May 1, 2015 at 9:00 AM - Executive Committtee Meeting

Rationale:  Attached find Mountford's report from NRD/NARD Employee Benefits Committee and Intergovernmental Risk Management Pool Association Loss Control Committee Meeting.

Rationale:  The GMDA Summer Meeting is scheduled for June 10-12 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.  Advanced registration is due before May 25th.  

Rationale:  Attached find Don Kavan's excuse of absence from the March Board Meeting.  No action needed.

Rationale:  Weaver arranged meetings with our congressional delegation on April 16.  Those attending included Miyoshi, Glenn Johnson, John Winkler, Marlin Peterman and Meghan Sittler.  Discussion centered on major projects within the three NRDs and the Lower Platte River Watershed Authority.  The monthly conference call will be held after the first of the month.

Rationale:  George Hunt will give a presentation on WOTUS (Waters of the United States) at the May 11 board meeting.

Rationale:  No new information.

Rationale:  Attached to the Executive Committee Minutes find the minutes and annual finial report from the Nebraska Habitat Conservation Coalition (NHCC) annual meeting that was held on April 9.

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NARD is asking if our board is interested in an NET Program that looks at the history and accomplishments of the NRDs?  

NARD is not asking for the money at this time.  Rather they want to know if our district is willing to participate at around $3,000/district. Another factor in the cost per district is how many are willing to participate.

NARD will not take final action on this until the June NARD Board meeting.  By then, they will have a firm budget from NET and hopefully an idea of how many districts are willing to participate financially.  

In discussion with NET, the hour long program would be aired several times in the first month and once a month for the rest of the year.  Production could begin in July, with air time in early 2016.  The program would also be available on the NET website.

Do we support this project and are we willing to budget $3,000 to carry it out? 

 

Rationale:  May is the month we review and make adjustments to our Salary Ranges.  The midpoint (100%) is taken from the State Salary Survey and our ranges are then set at 80%-120% (20% below and above the mid-point).  

Breunig has put together two spreadsheets, the first with actual numbers and the second buffered with a maximum change (up or down) of 10%.  In the past the buffered spreadsheet has worked the best for us to eliminate wide swings in the mid-points.