Newsletter - July 2024 - Mead Nebraska

Village of Mead

MEAD MESSENGER

Volume 17, Issue 7

JULY 2024

The Village Office will be closed July 4th to celebrate Independence Day

MEETING MINUTES

A regular meeting of the Village of Mead Board of Trustees was held June 11 at 6:00 pm at the Village Office. Answering roll call were Chairman Thorson; Trustees Felty, Lee, Simon, and Wielage. Also present was Clerk Moline. Guests were Andy Jackson and Cara Simon.

Action taken was to approve the agenda, May 14 Regular Meeting minutes, Treasurer’s Report and claims.

REPORTS: Utilities/Maintenance Superintendent – Thorson reported Mead Days preparation, water line repairs, dump maintenance, and street cleaning. Library – The minutes of the June 4 Board Meeting were accepted. Building/Zoning Administrator – Permit 24-10 to Periscope Properties to erect a fence was accepted. Clerk – Moline reported current sales of Off-road permits and pet licenses as well as the number of returned Lead Surveys and Cross Connection Surveys. The auditor will be in-house on July 15 and 16 to work on the proposed budget.

NEW BUSINESS: The following action was taken: adopted Ordinance No. 833, Water/sewer payments; Ordinance No. 834, Fireworks; Ordinance No. 835, Set salary for Library Aide, and Resolution No. 24-06 Easement Agreement with Frontier Co-op to replace a water line. Local recommendation to Mead Me At the Goat for a Special Designated Liquor License to serve alcohol at a designated outdoor area during Mead Days Show and Shine Car Show was approved.

DISCUSSION ITEMS: Discussion was held on water line issues, street paving project, future receipt of dirt from a property owner, three Scribner fixes for text corrections to the Zoning Regulations, future street project at N. Third Circle, and Occupation Tax for KENO. Use of a shipping container for storage by the Fire Department was discussed.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:00 pm.

NEW DUMP HOURS

The dump will be open Monday – Friday by the Utilities/Maintenance Superintendent while on duty. It will also be open on Wednesday evening until 7:00 pm and Saturday from 8:00 am – noon.

Items permitted: tree branches, weeds, leaves, and grass clippings (all unbagged). A metal/iron container is on site for disposal of this type of items.

The dump will not be open during heavy rainfall or a snowstorm.

THE DUMP IS OPEN TO MEAD RESIDENTS ONLY!

CROSS CONNECTION SURVEYS WERE MAILED with your monthly water / sewer bills again on June 24th. The Village is required by Nebraska Health and Human Services that all surveys be completed and returned to the Village Office NO LATER THAN JULY 1st. It is imperative that all forms must be returned. A form is attached in this newsletter for your convenience.

If you are interested in running for the Village Board of Trustees you must register with the Saunders County Clerk’s office by August !st. The General Election is November 5.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Village Board: Tuesday, July 9, 6:00pm

Library Board: Tuesday, July 2, 6:00pm

Fire/Rescue: Monday, July 8, 6:30pm

The Village Board meets at the Village Office, Library Board at the Library, and Fire/Rescue at the Fire Station.

MEAD PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS – July 2024

Phone: 402-624-6605 E-mail: meadlibrary@outlook.com

Summer Hours:

Monday 4p-8p Tuesday 9a-2p Wednesday 8a-2p

Thursday 12n-4p Friday 2p-5p Saturday 9a-12n

We will be closed on Thursday, July 4, Friday, July 5, and Saturday, July 6 for the Independence Day Holiday.

Tuesday, July 2 – The Mead Public Library Board will have its monthly meeting at the Library at 6p. The session is open to the public.

Events for July:

Our Summer Reading Program starts June 1 and ends July 31. Be sure to stop in the Library to receive your reading packet. All ages are welcome!

Tuesdays in July – Join us for Coffee Time and conversation at 10a.

Monday, July 16 – Join the Mead Adult Book Club at 630p for our summer read!

Friday, July 19 – Kids of all ages are welcome to drop by for Ice Cream between 3-4p.

Monday, July 29 – Join the group that meets for the Library’s Adult Alma Book Club Potluck from 630p-8p. Please bring a covered dish to share.

