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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1972
Page
3
The text notes amendments not kept for the legal minimum term and states that sections 14 15 16 and 17 are repealed. It references continued discussion on constitutional amendments from the preceding page. The wording indicates formal legislative action and repeal of specified sections.
Voters decide whether the Legislature may grant cities and villages power to create off street parking facilities and finance them by special assessments or taxes within off street parking districts. If approved they may also maintain repair and reconstruction funded by such assessments.
Proposed amendment to Article VIII section 6 allows cities to create off street parking facilities with local assessments or special taxes. It permits varying benefit allocations and maintenance funding, and requires uniform taxes within each jurisdiction while authorizing separate taxes in off street parking districts. The measure is slated for the November 1972 general election.
Proposal to enlarge the commissions from seven to nine members and to revise voting rules for Supreme Court justices serving as chairmen. It increases bar and governor appointed members, limits party concentration, requires public candidate names before hearings, roll call votes, and a majority to submit names to the Governor. Against or for on the ballot.
Article V section 21 outlines how vacancies in the Supreme Court district courts or other courts covered by this provision are to be filled by the Governor. It specifies procedural steps and authority for appointing replacements.
The Governor may pick from a prepared list within sixty days or the Chief Justice may appoint from that list. Vacancies follow legal procedures and voters approve judges at set intervals. A judicial nominating commission serves per district with nine members including a chair designated by the Governor. four bar members and four citizens, with limited partisan balance. Members vote by roll call, needing a majority to submit a nominee to the Governor.
The proposal seeks state authority to adjust retirement benefits for retired public employees to reflect cost of living and wage changes since retirement and lets local governments review and adjust vested pensions periodically by ordinance. It also states the measure will prevent post retirement condition adjustments and may authorize adjustments reflecting subsequent cost of living and wages.
The proposal to Article III section 19 limits extra compensation after service, allows adjustments to retirement benefits for cost of living changes, and restricts pay changes during terms except when staggered terms permit increases or decreases. It also permits local bodies to review vested pensions by ordinance. The amendment also addresses standards for determining conflicts of interest and its effects.
The proposal would modify Article IV section 28 to keep the Tax Commissioner on the State Board of Equalization and Assessment as an adviser while the board remains the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, and State Treasurer plus a fifth member chosen by law. It also aligns duties and membership with prior amendments, detailing appointment, jurisdiction over revenue laws, and board powers as provided by law.
A proposed amendment seeks to delete exceptions limiting ineligibility for legislative membership and remove the phrase during the term for which he was elected from rules on civil appointments. It would bar legislators and state officers from direct conflicts in state or local contracts and require clear standards and enforcement mechanisms. The proposal would keep current eligibility rules and existing prohibitions on indirect contract interests.
The proposed constitutional amendments Sec 9 and Sec 16 set rules to bar holders of federal or state offices from serving in the Legislature and prohibit civil appointments during term or session. They also ban conflicts of interest in any state or local contracts and call for standards and sanctions to enforce the provisions.
The amendment would change the name of the State Railway Commission to Public Service Commission. It defines a commission of three to seven members with six year terms, elected by districts of equal population, and grants powers to regulate rates service and general control of common carriers as provided by law.
Respectfully submitted Allen J Beermann Secretary of State publish three times weeks of October 16 23 and 30 1972 The notice appears in the official state publication with the three weekly run dates as stated.
The Progress reports on church events and local visits. Swede Plain Church marks 65th anniversary with Rev John Lind and 55th for the current building dedication. Families host, travel, and attend games. land sales pass 60 per acre. deputies appointed. anniversaries celebrated. a vaccine clinic serves 568.
Osceola Nebraska October 10 1972 official proceedings show the Board of County Commissioners meeting with Darrel Dangberg and Associates to finalize a contract for cadastral maps. The board approved a $17400 contract by roll call vote and adjourned to reconvene October 17 1972 with the county clerk and chairman signing the minutes.
Polk residents Mr and Mrs Richard Johnson and Mr and Mrs Dale Nyberg and boys traveled to Omaha on Oct 7 for the wedding of Kelton Jay Bush and Nancy Lou Bennett at Central Park Congregational Church. The couple honeymoon in Hawaii.
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