Lawmakers gave first-round approval April 19 to a bill that would make several technical changes to state law governing metropolitan utilities districts.<\/p>\n
LB208, introduced by Omaha Sen. Burke Harr, would make the following changes:
\n\u2022\tallow the board to decrease the president\u2019s salary;
\n\u2022\teliminate a requirement that the district obtain a bond of not less than $10,000 on the president’s performance;
\n\u2022\tallow the board to establish its own standards for fire hydrant placement, as long as such standards do not violate any state Department of Health and Human Services regulations; and
\n\u2022\tremove a requirement that an employee must first have been made a permanent employee by a unanimous vote of the full board of directors in order to be removed from his or her position.<\/p>\n
The board still would be able to remove an employee for cause by a two-thirds vote.<\/p>\n
Harr offered an amendment, adopted 38-0, that removed another provision from the bill that would have increased the employee salary cap from $10,000 to $75,000 per year.<\/p>\n
The bill advanced to select file on a 38-0 vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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