Public Notices

Open Meetings Act (effective 7/21/2022)

NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASES

Public notice is hereby given, in compliance with the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 77-1633, that a representative of the following political subdivisions will meet on the 21st day of September 2023 at 6:01 p.m., at Burt County Courthouse, 3rd Floor Courtroom, Tekamah, NE for the purpose of conducting a joint public hearing to obtain public input on property tax increases proposed by the subdivisions:

City of Lyons, (402) 260-0004, property tax requested: $337,800.56
City of Oakland, (402) 685-5822, property tax requested: $560,838.36
City of Tekamah, (402) 374-2521, property tax requested: $958,689.98

The political subdivisions listed above shall make presentations at hearing; there is no item on the agenda for this joint public meeting other than presentations and public input on political subdivision’s intent to increase its property tax request by a percentage greater than the “allowable growth percentage” defined in § 77-1633. Said meeting is open to the public. Accommodations for the disabled are available upon request. Please contact the Burt County Clerk at (402) 374-2955 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting if accommodation is required.

Sarah J. Freidel, Burt County Clerk

NOTICE OF MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that meetings of the Board of Supervisors of Burt County, Nebraska and the Burt County Board of Equalization will be held on Thursday, September 28, 2023, at the Burt County Courthouse in Tekamah, Nebraska, which meetings will be open to the public. The Board of Supervisors meeting will begin at 9 A.M, with the Board of Equalization meeting being at 9:45 A.M. An agenda for such meetings, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection at the office of the Burt County Clerk at the Burt County Courthouse, Tekamah, Nebraska. The agendas may be modified at such meetings.

Sarah J. Freidel, Burt County Clerk

Public Notice: The Burt County Highway Superintendent would like to remind owners of sprinkler irrigation systems of Nebraska Revised Statute 39-302 which reads:

Roads; sprinkler irrigation system; restrictions; violations; penalty.

A sprinkler irrigation system which due to location or design diverts, or is capable of diverting, water onto or across a public road so as to saturate, wash, or impair the maintenance, construction, or passability of such public road or allows water to accumulate on the roadway or traveled surface of the public road shall be equipped with a device which will automatically shut off the endgun of the irrigation system causing such diversion or accumulation of water. Any person who fails to comply with this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor, except that section 39-301 shall be controlling with respect to mechanical malfunctions and normal weather conditions.

Ann Chytka
Burt County Highway Superintendent

Public Notice: The Burt County Highway Superintendent would like to remind landowners the duty of Mowing Ditches as described in Nebraska Revised Statute 39-1811.

It shall be the duty of the landowners in this state to mow all weeds that can be mowed with the ordinary farm mower to the middle of all public roads and drainage ditches running along their lands at least twice each year, namely, sometime in July for the first time and sometime in September for the second time.

Ann Chytka
Burt County Highway Superintendent

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