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City of Hartington

Hartington is governed by a mayor-council form of government. Mr. Bill Yates is currently the Mayor of Hartington. City Council members are Tim Burbach, Gerald Thoene, Gary Kruse, and Ed Bottolfsen. The City of Hartington provides sewer, street repair, water, and waste management which includes the operation of a recycling center.

For more information, please contact the city of Hartington at 107 West State Street, PO Box 427, Hartington, NE 68739-0427or phone: 402-254-6353.

Sewage

The municipal sewer system is an extended aeration activated sludge waste water treatment facility. The system contains aeration tanks, lift station, clarifiers, and an aerobic digester. The system is designed for waste water flow from the city consisting of 195,000 gallons/day.

Waste Management

Municipal owned and operated waste service is available. The system includes residential and commercial curb-side pickup, volunteer recycling program and recovery site. The transfer station/recycling center is housed in a 80'x100' steel building. Five docks are utilized by the recycling trailers. An electromechanical scale provides an accurate weight system used to tabulate charges at the facility.

Streets

Hartington has 15.6 miles of streets: 13.5 miles are hard-surfaced with concrete. Street maintenance includes sweeping, snow removal, grading, patching, and crack sealing.

Water

The municipal water system is supplied by four wells which have an average depth of 75 feet. The system has a combined pumping capacity of 375 gallons per minute and an overhead capacity of 500,000 gallons. The average daily demand is 550,000 gallons and the historic peak daily demand is 1,200,000 gallons. The system has a maximum capacity of 1,090,000 gallons per day. The static pressure is 75 pounds and the residential pressure is 70 pounds. Groundwater is available for industrial uses. A 75-foot well will produce 650 gallons of water per minute. The quality of water in Hartington does not necessitate treatment.

Utilities:

Cedar Knox Public Power District

The Cedar-Knox Public Power District, a wholesale customer of Nebraska Public Power District, serves the rural areas adjacent to Hartington. For information regarding electric rates and service in the Cedar-Knox Public Power District service area, contact General Manager Dan Leise at 56272 West Highway 84, Hartington, Nebraska, (402)-254-6291.

Nebraska Public Power District

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) retails electricity to the city of Hartington. Service is supplied from a local substation at 69,000 volts. The substation, with a 5,000 KVA capacity, is served from Belden, NE, and an alternate source is available from Bloomfield, NE. These lines are connected to NPPD's statewide 115,000 volt grid system with a tie to the Western Area Power Administration's (WAPA) facilities at Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, South Dakota. Electricity is distributed in the community by a 12,500 volt wye system. For information on services and energy prices, call 877-275-6773 or visit their website.

Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas

Natural gas is supplied and distributed in the community of Hartington by KN Energy, Inc. KN Energy has four-inch pipelines with an operating pressure of approximately 650-750 pounds per square inch in Hartington.

County Government:

Hartington is the county seat of Cedar County. Cedar County has 21 precincts and is governed by three county commissioners. Cedar County belongs to the Northeast Economic Development District along with 17 other counties. The 2007-2008 actual budget for the county is $10,211,510. The county is in the process of implementing zoning.

Tax Structure for Cedar County

Values for Tax Levy Purposes--Cedar County
Actual Valuation
  2005 2006 2007
Real Estate $ 750,622,935 $ 809,503,216 $ 834,150,178
Personal Property $ 48,962,724 $ 53,112,599 $ 55,702,116
Special (railroad & utilities) Included in PP Included in PP Included in PP
Motor Vehicle No longer applies No longer applies No longer applies
Total $ 799,585,659 $ 862,615,815 $ 889,852,294

Tax Rates for Hartington

Dollars and Cents per $100 of Actual Value
  2005 2006 2007
City .74582 .719402 .71795
County .31083 .310780 .31159
School District 1.05600 1.01000 .95358
Community College .08962 .090421 .0823
Educational Service Unit .01765 .016801 .01609
Natural Resource District .03029 .028051 .02686
Agricultural Society .00829 .008118 .00779
Airport .06574 .063324 .06574
Total 2.32424 2.246897 2.1819

The tax rate at the industrial site outside the city limits is $1.42791 (2007) per $100 of actual value.

