A meeting of the
Board of Trustees of the Village of Trenton, NE, was convened in open and
public session, Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 6:30p.m. at the Village Office.
Present: Chairman Rundel, Trustees Frakes, McArthur and Poppert, Clerk McKain, Utility
Superintendent Vrbas, Deputy Clerk Cock, Gus Gustenslager, Zita Rundel, Colyn
Suda, Brian McKinney, Curtis Kayton, David Lykins, Michael Hoback, and Dana Frakes.
Availability of the agenda was communicated in advance notice and in the notice
sent to the Chairman and Trustees of the meeting. All proceedings hereafter
shown were taken while the meeting was open to the public.
Chairman made “Open
Meeting Act” announcement.
Roll Call was taken
and quorum was verified.
Citizen Forum: Gus
discussed issues with the rodeo arena general admission during Harvest
Festival. He asked that the Board consider putting up a fence to help the
association collect admission to the arena activities. Discussion was made.
Gus received Board approval to put up a fence along the north side of the tree
branch site road.
David Lykins
addressed a concern at the tree branch site. He asked if the board ever hauled
off the yard waste. The placement of debris was not in a specific area. He
stated the debris needed to be pushed up into one pile. Discussion was made on
how to help keep the site neat.
Motion by Frakes with
second by McArthur to approve agenda. Ayes: Rundel, Frakes, McArthur and
Poppert Nays: None. Absent: Neely. Motion carried.
Motion made by Poppert
with second by Rundel to approve minutes of the June 11, 2013 meeting. Ayes:
Rundel, and Poppert Nays: None. Abstain: McArthur and Frakes. Absent: Neely.
Motion carried.
Motion made by Frakes
with second by Rundel to approve minutes of the June 18, 2013 meeting. Ayes:
Rundel, and Frakes Nays: None. Abstain: McArthur and Poppert. Absent: Neely.
Motion carried.
Motion made by Frakes
and second by McArthur to approve treasurer’s report. Ayes: Rundel, Frakes,
McArthur, and Poppert. Nays: None. Absent: Neely. Motion carried.
Utility
Superintendent Reports: Electric Department: Superintendent Vrbas had nothing to
report. Water Department: Superintendent Vrbas stated things were working
well. The water tower was painted. Nitrate levels went up a point. The water
is still well below the allotted amount. Sewer Department: Superintendent
Vrbas stated he is still working on finding a company for installation of the
new sewer station. The only bid that has been received is for $20,000. Trash
Department: Superintendent Vrbas reported the truck is running good. A test
run of the requested rural route for Palisade added an additional 30 miles to
the route. A suggestion for the tree branch site to be open through the summer
on Thursday was made. The board discussed the issue and approved the for the
tree site to be open on Thursdays through the summer. Superintendent Vrbas
stated Bob may be leaving for a few weeks and inquired about a person to cover
during his absence. The board discussed a candidate from previous
applications. He will be contracted to complete payroll forms. The tree branch
site started on fire on June 30th. It was monitored by Chief
Hovey. Street Department: Superintendent Vrbas stated that BSB has been
working on several roads in Trenton making repairs. Park Department: Superintendent
Vrbas stated there is an issue on the south side of the park with sprinklers
not working. He has contacted a company to look at the issue. Pool
Department: Superintendent Vrbas stated that there was a pool inspection. The
pool has several minor citations that can be corrected with low cost and fairly
quick. There was discussion on scheduling to help avoid overtime.
Animal Control: A report was
viewed. There are 23 cats and 143 dogs licensed within the village. One
additional dog was licensed late July 9, 2013. There are still 5 unlicensed
dogs and tickets will be issued. This would be the second ticket for the
unlicensed animals.
Village Office: No utility deposits
will be refunded this month. Clerk McKain stated that she will be taking
vacation days on July 17-19, 2013. The office would be covered by Deputy Clerk
Cock from 8:00am to 12:00pm (Noon) during those days. .
