Village of Mead
MEAD MESSENGER
Volume 11, Issue 5
MAY 2016
Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
The Village of Mead
Board of Trustees held a Special Meeting on March 24 at 6:24 p.m. Present were
Chairman Havelka; Trustees Wielage and Wimer.
Absent was Trustee Guyle. Also
present was Utility/Maintenance Supt. Raver.
Guests were Barbara Wonka Vasa, Rayna Vasa and Chris Vasa.
The Vasa’s presented a proposal for
garbage removal services by Roadrunner Transportation. A written proposal from S2 Refuse and
Recycling was reviewed.
Non-exclusive franchises for garbage
removal services were adopted by Ord. 680 to Roadrunner Transportation and Ord.
681 to S2 Refuse and Recycling.
The meeting adjourned at 7:41 p.m.
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A Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees
was held April 12 at 6:00 p.m. Present
were Chairman Havelka; Trustees Felty, Guyle, Wielage and Wimer. Also present were Clerk Moline, Utilities/Maintenance
Supt. Raver, Police Chief Carlson and Library Board Directors Moseman and
VanAckeren. Guests were Dale Rawson, Ken
Laferriere and Nathan Williams.
Felty took the Oath of Office as Trustee
for the Village Board.
A PUBLIC HEARING was called at 6:12
p.m. Mead Public Schools Supt. Rawson
presented an overview of preliminary plats for subdivisions by the school. Action was taken to approve the plats. The hearing adjourned at 6:29 p.m.
UNSCHEDULED GUEST: Nathan Williams, S2 Refuse and Recycling,
addressed the board with their garbage disposal service and free recycling bin
provided to residents.
REPORTS: Library - The minutes of the 3/16
Library Board Meeting were accepted. The
Directors presented the Annual Library Report and reported activities offered
by the library. The resignations of Sara
Nicola and Jenny Schliffke from the board were reported. Approved to serve on the Library Board were
Dale Rawson and Viki Miller. Police/Zoning
Administrator/Enforcement Officer - Carlson presented the monthly police
report. Discussion centered on a zoning
violation and nuisance violation. Res.
16-08, Nuisance Violation on a property was adopted. Utility/Maintenance Supt. - Raver
reported storm sewer issues. The revised
Preliminary Engineering Report - Water Treatment Evaluation was approved. Planning Commission - The minutes of
the 3/28 Regular Meeting and Hearing were accepted as well as Building Permits
16-02, 16-03 and 16-04. Acknowledged
were the resignations of Jason Felty and Ruth Dobesh. Matthew Bratsburg was approved as a member of
the Planning Commission. Clerk -
Moline reported upcoming events, lien settlement on a property, sell of 48 pet
licenses, meter maintenance, process to condemn a house and letter to be sent
to residents.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Ord. 678, Non-exclusive franchise with Waste
Connections for garbage services was approved on third reading.
NEW BUSINESS: Action was taken to approve Loftus Septic
Pumping to supply 2 portable restrooms at the park; Agreement with Miller
Properties to bale alfalfa; Ord. 682, Acquisition of tract in Huddle’s
Addition; Res. 16-07, Loan with the Bank of Mead for $95,000.00 to acquire
tract in Huddles’ Addition; and waived subdivision fees to Mead Public
Schools. Moline presented interest rates
from four banks prior to the loan approval.
Discussion was held on MAPA request for support and help needed to clean
the park restrooms and prepare the baseball / softball fields. It was reported that Marilyn Jensen has once
again agreed to maintain the median at the northwest entrance into Mead.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION was called at 8:20 p.m to discuss results of litigation. The board returned to regular session at 8:28
p.m.
The meeting adjourned at 8:28 p.m.
MEAD’S ANNUAL COMMUNITY-WIDE GARAGE SALE
SATURDAY, MAY
7
8:00
a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Rain or Shine
Maps available at local businesses
If
you wish to be placed on the Village Garage Sale Map, please contact the
Village Office at 402-624-2495 NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, APRIL 29.
THANK YOU, Marilyn Jensen for once again
willingly taking on the task to care for the median at the northwest entrance
into Mead.
THANK YOU, Lyle
Havelka for agreeing to prepare the softball/baseball fields prior to ballgames
this summer.
THANK YOU, Ruth
Dobesh for serving on the Mead Planning Commission.
WELCOME, Matt
Bratsburg for becoming a member of the Mead Planning Commission.
HELP
WANTED - POSITIONS TO FILL ~
Part-time Cleaning Position at the Mead Park
Restrooms for the months of May - August.
This would require approximately 1 hour per week, with additional time
during Mead Days.