If no industrial site, the tax rate at the industrially zoned land outside the city limits is $1.5082 per $100 of actual value.

CITY SALES TAX Voters in the City of Hartington passed a 1 percent city sales tax which went into effect October 1, 2007. The tax will be used for economic development (35%), city (65%), and bond reduction (5%).

Cedar County Agricultural Service Offices:

The Farm Service Agency (P.O. Box 277) and the Natural Resource Conservation Service (P.O. Box 46) offices are located at 102 East Elm, Hartington, Nebraska 68739. Cedar County has 419,206 acres of land and 1,040 farms in the county. Phone: (402) 254-6855.

Churches:

Hartington has three churches representing Catholic, Congregational, and Evangelical Lutheran Church of America denominations.

  • First Congregational UCC
    • 301 W. Franklin
    P.O. Box 847
    Hartington, Nebraska 68739
    Contact Rev. Gary Kimm at (605) 664-5310
  • Holy Trinity Catholic Church 404 S. Broadway
    P.O. Box 278
    Hartington, Nebraska 68739
    Phone: (402) 254-6559
  • Trinity Lutheran Church 106 W. Centre
    P.O. Box 156
    Hartington, Nebraska 68739
    Phone: (402) 254-6606

Fire Protection:

Fire protection is provided in Hartington by a 30-member volunteer fire department made up of city volunteers. The Fire Station, located at 101 East Centre in Hartington, (402) 254-6353, houses a 750 gallons/minute pumper tanker, a 1,250 gallons/minute pumper tanker truck equipped with a jaws of life, a 2,000 gallon tanker truck, and an equipment van. In 2008 the city and rural fire departments acquired a 2007 Freightliner Pumper truck (1250 GPM). Hartington has 98 fire hydrants. The fire insurance classification inside the corporate limits is 6; outside it is 9. Contact Gerald Fischer, Hartington Fire Chief or Pat Guy, Assistant Chief.

Hartington Head Start:

The Hartington Head Start, located at 313 North Broadway in Hartington, is a federally funded, comprehensive preschool program for eligible children. For more information, call (402) 254-3510. If no answer leave a message.

Hartington Municipal Airport:

Hartington Municipal Airport, located one mile southeast of Hartington, has a 3,960' by 60' concrete surfaced runway with taxiways and a parking ramp. The airport is equipped with medium and high intensity lights. The airport was recognized by the state of Nebraska with a National Lighting Award in 1996. The airport has a new administration building. A new shop hanger was completed in 1999. Hanger space is available. Gas service is available and it is attended. For more information, contact Tom Becker at (402) 254-7317.

Hartington Public Library:

The Hartington Public Library, located at 106 South Broadway Ave, west of the Cedar County Courthouse. Its historic Carnegie building was built in 1915 and 3,900 square-foot handicapped accessible addition was completed in the fall of 1996. The communities of Hartington and Cedar County have free access to the library, which houses a collection of over 20,000 items and has an annual circulation of 45,000. Materials for checkout include books, magazines, books on tape, and videos. The library has a computer lab with Internet access and WIFi services. It provides regular story times sessions, summer reading program, home delivery, interlibrary loan, genealogy services and a public copy machine. The library offers continuing educational programs, a public meeting room and hosts a monthly book club group. The Arlo and Anne Wirth Gallery, opened in 2002 and is located in the upper level of the library. This beautiful gallery displays local and regional art talent on a bi-monthly schedule and is open during regular library hours. For more information about library hours and services, contact Tami Anderson, Library Director at (402) 254-6245 or email citylibrary@hartel.net.

Hartington VFW:

The Hartington VFW is a new 4,000 sq ft air conditioned facility built in 1995 located at 206 E. Main Street. The facility rents to the public for weddings, anniversaries, funeral luncheons, meetings, etc.. It has seating capacity of 200 people. Meals are served every Wednesday and Saturday evening to the public with a bar room available. For more information call (402) 254-2244.

Law Enforcement:

Hartington's Police Department, located at 107 West State Street, employs two full-time police officers and has two equipped patrol cars. For information, call Crystal Lenzen at (402) 254-6353.