Be sure to check out the Mead Public Library

on Facebook and Instagram!

CHURCH SCHEDULES

JAMES CATHOLIC 213 E. Eighth St.

www.stjamesmead.com / 402-624-3555 & on Facebook

4:30 pm – Saturday Mass

9:00 am – Sunday Mass

Weekly Schedule

7:00 am – Tues-Wed-Thu-Fri Daily Mass

ALMA LUTHERAN 219 W. Fifth St.

402-624-3015, also on Facebook

10:30 am – Sunday Worship

PANERA BREAD FREE TO THE PUBLIC Saturday following the second Friday every month, 9 am – 2 pm. FREE TO ALL! This month the church will be open on JULY 13

ENCOUNTER LIFE MINISTRIES 1540 Co Rd 10

402-624-6125, also on Facebook

Sunday –

9:15 am – 9:45 am Coffee Hour

10:00 am – Sunday Service

Every third Sunday evening 6:30 pm Sunday Night Service

Wednesday

7:00 pm – Encounter Life Youth 7th – 12th

7:00 pm – Worship and Prayer with the Word

Every last Wednesday of the month is a FREE Community Meal 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm

VILLAGE OF MEAD

312 S. Vine St., P.O. Box 46

Mead, NE 68041

Phone: 402-624-2495

Fax: 402-624-2024

www.meadnebraska.net

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

William Thorson, Chairman

Jason Felty, Trustee

Jason Lee, Trustee

Daniel Simon, Trustee

Richard Wielage, Trustee

June Moline, Clerk/Treasurer

402-624-2495

Shannon Luetkenhaus, Utilities/Maintenance Superintendent

402-616-9204

Thomas Sackett, Police Chief

402-443-6846

Laurie VanAckeren, Library Director

402-624-6605

Nick Raver, Fire Chief

402-443-9688

NEW PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER – Austin Miller has been appointed to serve as a member of the Mead Planning Commission. Welcome!

THANK YOU’S ARE DUE!

Thank you, John Vogt for your many years as serving as the Dump Master for the Village of Mead.

Thank you to Bill Thorson, Jason Felty, Dan Simon, Shannon Luetkenhaus, and June Moline for working at Mead Clean-up Day.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Mead Clean-up Day on June 8. We had a very good turn-out of residents disposing of their unwanted items.

Thank you, Dalene Selko and Staci Charles, for chairing the Mead Days Celebration. As always it was several fun days that included games, parade, fireworks, and entertainment.

Thank you to the Mead Days Committee, Mead Ball representatives, Mead Fire Department, Car Show members, Abby Miller, Mr. Sanchez Mexican Bar and Grill, Mead Me At the Goat, Cat Project, and many others who volunteered in some capacity for Mead Days. Also, thank you to the many who attended the event, whether it was for a few hours or the entire time.

Thank you, Shannon and Tristan for preparing the park for Mead Days.

Mead Days 2024 Wastin’ Away Again in MEADarataville!

The weekend started off with great polka music by Stimulus Czech. A special thanks to Kylee Hickman and Angie Siske for organizing EPIC Hopscotch. Kids and families decorated the sidewalks with chalk from the park to school. Too bad it rained Friday night and washed away the beautiful drawings before Saturday’s events.

We had 14 participants in Queen Volleyball this year. We had one category this year and Riley Koranda was the overall winner. We are hoping next year to have two categories again.

Encounter Life Ministries held several fun games for kids to do and over 50 kids participated. We had 21 teams in our Beer Pong competition with Hunter Pickworth and Evan Halbmaier as the winners. Second place went to Caleb Dickes and Connor Johnson. Karaoke was lots of fun. It was fun to see all ages up on stage singing and dancing. The evening finished with a great fireworks show by Midwest Fireworks/Twisted Thunder Fireworks.

Saturday started off with lots of color. A packet was given to each participant to have a kick-off color celebration. We had 51 registered participants in our 5K Color Run. The weather was perfect. Each participant was able to receive six stations of color. A special thanks to Mead volleyball and basketball players for being color dispensers and Mead PTO for assisting with the run. The overall sinner was Seth Crouse with a time of 20.12, second Justin Felty 20.49, and third Jacob Feldhaus 20.50. It was so beautiful and fun. A special thanks to Ariel and Mitch Broekemeier for supplying water for our runners.

