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UNION NEWS
January 6, 2005
SEWER USE FEES INCREASE:
Due to the cost of new Waste Water Treatment Facility (WWTF), we are required to increase the sewer use fees. An ordinance to increase the cost from $8.00 per month per user to $17.00 per month per user has been passed by the Village Board of Trustees on Jan 4, 2005 and is effective immediately.
PARKING:
Several cars have been ticketed for illegal parking in town recently. This action was not initiated by the Village Board. However, if you are parking in the wrong direction or on both sides of the road, it makes driving down that road very difficult & is illegal parking. Contact the sheriff’s office if you have questions.
Also, as a reminder, winter weather is upon on. So if you have a driveway, use it so that other cars can drive safely & plowing can be done without damage to vehicles.
SOLICITORS:
If you are having problems with solicitors, just simply ask them if they have a letter from the clerk’s office authorizing them to go house to house. According to our ordinances, salespeople are required to get approval to solicit in town. This does not include schoolchildren.
UNION
A YEAR IN REVIEW
As we close 2004, here are some of the highlights of the past year:
Jan 2004: We welcomed a new U.S. citizen. Emi Page became a U.S. citizen after living in the states since 1972 as a dependent wife of an active duty military member.
Feb 2004: We had to purchase 9.32 acres to put in a new sewer system; surveys were sent to all homeowners to allow them to voice their wants & complaints; & family & friends held a 30th birthday party for Amy
Seyler.
Mar 2004: The first neighborhood watch meeting was held; there was a theft at the construction site being used by ME Collins; & the Village started a mass cleanup of junk vehicles & property by notifying all homeowners of this.
Apr 2004: The American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) held their Spring Luncheon & hosted the children’s Easter Egg Hunt; & Union Fire & Rescue department received a gurney donated by the Elmwood Fire & Rescue.
May 2004: Union was hit hard by storms. Several trees damaged or downed, private property damage, & power outages. This demonstrated to not only residents of this village but to FEMA how we pull together & get this done. Norman’s IGA donated food & water & volunteers kept the fire station open for people to come in for food & shelter; & the neighborhood watch meeting was briefed by Lt Burke on the facts of meth addiction & how it is made.
Jun 2004: The annual Alumni Banquet was held with 82 attendees; Sarpy County Landfill brought a bin grinder to mulch the large number of trees downed by the May storms; & James Ayres resigned from the Village Board of Trustees due to moving to North Platt for a new job.
Jul 2004: Union welcomed a new business, Tender Paws Grooming Salon, owned by Ken & Athena Willeford; & the village had to remove an additional 11 trees severely damaged by the May storms.
Aug 2004: Held the annual community picnic & auction; WWTF was completed; an anonymous donation of 2000 blue spruce & lilac trees to assist homeowners replace trees lost from the May storms; Mr. Landscape donated a 5 ft spruce tree to replace the ones stolen last winter; & the Union Fire & Rescue Department had a fundraiser in which the Rescue Capt, Gaille Brown, got a buzz cut when contributions exceeded $1000.00.
Sep 2004: House exploded on Ash Drive; & a former firefighter, Rick Kubik, was found dead in his home from an apparent heart attack.
Oct 2004: The Future Technologies contract was signed to enable the village to get high speed internet service; Fire & Rescue Department received a pediatric bluebag with backboard & training from NE/Iowa Kiwanis club & they also held the 2nd annual Halloween party; & a new piece of park equipment was donated by True Value Hardware in Plattsmouth.
Nov 2004: The Village Board approved a building permit application for Alltel to erect a cell tower 1 mile north of the village which will improve their service.
Dec 2004: Santa arrived to bring in the holiday season; & the county zoning office with Alltel were updating the MSAG, which corrected the physical addresses in Ash & Birch
Drives.
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