LEADERSHIP CLASS ATTENDS GOVERNMENT SESSION
FILLMORE COUNTY - The Odegeo…Leadership for Fillmore County class
attended the “Government-Power of the People” November 20, 2018.
The day began with UNL Extension educator Brand VanDeWalle
highlighting leadership skills.
Next local leaders from different levels of government spoke to
the group that included: Jeff Neiman,
Fillmore County Supervisor, Rod Norrie, Geneva Mayor and Kyle Svec, Geneva City
Administrator. Becky Erdkamp, Exeter Village Clerk, Linda Carroll, Fairmont
Village Clerk and Vicky Thompson, Milligan Village Clerk, talked about their duties to help city and
village offices handle the day-to-day business of their communities.
The class toured the Fillmore County East building and saw the
lay-out of the many offices there. Jennifer Slezak, Zoning Administrator, gave
the tour of the facility and told how zoning works in Fillmore County.
Following that the group learned about NRD with Mike Onnen,
manager of the Little Blue Natural Resource district. Craig Vincent, an Account Manager of Nebraska
Public Power District (NPPD), explained about public power and how that differs
from other states. He also talked about changes in power sources and how
more of it is renewable.
In the afternoon the group traveled to the Fillmore County
Courthouse where President Fillmore greeted the group. Patt Lentfer, FCDC
Executive Director, briefly outlined why have an economic development
organization at the local level and how it works with the regional and
state levels of economic groups.
Jim Dunker, Emergency Management Manager, and Fillmore County
officials Amy Nelson, Clerk, Lynn Mussman, Assessor, and Barbara Trapp,
Treasurer, told about their offices and the duties for which they are
responsible.
Amy Nelson then took the group on a tour of the Historical
Fillmore County Courthouse. Many of the members of the group climbed up to the
third floor to enjoy the view.
A school board panel consisting of Local school board members
Randy Kleinschmidt from Fillmore Central and Chris Swartzendruber from Shickley
provided information about how schools are run and the role of the board
members in working with the administrators and the community.
The December session of the ODEGEO class will focus on Education.
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