CUSTER COUNTY – The Custer County Board of Supervisors held a lengthy meeting on Tuesday morning that ran into the afternoon. Sarah Parliment and Lynn Longmore were the only members absent.
To begin, the board approved minutes, mail, and heard committee reports.
The Board then heard from Custer County Treasurer Sherri Bryant who presented a semi-annual statement and spoke about Resolution #7-2024 which allows the County to have additional securities at Custer Federal State Bank.
At 9:45 the Board opened a public hearing for input on fair market value lease on the Pamida Addition, Lot 3A, right behind the DHHS building in Broken Bow. No one showed up to give public comments so the board set a land lease rate at $500 a month for a one-year lease. 
Following was a public hearing for the one and six-year highway plan.
Two people from the public spoke about Rino Road, the first being Matt Eggleston who stated that now as a 
society, we are more mobile than ever.
“I just want to recognize that we are probably more mobile now as a society, this County included than we ever have been in history, and the fact we rely on our roads to get to work, get back and forth for medical appointments. We have younger drivers and older drivers than we ever did when all of our roads were gravel. And the vision to have oiled roads is paramount for all of the constituents that I have spoken with.”
Shirley Trout, another spokesperson stated how Rino Road has ruined two of her tires.
“I just got the opportunity to replace two tires from road hazard damage, and when I asked what was causing the sidewalls to peel off of brand new tires, he just casually said it was probably gravel road. I have had that car on nothing but Rino Road as far as gravel and this has all been within the last six weeks so it’s kind of a financial hit.”
The one and six-year
plan includes asphalt development, bride and culvert development, grading development, erosion repair, and others which include converting roads to gravel.
Sherriff Osmond’s request to up comp time was tabled at the last meeting but was approved in this meeting. “Comp time” is like a savings account so the workers can either choose to get paid overtime, or they can save that comp time and use it for days off later. Sherriff Osmond requested that instead of 85 hours for comp time, the Sheriff’s department will now have 120 hours, which the board approved. This is an internal policy for the Sheriff’s department.
The next meeting will be on February 27 at 9:00 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors room on the top floor of the Custer County Courthouse.
