[1:59] Mhm.
[9:05] » [clears throat]
[9:18] » Mark is zooming in and it's Karen. Is
she on? Karen Mark's Mark Peterson
[9:23] zooming in today, so
you'll have to unmute him.
[9:27] Please do.
He needs to respond.
[9:30] » He can actually unmute himself.
>> Well, he said he tried, but okay.
[9:36] Well, Mark, try and unmute yourself. See
if it works today with our new system.
[9:40] That's all.
[9:43] Okay. Are you ready? Everybody ready?
Okay, let's call to order the Montgomery
[9:47] County Board of Supervisors regular
meeting for Tuesday, September 8th,
[9:51] 2026. Please stand for the Pledge of
Allegiance if you're able. I pledge
[9:55] allegiance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the Republic
[10:00] for which it stands, one nation under
God, indivisible with liberty and
[10:06] justice for all. God bless America.
[10:13] » Mark Peterson.
>> Here.
[10:19] » Bryant Amos.
>> Here.
[10:21] » Alex Burton.
>> Here.
[10:23] » Mike Wilson.
>> Here.
[10:25] » Arliss Smith.
>> Present.
[10:27] » Approval of the agenda.
>> I'll move.
[10:30] » Second.
>> Roll call, please.
[10:32] » Smith.
>> Yes.
[10:33] » Wilson.
>> Yes.
[10:34] » Burton.
>> Yes.
[10:35] » Amos.
>> Yes.
[10:36] » Peterson.
>> Yes.
[10:40] » Um,
okay, the minutes were sent out via
[10:43] email.
Um, I did not see any I didn't say I
[10:47] read them over. Okay, so the minutes are
approved as presented.
[10:50] Uh, at this time I'll ask for any
audience comments. I'm going to do two
[10:54] minutes per person. Is there anyone in
here? Okay.
[10:58] So, anyone online who would like to
speak this morning?
[11:04] Just kind of need to raise your hand if
you know how to do that. [laughter]
[11:08] On these on these uh Zooms.
Okay. Or just unmute and speak up.
[11:16] Okay. All right, I don't hear any see
anyone, so if I missed you, I'm sorry,
[11:20] but we'll move on to the supervisors
weekly committee assignment updates,
[11:25] Bryant.
>> Uh, I have nothing.
[11:27] » Okay. And uh Mark, Mark, did you have
anything?
[11:36] » I will have to move
>> I did not.
[11:38] » Okay. All right, thanks. Mike?
>> Neither did I.
[11:41] » And no, and neither did I. It was a
quiet week.
[11:45] Okay. All right. Now, and
[11:48] What? Pardon?
>> I'm sorry, I didn't hear Alex.
[11:51] » Okay. Yeah, no, he didn't either. So.
At this next will be secondary roads
[11:56] update. Aaron?
>> Okay.
[11:58] Wait.
Well, first of all, no pictures today.
[12:02] So, I don't know. Um
Oh, let's see. Let's see. We hauled
[12:06] rocks co-work Elliot Morton Mills and
Stanton areas and conducted some
[12:09] equipment data.
Uh Q Avenue railroad bridge, the
[12:13] contractor is working on taking the
crane apart and getting ready to drive
[12:17] pile in the north abutment. And they're
hauling dirt from Q Avenue to L Avenue
[12:22] today.
L Avenue railroad bridge, the contractor
[12:25] is spreading the dirt hauled from the Q
Avenue site. So, they're just spreading
[12:29] it on the L Avenue site.
Um again, there's a planning and zoning
[12:33] meeting on Monday, September 14th at
5:30 in the engineer's office. They will
[12:38] be discussing the updates to the county
zoning ordinance.
[12:42] And that is all I have.
>> Okay.
[12:46] Do you have any questions for Karen
today?
[12:50] All right.
Thank you. All right, so under
[12:54] secondary roads, we have to
set a letting date for the new pipe
[12:58] culvert. So.
>> Right. And that is the bridge that's
[13:00] been closed, I think, a year and a half,
maybe a year or so, uh north of Mikesona
[13:05] on 165th. We're replacing that bridge
with a pipe. The pipe is already there.
[13:11] We were waiting on some easements. We
finally um we were able to get all the
[13:14] easements in place, so we're ready to
set a letting date and move forward.
[13:19] » Okay. All right.
[13:23] » I would move on that, and then
uh
[13:26] move we set a letting date for the new
pipe culvert All RO 3035 on 165th for
[13:33] September 29th at 9:15.
>> Second.
[13:36] » Okay, it's been moved and seconded. Any
discussion?
[13:39] Roll call, please.
>> Schmidt.
[13:42] » Yes.