Unfinished Business: Chairman Rundel
reported on the wind turbine project. He stated that soil boring was conducted
and the results should be arriving by next week. Once the report is received,
the Village would need to decide if they wanted to move forward with the project.
Shermco is working on an interconnection application. An interconnection study
would cost approximately $5,000.
Clerk McKain stated
that the testing phase for the credit card has been conducted. The Village
received the card swiper and is able to accept credit card payments, as well
as, e-check payments. There is a 2.49% fee to persons using a credit card and
a $1.75 fee for persons using an e-check. The Village can accept Discover,
MasterCard, Visa, and American Express. Residents may also go to http://ne.gov/go/Trenton to pay their utility
bills online. There have already been a few residents who have utilize the
credit card service.
There was discussion
for the TCDC demolition permit with no action taken at this time.
Wages were discussed
for the clerk and deputy clerk. Motion made by Poppert and seconded by Frakes
to raise both positions hourly wage by three percent. This would make the
hourly wage of the clerk $15.45 and the deputy clerk $9.27. Ayes: Frakes,
Rundel, McArthur, and Poppert. Nays: None. Absent: Neely. Motion carried.
Michael Hoback
discussed some issues with the draft 2013/14 budget. Several items were
discussed. There are several capital outlay projects coming in the next year,
such as, a building on the East 2nd lot, basement foundation repair
at village office, newer bucket truck and trash truck, and installation of the
new sewer station. Mr. Hoback discussed some areas in which the village has
done well and others that will need to improve by raising some of the rates in
electric, water, and sewer. There is not anticipated raise in the asking levy.
Ordinance or
Resolution: There
were no ordinances or resolutions for this meeting.
New Business: Discussion was made
on an application received for a volunteer fire person. The board approved
Morgan Burrell. Motion by McArthur with second by Poppert to approve Morgan
Burrell for a volunteer firefighter. Ayes: Frakes, McArthur, Poppert, and
Rundel. Nays: None. Absent: Neely. Motion carried. Discussion on the SWPPD
construction report was made. Brian McKinney provided an overview of the costs.
Light poles at the football field/track were discussed. Colyn Suda stated that
SWPPD has a new website that would be available on Wednesday, July 10, 2013.
Curtis Kayden stated that SWPPD has a facebook page that keeps people informed
and updated on power issues. There was discussion on the Amended Budget for El
Dorado. An estimate for replacement of the library roof was reviewed.
Discussion was made concerning the roof. An advertisement will be made to take
bids to repair/replace the library roof. Superintendent Vrbas stated that volleyball
players have not been up on the roof, as far as he knew. Trustee Poppert
stated he hadn’t seen any balls go on the roof during his presences at games.
Correspondence: There is a small
conference on Leadership Training for Small Water Systems, which John and Wendy
were registered for, however, due to low enrollment the conference was
cancelled. The Nebraska Department of Roads provided information for highway
safety. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Division of
Public Health are offering a Community Public Water Security Grant. Chairman
Rundel stated he would like Superintendent Vrbas to get some bids and complete
the grant application for a security fence around the water tower. Information
on the groundwater guardian green site was received.
Motion made by Frakes
with second by Poppert to approve operating and keno claims. Ayes: Rundel, Frakes,
McArthur and Poppert. Nays: None. Absent: Neely. Motion carried.
1.
June payroll........................................................................................... $12,951.09
2.
EFTPS, FED payroll
taxes....................................................................... 2,944.20
3.
NE Department of
Revenue (NE payroll taxes)....................................... 300.74
4.
NE Dept. of
Revenue, June sales tax.................................................... 2,658.25
5.
Aflac (Supplement
insurance)...................................................................... 43.70
6.
Alco (Office
supply)........................................................................................ 63.48
7.
American Funds (Simple
IRA June)......................................................... 144.00
8.
Blue Cross Blue
Shield (Insurance Premiums)................................... 2,684.24
9.
BOK Financial
Corporate Trust Dept. (Water Bonds)....................... 33,417.50
10.
