael Weiss.
In a series of ministerial actions the board approved multiple Tax List Corrections affecting the 2022 and 2023 rolls. The board added taxes where property had been omitted or exemptions were reduced following audits and removed taxes where corrected returns or reclassifications required deductions. The record lists the following corrections and amounts as presented to the board: added $192.16 for Parcel #640079318 (Teresa D. Oestmann); added $3,806.84 for Parcel #640044204 (Jamie Lee & Christopher A. Beaner); deducted $3,322.04 for Parcel #640031943 (Terry R. & Burna J. Broady) to correct double taxation after reclassification; deducted $2,387.42 for Parcel #640020223 (DLL Finance LLC) after an amended return; added $1,213.78 (Parcel #640018998, Edger R. & Barbara Decker), $1,469.12 (Parcel #640029582, Dorothy J. Aufenkamp), $921.32 (Parcel #640032443, Terry D. & Nancy C. Price), $316.02 (Parcel #640019021, Terry J. & Jean M. Reeves), $1,639.58 (Parcel #640026702, Kenneth R. & D Genene Broers), $815.64 (Parcel #640005624, Kevin A. & Hana S. Casey), and $218.82 (Parcel #6400188998, Edger R. & Barbara Decker) resulting from Nebraska Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division audits of homestead exemptions and eligibility.
Taken together, the itemized changes presented at the meeting produced a net increase of $4,883.82 to the county tax roll (total added taxes of $10,593.28 less deductions of $5,709.46). Each correction was moved, seconded and adopted by unanimous roll call vote. The minutes record that the public hearing on motor-vehicle and permissive exemptions drew no public attendees. The board adjourned at 10:13 a.m.; County Clerk Diane Johnson later certified the minutes as part of the official record.
