YORK – It appears the York County Commissioners have been very busy beyond the board room as they each represent the county on a number of committees and governing bodies within the community and the state.
This past week, Commissioner Deb Robertson said she was going to be attending a meeting of the board for Area on Aging. She had also sat in on a York City Council meeting, as she has been attending city and village board meetings within her district. She also attended the recent meeting of the county’s planning/zoning commission as they reviewed a draft of the updated comprehensive plan and zoning regulations.
Commissioner Joe Burgess wanted everyone to know how Blue Valley Community Action has extended its survey regarding public usage of services. He said the Southeast Nebraska Development District continues work in its efforts to expand rural housing as a new program helps move no-longer-needed houses to areas where more housing is needed. “So if you have a house you want to donate, I can put you in touch with them and they will come take a look at it – it’s a neat program.”
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Commissioner Andy Bowman said he continues to work closely with the roads and weed departments, and noted how the weed department did not receive a grant it recently applied for.
Commissioner Randy Obermier said his work with the statewide LB663 Committee has ended and its findings will be rolled out at the end of July. “There will be a lot of information and hopefully it will be useful.”
“Also, Commissioner (Daniel) Grotz and I attended the joint communications meeting and we are pleased to say there are three people in training now (to be dispatchers) so we will eventually be fully staffed which will be great and a long-time coming. We also had a good conversation about the recent training exercise at the high school – a lot was learned and it was very valuable.
“Also, our emergency director, Jean Engle, is working on some communication issues we are having in the rural area of the county,” Obermier continued. “Lastly, I wanted to talk about the drone show for the Fourth of July, Third of July. The York County Visitors Bureau spent a fair amount on it and it looked like it was very well accepted. It brought a lot of people to town, it was pretty cool.”
Commissioner Grotz said he gave the welcome during the re-dedication of the sculpture garden at the I-80 westbound rest area on July 3. “It was fun to hear the history of the project and Sen. Deb Fischer was there – her father was working for the Nebraska Department of Roads when the interstate went through the state and she had a lot of history about that. And the state poet entertained everyone.”
Grotz noted how he and Commissioner Obermier continue to work on the preliminary budget and they’ve held meetings with the various offices and department heads. “Plus, the York County Development Corporation Board met for strategic planning and we will continue as the executive team to build the five-year strategic plan.
“We also attended the meeting regarding the comprehensive plan and it is a slow process, this is true,” Grotz said further.
“And the IT Committee met,” Grotz said, “and just a reminder to county employees – county computers are only for county business as they are purchased with tax dollars. They cannot be used for personal purposes.” He didn’t elaborate as to why this had become a topic of conversation for the IT Committee or a concern.
