Buffalo County: Veterans Services

2024 Veteran Services Meetings

Buffalo County furnishes the public information contained herein as a public service.

Notice of Meetings

Dates	Agendas	Minutes
January 9, 2024	Agenda	Minutes
February 13, 2024	Agenda	Minutes
March 12, 2024	Agenda	Minutes
April 9, 2024	Agenda	Minutes
May 14, 2024	Agenda	Minutes
June 11, 2024	Agenda	Minutes
July 9, 2024	Agenda	Minutes
August 13, 2024	Agenda	Minutes
September 10, 2024	Agenda	Minutes
October 8, 2024	Agenda	Minutes
November 12, 2024	Agenda	Minutes
December 10, 2024	Agenda	Minutes

2023 Archive

Juvenile Justice Coordinator position - Full-time

Full-time position in the Buffalo County Attorney’s Juvenile Diversion Services Office. The person seeking this position must have excellent communication skills. Prefer criminal justice, social work, human services, education, or psychology/sociology background, (B.A or B.S. required). Experience and education is preferred. Benefit package.

Those interested must complete the Buffalo County Application for Employment online or obtained in the County Clerk’s Office.

Applications will be accepted through August 20, 2024, or until the position is filled.

Send cover letter, resume, and completed application to:

Buffalo County Juvenile Diversion Services
PO Box 67
Kearney, NE 68848

Full job description

EOE/AA/Veterans Preference

Committee Appointments

2024 Committee Appointments

Committee Name	Committee Members
Budget & Finance	Sherry Morrow - Chair Dan Lynch Bill D. Maendele
Facilities OMP	Sherry Morrow - Chair Ivan Klein Tim Higgins
Information Technology	Myron Kouba - Chair Dan Lynch Ivan Klein
Road & Bridge	Ivan Klein - Chair Myron Kouba Ron Loeffelholz
Noxious Weed District	Ron Loeffelholz - Chair Ivan Klein Myron Kouba
Human Resources/Insurance	Myron Kouba - Chair Tim Higgins Bill D. Maendele
Public Safety, Law Enforcement, & Emergency Management	Dan Lynch - Chair Ron Loeffelholz Sherry Morrow
Court & Judicial	Bill D. Maendele - Chair Ivan Klein Sherry Morrow
Veterans Service	Myron Kouba - Chair Bill D. Maendele Ivan Klein
Zoning/Flood Plain	Ron Loeffelholz - Chair Dan Lynch Bill D. Maendele
Extension/Agricultural Society	Ron Loeffelholz - Chair Myron Kouba Tim Higgins
Election Commission	Bill D. Maendele - Chair Tim Higgins Dan Lynch
Legislative	Tim Higgins - Chair Sherry Morrow Ivan Klein
Ravenna Lake/Campgrounds Advisory	Tim Higgins - Chair Ivan Klein Ron Loeffelholz
County Official Council	Tim Higgins - Chair Sherry Morrow Myron Kouba
Law Enforcement Center Committee	Sherry Morrow - Chair Dan Lynch Tim Higgins

2024 Agency Appointments

Agency	Appointee(s)
Airport Zoning Board	Tim Higgins
Buffalo County Economic Development Council	Sherry Morrow Dan Lynch
Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebraska Board	Myron Kouba
Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce	Bill D. Maendele
Kearney Area Visitors Bureau Advisory Board	Tim Higgins
Mid-Nebraska Individual Services Advisory Board	Ivan Klein
Region III Governing Board	Bill D. Maendele
Solid Waste Agency	Ron Loeffelholz
South Central Economic Development Council	Bill D. Maendele
South Central Nebraska Area Agency On Aging Governing Board	Ivan Klein
Two River Public Health Department	Daniel Lynch

2024 State Agency Appointments

Agency	Appointee(s)
Nebraska Jail Standards Board	Sherry Morrow
Wireless Enhanced 911 Advisory Board	Tim Higgins

Services

Assessor

Valuation protest information

Homestead exemptions

Mobile home ownership transfer

Charitable, religious, and educational tax exemptions

Attorney

Prosecute cases

Collect bad checks

Child Support

Inheritance tax review

Board of Commisioners

Board of Commissioners minutes

Board of Commissioners agendas

Board of Commissioners notices

Property tax protests

Clerk

Marriage license information

Military discharge information

Proof of publications

Corporations

Partnerships

County budget

County vendor claims

County payroll information

School census records

Minutes of the Board of Commissioners meetings

Waste hauler permits

Tobacco licenses outside city limits

District Court

Issue writs and orders

Collect and dispense fees for Child Support

Keep records, books and papers pertaining to court

Record proceedings of court

Issue passports

Election

Voter information

Voter registration

Absentee voting

Absentee ballot

Polling places

Election calendar

Election results

Poll worker information

Floodplain

Issue floodplain permits for residences or structures

Highway

County road information

County bridge information

Public Defender

Court appoints to defend someone who can not hire their own attorney

Register of Deeds

Mortgages

Deeds of trust

Plats

Old land records

Sheriff

Enforce laws

Preserve the peace

Provide a safe environment

Answer 911 calls and dispatch appropriate authority

Surveyor

Establish boundaries

Locate lots, plots, parcels, tracts, or division of land

Division may include distance, direction, elevation and acreage

Furnish legal descriptions to be used in the platting or subdividing of land

Determine the amount of acreage in land surveyed

Establish and reestablish corners

Topographical plat

Treasurer

Tax payment information

Drivers license

CDL's

Learner's permits

ID cards

Motor vehicle licenses and registrations

Boat registrations

Specialty license plate applications

Veteran Services

Veteran's benefits

Military discharge records

Weed Control

Plant identification

Weed control issues

Enforcement of state weed laws

Zoning

Approve and issue zoning permits

Receive applications for zoning variance permits

Receive applications for change of zoning permits

Receive applications for special use permits

Conduct inspections of setbacks and uses of land

Links & Resources for Veterans

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Board of Veterans' Appeals

Center for Women Veterans

Department of Veteran Affairs Web site

Education - GI Bill

FOIA

Forms

Home Loan Guaranty Services

Homelessness Among Veterans

Life Insurance Program

National Cemetery Administration

National Center for PTSD

Office of General Counsel

Office of Inspector General

Presidential Memorial Certificates

Spinal Cord injury

Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Center

Veteran Services

About the Office

The County Veterans’’ Service Office was created by the State statute to assist veterans and their dependents in times of need and to obtain the benefits earned by their honorable service to the United States.

The Veterans’ Service Officer serves under the direction of the Veterans’ Service Committee and is appointed by the Board of Commissioners.

Mission Statement:

“The Buffalo County Veteran Service Office exists to aid and assist all Buffalo County veterans and their families in obtaining federal, state and county veteran benefits”.

Frequently Provided Services

VA Disability Compensation	VA Healthcare
County and State Veterans' Aid	Applications for Nebraska Veterans Homes
Homestead Exemption	VA Aid and Attendance
VA Loan Guaranty	Nebraska Game and Parks Permits for Veterans
DD 214's and Military Records	Nebraska Veteran Honor License Plates
And Many, Many More

Office Hours

Monday – Friday

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Appointments Preferred

Walk-ins are Welcome!

Closed Weekends and Holidays

Memberships:

American Legion
Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)
County Veterans’ Service Officer Association of Nebraska
National Association of County Veterans Service Officers

Goals of the Buffalo County Veteran Service Office Fiscal Year 2023-2024