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VILLAGE OF MURRAY, NEBRASKA

May 12, 2009

The Murray, Nebraska Board of Trustees met in regular session on Tuesday. May 12, 2009 at 7:00 pm in the Murray Municipal Building. Present: Trustees: Bill Johnson, Debbie Newhouse, Stan Flak; Absent: Shelley Lesac, George Blessing; Village Clerk, Eileen Murdoch; attending: guests.

Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by posting in (3) three public places as shown by the certificate attached to these minutes. Notice of the meeting was simultaneously given to the Chairperson and all members of the Board of Trustees. Their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and agenda is attached to these minutes. All proceedings thereafter were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Pro-tem Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM and informed the audience of the location of the open meetings act poster

Motion by Flak, seconded by Newhouse to approve the minutes of the April 14, 2009 regular meeting; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; absent: Lesac, Blessing, motion carried.

Motion by Flak, seconded by Newhouse to acknowledge receipt of the Treasurer’s report, ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; absent: Lesac, Blessing, motion carried.

Motion by Newhouse, seconded by Flak to approve claims; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; absent: Lesac, Blessing, motion carried.

Maintenance Report.

Lift station/sewer issues. Eric Obert JEO. Pro-Tem Johnson said Obert would be late, so he moved to the next item.

Review initial street repair bids, determine spending limit. Motion for bid publication if over $20,000 Motion by Flak, seconded by Newhouse to table this until next month; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; Absent: Lesac, Blessing, motion carried.

Eric Obert had arrived, so Pro-Tem Johnson moved back to the Lift station/sewer issues. Discuss safety committee, meeting, establish injury prevention manual. Motion by Newhouse, seconded by Flak to establish the Board as the safety committee; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; Absent: Lesac, Blessing, motion carried.

Discuss cleaning/digging out drainage ditches.

Approve lien for $820.89 for 403 N. Davis. Motion by Flak, seconded by Newhouse to approve the lien for $820.89 for work done by the village at 403 N. Davis Ave.; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; Absent: Lesac, Blessing, motion carried.

Discuss possible nuisance declarations.

Request for "Children at Play" signs at Tyson Park. Motion by Johnson, seconded by Newhouse to purchase and put in place signs at Tyson Park; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; Absent: Lesac, Blessing, motion carried.

Request for additional handicapped sign on Main St. for Murray Presbyterian Church. Review Flood Plain maps, and discuss if necessary.

Young Park Concession building, determine value for possible sale.

Motion by Newhouse, seconded by Johnson, to adjourn the meeting at 8:20 PM, ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; Absent: Lesac, Blessing, motion carried.

I, the undersigned Village Clerk of the Village of Murray, Nebraska, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of proceedings had and done by the Chairperson and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Murray to the best of my knowledge; that the agenda was kept continually current and available for public inspection at the office of the Village Clerk; that the minutes were in written form and available for public inspection within (10) working days and prior to the next convened meeting of said body; the minutes are published in summary form, upon request a complete copy is available at the Village Office.

Shelley Lesac, Chairperson

Eileen A. Murdoch, Village Clerk

 

 

 

SUPPLIER

 

 

DESC

 

 

AMOUNT

 

 

Alltel

 

 

ph

 

 

58.92

 

 

Anderson, Jonathan

 

 

rf

 

 

150.00

 

 

American Legal Publishing

 

 

pb

 

 

1,152.00

 

 

Beaver Lake Assn

 

 

sw

 

 

40.00

 

 

Beaver Lake Assn

 

 

sw

 

 

4,180.05

 

 

Black Hills Energy

 

 

ut

 

 

34.01

 

 

Bomgaars

 

 

su

 

 

64.99

 

 

CCRW #1

 

 

cnt

 

 

3,732.37

 

 

Copy Center/Imagistics

 

 

cnt

 

 

38.10

 

 

Great Plains 1 Call

 

 

rp

 

 

3.03

 

 

Inspro, Inc

 

 

ins

 

 

100.00

 

 

JEO

 

 

pf

 

 

552.00

 

 

Journal/Consumer

 

 

adv

 

