VILLAGE OF ELM CREEK
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
FEBRUARY 23, 2026, 7:00PM

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 at 7:00p.m. on February 23, 2026. Advance Notice of this meeting was given in advance thereof by posting of Notice in three public places within the Village, 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 7:01 p.m. by calling for the roll with the following members responding: Tanner Tool, Davis Miner, Michael Strong, Brian Florell, and Kyle Lawrence. 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 January 21, 2026, and the Claims for the month of February in the amount of $81,874.93 Ayes: Kyle, Brian, Davis, Michael, and Tanner. Nays: none. The motion carried.

SHERIFF’S REPORT: Ravenna Sanitation had a complaint from the Sheriff’s office about them going the wrong way down the one-way street while picking up garbage south of the school. We may need to update our ordinances to allow service vehicles and emergency response vehicles to travel the wrong way when appropriate.
Deputy Andersen was late for the meeting due to service calls. He had reviewed the call log for January and said nothing was concerning. With the mild weather it has been a quiet month.

REGULAR AGENDA

AGENDA ITEM #1: Consider and adopt Ordinance 2026-16: An Ordinance relating to land usage; to repeal certain provisions in chapter 153: trailers; to repeal conflicting or duplicative provisions related to campgrounds, trailer camps, or mobile home courts or parks; to repeal all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide an effective date.
It was moved by Tanner and seconded by Michael to suspend the statutory rule requiring that ordinances be read on 3 separate occasions so that ordinance 2026-16 might be introduced and adopted at the same meeting. Ayes: Michael, Kyle, Brian, Tanner, and Davis. Nays: None. The motion carried.
Tanner introduced Ordinance 2026-16 and made a motion to approve with a second by Davis. Ayes: Brian, Kyle, Michael, Davis, and Tanner. Nays: None. The motion carried.

AGENDA ITEM #2: Consider and adopt Ordinance 2026-17: An ordinance of the Village of Elm Creek, Nebraska amending chapter 73: Recreational Vehicles of the Village of Elm Creek municipal code regarding the regulation of e-scooters, e-bikes, and hoverboard usage on public property; to amend the definition of business district; to repeal all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide an effective date.

It was moved by Tanner and seconded by Davis to suspend the statutory rule requiring that ordinances be read on 3 separate occasions so that ordinance 2026-17 might be introduced and adopted at the same meeting. Ayes: Kyle, Brian, Michael, Davis, and Tanner. Nays: None. The motion carried.
Tanner introduced Ordinance 2026-17 and made a motion to approve with a second by Michael. Ayes: Brian, Davis, Tanner, Michael, and Kyle. Nays: None. The motion carried.
AGENDA ITEM #3: Consider and approve accepting a quote for water meters at the school.
Dusty presented us with 2 quotes for meters. One from Municipal Supply for just under $8000 and another from Core & Main for around $15,000. The costs of the meters do not include installation so it was decided that we would have someone evaluate that cost and revisit the issue at a future meeting. No action taken.

AGENDA ITEM #4: Executive session to discuss budget.
It was moved by Tanner and seconded to go into executive session to discuss the budget at 7:28 pm. Ayes: Brian, Tanner, Michael, Davis, and Kyle. Nays: None. The motion carried. Dusty, Taylor and Amy were all invited to stay in executive session.
The board came out of executive session at 8:06pm.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS
Dusty is currently gathering bids from contractors for annual street maintenance.
He received an estimate from our engineer Lance on an overlay of Tyler Street. It would be an estimated cost of $390,000 to do a 2.5” overlay from Highway 30 to Elm Ave. We will eventually need to replace Tyler Street and the infrastructure along with it.
Stan Ourada reimbursed us $2500.00 for not being able to take water last year per our agreement.
We submitted a request for early withdrawal from the Keno group we are currently in agreement with and they denied the request.
We received a request for a business in a residential zone. Businesses are allowed in residential zones IF the owner also lives at the property. This property would be business only so we may have to rezone it for commercial.
Amy will be attending clerk school the week of our next meeting so the meeting date was moved to March 26th at 7:00pm.

AGENDA ITEM #5: Adjournment
All agenda items having been considered, it was moved by Brian and seconded by Kyle to adjourn this Regular Meeting. Ayes: Tanner, Michael, Brian, Davis, and Kyle. Nays: none. The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 8:19p.m.

February 2026 Claims
To Whom
Wages $27,752.40
FICA $8,652.88
State Income Tax Withholding $1,178.78
Principal Financial – Employee $2,418.43
Principal Financial – Employer $1,060.34
BCBS-Employee Health $2,182.74
BCBS – Employee Dental $132.63
BCBS-Employer Health/Dental $4,821.19
Guardian – Vision Employee $27.63
Guardian – Vision Employer $54.30
Guardian – Life & AD&D $34.00
Guardian – Employee Voluntary $432.96
Wage Garnishment $291.49
AFLAC – Employee Voluntary $325.41
A.S.A.P. Express $60.00
Ace Hardware $8.95
Area Services Inc $275.00
Bank of America $934.10
Black Hills Energy $793.67
Buffalo Cty Sheriff Dept $3,750.93
Builder’s $13.79
Central Nebraska Bobcat $7,500.00
CHS Inc $112.17
DeWald Deaver L’Heureux Law Firm $1,639.20
DHHS $31.00
DPPD $38.00
Eakes $38.49
Erickson, Danielle $15.00
Foster Lumber Co $17.97
Great Plains Communications $259.91
Hometown Leasing $135.83
League Association of Risk Management $13.67
NE Dept of Revenue $936.97
Ne Dept of Water, Energy & Environment $40.00
NPPD $3,638.65
One Call Concepts $6.13
Ourada, Lauren $75.00
Overton Sand & Gravel $1,799.60
Platte Valley Laboratories $65.50
Puls, Christian $22.81
Ravenna Sanitation $8,274.40
Ready Mix Concrete Co of Kearney $481.50
Two Rivers Public Health $200.00
Village Center Agency $974.22
Walker, Jane $149.85
Wex Bank $176.48
Winnelson $30.96

TOTAL $81,874.93