Antelope County

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Antelope County Court House
501 Main Street
Neligh, Nebraska 68756

Business Hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm Monday-Friday excluding HOLIDAYS

 

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PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF MEETING COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AS A COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, ANTELOPE COUNTY, NEBRASKA

Notice is hereby given that the County Board of Commissioners of Antelope County, Nebraska will hold a County Board of Equalization meeting in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room in the Antelope County Courthouse Annex, Neligh, Nebraska on June 10th, 2025, at 9:15 AM, for the purpose approving tax roll corrections, motor vehicle exemptions and various other items which may become necessary to act upon. The meeting will be open to the public. An agenda, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection at the Antelope County Clerk’s Office and may be modified at such meeting to include items of an emergency nature pursuant to Section 84-1411 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes.

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Notice is hereby given that the County Board of Commissioners of Antelope County, Nebraska will hold a County Board of Equalization meeting in the Commissioner’s Meeting Room in the Antelope County Courthouse Annex, Neligh, Nebraska on June 24th, 2025, at 9:15 AM, for the purpose approving tax roll corrections, 2025 over/under report, motor vehicle exemptions and various other items which may become necessary to act upon. The meeting will be open to the public. An agenda, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection at the Antelope County Clerk’s Office and may be modified at such meeting to include items of an emergency nature pursuant to Section 84-1411 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes.

As a Board of Equalization, actions such as approving tax roll corrections, motor vehicle exemptions and various other items which may become necessary to act upon. The meeting will be open to the public. An agenda is on file in the County Clerk’s Office.

 

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING-ANTELOPE COUNTY PLANNING COMISSION

The Antelope County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in the County Board of Commissioner’s Meeting Room in the Antelope County Courthouse Annex at 2pm.

The public hearing will be regarding Conditional Use Permit 2401-Verizon Wireless, for a telecommunications tower on a tract in the N2 of 1-28-6W.

The agenda is kept continuously current and is available for public inspection at the Zoning Office

 

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TO: ALL ANTELOPE COUNTY LANDOWNERS

Referencing Nebraska State Statutes 39-301, 39-302, 39-1811, 39-1812, and 39-1813.

You are informed that the Antelope County Board of Commissioners adopted the following resolution at their April 13th, 2021 board meeting:

WHEREAS, in 2008 the Antelope County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution regarding obstructions in Antelope County Road rights of way, it is the Antelope County Board of Commissioners intention to update said resolution; and

WHEREAS the Antelope County Board of Commissioners has received evidence that unauthorized fences, crops, trees, shrubs, weeds, tall grass, berms, trash, equipment and other obstructions placed within the public rights-of-way maintained by Antelope County cause hazards that endanger motorists, County employees, and County equipment, and interfere with the proper maintenance of the roadway, especially during road maintenance, construction, and snow removal operations.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Antelope County shall, after first giving reasonable notice to the affected landowner, exercise its right to remove hazards from the public rights-of-way except that no notice shall need to be given during snow removal operations or emergency operations; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Antelope County Road Department employees shall identify and document such hazards, shall provide ten days written notice to any affected landowner to remove the hazards from the right-of-way, and, if such hazards remain within the right-of-way ten days after Antelope County gives such notice to any affected landowner, shall remove the hazards, returning all salvaged materials to the affected landowner.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Antelope County Road Department employees shall invoice the costs of the removal of the hazards to the affected landowner, including the cost of labor and machine use.

Dated this 13th day of April, 2021.

You are further notified that the County Board of Commissioners intends that the above resolution shall be enforced, and that any person may make a proper complaint regarding a violation of the above resolution to the Commissioner(s) or Road Superintendent.

Antelope County Board of Commissioners

39-302 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 pass ability 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 end gun 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.

39-1811 Weeds; mowing; duty of landowner; neglect of duty; obligation of county board; cost; assessment and collection.

(1) 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.