The Cedar County Sheriff's Department, located at 101 East Broadway in Hartington, employs four sworn officers and seven support staff. A 911 center is located in the Sheriff's department. For information, contact Sheriff Larry Koranda at (402) 254-6884.

Regular patrol by the police and sheriff's departments provides protection to existing industries. The Nebraska State Patrol Troop B is stationed at Norfolk, 50 minutes from Hartington. Two Nebraska State Patrol officers are stationed in Hartington.

Lewis and Clark Natural Resource District:

The Lewis and Clark Natural Resource District office, located on North Highway 15 in Hartington, focuses on conserving natural resources. The Lewis and Clark Natural Resource District has watershed dams which are also used for hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreation. The district offers cost-incentive programs for rural areas and communities. These programs focus on conservation practices but also include tree planting and other community improvement opportunities. Water service is being provided to rural homes and businesses outside the city of Hartington by the Cedar-Knox Rural Water Project. Requests for water hookup are subject to a connection fee, engineering, and district approval prior to service. For more information, contact the district office at (402) 254-6758.

Medical:

Avera Sacred Heart Medical Clinic, located at 405 West Darlene in Hartington, is owned by Sacred Heart Hospital. The Avera Sacred Heart Medical Clinic is staffed by two full-time physicians and a nurse practitioner. The two physicians are Dr. Steve Vlach, M.D. and Dr. Connie Micek, M.D., and the nurse practitioner's are Tonya Joachimsen, NP and Jamie Miller, NP. (402) 254-3935.

Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, located at 501 Summit in Yankton, South Dakota, is 25 minutes north of Hartington. The hospital has 144 acute care beds and 113 long-term care beds. Facilities include a rehabilitation center, dialysis unit, 24-hour emergency center, intensive care nursery, fixed base MRI, one defibrillator, and radiology treatment facility. For more information, call (605) 668-8000.

Hartington also has the following medical services: Filips Eye Clinic, offers complete family eye care as well as a glaucoma specialty clinic. Dr. Filips is also on call for eye emergencies (phone 402 254-2020). Other medical services include Dr. James Litel Dentistry; Olson Chiropractic Center; and a pharmacy - Steffen Drug, which is staffed with registered pharmacists.

Hartington has 12 certified Emergency Medical Technicians who are on 24-hour call. This is a volunteer group funded by the rural fire district and city boards. There are two ambulances fully equipped with automatic defibrillator, MAST trousers, pulse-oximeter and automatic blood pressure monitors. Squad skills include intubation with lighted stylet.

As of May 1998 the Hartington VFW in conjunction with the Hartington Ambulance have been conducting blood drives every other month. These are conducted by the Siouxland Community Blood Bank of Sioux City, IA. For information call Cindy Howey at (402) 254-3266 and leave a message.

Nursing Home:

The Golden Living Center-Hartington, located at 401 West Darlene. This facility was built in 1966, is licensed as a 47-bed skilled care facility by the State of Nebraska. Services include 24-hour nursing care, rehabilitation therapy, activities, and social services. With 14 beds dedicated to Alzheimer's Care. Also providing Outpatient therapy services. For more information contact Jeremy Klinkhammer, Executive Director at (402) 254-3905.

Assisted Living:

Golden Living Community - Hartington, built in 2002, consists of 18 apartments. The facility is Medicaid certified and provides meals, nursing supervision, and social activities, medication assistance.

The Pine Lane Assisted Living-Hartington, located at 403 West Darlene, opened in November of 1999 and provides assistance with three meals a day, laundry assistance, housekeeping assistance, medication setup administration and monitoring, and bathing assistance. Transportation to medical appointments, and shopping assistance are provided with scheduled activities and outings. Wellness maintenance program and individualized nursing care plans are provided. There are 18 apartments with a variety of floor plans and an in-house emergency call system. There is a variety of nursing service plans with home health and therapy services that are available. For further information contact Darlene Miller at (402) 254-2500.

Senior Citizen Center:

The Senior Citizen Center, located at 112 West Main in Hartington, was established in 1969. Activities include cards, bingo, meals, handicrafts and occasional tours. The senior center provides meals-on wheels. The senior center is also open Monday-Friday where meals are served on-site. For more information, call (402) 254-6698.

