October 11, 2022 at 8:00 PM - Village of Kenesaw - Board of Trustees Meeting

Discussion:  Chair Kroos called the meeting to order at 8:04 p.m.  In attendance:  Assistant Chair Knuth, Trustee Ehly, Trustee Uden and Trustee Higel.  Others present:  Village Superintendent- Casey Hughes, Asst. Village Superintendent- Glen Kuehn, Village Clerk/Treasurer- Shelley Dick, Kenesaw Youth Sports - Jason Wagoner, KVFD EMT Captain - Kari Legg, Brian Friedrichson - Olsson, Village Planning & Zoning - Henry Wilson, and  Resident - Connie Valentine.

Discussion:  Clerk Dick called Roll Call to establish a quorum: Chair Kroos, Trustee Higel, Trustee Ehly, Trustee Uden and Asst. Chair Knuth were present to form the quorum.

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Discussion:  Trustee Ehly stated she needed more time to finish the Employee Review.

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Discussion:  Clerk Dick informed the board that BNSF would be in the area on November 15th for a meeting with Adams County.  Greg Schmidt of the Adams County Roads Department wanted to know if members of the board would like to meet with BNSF to talk about the closure of Constitution Rd. Proposed Closure Agreement Tabled.

Discussion:  Clerk Dick told the board that she had not received any notification from the Village Attorney Shon Lieske on how to handle an ADA Pitsky.  Tabled.

Discussion:  The owners of the dog did not come to the meeting.

Discussion:  Clerk Dick discussed with the board that many of the dangerous dog ordinances repeated one another and explained to them that her and the Village Attorney had discussed revising them so they were clearer.

Discussion:  Clerk Dick presented the board with an amended ordinance to original Ordinance No. 176.  The amended ordinance adds that a dangerous dog must be muzzled if taken off of the owner's personal property.  Tabled.

Discussion:  Trustee Ehly explained to the board that she spoke with grant writer Dana Steiner and Dana told her that she was extremely busy but she would be able to help with grant writing at the beginning of next year.  Tabled.

Discussion:  Kari Legg, EMT Captain, spoke with the board about the lack of EMT's the village has and that she has several individuals that are interested in becoming an EMT but would need EMT classes to get certified.  Kari asked the board if the village would be willing to pay for the EMT classes and the individual would have to pay for their own certification test.  She thought that the village would roughly cost $2,872.00.  Kari also provided information to the board about the village getting reimbursed for some of the cost from the Nebraska Office of Emergency Health Systems.

Discussion:  Jason Wagoner of Kenesaw Youth Sports was asked by the village board to attend the meeting to discuss the bathrooms at the ballfield.  Casey, Utility Superintendent, told Jason that the bathrooms were not being cleaned and that the locks to the bathrooms were being broken and that some of the sports groups were leaving trash.  Chair Kroos noted that she thought that the guest football team fans were using the ballfield bathrooms because that is what they had to do during the Covid restrictions. Jason apologized, stating that he did not know any of this was happening.  He also discussed with the board that the bathrooms were in horrible condition and needed to be demolished.  The board and Casey agreed.   Jason informed the board that he had spoken with others in the Kenesaw Youth Sports group and they would just get Port-a-Potties for their activities in the future.  Trustee Ehly asked Clerk Dick to revise the agreement between Kenesaw Youth Sports and the Village to reflect these changes.

Discussion:  Brian Friedrichson of Olsson spoke with the board about the Water Main Project and cost estimates of the project.  The cost estimates are over the amount of the ARPA money the village received.  Brian gave options to cut the cost of the project costs down to be closer to the original ARPA amount budgeted.

Discussion:  Casey Hughes, Village Superintendent, discussed with the board that there is an indication of individual(s) living in a camper on a residents' property.  Chair Kroos asked Clerk Dick to review the Mobile Home Village Ordinances, parking a Camper Village Ordinances and look into DHHS regulations for a mobile home park.  Tabled.

Discussion:  Clerk Dick proposed an example of a Nuisance Property Ordinance given to her by SCEDD.  The board read the example ordinance and all agreed that it would work to clarify what defines a nuisance property, abatement procedures and enforcement procedures.  Clerk DIck stated that she would get the ordinance drawn up for next board meeting.  Tabled

Discussion:  Casey Hughes, Village Superintendent, and Clerk Dick informed the board of the incident that occurred at 214 N. Smith Ave. on Saturday, October 8, 2022.  Clerk Dick explained that there was no building permit for demolition applied for by the owner and Casey stated that he did not receive a dig request for the property either.  Chair Kroos asked if the property owner had the area of demolishment tested for asbestos and neither Casey nor Clerk Dick were aware of any testing or removal of asbestos had been completed.  The owner of the property applied for a building permit for demolition on Monday, October 17th, 2022, in which Casey denied the permit per board recommendation.  The board requested Clerk Dick to invite the owner of the property to come to the November 8th regular meeting to discuss the property and permit.