 

310.25

 

 

Kaiser, George

 

 

rf

 

 

43.56

 

 

Konfrst, Al

 

 

ins

 

 

415.00

 

 

Lanier, Elaine

 

 

rf

 

 

75.88

 

 

Linkletter Architects

 

 

pf

 

 

1,162.50

 

 

Meekse Ace Hardware

 

 

su

 

 

311.06

 

 

Moorehead Constr

 

 

cnt

 

 

200.00

 

 

Morten Law

 

 

lgl

 

 

890.95

 

 

MSB

 

 

fdp

 

 

1,065.46

 

 

Ne Dept Rev

 

 

stx

 

 

935.86

 

 

Ne Dept Rev

 

 

wh

 

 

544.16

 

 

Nppd

 

 

ut

 

 

1,029.00

 

 

Nebraska Public Health Lab

 

 

tst

 

 

16.00

 

 

PO

 

 

ptg

 

 

100.00

 

 

Windstream

 

 

ph

 

 

263.53

 

 

Waste Mgmt

 

 

cnt

 

 

2,561.22

 

 

Wessels Trucking

 

 

su

 

 

928.83

 

 

75 Mart

 

 

fl

 

 

202.10

 

 

Payroll

 

 

pr

 

 

4454.87

 

 

Claims Total

 

 

 

25,615.70

 

 

 

VILLAGE OF MURRAY, NEBRASKA

April 14, 2009

 

The Murray, Nebraska Board of Trustees met in regular session on Tuesday. April 14, 2009 at 7:00 pm in the Murray Municipal Building. Present: Trustees: Bill Johnson, Debbie Newhouse, Stan Flak; Absent: Shelley Lesac, George Blessing; Village Clerk, Eileen Murdoch; attending: guests.

Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by posting in (3) three public places as shown by the certificate attached to these minutes. Notice of the meeting was simultaneously given to the Chairperson and all members of the Board of Trustees. Their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and agenda is attached to these minutes. All proceedings thereafter were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Pro-tem Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM and informed the audience of the location of the open meetings act poster

Motion by Flak, seconded by Newhouse to approve the minutes of the March 16, 2009 regular meeting; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; absent: Lesac, Blessing, motion carried.

Motion by Flak, seconded by Newhouse to acknowledge receipt of the Treasurer’s report, ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; absent: Lesac, Blessing, motion carried.

Motion by Newhouse, seconded by Flak to approve claims; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; absent: Lesac, Blessing, motion carried.

Maintenance Report. Parks. Water. Street. Sewer.

Motion by Flak, seconded by Newhouse to pay Beaver Lake Association $18,167.07 and send a letter with it, expressing our concern over the reading; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; absent: Blessing, Lesac, motion carried.

Discuss possible change in sewer rates or payment from invested funds to pay for overage. Motion by Flak, seconded by Newhouse to pay Beaver Lake overage charge from the Fluidyne account; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; absent: Blessing, Lesac, motion carried.

Young Park Concession/Restroom project updates. Motion by Flak, seconded by Newhouse that as soon as the contract is done with the as discussed minor changes, we give Shelley the okay to sign it; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak; absent: Blessing, Lesac, motion carried.

Trustee Flak updated the Board on the site change to the Concession/Restroom project. Flak indicated that they decided to move it 20 feet to the east, it lined up better with the asphalt and less of a slope.

Trustee Blessing entered the meeting at 7:40 PM.

Review civil defense siren grant opportunity, replacement, sign letter of intent. Motion by Newhouse, seconded by Flak to sign letter of intent and tell them we have the money to put in one more siren; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Blessing, Flak; absent: Lesac, motion carried.

Discuss street repairs; plans.

LARM participation discount plan. Motion by Flak, seconded by Newhouse to table this item; Ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Blessing, Flak; absent: Lesac, motion carried.

Approve Plattsmouth Amateur Radio Club use of Young Memorial Park, June 27 & 28. Motion by Newhouse, seconded by Blessing to approve the Amateur Radio Club use of Young Park on June 27 & 28; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Blessing, Flak; absent: Lesac, motion carried.