We continued with Sand Co-ed Volleyball,with eight teams. The winner of the tournament was Bank of Mead – Shawn Havelka, Miranda Koertner, Karen Pieper, and Chad Blacketer. Second place went to Big Digs – Janie Munter, Tytus Lee, Tristan Zwiener, Bri Lemke, and Emmett Couch. We had ten teams for the Horseshoe Tournament with the winners being Jonathan Bouc and Reagan Glatter. Second place went to Shawn Havelka and Chad Blacketer.

A special thanks to the Yutan VFW/American Legion for starting the parade with the Color Guard. Mary Hass sang the National Anthem. PJ Quinn was our MC for the parade. We had 19 cars and 14 other floats, three fire departments and several walking entries. The kids and adults all enjoyed the parade.

This year our sanctioned Kiddie Tractor Pull was sponsored by Barnyard Pedal Pull. We had 35 contestants with the top three places qualifying for state.

4-year-old female 1. Baker Murren, 2. Mia Murren, 3. Anella Subbert

4-year-old male 1. McCoy Lavicky, 2. Mattox Murren, 3. Marshall Mayer

5-year-old female 1. Gentry Girmus, 2. Felicity Nothwehr, 3. Elliot Groene

5-year-old male 1. Tozer Valla, 2. Landry Swartz, 3. Dawson Heinen

6-year-old female 1. Cheyanne Gladowski, 2. Ice-Ice Hankins, 3. Etta Valla

6-year-old male 1. Colton Keehn, 2. Mason Subbert

7-year-old female 1. Olivia Sabatka

7-year-old male 1. Jack Groene, 2. Miles Lavicky, 3. Hutten Mayer

8-year-old female – None

8-year-old male – 1. Luke Wemhoff, 2. Marshal Gladowski

9-year-old female – None

9-year-old male – None

10-year-old female – None

10-year-old male – 1. Jarrett Sharpe, 2. Ezra Nelson, 3. Henry Nygren

11-year-old female – None

11-year-old male – 1. Cooper Wemhoff, 2. Liam Swartz

12-year-old female – 1. Kinzlee Kaspar

12-year-old male – 1. Collin Heinen

Big ‘O Bounce provided our kids blowups this year with fun waterslides and bounce houses for all ages. VR Reality truck was here to provide video games for the kids and adults. Bingo was a huge event and thanks to the Encounter Life Ministries volunteers who help run it.

We enjoyed music during the day by Rum Runner. Kids and adults also enjoyed face painting. Henna Tattoos and kiddie train rides, pony rides, and petting zoo. Kids also enjoyed being able to dunk a few Mead Public School’s administrators and teachers in the Cheerleaders Dunking Tank. PJ Quinn auctioned off three wonderful auction items. A special thanks to all of the people bidding on the items as well as those who purchased them. We were also able to silent auction two items. Thanks again for donations and volunteers.

The afternoon finished with a great Magic and Illusion Show from Keith West and assistant Kit. Several volunteers were involved in the show. The show was very entertaining.

A special shout out to Roberta Havelka and her staff and Whitney Moravec for providing great concession stands all weekend.

A special thank –you to Alma Lutheran Church for providing free homemade ice-cream and toppings. The ice-cream was delicious!

That evening the band, Wrecked Becky, performed a great Street Dance. A special thank-you from the Mead Days Organization for offering no charge for the Street Dance again this year.

In our Bags Tournament, we had 20 teams with the winners being Tye Dickes and Luke Carritt and second place going to Tytus Lee and Tristan Zwiener.

Sunday started out with a great Pancake Feed sponsored by the Mead Fire and Rescue Department. It was a great day for a Car Show and we thank everyone who came out to enjoy the day. Special thanks to members of the Stardusters and Abby Miller and her “Pat on Tap” truck for providing root beer floats.

We had around 100 car entries. Best of Show: 1968 Cobra Jet, owned by Terry Nelson; Second Best of Show: 1956 Chevy Del Ray, owned by James Pedersen, and People’s Choice: 2003 Corvette owned by Bill and Kathy Cashell.

