NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING AND BUDGET SUMMARY

PONCA HILLS FIRE DISTRICT #9

IN

DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, in compliance with the provisions of State Statute Sections 13-501 to 13-513, that the governing body will meet on the 11th day of August 2022, at 6:30 o’clock P.M. at Ponca Hills Fire Station for the purpose of hearing support, opposition, criticism, suggestions, or observations of taxpayers relating to the following proposed budget. The budget detail is available at the office of the Clerk during regular business hours.

2020-2021 Actual Disbursements & Transfers                                  $   145,501.30

2021-2022 Actual/Estimated Disbursements & Transfers                 $   193,465.23

2022-2023 Proposed Budget of Disbursements & Transfers             $   209,027.50

2022-2023 Necessary Cash Reserve                                                $   95,839.15

2022-2023 Total Resources Available                                               $   304,866.65

Total 2022-2023 Personal & Real Property Tax Requirement           $   154,281.12

Unused Budget Authority Created For Next Year                              $   26,674.19

Breakdown of Property Tax:

Personal and Real Property Tax Required for Non-Bond Purposes    $   123,681.12

Personal and Real Property Tax Required for Bonds                        $   30,600.00

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NOXIOUS WEEDS

MUST BE CONTROLLED

You are required to control

noxious weeds on your property.

The noxious weeds are: Musk Thistle, Plumeless Thistle, Canada Thistle, Leafy Spurge, Knapweed (spotted and diffuse), Purple Loosestrife, Saltcedar, Phragmites, Knotweed (Japanese and Giant) and Sericea Lespedeza.  Notice is hereby given this 1st day of August, 2022, pursuant to the Noxious Weed Control Act, section 2-955, subsection 1(a), to every person who owns or controls land in Douglas County, Nebraska, that noxious weeds being grown, or growing on, such land shall be controlled at such frequency as to prevent establishment, provide eradication, or reduce further propagation or dissemination of such weeds.

Upon failure to observe this notice, the county weed superintendent is required to:

Proceed pursuant to the law and issue legal notice to the landowner of property infested with noxious weeds and giving such landowner 15 days to control the noxious weed infestation.  Conviction for noncompliance may result in a $100 per day fine to the landowner, with a maximum fine of $1,500; or

Should more immediate control be required, proceed pursuant to the law and have the weeds controlled by such method as he/she finds necessary, the expense of which shall constitute a lien and be entered as a tax against the land, and be collected as other real estate taxes are collected, or by other means, as provided by law.

Also, the public is notified that noxious weed seed and propagative parts may be disseminated through the movement of machinery and equipment, trucks, grain and seed, hay, straw, nursery stock, fencing materials, sod, manure, and soil as well as articles of similar nature.  Methods of treatment have been prescribed by the Director of Agriculture and may be obtained from the county weed control authority.

BY ORDER OF

DOUGLAS COUNTY NOXIOUS WEED CONTROL AUTHORITY

(402) 444-4583

15335 West Maple Road Suite 201

Omaha, NE 68116

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