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MINUTES OF MEETING
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SARPY COUNTY, NEBRASKA
June 3, 1997
A meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Sarpy County, Nebraska was convened in open and public session at 4:00
P.M. on June 3, 1997 at the Courthouse in Papillion, Nebraska. Present: Thomas O’Hara, Tim Gay, Bart Bonn, Don Knott
Sr., Tim Schram, Board Administrator Mark Wayne and Debra J. Houghtaling, County Clerk.
Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereto by publication in the Bellevue Leader on May 28, 1997, a copy of the Proof
of Publication is on file in the County Clerk's office. Notice of the meeting was simultaneously given to all members of the
Board of County Commissioners of Sarpy County, Nebraska. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the published
notice and in the notice to members of the Board of County Commissioners of this meeting. All proceedings were taken while
the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.
Commissioners' comments were recorded.
Commissioner Bonn requested that item # 4 (Approve claims) be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the
Regular Agenda.
Knott moved, seconded by O’Hara, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended with the removal of item #4 . Ayes: O’Hara,
Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
CONSENT AGENDA:
Knott moved, seconded by O’Hara, to approve the minutes of the May 27, 1997 meeting as submitted. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay,
Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
Resolved by Knott, seconded by O’Hara, to authorize the Chairman to sign an Amendment to the Agreement with Omaha-
Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency , Contract No. 524-200, for the administration of the NDED Community
Development Block Grant No. 93-DW-026, Public Work Flood Recovery Program, extending the completion date to July 31,
1997. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
REGULAR AGENDA:
Bonn moved, seconded by Knott, to approve the claims as submitted by Debra J. Houghtaling, Sarpy County Clerk, and
authorize the County Clerk to issue warrants for said claims except hold Claim No. 97-08296 to Husker Steel in the amount of
$8,856 to determine if informal bids are needed. A complete listing of claims is on file in the office of the County Clerk. Ayes:
O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
*INSERT CLAIMS LISTING HERE
A discussion was held concerning 54th Street construction across Timmerman Farms to connect with Schram Road or Maass
Road.
Gay moved, seconded by Knott, to sit as a Board of Equalization. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
Knott moved, seconded by Gay, to approve the applications for 1997 Tax Exemption on Real and Personal Property by
Qualifying Organizations (Form 451) for 1) Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2) Papillion Gun Club, Inc. 3) Millard Star
Soccer Assoc. Commissioner Knott withdrew his motion.
O’Hara moved, seconded by Gay, to approve the application of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church for 1997 Tax Exemption
on Real and Personal Property by Qualifying Organization (Form 451) on property described as Tax Lots 34B & 35A, 27-14-12,
Sarpy County, NE., as recommended by the County Assessor. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
Knott moved, seconded by Gay, to approve a 75% reduction of the tax due based on the application of Papillion Gun Club,
Inc. for 1997 Tax Exemption on Real and Personal Property by Qualifying Organization (Form 451) on property described as
Tax Lots 18B & 19B, 27-13-12, Sarpy County, NE. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
Gay moved, seconded by Knott, to approve the application of Millard Star Soccer Assoc. for 1997 Tax Exemption on Real and
Personal Property by Qualifying Organization (Form 451) on property described as Pt. Tax Lot 2C, 15-14-11, Sarpy County, NE.
(14.43 ac), as recommended by the County Assessor. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.

O’Hara moved, seconded by Gay, to approve the following exemption applications for 1997 Tax Exemption on Motor Vehicles
Owned by Qualifying Non-profit Organizations, (Form 457), as approved by the County Assessor:
First Baptist Church of Bellevue
Great Plains Girl Scout Council Inc
South Side Assembly of God
1991 Ford E350
1984 Ford Pickup
1977 Ford Bus
1985 Chevrolet Caprice Wgn.
Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
Gay moved, seconded by Knott, to return to regular session. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
Bonn moved, seconded by Knott, to approve the following Flood Plain Permit, as approved by the Building Inspector: Carl C.
Acuff, 3212 Annebelle Dr., Lot 31 Chris Lake, Platte River, 10' x 14' shed on concrete slab. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn
& Schram. Nays: None.
Resolved by Knott, seconded by O’Hara, to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign a Change Order to the contract with
U.S. Asphalt Company for Project No. C-77(97-9)A to add the asphalt paving of 23rd Street, between Childs Road and Virginia
Street, and Virginia Street, between 23rd Street and 25th Street, additional cost $14,300. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay & Knott. Nays:
Bonn & Schram.
As advertised a public hearing was held regarding the application for a public works grant for an economic development project
to assist in the expansion of the Werner Enterprises transportation operation at approximately I-80 and Hwy. 50. No public
comments were offered.
Knott resolved , seconded by Bonn, that the Chairman is authorized and directed to proceed with formulation of any and all
contracts, documents, or other memoranda between Sarpy County and the Nebraska Department of Economic Development so
as to effect the acceptance of the Community Development Block Grant Application for Public Works Grant for the relocation
and paving of Cornhusker Road in a configuration that will accommodate truck traffic and improvements to Hwy 50 access at
Cornhusker Road and Prairie Corners Road associated with the Werner Enterprises expansion, CDBG funds requested
$502,000. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
Knott moved, seconded by O’Hara, to authorize application for a Comprehensive Communities Policing Grant (CCPG) entitled
“Issues in Rural Communities” to provide for the implementation of a bicycle patrol program for the Sarpy County Sheriff’s
Department, total amount requested $68,994.40. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
Resolved by Bonn, seconded by O’Hara, to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the Master Cooperative Agreement
between the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District, Sarpy County Board of Commissioners, Nebraska Natural
Resources Commission, Board of Regents University of Nebraska and Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United
States Department of Agriculture for update of the soil survey of Sarpy County, Nebraska. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn &
Schram. Nays: None.
Resolved as amended by Bonn, seconded by O’Hara, that pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §39-1722, et seq. (Reissue 1993) that a
portion of 232nd Street between Angus Road and Lincoln Road within the Equestrian Ridge Estates Subdivision located in
Sarpy County, all as further described in legal description attached to said resolution, is hereby vacated subject to any existing
easements and utility improvements; further that said vacation is conditioned upon the owner complying with the following
conditions:
1. If a gate is constructed across the vacated 232nd Street, any access code or changes to the
access code be provided to the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office, the Sarpy County E-911 Center,
and the Gretna Volunteer Fire Department.
2. The addresses of all homes constructed along 232nd Street be provided to the Sarpy County
Sheriff’s Office, the Sarpy County E-911 Center, and the Gretna Volunteer Fire Department.
3. If a gate is constructed across the vacated 232nd Street, a bypass mechanism be installed to
allow emergency access in the event of a mechanical or electrical failure.
Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
Note: Vacation rescinded by resolution dated 09/24/02, SEE Commissioners’ Bk. 21, pg. 116

At 5:20 p.m. Knott moved, seconded by O’Hara , to adjourn until June 10, 1997 at 7:00 p.m. preceded by a liaison and
administrative report meeting beginning at 5:30 p.m. Ayes: O’Hara, Gay, Knott, Bonn & Schram. Nays: None.
/s/ Tim Schram
Chairman, Board of County Commissioners
ATTEST:
/s/ Debra J. Houghtaling
County Clerk
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