BOARD OF EQUALIZATION MINUTES
September 23, 2014
A meeting of the Board of Equalization of the County of Cuming, in the State of Nebraska was convened in open and public session at 11:00 a.m. on September 23, 2014, at West Point, Nebraska with all Meister, Mutzenberger, Ross, Wiechman, Ott and Tichota present; Sill absent.
Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by publication in the West Point News, legal newspaper for Cuming County, one of the County’s designated methods for giving notice, a copy of the agenda being attached to these minutes. Notice of this meeting was published as a combined notice with the County Board of Supervisors September 23 & 24, 2014 notice. Notice of this meeting was given in advance to the members of the Board of Equalization and a copy of their acknowledgment of receipt of notice and the agenda are attached to these minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice and in the notice to the County Board of Equalization of this meeting. The Chairman of the Board publicly stated to all in attendance that a current copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act was posted in the entrance to the meeting room and the pamphlet form of the act is available upon request. All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public.
- MINUTES
A motion was made by Ott and seconded by Wiechman to approve the minutes of the last meeting as read. All present voted yea in favor of said motion.
- LEVIES
A motion was made by Ott and seconded by Ross to approve the levies for the Cuming County Governmental Entities as follows:
| SCHOOLS | RATE |
| West Point | |
| General Fund | 0.859480 |
| K-12 Bond | 0.062182 |
| Wisner | |
| General Fund | 0.809249 |
| Qualified Capital Purpose | 0.028211 |
| K-8 Bond | 0.009560 |
| 9-12 Bond | 0.018153 |
| Special Bldg | 0.034179 |
| Bancroft/Rosalie | |
| General Fund | 0.717549 |
| 9-12 Bond | 0.012438 |
| K-8 Bond | 0.001523 |
| Qualified Capital Purpose | 0.002792 |
| Townships | |
| Bancroft Township | 0.092293 |
| Beemer Township | 0.092795 |
| Bismark Township | 0.157094 |
| Blaine Township | 0.090347 |
| Cleveland Township | 0.052799 |
| Cuming Township | 0.104997 |
| Elkhorn Township | 0.163728 |
| Garfield Township | 0.113040 |
| Grant Township | 0.079345 |
| Lincoln Township | 0.091232 |
| Logan Township | 0.118791 |
| Monterey Township | 0.097017 |
| Neligh Township | 0.130781 |
| Sherman Township | 0.169999 |
| St. Charles Township | 0.152143 |
| Wisner Township | 0.124090 |
| FIRE DISTRICTS | |
| Bancroft Rural Fire | 0.010109 |
| West Point Fire | 0.027406 |
| Beemer Fire | 0.021241 |
| Wisner Fire | 0.010894 |
| Cuming County Ag | 0.006360 |
| Cuming County | 0.121919 |
| CITIES AND VILLAGES | |
| West Point City | 0.450000 |
| VP Bond 2011 | 0.041201 |
| TOTAL LEVY | 0.491201 |
| Wisner City | 0.478347 |
| Bancroft Village | 0.455815 |
| Beemer Village | 0.279835 |
Upon a roll call the vote resulted as follows; Ott, Ross, Wiechman, Meister, Mutzenberger and Tichota, yeas; nays none; Sill absent; motion carried.
- UNDERVALUED, OVERVALUED OR OMITTED TAX LIST
A motion was made by Wiechman and seconded by Mutzenberger to accept the list of overvalued, undervalued or omitted properties. Upon a roll call the vote resulted as follows; Ott, Ross, Wiechman, Meister, Mutzenberger and Tichota, yeas; nays none; Sill absent; motion carried. A complete list is available in the County Clerk’s Office.
- ADJOURN AS A BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
At 11:30 a.m., a motion was made by Mutzenberger and seconded by Meister to adjourn as a Board of Equalization and reconvene as a Board of Supervisors. All present voted yea in favor of said motion.
The Board of Equalization agreed to reconvene as needed. The agenda kept current in the office of the County Clerk and on the County Website (www.cumingco.com).
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Bonnie Vogltance
Cuming County Clerk
Approved: ____________________________
Chairman