Boards, Commissions & Committees

Library Board

  • The Library Board has the authority to appoint a librarian and all other employees. It has the duty to have general charge of the Municipal Library and to establish appropriate rules and regulations for the management, operation, and use of the same.
  • The Board shall have supervisory authority over all employees of the library including the librarian. All actions of the Board shall be subject to the review and supervision of the Governing Body.
  • The Board shall be responsible for making such reports and performing such additional duties as the Governing Body may designate from time to time.
 MEMBERS:
  • Boyd Mattox
  • Sandy Amos
  • Laurie Badertscher
  • Wendy Buggi
  • Arnold Horn
  • Carol Lamb

Parks & Recreation Commission

  • It shall be the duty of the Commission to take immediate charge of the expenditures for the playground and recreation equipment and activities.
  • The Commission shall also take charge of all parks and recreational facilities belonging to the Municipality.
  • The Commission shall be responsible for making such reports and performing such other duties as the Governing Body may, from time to time, designate.
MEMBERS
  • Larry Carmine
  • Dennis Gottula
  • Dan Blessing
  • Jack Stinson

Community Building Commission

  • The Board of Community Building Commissioners shall have charge of the Community Building of the City, together with the surrounding grounds and all improvements, and shall have control of the expenditure of all money collected for or donated for the purpose of maintaining or improving said Community Building.
  • Commissioners shall also have the power to establish rules and regulations for the management, care and use of the Community Building. The members of the Board of Community Building Commissioners are hereby appointed special Police Officers of the City with authority, while in the Community Building or the surrounding grounds, to make arrests upon seeing anybody violating any of the by-laws, rules and regulations, of the Board of Community Building Commissioners.
MEMBERS
  • Charles Murphy
  • Vera Ebeler
  • Tom Morrissey
  • Pat Bane
  • Ramon Herrera
  • Vera Searcey

Mini-Bus Advisory Board

  • It shall be the duty of the Board to supervise and regulate the operation of the Hand-Bus service.
  • The Board shall set the rates for such service and make rules and regulations for its efficient operation. 
  • The Board shall choose its own officers, make its own rules and regulations and keep a journal of its proceedings.
 MEMBERS
  • William Baum
  • Jean Hoke
  • Ruth Wolken
  • Myra Graham

Planning Commission

  • It shall be the duty of the Commission to make and adopt plans for the physical development of the Municipality, including any areas outside its boundaries which, in the Commission's judgment, bear relation to the planning of the Municipality.
  • The Planning Commission shall make recommendations to the City Council as to whether to grant conditional uses or special exceptions to property owners for the use of their property.  All actions by the Commission shall be subject to the review and supervision of the Governing Body.
  • The Commission shall be responsible for making such reports and performing such other duties as the Governing Body may, from time to time, designate.
 MEMBERS
  • Jesse Grof
  • Ted Evans, Jr.
  • Charles Scott
  • Pat Burns
  • Densel Fankhauser
  • Theron Guenther
  • Kenneth Grove
  • Bob Kuhl

Housing Authority

  • The Housing Authority shall possess all powers necessary to conduct studies, assessments and analyses of living conditions and affordable housing and community development needs and the means and methods through which unsatisfactory living conditions may be improved and affordable housing and community development may be met.
  • To plan, prepare and carry out housing projects or developments or any portion thereof.
  • To finance and agency's development, operations and other activities in such manner, utilizing such public or private sources of revenue and employing such financing methods or techniques as the agency deems appropriate.
  • To maintain, repair and replace all housing developments and any facilities.
MEMBERS
  • Beth Rossi
  • Kenny Stinson
  • Jennifer Bartels
  • Sharon Bohling
  • Gail Campbell
  • Arnold Horn
  • Kevin VanLaningham

Board of Adjustments

  • It shall be the duty of the Board to hear and decide appeals where it is alleged that there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by a Municipal official based on any zoning ordinance of the Municipality.
  • The Board shall hear and decide in accordance with the provisions of any zoning ordinance, requests for interpretation of any map; and authorize a variance from the strict application of any zoning ordinance if it is found that a specific piece of property, due to exceptional specifications existing at the time of passage of the said ordinance, would result in exceptional difficulties and undue hardship.
MEMBERS
  • Wilbur Ramsey
  • Matt Weber
  • Lynn Campbell
  • Larry Cox
  • Ron Rathe
  • LeRoy Buethe (alt)

Architectural Review Board

  • It shall be the function and duty of the Board of Architectural Review to determine whether a building located within the District is structurally unsound and beyond economical repair, and/or whether the exterior architectural features of the proposed construction, reconstruction, alterations or improvements to buildings or building lots within the District (wherever such exterior features are subject to public view from a public street or way) are appropriate to and in keeping with the old historic aspects of the surroundings.
MEMBERS
  • Steve Mercure
  • John Murphy
  • Densel Fankhauser
  • Sara Weber
  • Diane Newman

