VILLAGE OF ELM CREEK
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES
MARCH 25, 2025, 7:00 P.M.
A Public Hearing of the Elm Creek Village Board of Trustees was convened in open and public session at the Elm Creek Village Center, 535 W. Boyd Avenue, Elm Creek, Nebraska at 7:00 p.m. on March 25, 2025. Advance Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting of Notice in three public places within the Village and publication in the Beacon Observer, as shown in the Certificate of Posting affixed to these minutes. Advance Notice was simultaneously given to the Chairman and all members of the Board of Trustees and their acknowledgment of receipt of Notice and the agenda are affixed to these minutes. Tanner Tool called the public hearing to order at 7:01 p.m. by calling for the roll with the following members responding: Davis Miner, Tanner Tool, Brian Florell and Kyle Lawrence. Absent: Michael Strong. Tanner announced that in accordance with Section 84-1412 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes, a current copy of the Open Meetings Act is available for review and is posted on the east wall of the meeting room.
Tanner announced the Road Improvement Public Hearing is now open for discussion and to hear public comment. Lance Harter with Oak Creek Engineering discussed with the board and the public the 2025 One & Six Year Road Improvement Plan. There were 4 projects that are no longer priorities and 2 new projects that they’d like to add. We will be completing the McComb Street return project this year. With no further questions or comments, a motion was made by Tanner and seconded by Kyle to close the Public Hearing at 7:27PM. Ayes: Davis, Kyle, Tanner and Brian. Nays: none. The motion carried.
VILLAGE OF ELM CREEK
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
MARCH 25, 2025, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARING
A Regular Meeting of the Elm Creek Village Board of Trustees was convened in open and public session at the Elm Creek Village Center, 535 W. Boyd Avenue, Elm Creek, Nebraska immediately following the Public Hearing on March 25, 2025. Advance Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting of Notice in three public places within the Village and publication in the Beacon Observer, as shown in the Certificate of Posting affixed to these minutes. Advance Notice was simultaneously given to the Chairman and all members of the Board of Trustees and their acknowledgment of receipt of Notice and the agenda are affixed to these minutes. Tanner Tool called the meeting to order at 7:28 p.m. by calling for the roll with the following members responding: Davis Miner, Tanner Tool, Brian Florell and Kyle Lawrence. Absent: Michael Strong. Tanner announced that in accordance with Section 84-1412 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes, a current copy of the Open Meetings Act is available for review and is posted on the east wall of the meeting room.
CONSENT AGENDA
It was moved by Tanner and seconded by Davis to approve the Consent Agenda consisting of the minutes of the Regular Meeting on February 20, 2025, and the Claims for the month of March in the amount of $63,574.96. Ayes: Davis, Kyle, Brian, and Tanner. Nays: none. The motion carried.
SHERIFF’S REPORT: Nothing out of the ordinary last month. There was an increase in parking violations.
REGULAR AGENDA
AGENDA ITEM #1: Resolution to adopt the One & Six Year Road Improvement Plan
Tanner read the Resolution in full.
It was moved by Tanner and seconded by Kyle to approve Resolution 2025-2 as modified. Ayes: Brian, Tanner, Davis and Kyle. Nays: none. The motion carried.
AGENDA ITEM #2: Consider and approve a change order for the effluent piping project.
The layout of the piping will be changed decreasing the amount of pipe needed. We will tap in to the pump on the NW side of the lagoon so we will run electricity over to that side. Work should begin the last week of March. The cost of the project will be decreased by $2,559.53.
It was moved by Tanner and seconded by Davis to approve the change order. Ayes: Tanner, Davis, Kyle, and Brian. Nays: None. The motion carried.
AGENDA ITEM #3: Consider and award bid for McComb Street Improvements
We received 7 bids for the project ranging from $48,930.00 to $95,579.25. Lance from Oak Creek Engineering recommended accepting the bid from TL Sund as they were the lowest.
It was moved by Tanner and seconded by Davis to award the bid to TL Sund in the amount of $48,930.00. Ayes: Kyle, Tanner, Brian, and Davis. Nays: None. The motion carried.
AGENDA ITEM #4: Discuss Park Pathways
Oak Creek Engineering put together a design and estimate for additional pathways in the park. Some changes were recommended so Lance will make the updates, and we will discuss putting it out to bid at our April meeting.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Park, Recreation and Cemetery
They discussed becoming a tree city. We would need to form a committee so we could potentially implement this with the park board we currently have. Some suggestions on placing trees would be on the south side of the cemetery, replacing some of the trees in the park that we had to remove due to storm damage and possibly along highway 30. We would need to talk to the state about putting them by the highway.
Dusty is looking into the possibility of adding a water feature to the pool.
They discussed replacing the swing set but decided that the structure is sturdy enough to keep. The Village staff will paint it and we have purchased new swings and chains.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS
There have been a number of building and fence permits issued this month.
Dusty and Hannah Carr interviewed 16 lifeguards for the season.
Nate Gillming will be returning as a summer maintenance worker.
There has been discussion about increasing our local sales tax. We would like to use the extra funds on street repairs.
The Elm Creek Childcare Initiative has identified a location to house the daycare. They will be applying for a start up grant and would like to be open by the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
There are concerns about the lighting around the school. Dusty will discuss this with the school.
Midlands Contracting finally got the sewer switched over to the new line at the school.
We recently had issues with sewer flow on Mill St. We had a company come and jet it out and it is flowing fine.
AGENDA ITEM #5: Adjournment
All agenda items having been considered, it was moved by Davis and seconded by Brian to adjourn this Regular Meeting. Ayes: Davis, Tanner, Brian and Kyle. Nays: none. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 8:05p.m.