Become a member of the Mead Planning Commission! If you are concerned about the community and
are willing to learn zoning regulations, this is the opportunity for you!
If you are interested in any of the positions listed,
please contact the Village Office at 402-624-2495 or a member of the Board of
Trustees.
MEAD
DAYS UPDATE by Dalene Selko
The Mead Days Committee is seeking donations
for Mead Days 2016. Donations can be in
cash or Bingo items and can be dropped off at the Bank of Mead. We are really excited about this year’s
events. We will feature musical
entertainment, fireworks, parade, children's activities (featuring the return
of the Princesses), adult games, Bingo, dance and a BBQ contest.
Thank you to the generous donations received
to date: Bank of Mead, Matan’s Welding,
Alma Lutheran Church, Village of Mead, Kent and Linda Sweet, Todd Valley Farms,
Inspro Insurance, Dale Rawson, WL Anderson Livestock and Grain, Buckmaster
Construction, Mead Cattle, Subbert Well, Vera and Ray Huckeby, BergmanTrucking,
SECO, Big Rig, G & L Café, Bonnie and Jim Edins, Makovicka Physical
Therapy, and Raikes Enterprises.
Mark your calendar - June 17, 18 and 19!
Youth Baseball and Softball is underway. The coaches and players have worked hard to
prepare for the season. Come and cheer
on your favorite team!
Mead High School Alumni
Banquet will be held Saturday, May
28 at the Jr-Sr High Commons. A Social
Hour begins at 5:00, followed by dinner at 6:00. Banquet tickets are $20.00 if purchased by
May 20, $25.00 thereafter. Tickets may
be purchased at the Bank of Mead, Country Store or Konecky Oil.
S2
Refuse and Recycling has provided a recycling
dumpster to the village for residents’ use. It is located north of the Community Building
at 220 E. Fourth St.
Items permitted: Paper, envelopes, magazines, mail, cardboard,
boxes, aluminum and metal cans, empty paint cans, plastic and shrink or stretch
wrap.
Items not permitted: Plastic bags, wood waste, Styrofoam or
packing foam, concrete, food, light bulbs and glass.
Please place all materials in the correct compartments, do not place
anything outside the recycling container, and no trash please!
Mead residents now have the option of three suppliers
for garbage services. Contact: Waste Connections at 800-279-7511 or
402-721-7511; Roadrunner Transportation at 402-642-5054 or S2 Refuse and
Recycling at 402-727-6806.
VILLAGE OF MEAD CLEAN-UP DAY
SATURDAY, May 28,
2016
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
312 South Vine (downtown in front of village office)
EXAMPLE
OF PERMITTED ITEMS:
Tires Appliances Water
heaters Bicycles Batteries
A fee for disposal of tires will be charged
ITEMS
NOT PERMITTED:
Wood
Grass clippings Construction
refuse Tree Limbs
The event is open to MEAD RESIDENTS
ONLY! Council members will be present to
check resident identification!
Village of Mead Storm Warning Procedures
In case of severe weather, the fire siren
will be sounded and go up and down a few times.
This is only to alert members of the Fire Department to be on the
watch. It is also a good idea to keep
tuned to a local TV channel / radio station if we are in a watch area.
If a funnel is actually spotted, they will
blow a steady blast
on the siren. This is your signal to take cover at once. For
those residents or businesses without basements, go to the Alma Lutheran Church basement, 219 W. 5th St. A
fireman will have the doors open if we are in a storm warning.
LICENSE YOUR PET BY MAY 1!
All dogs and cats
within the village limits are required to be licensed by MAY 1. Please purchase the license at the village
office by coming to the office or you mail or drop your pets registration and
proof of current rabies shot, along with the license fee, in the drop box
located by the office front door. The
license and paperwork will be returned to you via mail. License fees are $4.00 altered / $6.00
in-tact dog or cat.
COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES
MEAD
COVENANT 1540 Co Rd 10
www.covmead.org
/ 402-624-6125
10:00a.m. - Sunday Encounter Service
Wednesday’s
6:00p.m.
- We’d like to treat you to a FREE meal!