>> Peterson.
[13:44] » Yes.
>> Olson.
[13:45] » Yes.
>> Amos.
[13:46] » Yes.
>> Burton.
[13:47] » Yes.
>> Okay, thanks, Karen.
[13:51] Uh, under new business, approve the
sheriff's report of fees.
[13:55] » I will also move on the sheriff's report
of fees in the amount of $3,331.40.
[14:03] » Second.
>> Okay, moved and seconded. Any
[14:06] discussion?
Roll call, please.
[14:13] » Peterson.
>> Yes.
[14:15] » Amos.
>> Yes.
[14:16] » Burton.
>> Yes.
[14:17] » Olson.
>> Yes.
[14:18] » Schmidt.
>> Yes.
[14:21] » Let's approve the reporter's report of
fees.
[14:24] » I'll move on the
reporter's report of fees for August
[14:27] 31st, 2026 in the amount of $17,090.85.
[14:33] » Second.
>> Okay,
[14:36] moved and seconded. Any discussion?
Roll call, please.
[14:40] » Schmidt.
>> Yes.
[14:41] » Olson.
>> Yes.
[14:42] » Burton.
>> Yes.
[14:43] » Amos.
>> Yes.
[14:44] » Peterson.
>> Yes.
[14:47] » Okay.
Next is approve the claims that'll be
[14:50] payable for Wednesday, September 9th.
Um,
[14:58] we forgot to give them to me.
>> As long as the total matches.
[15:16] » Everybody got the email file?
>> I do.
[15:19] » I'm sure it's there.
>> You want want me to
[15:22] I can't do it, can I? Cuz I'm the chair,
so.
[15:26] » Want to make sure that the
>> Oh, here.
[15:27] » It matches the paperwork.
>> Okay.
[15:31] » Here we go.
Okay, let me make sure here.
[15:39] 524 849 19.
Okay.
[15:43] » I will make a motion to approve the
claims for Wednesday, September 9th
[15:48] for the amount of $524,849.19.
[15:56] » Second.
>> It's moved and seconded. Any discussion?
[16:01] Roll call, please.
>> Schmidt.
[16:03] » Yes.
>> Peterson.
[16:05] » Yes.
>> Olson.
[16:07] » Yes.
>> Amos.
[16:08] » Yes.
>> Burton.
[16:09] » Yes.
>> Okay.
[16:12] Um discuss and start agenda items for
the next meeting.
[16:17] Do you want us to
>> I got
[16:19] and this might not be for the next
meeting, but I think it's something we
[16:22] need to research and get started.
I found out from a county resident um
[16:27] that I had actually been breaking the
law
[16:30] for I don't know, 20-some years
by putting my recycling in the city
[16:36] recycling dumpsters.
That we are not supposed to do that
[16:41] because they do charge from the city to
their
[16:44] » Oh, okay.
>> And you do not pay in the county.
[16:49] Um and my question I've lost track of
and I would
[16:53] anybody that know what the landfill
commission
[16:56] » Uh-huh.
>> It is still there and way way back when
[17:00] that started I thought that the tipping
fees or whatever they
[17:06] that those could be used for different
[17:11] things. They used to do county clean up,
hazardous waste clean up.
[17:17] But I think we need to research if those
are still being collected.
[17:22] And that money be dispersed because I
think
[17:26] Vilas Junction and Stanton are probably
the same way.
[17:28] » Yeah, they're still being collected. And
And you're right, Vilas has got the same
[17:33] » Right, for their recycling dumpsters.
And a lot of people don't under uh They
[17:38] don't really understand. Yeah, you're
taking your recycling there.
[17:41] It doesn't make money.
It's a cost.
[17:45] And talking with the city administrator,
it's it's a substantial cost
[17:51] that they have to come up with in order
to get rid of that.
[17:57] » Yeah.
>> So, people are starting to be notified
[18:00] because mainly because people are
[18:05] ignorant and leave piles of boxes down
there unflattened with their address on
[18:11] them.
>> [laughter]
[18:16] » It's pretty easy to determine they're
not a city resident.
[18:22] So, and more and more people find out
about this cuz I've been doing it for
[18:25] years and never thought anything about
it.
[18:29] » So, what do we do as
>> Well, that's the first
[18:34] In order for us in the country, we we
have no other
[18:37] uh it's put it in your dumpster, send it
straight to the landfill. That's our
[18:41] choice right now.
>> Which I don't like that.
[18:45] » And
>> Our Our landfill shouldn't be full of
[18:47] that stuff.
>> know and not that I want to do that, but
[18:50] a lot of counties have it's a county
recycling thing where it's one central
[18:55] place where they where they do it.