The Mead Days Committee would like to thank everyone for their hard work and support throughout the weekend. We would also like to thank all of our donors and volunteers; without your generosity Mead Days would not be possible. Hope to see you NEXT YEAR!

MEAD DAYS 2024 DONOR LIST

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT

PLATINUM LEVEL DONORS ($300.00+)

AK PRECISION DETAILING RAINIER RESOURCES HOLDINGS 1 LLC

BANK OF MEAD R&K COUNTRY STORE

CHARLES SURVEYING LLC RUSTY ROOSTER SALOON

DARLING INGREDIENTS SAUNDERS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT

GIRMUS DIRT WORKS & CUSTOMS LLC SECURITY FENCE CO

G & G STORAGE SIGNATURE BUILDERS

ITHACA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH S2 ROLL-OFFS & REFUSE LLC

INSULFOAM TODD VALLEY FARMS

KNUTH IRON LLC TWISTED THUNDER FIREWORKS

KONECKY OIL INC VILLAGE OF MEAD

MEAD CATTLE CO WAHOO CONCRETE

NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS ZACH PICKWORTH TRUCKING

PLATTE VALLEY EQUIPMENT

GOLD LEVEL DONORS ($100.00-$299.00)

ASTRO BUILDING FRONTIER COOP SECO ELECTRIC

AWS WELL CO INC MARVIN & MARY HASS SCOTT & DALENE SELKO

ALL METALS MARKET VERA & RAY HUCKEBY SID DILLON-WAHOO

TAMMY BENNETT-BERKSHIRE L & L TOWING HUSKER WATER

HATHAWAY REAL ESTATE TRACY LIHS-SCENTSY JASON & JANEEN FELTY

BERGMAN TRUCKING MEAD CORNER STORAGE SUBBERT PUMPING

BIG RIG TRUCK ACCESSORIES MEAD LAWN & HAY LLC SUBBERT WELL SERVICE

BUCKMASTER CONSTRUCTION WAHOO AUTO PARTS RMD PROMOTION

COUNTRY DRIVE GOLF COURSE MEAD ME AT THE GOAT WAHOO STATE BANK

DOUBLE EAGLE BEVERAGES MEAD SIGNS SHAWN & PENNY HAVELKA

ECKLEY TRUCKING LLC ADAM & JESS MILLER W.L. ANDERSON TRUCKING

FELDHAUS VENTURES NMC CAT-ALEX CARRITT FIRST INTERSTATE BANK

JILLIAN/TOM/HENRY SPENCER PREIFFER INSURANCE

TERRAL BRABEC/MARIE SCOTT RAIDER NATION AUTO PLEX

STACI WEDERSTEIN-TOUCH OF GLASS

SILVER LEVEL DONORS ($50.00-$99.00

ALMA LUTHERAN CHURCH BOMGAARS BW’S PUB & GRILL

ENCOUNTER LIFE YOUTH GROUP MAKOVICKA THERAPY PIZZA HUT

FUD&TRACY’S PLUMBING/HEATING SIMON SAYS ANTIQUES SORENSEN WOODWORKING

BROMM LINDAHL FREEMAN-CADDY & LAUSTERER ATTORNEYS AT LAW

BRONZE LEVEL DONORS (<$50.00)

FARMERS MUTUAL INSURANCE KESHA HAVELKA-ZYIA SCOOTERS-WAHOO

ELIZABETH BLADT-COUNTY ROAD CRAFTS KENT & LINDA SWEET

CHIMING SILVER-CURT & DONNA PEARSON

JUDY RASMUS-THE HAIR STUDIO

Cross-Connection Control Reporting Form

State law requires consumers of public water supplies to inspect their facilities no less than once every five years. Completing & returning this form fulfills that requirement!

Completion of this form is a condition of water service!

REPORTING FORM FOR THE WATER SYSTEM of the Village of Mead, Nebraska

Customer Name ______________________________________________________________

Customer Address ____________________________________________________________

Account Number _____________________________________________________________

Yes No

Underground lawn irrigation system? ___ ___