Motion by Blessing, seconded by Newhouse to adjourn the meeting at 7:59 PM; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Blessing, Flak; absent: Lesac, motion carried.

I, the undersigned Village Clerk of the Village of Murray, Nebraska, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of proceedings had and done by the Chairperson and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Murray to the best of my knowledge; that the agenda was kept continually current and available for public inspection at the office of the Village Clerk; that the minutes were in written form and available for public inspection within (10) working days and prior to the next convened meeting of said body; the minutes are published in summary form, upon request a complete copy is available at the Village Office.

Shelley Lesac, Chairperson

Eileen A. Murdoch, Village Clerk

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLIER

DESC

Month

AMOUNT

Alltel

ph

 

58.57

Beaver Lake Assn

sw

 

4,115.48

Black Hills Energy

ut

 

54.47

Bomgaars

su

 

23.98

Cass County Zoning

pmt

 

219.91

CCRW #1

cnt

 

3,164.39

Copy Center

cnt

 

38.10

Great Plains 1 Call

rp

 

6.06

Konfrst, Al

ins

 

415.00

Linkletter Architects

pr

 

1,125.00

Meeske Ace Hardware

su

 

106.37

Morten Law

lgl

 

315.00

MSB

fdp

 

1,466.82

Murdoch, Eileen

mi

 

304.15

Ne Dept Rev

stx

 

844.96

NE Public Health Environ Lab

tst

 

16.00

Nmpp

du

 

494.18

Nppd

ut

 

1,091.43

Nolting, Jason or Tasha

rf

 

126.12

Office Depot

su

 

66.26

PO

ptg

 

96.00

Quality Inn & Suites

ldg

 

117.90

Robinson, Ryan

rf

 

2.72

Waste Mgmt

cnt

 

2,577.41

Windstream

su

 

255.87

75 Mart

fl

 

101.63

Payroll

pr

 

4,729.91

Claims Total

 

 

21,933.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VILLAGE OF MURRAY, NEBRASKA

March 16, 2009

The Murray, Nebraska Board of Trustees met in regular session on Monday, March 16, 2009 at 7:00 pm in the Murray Municipal Building. Present: Trustees: George Blessing, Stan Flak, Shelley Lesac; Absent: Bill Johnson, Debbie Newhouse; Village Clerk, Eileen Murdoch; attending: guests.

Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by posting in (3) three public places as shown by the certificate attached to these minutes. Notice of the meeting was simultaneously given to the Chairperson and all members of the Board of Trustees. Their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and agenda is attached to these minutes. All proceedings thereafter were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Chairperson Lesac called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM and informed the audience of the location of the open meetings act poster

Motion by Blessing, seconded by Flak to approve the minutes of the February 10, 2009 regular meeting; ayes: Blessing, Flak, Lesac, Absent: Johnson, Newhouse, motion carried.

Motion by Blessing, seconded by Flak to acknowledge receipt of the Treasurer’s report, ayes: Blessing, Flak, Lesac; Absent: Johnson, Newhouse, motion carried.

Motion by Flak, seconded by Blessing to approve claims; ayes: Blessing, Flak, Lesac; Absent: Johnson, Newhouse, motion carried.

Maintenance Report. Parks. Water. Streets.

Motion by Flak, seconded by Blessing to accept the low bid for the Young Memorial Park Concession Restroom project; ayes: Blessing, Flak, Lesac; Absent: Johnson, Newhouse, motion carried.

Motion by Flak, seconded by Blessing to approve obtaining the building permit for the restroom/concession stand; ayes: Blessing, Flak, Lesac; Absent: Johnson, Newhouse, motion carried.

Motion by Blessing, seconded by Flak to set up an account for park donations and publish the fact that we have it; ayes: Blessing, Flak, Lesac; Absent: Johnson, Newhouse, motion carried.

Gary Todd was recognized and spoke regarding the baseball and softball programs and utilizing Young and Tyson parks in Murray.

Discuss possible change in sewer rates or payment from invested funds to pay overage. The Board discussed this matter and tabled until the next meeting.

