Representatives from Summit Carbon Solutions were present at Tuesday's meeting of the Wayne County Board of Commissioners to provide an update on the project scheduled to go through Wayne County.
Of the 22 miles in Wayne County that the pipeline would impact, 35% of the land has been acquired. A total of 135 miles of the 318 miles (43%) in Nebraska has been acquired through voluntary easements.
The firm told the commissioners that they are proposing an August 2023 start date for construction of the project. The commissioners will need to get Road Use Agreements set before any digging can take place.
Commissioners received information from Highway Superintendent Mark Casey in regard to a resolution certifying proper completion of CBMP (4) involving several bridge projects.
The commissioners also approved and signed a quitclaim deed to purchase 1.45 acres of land from the Union Pacific Railroad Company for an addition of the County Shop in Winside.
Emergency Manager Nic Kemnitz shared information on a number of items he has been involved with in recent weeks including the Missouri River Outdoor Expo, the Nebraska Pipeline Association Training in Norfolk, the National Weather Service Integrated Weather Team Meeting in Omaha, the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency Basic Academy in Lincoln (where Kemnitz was a panelist during discussion) and a large field fire north of Wayne where Kemnitz helped coordinate resources between the Wayne Volunteer Fire Department and Cedar County Emergency Management.
In other action, the board approved the following requests for Lodging Tax Grants:
$375 for advertising the Daniel Christian concert at the Little Red Hen Theatre in Wakefield;
$1,500 for advertising, signage and programs for the Elkhorn Valley Bank Northeast Nebraska Shootout Dec. 28-30;
$1,000 for advertising for The Fall Thing, sponsored by Wayne Area Economic Development on Oct. 22;
$1,000 for advertising Christmas in Wayne, sponsored by Wayne Area Economic Development on Nov. 17; $400 for advertising the Winside Museum Spaghetti Dinner on Oct. 23; and $500 for the 2022 Christmas Tour of Home, sponsored by the Friends of the Museum.
A request for $900 for mileage and expenses to the Nebraska Tourism Conference was denied.
A request from the Belden Volunteer Fire Department for $80,000 in ARPA Grant funds for bunker gear and a water tender was denied.
The Wayne County Board of Commissioners will next meet in regular session on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 9 a.m. in the courtroom at the Wayne County Courthouse.
