Antelope County Court House
501 Main Street
Neligh, Nebraska 68756
Business Hours: 8:00 am-4:30 pm Monday-Friday excluding HOLIDAYS

AGENDA, September 22nd, 2026, 8:00 AM
Meeting of Antelope County Board of Commissioners. Notice is also given that the Board of Commissioners will meet in regular session on September 22nd, 2026 and will commence immediately upon adjournment of the budget hearing beginning at 8:00 AM on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026.
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Agenda, September 22nd, 2026 to follow Budget Hearing
Budget Hearing @ 8:00 AM
Open Meeting
Open Meeting is posted and available
Adoption and Appropriation Resolution
Set hearing for October 6th, 2026 @ 8:50 AM Setting final Tax Dollars
Consider bid for courthouse basement leakage
****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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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Antelope County, Nebraska, will hold a public hearing at the County Courthouse Annex in Neligh Nebraska, on the 6th day of October 2026, at 9:30 A.M. for the purpose of presenting and adopting a One- and Six-Year Street Improvement Plan for said governing body. Anyone living within Antelope County, Nebraska, interested in the above notice may appear in person or by counsel and be heard.
During this hearing Antelope County Commissioners will be discussing various road and bridge projects.
Antelope County Board of Commissioners,
Neligh, Nebraska
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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 October 6th, 2026, at 9:15 AM, for the purpose of setting Antelope County levies; 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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Open Meetings Act
20477fdf-07a7-4e5d-8ea6-93b3dad28274 (nebraskacounties.org)
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SECTION 0010 00 INVITATION TO BID Sealed Proposals for the construction of Elgin Northeast for Antelope County, Nebraska," JEO project No. 241579.00, QuestCDN No. 10336519, will be received by the County Clerk at SOI Main Street, Rm. 1, Neligh, NE 68756, until 10:00 am on the 6th day of October 2026, and thereafter will be read aloud. The work is generally described as follows: Road grading and box culvert construction. Opinion of Probable cost $400,000 proposals will be taken for said construction work listed above by unit prices, as an aggregate bid for the entire project. All proposals for said construction work must be made on blanks furnished by the Engineer and must be accompanied by Bid Security of not less than 5% of the amount bid. Bid Security to be made payable to the Treasurer of Antelope County as liquidated damages in case the bid is accepted and the bidder neglects or refuses, to enter into contract and furnish bond in accordance herewith. Copies of the contract documents are on file with Antelope County for examination by bidders. Compkte digital project bidding documents are available at JEO's website atjeo.com for $30. An optional paper set of project documents is available fora non-refundable price of $100 per set. Please contact Sandy Walker at 402-371-6416, swalker@ieo.com to coordinate your request and send your check to: 404S. 25th Street. Suite B, Norfolk, NE 68701. In order to bid the project, the contract documents must be issued directly by JEO Consulting Group, inc. or QuestCDN to the bidder. For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents. The Owner reserves the right to waive informalities and irregularities and to make awards on bids which furnish the materials and construction that will, in their opinion, serve the best interests of the project and also reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids. ATTEST: PUBLISHED: ANTELOPE COUNTY, NEBRASKA Charlie Henery, Chairman Lisa Payne, County Clerk September 16, 2026 September 23, 2026 September 30, 2026
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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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Full-Time, Part-Time, & Seasonal Road Employee Job Opportunity
The Antelope County Road & Bridge Department is looking to hire full-time, part-time, and 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 road patch material by shoveling, 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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When Reporting an issue with a Wind Turbine:
- Call the Zoning Administrator at 402-887-4248
- Call the Sheriff’s Office at 402-887-4148
- Or Call Invenergy’s Neligh Office at 531-484-2660