VILLAGE OF CLATONIA

CLATONIA, NE 68328

 

The Clatonia Village Board met Thursday April 17th, 2025. Chairperson Sheri Holsing called the meeting to order at 6:31p.m. at the Clatonia Community Center Village Office. Members present were Sheri Holsing, Shelby Hajek, John Schuerman, Jesse Hajek, and Mike Waltke. Also present was Shawn Pohlmann and Mark Tate.

 

All proceedings were held while the convened meeting was open to the public. The posting of the Open Meetings Act was noted.

 

Consent Agenda:

 

1. Approve last meetings minutes

2. Approve financials

3. Approve Village of Clatonia Claims to be paid in the amount of $250

4. Approve Village of Clatonia Claims to be paid in the amount of $36,827.35

5. Approve Community Center Claims to be paid in the amount of $213.33

6. Approve Clatonia Rescue Squad Claims to be paid in the amount of $599.99

7. Clatonia Fire Department presented no Claims to be paid.

 

John made a motion to approve the items listed under the consent agenda. Jesse seconded. Voting yes was Schuerman, S. Hajek, J. Hajek, Waltke, and Holsing. Motion carried 5-0.

** c) Voting yes was Schuerman, S. Hajek, Waltke, and J. Hajek. Holsing abstained. Motion carried 4-0**

 

Old Business:

 

Update on parcel 007093000: Solheim Law Offices requested a warrant for a property inspection and was approved by the judge. Rob from Nebraska Code Consulting and Inspections LLC performed an inspection on the property. The inspection was completed and now we are waiting for the written report from Rob. Once the report is received, Solheim will advise on the next step.

 

NextLink sent over their revised contract. Only one sentence was revised – The Village requested in Section 7 C “which an emergency may be declared by the Village in its sold and absolute discretion” NextLink countered with “Which an emergency may be declared by the Village in reasonable discretion”. Solheim approved the changes. Shelby made a motion to approve the NextLink changes and accept the contract as presented. Mike seconded. Voting yes was Schuerman, S. Hajek, J. Hajek, Waltke, and Holsing. Motion carried 5-0.

 

Michael Schultes from JEO asked the board if they wanted to continue waiting for possible grant funds that got pushed back to 2026 or if Michael should check with the State SRF agency to see if they would have some low interest loan funds available. The board agreed since we were able to get the screened clean in our current well, a new one isn’t in such dire need, and they would prefer to wait and see if we are awarded grant funds.

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New Business:

 

Shawn Pohlmann, President of the Cardinal Club, presented to the Village a project the Cardinal Club is working on for the Community Center. They would like to get a new sound system. Shawn had Yanda’s Pro Audio & Video come to the Community Center to advise which system would work best. Yanda’s advised Shawn that getting sound dampening panels on the walls before even looking at a sound system, since the echoes are so bad it didn’t matter what sound system they went with, the sound quality would be horrible. Yanda’s provided a quote for 36 panels. If they installed everything the cost is $19,720.00. If the Cardinal Club installed them the cost would be $15,720.00. Shawn let the board know the Cardinal Club has not decided on anything officially yet. They are still in the talking stages and would like to get a few more quotes before anything is voted on. Once a decision is made, Shawn will get the board approval then begin.

 

Ken Nicholson submitted a building permit for a carport at his residence. Mike made a motion to approve the building permit. Jesse seconded. Voting yes was Schuerman, S. Hajek, J. Hajek, Waltke, and Holsing. Motion carried 5-0.

 

The board discussed the recent problems we’ve had at the dump site.  The board agreed to get signs for each pile that indicate which items are allowed or not allowed. This will prevent confusion on what can actually go in each pile. John suggested getting a quote from Sign Solutions in Lincoln and also checking online for other options. Sarah will get quotes and the board will decide in the next meeting.

 

Mark Tate discussed with the board that he will be building a new house on his lot just to the west of SW 100th Rd. He said he had talked to Lisa Weigend with Gage County and before they can get an address for their home, the Village will have to email Lisa proof that the alley right by their lot is owned and maintained by the Village. Sarah will get the minutes from past meetings that show that the alley is Village owned and maintained.

 

During the blizzard in early April the Village lost power for approximately 5 hours. Because of this, the siren hasn’t been going off at 8am, Noon, 1pm, and 5pm. John spoke with Justin Haack and Justin said he will come and look at the siren to get it reprogrammed so it will start sounding at the appropriate times again.

 

Dealings With The Public:

 

Sarah spoke with Stacy at Waste Connections about getting the roll off here. The next available date is the week of May 19th. So the roll off for the Village will be delivered sometime during the week of May 19th.

 

Adjournment:

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Mike made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:23 p.m. John seconded. Voting yes was Schuerman, S. Hajek, J. Hajek, Waltke, and Holsing. Motion carried 5-0.

The next meeting will be held THURSDAY May 15th, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. at the Village Office located at the Clatonia Community Center.

 

Claims were as follows. Description of claims for this legal, bond-bond expense, pymt-payment, in-interest; const-construction; don-donation; eq-equipment; ex-expense; ft-funds transfer; ins-insurance; ls-license; mi-miscellaneous; pr-payroll; pf-professional services; ps-power supplier; rb-reimbursement; rp-repairs and maintenance; st-sales tax; se-service; sup-supplies; tn- training; tr-transfer of funds; tx-taxes, ut-utilities; wt-water tests. Black Hills, ut, 188.78; Adobe, mi, 21.09; Exelon/Constellation, ut, 163.15; NPPD, ps, 1090.25; Waste Connections, se, 3123.44; Ace Hardware, rp, 74.99; Amazon, sup, 43.52; USPS, sup, 5.70; Miranda Truka-Edmond, exp, 150.00; Windstream, ut, 186.85; Solheim Law Firm LLC, pf, 525.00; Farmers Coop, rp, 393.88; ABC Pest, rp, 94.95; Hawkins Inc, sup, 547.19; Nebraska Dept of Revenue, st, 115.59; Security 1st Insurance, ins, 24827.00; One Call Concepts, pf, 0.85; Midwest Labs, wt, 26.56; UI Connect, tx, 43.45; Nebraska Dept of Revenue, tx, 306.26; IRS, tx, 1622.06; Charitable Gaming Commission, tx, 163.00; HMKB Billing, pf, 499.99; payroll, pr, 3677.12.

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Copies of previous months minutes and claims are available at the Village Office. If you would like a copy, please email Sarah at clatoniavillage@diodecom.net