Communications:

Telecommunications

Hartington Telecommunications Co., Inc, located at 104 West Centre St, has a digital office served by 148 miles of fiber optic cable and provides telecommunication services to the Hartington area where installation, maintenance, and office personnel are located. Many long distance carriers, including Hartington Long Distance, are available on an Interlata and Intralata basis. Hartington Telecommunications also proivdes paging, multi-line phone systems, telephone construction and directional boring. A DMS-10 digital switch was installed in 1998 and is equipped with the latest Nortel software available, with vertical features like Voicemail, Caller ID, Call Waiting, Telemarketing Block, etc. Progress is being made to have the digital switch part of a self-healing fiber ring, meaning that calls to and from outside the Hartington exchange automatically re-route in the event of a cable cut. For information regarding rates and services contact William Dendinger, Manager, Hartington, Nebraska, (402) 254-3901.

Cable Television

Cable is provided by a Hartington Telecommunications subsidiary, CedarVision, located at 104 West Centre. Cedarvision provides a complete line-up of satellite and off-air channels to Hartington. For information regarding rates and services contact William Dendinger, Manager, Hartington, Nebraska, (402) 254-3902 or visit our website at http://www.hartel.net/television/cedarvision/cable/

Internet

Local Internet access has been provided since 1996 by a Hartington Telecommunications subsidiary, Hartel, located at 104 West Centre. Hartel provides set-up and support with dial-up Internet access and high-speed broadband DSL service with download speeds of up to 6 Mg/second. The 6 Mg/sec DSL service is available throughout the entire rural service area of Hartington. Call (402) 254-3901 for information regarding Internet rates and services. WildBlue Satellite Internet service is provided throughout a 50-mile radius of Hartington with speeds up to 1.5Mg wherever you have a southern view of the sky. Call (402) 254-2000 or toll-free 866-348-1335 for information regarding WildBlue Satellite Internet rates and services. Website and web hosting are also available from Hartel. Hartel's homepage address is: http://www.hartel.net/internet/hartington_prices/ or you may call (402) 254-3901 for information regarding website rates and services.

Computer Sales & Services

Computer sales and services are provided by Northeast Nebraska Computer Services located at 106 North Broadway, a division of Hartington Telecommunications. New computer sales are available while computer technicians are available for all PC troubleshooting including hardware repair and upgrades, wireless networking and data wiring, security systems with and without IP cameras, software service, virus removal, printer repairs, computer programming, and general computer consulting. On-site service is also available. For information regarding rates and services go to http://www.hartel.net/our_businesses/nncs/ or contact Wayne Goeden, or Rob Morten at (402) 254-2110 or call toll-free at (866-447-2110) or email us at nebcomp@hartel.net

Newspapers

The Cedar County News, celebrated its 100 anniversary in 1998. Hartington's locally owned newspaper is the largest community newspaper in extreme Northeast Nebraska. Cedar County News publishers expanded in 1996 forming the Northeast Nebraska News Company. This company publishes the Laurel Advocate, Randolph Times and Osmond Republican community newspapers. In 1984, the company became a charter member of the Northeast Nebraska Rocket, a common advertising supplement inserted in 13 community newspapers in Northeast Nebraska and Southeast South Dakota and read by 54,000 people in the region. Besides the eight special agricultural supplements published each year, the Cedar County News also publishes a bi-monthly senior citizens publication "Leisure Times", which is distributed to 13,500 residents of Northeast Nebraska. (402) 254-3997.

The Hartington Shopper (established in 1960), a weekly shopping guide, has a circulation of approx. 7,000 readers in Northeast Nebraska. The Hartington Shopper also does all types of commercial and business printing. Call (402) 254-7471 and they will handle any advertising or commercial printing needs you may have.

Other papers delivered locally are the Omaha World-Herald, Sioux City Journal, Yankton Press and Dakotan, and the Norfolk Daily News.

Package Delivery Services

Airborne Express, Emery, Federal Express, Pony Express, Purolator, and the United Parcel Service have pick up and delivery services in Hartington. The post office in Hartington has one mail receipt and one dispatch daily. Postal Services include Express Mail, Priority Mail, First Class Mail, and Parcel Post.

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