Chairman Burke called the meeting to order in the Board Room, second floor of the County Courthouse, 515 Box
Butte Ave., Ste 202, Alliance, NE at 8:01 a.m., June 4, 2025, following an opening prayer. Notice of meeting was
published May 21, 2025, in the Alliance Times Herald. Affidavit of publication has been received in the office of the
County Clerk. Agenda was emailed and posted on the county’s website: boxbuttecountyne.gov, June 3, 2025. Roll
call: Mike Sautter, present; Brett Ditsch, present; Steve Burke, present. Martie Burke, County Clerk, recorded the
proceedings of the meeting. County Attorney Marissa Curtiss was present. Following the Pledge of Allegiance,
Chairperson Burke acknowledged that this meeting will follow the open meeting act (Updated May 31, 2025)
posted on the North wall of the County Board Room. Sautter moved to accept the Consent Calendar, seconded by
Ditsch. Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried. The Consent Calendar included the following items:
Agenda – June 4, 2025; Minutes – May 21, 2025; Payroll/Claims/Invoices – GENERAL: AFLAC 2343.57; AMERITAS
LIFE INSURANCE CORP 230.16; BMO BANK NA 47330.51; BOX BUTTE COUNTY TREASURER 90496.00; EQUITABLE
FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE 228.33; LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE 205.58; MASA 178.00; VISION SERVICE
PLAN (IC) 265.34; RETIREMENT PLANS DIVISION/AMERITAS 26526.05; STATE OF NEBRASKA DEPT OF REVENUE
6394.60; ROAD: AFLAC 355.91; AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP 32.04; BMO BANK NA 8830.41; BOX BUTTE
COUNTY TREASURER 2490.00; LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE 5.44; MASA 50.00; VISION SERVICE PLAN (IC)
171.43; NE CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT CENTER 895.00; RETIREMENT PLANS DIVISION/AMERITAS 2898.29; STATE
OF NEBRASKA DEPT OF REVENUE 1955.99; NET PAYROLL: 179786.44; Elected Officials and Office Reports – Clerk
and Clerk of the District Court; Correspondence. Commissioners reported on meetings they had recently attended
and upcoming meetings. No public comment on the agenda items (8:06 a.m. – 8:16 a.m.). Burke moved to allow
the County Clerk to move the Claims Imprest and Health Insurance bank accounts to FNBO, seconded by Sautter.
Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried. Burke moved to approve Agreement 2025-09, MJLC, LLC
Commercial Lease, seconded by Sautter. Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried. Burke moved to open
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION at 8:16 a.m., seconded by Sautter. Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried.
Burke moved to approve the Form 425 for Property ID 070097518 with Reassessment Values of Land: 82,580;
Buildings: 58,131; Total: 140,711, seconded by Ditsch. Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried. County
Assessor Michelle Robinson presented Board Notices for properties identified to be over/under valued. Burke
moved to approve the Board Notices for Property IDs 070108773, 070017298, 070042616, 070238707, and
070197514 seconded by Sautter. Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried. Burke moved to hear and/or
decide property valuation protests starting at 8:00 a.m. on the following days: July 9, 2025, July 10, 2025, July 14,
2025, July 15, 2025, July 16, 2025, July 17, 2025, July 21, 2025, July 22, 2025, and July 24, 2025, seconded by
Sautter. Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried. Burke moved to close BOARD OF EQUALIZATION at
8:57 a.m., seconded by Sautter. Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried. Colin with Fuller Construction
conducted the June elevator progress meeting. Burke moved to approve CCP#17 Basement Door Replacement HM
Option 2 in the amount of $10,635.00, seconded by Ditsch. Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried.
Sautter moved to approve CCP#13 TKE Storage Accumulation in the amount of $3,400.00, seconded by Ditsch.
Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, no, Berggren Architects should pay this fee. Motion carried. Burke moved to
approve CCP#18 Deduct County Court Shelf in the amount of -$1,200.00, seconded by Sautter. Sautter, yes; Ditsch,
yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried. Road Superintendent Barb Keegan provided a road and equipment report. Burke
moved to accept the RFP submitted by Alliance Tractor for the 2026 tractor lease, seconded by Ditsch. Sautter, yes;
Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried. USDA Wildlife Specialist Tim Brewer was present to further discuss wildlife
services provided to the County. Burke moved to sign USDA Wildlife Agreement 2025-07, seconded by Ditsch.
Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried. Chief Deputy Ryan Dannar came before the Board to
readdress the Sheriff Deputy pay structure. Sautter moved to standardize the on-call stipend to include $100.00
for deputies who work scheduled Sunday shifts, seconded by Ditsch. Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion
carried. Burke moved to approve the Addendum to the Law Enforcement Interlocal Agreement 2025-08, seconded
by Sautter. Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried. Burke moved to table the jail garage door quote
until more information is available, seconded by Sautter. Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes; Burke, yes. Motion carried.
Burke moved to approve RCI Administrative Agreement 2025-06, seconded by Sautter. Sautter, yes; Ditsch, yes;
Burke, yes. Motion carried. With all agenda items addressed, Chairman Burke adjourned at 10:00 a.m.
/s/ Martie Burke, Box Butte County Clerk Complete minutes, resolutions and agreements are on file in the office of
the County Clerk, available for public inspections during regular business hours.
Publish: June 25, 2025
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