>> Right.
[18:58] » Um
I don't know. I think the discussion
[19:02] needs to be started. What are we going
to do?
[19:04] Cuz there's a lot of rural residents
that that like to recycle and are in the
[19:08] habit of recycling.
>> So, the landfill thing you guys were
[19:11] talking about, is that is there
I mean, is there
[19:15] is was the landfill helping subsidize
that or was are they money from
[19:20] somebody?
>> There's fees that go into the landfill
[19:22] commission.
And historically what it's been
[19:25] » From the city and the county or
>> No, no, no. It's from the landfill
[19:29] itself.
>> Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
[19:31] » commission. Uh and don't ask me to draw
a picture of it cuz I'm not going to be
[19:34] able to
>> That's fine.
[19:36] » fully articulate
>> That's fine.
[19:37] » Uh
so, those fees come in and then
[19:40] historically what they've been used for
is the county-wide cleanup. This last
[19:43] year, I don't know exactly what the
issue was, but there was a changeover in
[19:47] who was organizing that effort.
>> Is that
[19:50] » I think it was a guy through Clarios
maybe had been organizing it well then
[19:53] it was different and then actually there
wasn't specifically a county-wide. Um
[19:58] but I was on landfill commission, but in
January we transferred over and actually
[20:02] Marcus on it now, but the landfill
commission's not met yet to make that
[20:06] switchover.
>> Oh, okay.
[20:08] » kind of this weird in limbo where Marcus
and I are both kind of
[20:11] tied to it until we meet again as a
landfill commission to make that
[20:14] transfer.
Um
[20:17] I can't tell exactly whether that's a
a call for the landfill commission. It
[20:21] probably is for them to say the money
needs to go to this or that.
[20:26] And there was discussion about
potentially taking the the dollars that
[20:30] are sitting there instead of since we
didn't do a a county-wide cleanup,
[20:34] potentially taking those dollars and
allocating them individually to
[20:38] communities.
>> Mhm.
[20:39] » You're right. I mean, Blissfield's got
that same issue. I think the difference
[20:43] is that and probably Stanton, uh the
difference is they're just kind of
[20:46] eating it as a known cost that they have
to deal with.
[20:50] And I think the trade-off
could be that you're spending money in
[20:53] the community as a rural resident, I'm
not buying anything from my grocery
[20:57] store out out in the country next to
Hackle Barney. So, that's your
[21:00] trade-off, but there's also potentially
some funding that could be used.
[21:04] I can't tell for sure if that's us that
needs to make that call. It's probably
[21:08] the landfill commission that needs to
make that decision.
[21:11] Um so I think that would probably be
>> Because we all do business I mean I do
[21:14] all my business in here, groceries, and
and all that stuff.
[21:19] pharmacy
>> Again, you know, and I'll be devil's
[21:22] advocate.
>> Yeah.
[21:23] » Whatever. So are the citizens of Red
Oak.
[21:25] » As usual.
>> [laughter]
[21:27] » So are the citizens of Red Oak. They buy
their stuff here.
[21:29] » Well, and then they pay extra here.
>> They're paying on their water bill to
[21:33] have that service. We are not Um I just
don't want it to become a blown up issue
[21:38] that we just
>> It would be.
[21:40] » It is a It's an issue and we probably
need to deal with it.
[21:43] » What do they pay? Does anybody know?
>> Um on their water bill, you mean?
[21:47] » Yeah.
Does anybody know?
[21:49] » I don't remember.
>> around for Red Oak, Red Oak or
[21:52] » I don't remember. I'd have to look at my
water bill.
[21:53] » Okay. Okay.
Okay.
[21:56] » Okay.
>> I know Diamond's like $2.50. $2.50.
[21:59] » So like $4 something.
>> Okay.
[22:03] » All right.
>> Okay.
[22:05] » I know and I don't know
>> Put that on the agenda for
[22:07] » We'd have to get accurate more accurate
figures but and and I hope I don't start
[22:12] an uproar here but it was
I think I remember Lisa mentioning a
[22:15] number of like 85,000
per year to get rid of those dumpsters,
[22:20] to get those dumpsters hauled and
dumped.
[22:23] That's a big chunk of change.
>> Yes, it is. Yes.
[22:27] » Even if it's 25,000, I mean it's it's
it's substantial.
[22:31] Um what you know, like when you go
downsize Villisca and Stanton pro
[22:35] proportionately
it's a cost.
[22:37] » Yeah, there's a cost cost associated. I
I think it's worth discussing but I I
[22:42] think we also need to clearly delineate
is this a supervisor decision or a
[22:45] landfill? Cuz I think the way the
money's spent is a landfill decision.
