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Logan County Board
September Finance Committee Meeting
[September 10, 2025]
On Tuesday, September 9th, the
Finance committee of the larger Logan County Board met for their
monthly meeting. This meeting took place in the Blue Room in the
basement of the Logan County Safety Complex. Three of the five
committee members were present giving the quorum needed to be able
to have the meeting. Members present included Chairman Kathy
Schmidt, Vice Chairman Joseph Kuhlman, and Lance Conahan. Not in
attendance were Dale Nelson and Keenan Leesman. Also in attendance
were Bret Aukamp of the Highway Department, Todd Henry with Work
Camp for Lincoln, board member Kevin Knauer, and Annie Coers.
The committee first looked over the motion to approve minutes from
meetings in June, July, and August. After several minutes, the
committee made a motion to approve the minutes with one minor
adjustment.
After the approval of minutes, Schmidt moved an item from the bottom
of the agenda up, that being a request for funding from the
Community Benefit Fund. This request for funding was from Henry with
Work Camp for Lincoln. For more on that portion of the meeting, as
well as information on what Work Camp for Lincoln is, please see
LDN’s other article on this meeting.
The next item discussed was old business, of which the only thing
was the budget. Schmidt reviewed the departments that the Finance
committee had met with last month. Little else was discussed
regarding the budget, and this took the committee to new business.
Beside the Work Camp presentation by Henry, there were six other
items on the agenda for new business. Most of the items were either
very briefly discussed, or given little detail. The first item was
to consider hiring Bellwether to assist the county in making their
fiscal year 2026 budget. Conahan stated that he did not want
Bellwether to do the budget for them, rather just assist them in
putting it together. Schmidt stated that both board Chairman JR
Glenn and Leesman had previously stated that they were in support of
this idea. A motion was made to send this proposal to the Thursday
night Workshop meeting for consideration by the full board.
The next item was payment vouchers for the Logan County Safety
Complex expansion project. The committee looked over these items
briefly and there were no questions. The next item was a set of four
tax sales, of which a motion was made to move all four on to the
Workshop meeting.
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The next item was
for an annual salary reimbursement COLA (cost of living
adjustment) resolution. There were two items on this resolution,
one for the public defender and one for the Sheriff’s office. It
was stated that the one for the public defender was set by law.
Both were in the amount of $9,766.08. A motion was made to send
both resolutions on to the Workshop meeting.
After this was a motion for an amendment titled “Predictable Fee
Schedule” that was for the Logan County Clerk and Recorder. No
discussion was had on the amendment other than it was for the
Clerk and Recorder. A motion was made to move this to the
Workshop meeting as well.
The final item on the agenda for new
business was for the county board credit card. Since current Logan
County Board Administrative Assistant Madelyn Hinton is going to be
moving to the State’s Attorney’s office, the board is going to need
to take her name off the credit card. Schmidt inquired if for the
name on the card, “Logan County Board” could be written instead. She
was informed that this would not be possible and that they would
need a person’s name. A brief discussion was had over who it would
be, and it was decided that it should be Schmidt’s. The reason for
this decision was that everyone agreed it should be a board member,
and having the Finance Chairman’s name on the card made the most
sense. This item was also sent to the Workshop meeting.
After this final item, Schmidt opened the floor for public comments,
of which there were none. The committee then decided to adjourn.
[Matt Boutcher] |
