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Kearney County commissioners approve contracts, accept draft audit and authorize $17,724 behavioral health match
Summary
At its May 5, 2026 meeting the Kearney County Board of Commissioners approved multiple contracts (including a noxious weed control contract, a 36-month telecom contract, and an IPAWS mass-notification agreement), accepted the draft FY24-25 audit, and approved a $17,724.49 Region 3 behavioral health cost-match request.
The Kearney County Board of Commissioners on May 5, 2026 approved a slate of administrative and contractual actions intended to maintain county services and fulfill routine fiscal obligations.
Among the approvals, the board authorized a professional services contract with Flying M Enterprises INC for noxious weed control and approved a 36-month contract with Great Plains Communications; the minutes record that Chairman Brent Stewart was authorized to sign both agreements. The board also approved a contract with IPAWS for a mass-notification system and granted Stewart authority to sign that agreement as well (contract terms and costs are not specified in the minutes).
The board accepted the draft county audit for fiscal year 2024–25 and authorized the chairman to sign the management representation letter to Contryman Associates. Separately, the board approved Region 3 Behavioral Health’s cost-match request for FY26/27 in the amount of $17,724.49 and authorized the chairman to sign a Letter of Agreement with Region 3.
Clerk and finance staff presented the meeting’s fund totals and vendor lists: General Fund payroll for April 2026 was listed at $238,499.79 and the General Fund vendor total at $261,036.45; Road and Bridge Fund payroll was $110,125.23 with a Road and Bridge total of $196,512.47. Other fund figures recorded in the minutes include a Hospital Bond Fund refunding payment of $698,650.00 and a Central Communications Fund total of $27,872.78.
County Clerk Jenni Lupkes presented new Blue Cross insurance rates (including vision) for FY26-27; the board did not adopt rates at the meeting and will review them further at the next meeting. A duplicate General Fund check (No. 26010151) to Bradley J. Roberts for $48.05 was approved for reissuance. The minutes record approvals but do not list movers, seconds, or vote tallies for these items.
The minutes and the county clerk’s office hold the official documents, contracts and the draft audit for public inspection.