C & K
Distributers (Shop supply)................................................................. 14.95
11.
City of McCook
(Trash)............................................................................. 2,786.73
12.
Colby Canvas Co
(Pool repairs)................................................................. 145.00
13.
Colonial Life (Ins
premium)........................................................................... 40.48
14.
D & S Hardware
(Pool supply)...................................................................... 16.95
15.
Data Detectives
(Process Service)............................................................... 24.86
16.
Dewey, Nadine
(Payroll).............................................................................. 244.20
17.
Diamond Vogal
(Pool)...................................................................................... 4.94
18.
Eakes Office Plus
(Office supply)............................................................... (22.70)
19.
Evans, Larry
(Payroll)................................................................................... 207.20
20.
Farmers Co-op
(Supplies/Fuel)............................................................... 1,320.06
21.
Great Plains
Communications (Telephone/Internet).............................. 656.13
22.
Ideal Linen Supply
(Shop supply)............................................................... 16.74
23.
In the Swim (Pool
supply).............................................................................. 39.93
24.
J.A. Automotive
& Repair (A/C Repairs)................................................... 158.50
25.
KC Motor &
Electric (Materials/labor)......................................................... 326.83
26.
Lang Diesel, INC
(Parts for ‘05 mower)......................................................... 7.84
27.
League Builders
(Pool repairs)..................................................................... 18.33
28.
McKain, Wendy L.
(Conference mileage/lunch)..................................... 341.31
29.
McKain, Wendy L.
/Chase Credit Card (Library books).......................... 203.19
30.
Midlands
Toxicology (Pre-employment drug tests)................................. 150.00
31.
MNB (Simple IRA
June).............................................................................. 291.68
32.
Municipal Pipe
Services, INC. (Supplies)............................................. 1,000.00
33.
Municipal Supply,
INC (Supplies).......................................................... 2,445.17
34.
MWC (Dumpsters)..................................................................................... 4,950.00
35.
Nebraska.gov
(Credit card machine)............................................................. 7.32
36.
Olsen’s
Agricultural Lab (Water Samples).................................................. 14.70
37.
One Call Concepts............................................................................................ 5.90
38.
Orscheln
(Supplies)..................................................................................... 211.54
39.
Quill (Supplies).................................................................................................. 4.99
40.
Ruzicka, Janelle
(Pool supply)..................................................................... 16.79
41.
Scoop Media
(Publications)........................................................................ 163.92
42.
Southwest
Fertilizer (Prepaid Propane Credit)......................................... (26.55)
43.
Stratton Auto
Parts (Pool supply)................................................................. 13.98
44.
SWPPD (Purchase
Power June Billing $40,392.52; South Well $349.68; North Well $391.12;
Airport $42.75........................................................................................... 37,569.88
45.
T & J Repair
(Mower filter)............................................................................. 14.85
46.
Titan Machinery
(Bush hog repairs).......................................................... 346.96
47.
Top Office
(Supplies)...................................................................................... 94.90
48.
Tri-State Fire
Extinguisher Service (Fire Extinguishers)....................... 272.25
49.
Verizon (Cell
phones).................................................................................. 114.78
50.
Village of Trenton
(Utilities)..................................................................... 2,544.54
51.
Village of Trenton
Petty Cash (Pool/postage)............................................ 69.35
52.
Vrbas, Jared
(Postage)................................................................................... 22.95
53.
Walmart
(Office/Shop/Pool Supplies)....................................................... 181.24
54.
Western Tire
Company (Tractor Tire Repairs)...................................... 1,107.55
KENO CLAIMS
1.
Danko Emergency
Equipment Co. (Wildland gear)............................... 3,327.43
2.
Trenton Rec
(Harvest Festival)...................................................................... 300.00
With no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00p.m.
Next regular meeting
will be August 13, 2013, 6:30p.m. at the Village Office.
John A. Rundel, Chairman
ATTEST:
Wendy L. McKain,
Village Clerk
