BOARD OF COMMISIONERS MEETING                                                                                                                                                                                    March 1, 2010

 

            The Red Willow County Board of Commissioners met in the Commissioners’ Room in the courthouse on March 1, 2010, for their regular meeting.  A notice of the meeting was published in the McCook Daily Gazette.  The agenda was e-mailed to each commissioner and the news media, uploaded on the County’s website, and kept current and available to the public at the County Clerk’s Office.

            At 9:00 a.m. Chairman Earl McNutt called the meeting to order with the following members present: Commissioners Earl McNutt, Leigh Hoyt and Steve Downer, and County Clerk Pauletta Gerver.  McNutt informed the public about the location of the posted Open Meetings Act.

            A motion was made by Downer, seconded by Hoyt, to approve the agenda.  Roll call: Ayes: McNutt, Hoyt, Downer.

            Dale Cotton told the Board that the McCook Army Airbase Society is working on a project with the Nebraska State Historical Society.  They would like to close the County road behind the hangars and construct a road along the concrete apron in front of the hangars.  They figure it would cost the society around $3,000 to $4,000 to purchase an easement to open up a new entrance to the airbase.

            McNutt reported that he had been getting negative comments regarding the new prescription drug plan at Hillcrest Nursing Home because it will take business away from the local pharmacies.  Hoyt explained that it is supposedly a money savings venture, but the residents can still use the local pharmacies.

            A motion was made by Hoyt, seconded by Downer, to approve the following items on the Consent Agenda: 1) minutes from the previous Board of Commissioners and Board of Equalization meetings, 2) health insurance claim and miscellaneous claims, 3) adopt Resolution No. 1036, Book 16, Page 237, to transfer $200,000.00 from Inheritance Fund 2700 to General Fund 0100, 4) bond of Jerry Walters, treasurer for the Beaver Valley Fire Protection District, and 5) Amendment No. 5 adding coverage for cold laser treatments to the County Employee Benefit Plan.  Roll call: Ayes: McNutt, Hoyt, Downer.

Correspondence from Gary Dicenta regarding bridges’ posting compliance spot checking was reviewed and placed on file.

            The following claim was allowed: Meritain Health – insurance claims - $10,203.92.

            The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 a.m. to March 8, 2010.

The minutes of all meetings are uploaded on the County’s website:  www.co.red-willow.ne.us.  The minutes, along with evidence and documentation received or disclosed in open session, are open to public inspection in the County Clerk’s Office during normal business hours. 

 

                                                                                                                                                                        Earl McNutt

                                                                                                                                                                        Chairman

Attest: Pauletta Gerver