 

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ANTELOPE COUNTY SELLING MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Antelope County is taking sealed bids for used culverts, bridge planks and miscellaneous items. These materials may be visually inspected at the Antelope County Barn in Oakdale, 800 South Wilson Street, Oakdale, NE. The items are grouped in lots and will be sold in lots. Please include with your sealed bid the number of planks, or stringers desired. Price should be per plank, stringer, or lot. Bids should be clearly marked by lot number on the outside bottom left of the envelope. For additional information, please contact the Antelope County Clerk’s Office at 402.887.4410 or Antelope County Road Superintendent. Bids should be submitted to the Clerk’s office, 501 M Street, PO Box 26, Neligh, NE 68756. Bids must be received before bid opening begins at 9:30 AM on June 3rd, 2025. Bids will be publicly opened during the June 3rd, 2025, Commissioner Meeting, in the Courthouse Annex. Please include your contact information (name, address, phone number) with your bid.

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PART-TIME SEASONAL ROAD EMPLOYEE JOB OPPORTUNITY

The Antelope County Road & Bridge Department is looking to hire part-time Seasonal Road Employees in multiple locations around the County. (Minimum age 18) Responsibilities may include but are not limited to: Perform manual labor, trimming of trees, using a chainsaw, mowing, applying rod patch material by shovel, flagging, assisting other employees with various projects, etc. Drug tests are mandatory.

Apply in person or by mail. Applications can be acquired through the Antelope County Clerk’s Office, 501 M Street, PO Box 26, Neligh, NE 68756, phone 402.887.4410. Applications on file at the Clerk's Office 90 days prior to this notice will be considered. Antelope County is an equal opportunity Employer. This position is subject to a veterans preference and may remain open until filled.

                                                   

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Attorney General Mike Hilgers is warning consumers that many THC-containing products sold in Nebraska may be dangerous for human consumption.

For more info please go to this link…

Attorney General Consumer Warning | Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers

 

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Safety Tips to Protecting Kids on the Internet. You can view the resource at:

https://broadbandnow.com/blog/online-safety-tips-for-kids

 

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Antelope County Board of Commissioners

AGENDA, June 3rd, 2025, 9:00 AM

 

Open meeting/roll call by Chairman or Vice Chairman

State that the open meetings information is posted on the east wall with additional copies available at the Clerk’s office

Agenda

Minutes of May 6th, 2025, Board of Commissioner Meeting

Minutes of May 13th, 2025, Board of Commissioner Meeting

Minutes of May 13th, 2025, Board of Equalization Meeting

Correspondence

9:05 AM Public Comments

Road Superintendent Report

Underground Permit: North Central Public Power District –NE¼ 24-28-5 534th Ave

Underground Permit: 12-28-6; 527th Ave/Reg Green

Oversize Load Permit: Highway 70 W to 520th Ave S to Tower 87/Landwehr Construction

Oversize Load Permit: Hwy 14 to 110th St. 520th Avenue North Tower 87/Landwehr Construction

Oversize Load Permit: Hwy 70 W to 520th Ave S to Tower 87/Landwehr Construction

Oversize Load Permit: Highway 70 to 520th Ave, S to Tower 80/Crane Service Inc

Underground Permit: 857th Road – SE¼ Section 2, Township 26, Range 7/Two Rivers Irrigation

4 Oversize permits-Crane Service-Josh Warner

Zoning Administrator Report

Date for 2025 Protest Hearings – July 3rd and July 7th

9:15 AM Bid Opening – Bridge Match Program

9:30 AM Surplus Material - Silent Bid

9:45 AM NACO Annual Updates – Beth Ferrell

 

****The items on the agenda do not necessarily have to be acted on in the above order.  The County Board has the right to modify the agenda upon convening, provided the matter is of an emergency nature.  ****

**At the discretion of the board we will recess for periodic breaks and lunch as needed **

**The Board reserves the right to go into closed session when deemed necessary by law or statute**

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Open Meetings Act

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We invite you to browse our web site to learn about our County offices and the services Antelope County, Nebraska offers its citizens. 

This web site contains information about Antelope County programs, services, departments and offices, as well as helpful information on commonly asked questions. We encourage you to use this site frequently for local government information. Please contact the Webmaster if you have questions, comments or suggestions on how we can improve this web site.

 


WHERE DO YOUR TAX DOLLARS GO?


When Reporting an issue with a WIND TURBINE:

  1. Call the Zoning Administrator at 402-887-4248
  2. Call the Sheriff’s Office at 402-887-4148
  3. Or Call Invenergy’s Neligh Office at 531-484-2660

 

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