Public Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE PLATTE COUNTY LANDOWNERS AND TENANTS:

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-301 provides in part that “any person who injures or obstructs a public road by felling a tree or trees in, upon, or across the same, by placing or leaving any other obstruction thereon, by encroaching upon the same with any fence, by plowing or digging any ditch or other opening thereon, by diverting water onto or across such road so as to saturate, wash, or impair the maintenance, construction, or passability of such public road … shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor, in case of placing any obstruction on the road, be charged an additional sum of not exceeding three dollars per day for every day he or she allows such obstruction to remain after being ordered to remove the same by the road overseer or other officer in charge of road work in the area where such obstruction is located.

“Any officer in charge of road work, after having given reasonable notice to the owners of the obstruction or person so obstructing or plowing or digging ditches upon such road, may remove any such fence or other obstruction, fill up any such ditch or excavation, and recover the necessary cost of such removal from such owner or other person obstructing such road.”

Landowners are liable for damages and/or accidents related to any obstructions they caused to be placed in the county road right-of-way areas. Cooperation from landowners and tenants to keep the public roadways safe and clear of hazards is greatly appreciated.
Platte County Board of Supervisors

PROPOSED 2025-2026 BUDGET

This budget is for the Period JULY 1, 2025 through JUNE 30, 2026.

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NOTICE OF SUMMARY OF CHANGES TO ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027

Notice is hereby given that after the Budget Hearing held on September 22, 2026 at 9:15
o’clock A.M., the Platte County Board of Supervisors approved a budget other than what was
published in the Columbus Telegram on September 17th, 2026 & The Humphrey Democrat on
September 16, 2026. The Board lowered the property tax request in the Highway Bond Fund.
This change will lower the property tax request and the levy for the County in Fiscal Year 2026-
2027. The new property tax request for the Highway Bond Fund will be $2,894,125.00 rather
than the originally proposed request of $3,999,810.00. The tax request for the General Fund
will remain unchanged at $16,380,042.40 for a total tax request of $19,274,167.40 rather than
$20,379,852.40. The new levy will be .234109 rather than the originally proposed levy of
.247539, and the new Operating Budget will be $75,886,680.41 rather than the originally
proposed Operating Budget of $76,992,365.41. The percentage change in the Operating
Budget compared to last year’s Operating Budget is now 38.36% compared to the originally
proposed Operating Budget increase of 40.37%.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING OF THE PLATTE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND EQUALIZATION

Notice is hereby given that meetings of the Platte County Board of Equalization and Platte County Board of Supervisors will be held on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, in the County Board Room of the Platte County Courthouse in Columbus, Nebraska. The County Board of Equalization meeting will begin at 9:00 A.M. (CST).  The Supervisors meeting will begin at 9:10 A.M. (CST).

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is given that the Platte Co. Extension Board will meet at the Platte County Extension Office, 2715 13 Street, Columbus, NE, on Tue, Oct. 13, 2026, 7 p.m. This meeting’s agenda, kept current and subject to change, is available for inspection at the Extension Office during business hours. 

Bradley Christensen
President