7:00p.m. - Adult Groups, Jr & Sr High Youth Group
7:15p.m. - Kids in Action (elementary age children)
ST. JAMES
CATHOLIC 213 E. Eighth St.
www.sjamescatholicchurch.com
/ 402-624-3555
5:30p.m. - Saturday Vigil
9:00a.m. - Sunday Mass
Weekly Schedule
7:00a.m. - Daily Mass - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday
8:00a.m. - Daily Mass - Saturday, when scheduled
ALMA LUTHERAN 219 W. Fifth St.
www.almalutheran.com
/ 402-624-3015
8:30a.m. - Sunday
Worship - First Sunday of the month
10:30a.m. - Sunday Worship - All other Sundays
9:00a.m. - Sunday
School for all ages
PANERA BREAD - FREE TO THE PUBLIC, Saturday
following the second Friday of the month - MAY14
MEAD
PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS
Summer Library Hours
Tuesdays 10am-1pm and 4pm-7pm Fridays 9am-2pm
Wednesdays
4pm-7pm (New hours) Saturdays 10am-2pm
Thursdays 11am-6pm Closed: Sunday
and Monday
*The Library will be closed on Saturday, May 28 in honor of
Memorial Day*
Monthly Schedule
Coffee Hour
is scheduled every Tuesday at 10am and Story Time for young children is offered every Thursday at 4pm and Saturday at 11am.
The Lunch Bunch
Book Club will meet from 1130am-1230pm on Friday, May 20. All residents are welcome to stop by and
enjoy the book discussion, dessert, and coffee.
The Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
will meet on Thursday, May 19, at 5pm. This group gets
together monthly and is open to all boys and girls living in Mead who are in
grades 6-12. Members provide input on
books, events, movies and programs offered by the library. This will be our last meeting of the school
year. Next meeting in Sept.
The Library Board
will meet on Wednesday, May 18, at 5:30pm. The public is open
to the public and the agenda is posted prior to the meeting in the library and
the Mead Post Office.
Upcoming Special Events
The Library will
be participating in the Mead Garage Sale on May 7. Please stop by! We will have not only books and baked goods
for sale this year, but lots of holiday and miscellaneous items.
Our Summer Reading
Program will run from May 27 through June 30, 2016. Track your reading minutes to earn fabulous
prizes (Pizza Hut coupons, G & L gift cards, Wahoo Pool passes – just to
name a few!) Readers, ages 0-99 are
welcome to sign up and participate.
Friday, May 27
– Join us for our Summer Reading Kick-Off Party! The party will start
with our Owl Event. A volunteer from the
Papio-Missouri River NRD will be here from 10am-11am to share information about owls and you will be able to
meet some of these beautiful creatures. Hot dogs and chips will be served
from 11am-1pm. You will be able to sign up for the Summer Reading Program and pick up your
“On Your Mark, Get Set….READ!” packet.
Our Summer
Reading CAMP is June 7-10. Grades K-6 are invited. We have tons of fun activities planned for
you from 10am-1130am each day.
Thank You
Thanks to our Summer Reading
Sponsors: City of Wahoo Parks and
Recreation, Creative Hair Works (Yutan), Eckley Trucking, G & L Diner,
Pizza Hut (Wahoo), and Subbert Well and Septic.
Your donations are very much appreciated and will be enjoyed by our
summer readers.
Thanks also to all who have donated to
the library recently: Larry Love, Bill
Way, Shirley Garthwait, Valerie Enholm, Liz Gibney, Paulette Mayfield &
Joan Swanson.
Special
thanks to Sara Nicola & Jenny Carritt for your service on the Mead Public
Library Board! Welcome to our two new
members: Viki Miller & Dr. Dale
Rawson
Graduation
exercises for Mead High School will be held on Saturday, May 14 at the school
gymnasium. Baccalaureate begins at 1:30,
followed by Commencement at 2:00. Good
luck graduates!
VILLAGE OF MEAD
312 S.
Vine St., Box 46
Mead,
NE 68041-0046
Telephone 402-624-2495
Fax 402-624-2024
Fax 402-624-2024
E-mail: meadclerk1@hotmail.com
Web: www.meadnebraska.net
Shawn
Havelka, Chairman
Gary
Guyle, Trustee
Jason
Felty, Trustee
Richard
Wielage, Trustee
Rod
Wimer, Trustee
June
Moline, Clerk/Treasurer 402-624-2495
Nick
Raver, Utility/Maint. Supt. 402-443-9688
Jerry
Carlson, Police Chief 402-443-6846
Lori
Moseman, Library Director 402-624-6605
Laurie
VanAckeren, Ass’t Library Director
Nick
Raver, Fire Chief 402-443-9688
VILLAGE OF MEAD
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Village Board: Tuesday, May 10,
6:00 pm
Planning Comm.: Monday, May 23, 7:30 pm
Library Board: Wednesday, May
18, 5:30 pm
Fire & Rescue: Monday, May 9,
7:30 pm
The Village Board
& Planning Commission meet at the Village Office, Library Board at the
Library and Fire/Rescue at the Fire Station.
