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Bellevue homeowner presses council over survey, council approves small‑plat to 'clean up' property lines
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Summary
During public hearings April 21, property owner Ron Casart urged council to correct a decades‑old survey discrepancy and asked about $300 in fees; the council and the city's surveyor said the approved small subdivision plat would codify the surveyor’s field‑located lines but that taxes are administered by the county assessor.
A Bellevue homeowner raised a decades‑old boundary dispute during the April 21 city council meeting and the council approved a small subdivision plat that city staff said will codify the surveyor’s field lines.
At the meeting Ron Casart (speaker 14), the property owner, described what he said was an error in county records dating to 1972 and told the council that utility trenching had encroached onto what he believes is his land. "I would like to get the $300 back that I paid to the planning department," Casart said, referring to the application fee for the plat process.
The surveyor on the record, identified as DWS Surveying (speaker 15), told the council the plat before the body reflects what the surveyor located in the field and that per subdivision regulations the plat goes through the planning commission and then council. The surveyor said the plat would "clean up" the unplatted tax lots and codify the property lines as surveyed.
City staff explained that the city does not control tax assessments and that any claims for back taxes would need to be addressed with the Sarpy County assessor. The surveyor and staff repeatedly advised Mr. Casart that if he wanted the plat approved to reflect his survey, council approval was the mechanism to finalize those boundaries in the city records.
After the exchange the council moved and approved the plat; recorded votes were reported as "all voting in favor." Council members also approved a waiver related to subdivision standards (flag‑lot/depth rules) connected to the plat application during the same meeting.
What happens next: the approved plat will be recorded per city procedures and Mr. Casart was advised to pursue assessor records separately if he seeks tax refunds or adjustments.
