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Brownsville board raises cemetery plot price, accepts $6,250 donation and approves routine payments
Summary
At its Jan. 8 meeting, the Village of Brownsville board raised the price of village cemetery plots to $1,000, accepted a $6,250 donation and approved $68,399.58 in bills and a transfer of $11,447.84 in transportation aids to the street repair fund. Several routine personnel and utility items were also approved.
The Village of Brownsville board approved a series of routine financial and administrative items at its regular meeting on Jan. 8, 2025, including a raise in the price of village-owned cemetery plots and the acceptance and transfer of a $6,250 donation.
President Tim Kemmel called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. and the board first approved the Dec. 11, 2024 meeting minutes and the financial report as of Dec. 31, 2024 (motion by Trustee John Pesch; second by Trustee Dan Henke; motion carried 5-aye). The board then approved Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP) payments for the Brownsville Fire Company Inc. (motion by Trustee Jeff Westphal; second by Trustee Phil Bloohm; motion carried 5-aye). The minutes record retirement fees for 2024 of $12,414.89 and an administrative service charge of $1,460.00 related to LOSAP.
The board voted to raise the purchase price of village-owned cemetery plots to $1,000 each (motion by Trustee Jeff Westphal; second by Trustee John Pesch; motion carried 5-aye). The trustees also accepted a $6,250 donation from the Dr. R.G. Raymond and Sarah Raymond Foundation Inc. and approved transferring that donation from NEB General Checking to the Raymond Fund Savings account (motions by Trustee John Pesch and Trustee Dan Henke; both carried 5-aye).
Trustees approved transferring 1st quarter Transportation Aids totaling $11,447.84 to the NEB Street Repair Fund (motion by Trustee Jeff Westphal; second by Trustee Phil Bloohm; motion carried 5-aye). The board audited and approved general government and utility bills totaling $68,399.58 (checks numbered 31028–31074) and approved payment of the December statements (motion by Trustee John Pesch; second by Trustee Jeff Westphal; motion carried 5-aye). Noted vendor payments included Martelle Water Treatment ($4,444.50 for sewer chemicals), Midwest Meter ($1,488.00 for meters and couplings), Crane Engineering ($1,131.18 to replace a pump) and Culligan Water ($1,600.00 for a softener program tied to a Chloride Reduction Plan).
The meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m. after a motion by Trustee Dan Henke and a second by Trustee John Pesch, which carried 5-aye.
Votes at a glance: approval votes were recorded as "motion carried" with a 5-aye tally throughout the minutes; specific roll-call votes were not listed for individual trustees in the minutes.