Tree Board

  • It shall be the responsibility of the Board to study, investigate, counsel and develop a written plan for the care, preservation, trimming, planting, replanting, removal or disposition of trees and shrubs in public ways, streets and alleys.  Such plan, upon  approval by the City Council, shall constitute the official Comprehensive City Tree Plan for the City of Tecumseh, and shall be reviewed annually.
  • The Board shall prepare & present an annual work plan for the City Council approval.
  • The Board, when requested by the City Council, shall consider, investigate, make finding, report and recommend upon any special matter of question coming within the scope of its work.
MEMBERS
  • Patti Holthus
  • Ben Swanson
  • Steve DeFreece
  • Jared Schuster
  • Steve Bartels
  • Ron Ebeler

Streets, Alleys, Sidewalks and Signs

  • The Mayor and City Council shall appoint one (1) City Council member to review and make recommendations to the City Council regarding the City's streets, alleys, sidewalks, and signs. 
  • This Council member may consult with the City's Street Department and professionals in formulating his recommendations. 
  • The Council member shall also provide supervision and recommendations directly to the Street Department.

Maintenance Code Board of Appeals

  • The Maintenance Code Board of Appeals shall hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the Maintenance Code official relative to the application and interpretation of the Property Maintenance Code.
  • The Maintenance Board of Appeals shall hear appeals based on a claim that the time intent of the Property Maintenance Code or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of the Code do not fully apply, or the requirements of the Code are adequately satisfied by other means. 
  • The Board shall render all decisions in writing.
MEMBERS
  • Lynn Campbell
  • Bev Ramsey
  • Glen Wolken
  • Dwayne Bartels (alt)

Airport Zoning Board

  • The Airport Zoning Board shall have the same power to adopt, administer, and enforce airport zoning regulations applicable to the airport hazard area in question as that vested by section 3-303 for the City of Tecumseh, Nebraska.
MEMBERS
  • Steve Bartels
  • Lynn Campbell

Citizen's Advisory Committee

  • The Citizen's Advisory Review Committee shall review the functioning and progress of the Economic Development Program at regular meeting as set forth by ordinance and to advise the Governing Body of the City with regard to the Program.
  • The Committee shall also report to the City Council on its findings and suggestions at a public hearing called for that purpose at least once in every six-month period.
MEMBERS
  • Steve Cooper
  • Stacey Goodrich
  • Dave Holthus
  • Todd Wellensiek

Application Review Committee

  • The Application Review Committee shall make the final decision regarding all applications for financial assistance and will generally oversee the Economic Development program established in the Economic Development Plan of the City of Tecumseh which is funded by the collection of local option sales and use tax.
MEMBERS
  • Ron Graham
  • Bev Ramsey
  • Keith Shuey
  • Mike Wendt
  • Marg Wenzl

Board of Public Works

  • The Board of Public Works meets at 4:00 p.m on the 1st Monday of each month. For agenda items, contact Paula Darling at 402-335-4011 or pdarling@windstream.net.
  • The Board of Public Works is charged with the duties of operating,  managing and maintaining the electrical generation, transmission and distribution system;  the water supply system; and the sanitary sewer system of the City of Tecumseh.
  • The Board duties include the collecting of rents, revenues, and proceeds accruing on account of the ownership and operation on said utilities.
  • This authority shall also include inspection and compliance of rules and regulations established by the Board for customer owned sanitary sewer systems which do not connect to the public sanitary sewer system.
MEMBERS
  • Lynn Campbell
  • Fred Pooch
  • Dan Blessing

Tecumseh Pride Committee

  • The purpose of the Pride Committee is to voluntarily work with property owners and/or tenants to encourage them to clean up their properties in order to make the City of Tecumseh, Nebraska a better place to live and work.
  • The Pride Committee shall take complaints regarding the conditions of properties within the City of Tecumseh that constitute nuisances under the City Code or are in violation of the International Property Maintenance Code.
  • The Pride Committee may investigate the properties brought forward to the Pride Committee and when the Committee determines the properties are in violation of the International Property Maintenance Code, the Pride Committee shall contact the property owner and/or tenant and request that they abate the nuisance or repair the violation.
  • The Pride Committee shall monitor the progress of the abatement or repair. The Pride Committee shall have no power to officially charge the owner with a code violation.
MEMBERS
  • Jim DeFreece
  • Tom Hamer
  • Tonia Robinson
  • Charles Scott
  • Michelle VanWinkle