[22:48] But we can still have a discussion about
it.
[22:50] » I think the landfill commission needs to
be involved in this like the
[22:53] disbursement of those funds could help
in this
[22:57] dilemma.
>> Mhm.
[22:59] » How it's done.
>> Can you do that?
[23:00] » Let we need to contact Mike Carson?
[23:06] » Either or. Yeah, we just need to be have
them actively meet.
[23:12] Mark, you're on that commission right
now, aren't you?
[23:16] » Yes.
>> And when was when have they met last,
[23:19] you know? I Is it like
They just haven't.
[23:24] » No.
No, not since we've transferred over
[23:28] from
>> Not since January 1.
[23:31] » But knowing that, I think we need to
know that and exactly how they do get
[23:35] their funding. Is it still coming from
uh the landfill owners, that tipping
[23:40] fee, whatever it was back then? I don't
know.
[23:43] » Uh yeah, I would say the other the other
piece of that maybe worth researching is
[23:47] uh the last meeting we did have, there
was pretty significant discussion about
[23:50] how do we disband this because we're not
really
[23:53] actively doing things and primarily that
money goes to the city or the countywide
[23:57] cleanup. So, if there's a way to
restructure that, I'm sure that a lot of
[24:02] the people that are currently on the
commission would say let's do that.
[24:05] » It'd be restructured or they have a new
purpose.
[24:08] » New purpose or maybe Yeah, maybe there's
a way that that can fall under us and
[24:12] make it a little easier. I don't know
cuz I don't know enough about it cuz I
[24:16] was really only there for
>> I know Donna was on that. She probably
[24:20] might have some background, so.
>> Well, I know years ago a lot of it went
[24:24] to
countywide cleanup. And when when cities
[24:28] took it, well, then of course
they wanted to limit it to just city
[24:31] residents, which I don't blame them if
they're paying for it.
[24:35] » Right.
>> Well, the trade-off would be if you're
[24:37] getting money that's that's countywide,
then you need to be countywide for you.
[24:40] » Yes, if we're going to do that, yeah.
>> But you can do that where you can say,
[24:44] "Okay, if Villisca's doing it, then if
you're a Villisca resident or if your
[24:48] driver's license is rural in some way,
then great. You can come dump cuz you
[24:52] still have to do that at the city level,
too." And then Stanton is the same way.
[24:56] You either have to be rural or a Stanton
resident. Red Oak's the same way.
[24:59] Whether whether you're Red Oak resident
or rural, but if you're a Villisca
[25:03] resident, you can't come over to
Stanton.
[25:05] And that's kind of how it's already
structured for the city-wide
[25:08] » For rural Villisca, you have recycling
there in Villisca, in the city of
[25:12] Villisca. So
>> Yeah, sorry.
[25:14] » come in, right?
>> Yeah, yeah. In that case, I was talking
[25:17] about the city-wide.
>> Okay, okay.
[25:18] » Yes.
>> Sorry.
[25:19] » But yes, you're right. The county people
do go in and the city council has talked
[25:24] about it in the past, and it's just kind
of a known
[25:26] uh cost that they have to deal with.
Yeah, otherwise it's landfill or there
[25:32] are options
uh to drive it up to Omaha, which I'm
[25:36] sure everybody's falling over themselves
to do.
[25:40] Maybe council lost.
>> Anyway, I thought it needs to be
[25:44] researched and
what can we do before we don't want it
[25:47] to become
The more and more letters go out, the
[25:50] more and more people get upset and
they're misinformed about why.
[25:56] It's not a money maker.
>> Did you say Did Who's the chair? Did you
[25:59] say
Mike
[26:01] » It's in the skillet hole in the back.
>> I'm going to call I'll call Donna, too,
[26:04] and find out. You know, just the back
what what they did in the past, cuz
[26:08] she's got the she's got the back
knowledge, the history of it. So
[26:12] Want to just put it on for discussion
next week? Let's do that. Yeah, see what
[26:15] we find out. Okay.
>> Okay.
[26:18] » Right. Um
[26:21] All right.
[26:24] Do you have anything else that you have
for the agenda next week? What about the
[26:28] » Um
>> Hopefully we'll [clears throat] have
[26:29] that suspension back.
>> Okay. Okay. Okay.
[26:36] I don't have anything else.
Nothing came to me, so.
[26:40] Okay.
All right. Anything else that needs to
[26:42] be on the agenda? Okay.
Hearing none, the next regular meeting
[26:46] is scheduled for Tuesday, September 15th
at 2026 at 9:00 a.m.
[26:53] » I so move.
>> We need to adjourn. Thank you, everyone.