Nuisance trailer 403 Davis Ave., and property 124 W. Main St. Discussion was held, a letter will be sent to the Main St. property owner, and pictures will be taken of the trailer.

Sensus handheld device, possible upgrade. Murray’s handheld device will be obsolete in a year and there is an upgrade opportunity. The Board decided to take no action at this time.

ATV’s on streets, complaints, review statutes. Attorney Morten said it is clearly a county sheriff enforcement. Morten asked the Board if they wanted an ATV Ordinance, the Board said no.

Motion by Flak, seconded by Blessing to approve Pat Zeigler as editor for the Murray web site.

Approve clean-up days, set hours. There was some discussion regarding start and stop, and having it inside the fence where the old sewer plant was. Chairperson Lesac asked Konfrst what hours they were going to have, he said 8-5. Motion by Blessing, seconded by Flak to approve clean up days for May 30th and 31st; ayes: Blessing, Flak, Lesac; Absent: Johnson, Newhouse, motion carried.

SUPPLIER

 

 

DESC

 

 

Mon

 

 

AMOUNT

 

 

Alltel

 

 

ph

 

 

 

58.48

 

 

Beaver Lake Assn

 

 

sw

 

 

 

4,184.78

 

 

Black Hills Energy

 

 

ut

 

 

 

59.78

 

 

Boomgaars

 

 

su

 

 

 

54.02

 

 

CCRW #1

 

 

cnt

 

 

 

3,027.94

 

 

Conestoga School

 

 

lq

 

 

 

310.00

 

 

Journal/Consumer

 

 

adv

 

 

 

52.60

 

 

Konfrst, Al

 

 

ins

 

 

 

415.00

 

 

Linkletter Architects

 

 

pf

 

 

 

1,452.78

 

 

MARC

 

 

su

 

 

 

60.53

 

 

Mark Moorehead Construction

 

 

sr

 

 

 

1,675.00

 

 

Meeske Ace Hardware

 

 

su

 

 

 

135.38

 

 

Morten Law

 

 

lgl

 

 

 

55.00

 

 

MSB

 

 

fdp

 

 

 

1,178.14

 

 

Ne Dept Rev

 

 

stx

 

 

 

979.41

 

 

NE Public Health Environ Lab

 

 

tst

 

 

 

16.00

 

 

Nppd

 

 

ut

 

 

 

1,124.19

 

 

Oce Imagistics

 

 

cnt

 

 

 

38.10

 

 

Oce Imagistics

 

 

cnt

 

 

 

76.20

 

 

Petty Cash

 

 

ca

 

 

 

69.86

 

 

PO

 

 

ptg

 

 

 

96.00

 

 

Waste Mgmt

 

 

cnt

 

 

 

2,560.82

 

 

Windstream

 

 

ph

 

 

 

253.54

 

 

75 Mart

 

 

fl

 

 

 

121.38

 

 

Payroll

 

 

pr

 

 

 

5,596.79

 

 

Claims Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,651.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Update to Cass County Emergency Management on percent of Board Compliance on National Incident Management Systems. Trustee Blessing informed the Board he would try to complete the training class by the next Board meeting.

Motion by Blessing, seconded by Flak to adjourn the meeting at 8:33 PM; ayes: Blessing, Flak, Lesac; Absent: Johnson, Newhouse, motion carried.

I, the undersigned Village Clerk of the Village of Murray, Nebraska, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of proceedings had and done by the Chairperson and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Murray to the best of my knowledge; that the agenda was kept continually current and available for public inspection at the office of the Village Clerk; that the minutes were in written form and available for public inspection within (10) working days and prior to the next convened meeting of said body; the minutes are published in summary form, upon request a complete copy is available at the Village Office.

Shelley Lesac, Chairperson

Eileen A. Murdoch, Village Clerk

 

VILLAGE OF MURRAY, NEBRASKA

February 10, 2009

 

The Murray, Nebraska Board of Trustees met in regular session on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 7:00 pm in the Murray Municipal Building. Present: Trustees: Bill Johnson, Debbie Newhouse, Stan Flak, Shelley Lesac; Absent: George Blessing; Village Clerk, Eileen Murdoch; attending: guests.

Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by posting in (3) three public places as shown by the certificate attached to these minutes. Notice of the meeting was simultaneously given to the Chairperson and all members of the Board of Trustees. Their acknowledgement of receipt of notice and agenda is attached to these minutes. All proceedings thereafter were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.

Chairperson Lesac called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM and informed the audience of the location of the open meetings act poster

Motion by Johnson, seconded by Flak to approve the minutes of the January 13, 2009 regular meeting; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak, Lesac, Absent: Blessing, motion carried.

Motion by Flak, seconded by Johnson to acknowledge receipt of the Treasurer’s report with a correction to the General Fund, ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak, Lesac; Absent: Blessing, motion carried.

Motion by Johnson, seconded by Newhouse to approve claims; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Flak, Lesac; Absent: Blessing, motion carried.

Trustee Blessing entered the meeting at 7:04 PM.

Maintenance Report.

Motion by Blessing seconded by Johnson to open the hearing on the 1-6 Year Street Plan; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Blessing, Flak, Lesac; motion carried.

Motion by Johnson seconded by Newhouse to close the hearing on the 1-6 Year Street Plan; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Blessing, Flak, Lesac; motion carried.

Motion by Johnson seconded by Flak to adopt the Resolution 09-02 the 1-6 Year Street Plan; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Blessing, Flak, Lesac, motion carried.

Motion by Newhouse, seconded by Blessing to approve the audit report performed by Goracke, Ritterbush & Piotrowski; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Blessing, Flak, Lesac, motion carried.

Beaver Lake Sewer Billing overage. Chairperson Lesac said let’s carry this over another month.

Murray web site. Motion by Newhouse seconded by Johnson to accept the charter for the official Murray website; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Blessing, Flak, Lesac, motion carried.

KCI Collection Service. The Board said they were not interested in this service.

Change March meeting date. Motion by Blessing seconded by Newhouse to move the March meeting date to the 16th at 7:00 PM; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Blessing, Flak, Lesac, motion carried.

Motion by Johnson, seconded by Newhouse to adjourn the meeting at 7:51 PM; ayes: Johnson, Newhouse, Blessing, Flak, Lesac, motion carried.

I, the undersigned Village Clerk of the Village of Murray, Nebraska, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of proceedings had and done by the Chairperson and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Murray to the best of my knowledge; that the agenda was kept continually current and available for public inspection at the office of the Village Clerk; that the minutes were in written form and available for public inspection within (10) working days and prior to the next convened meeting of said body; the minutes are published in summary form, upon request a complete copy is available at the Village Office.

Shelley Lesac, Chairperson

Eileen A. Murdoch, Village Clerk

 

 

Alltel

ph

 

58.48

Beaver Lake Assn

swr

 

4,205.83

Black Hills Energy

ut

 

87.07

CCRW #1

cnt

 

4,215.49

DHHS Div of Public Health

cl

 

272.00

Gorake, Ritterbush, Piotrowski

aud

 

5,232.00

Great Plains 1 Call

lgl

 

1.01

Hoshor, James or Jennifer

rf

 

102.79

Journal/Consumer

rp

 

142.65

Linkletter Architects

pr

 

1,956.42

Lincoln Journal Star

rp

 

66.11

Konfrst, Al

ins

 

415.00

Meeske Ace Hardware

su

 

432.09

Michael Todd & Co, Inc.

su

 

1,077.80

Morten Law

lgl

 

601.00

MSB

wh

 

1,479.24

Murray Repair

rp

 

31.04

Ne Dept Rev

stx

 

910.88

Ne Dept Rev

wh

 

477.97

Nebr. Municipal Clerk Institute

reg

 

225.00

NE Public Health Environ Lab

tst

 

16.00

Nppd

ut

 

1,159.11

PO

ptg

 

96.00

Waste Mgmt

su

 

2,567.85

Windstream

ph

 

255.66

75 Mart

fl

 

175.41

Payroll

pr

 

4,384.03

Claims Total

 

 

30,643.93