The Cass County Weed Control Authority is a 5 person elected
board, which directs the activities of the Weed Superintendent.
The Weed Superintendent is an appointed County Official, appointed
by the Cass County Commissioners. The current Superintendent
is Rand Group of rural Louisville. The current Weed Control
Authority Board members are Cecil Klein, Merle Backemeyer, John
Wessels, Frank Eyster and Bob Kiser.
The Cass County Weed Control Authority is responsible for administering
the Noxious Weed Control law at the local level. The authority
also establishes a coordinated noxious weed control program,
causes proper control methods to be utilized following failure
of the landowner to provide control, issues individual noxious
notices, notifies county attorney of landowners failure to take
action to control noxious weeds and files notices with the Register
of Deeds of possible unpaid weed control assessments against
a property.
Out of a total 362,202 acres in Cass County, approximately
7,202 were infested with noxious weeds in the year 2000. Each
year these numbers move up and down, however Cass County has
a vigorous and active control program and large increases in
infestations have not occurred in some time.
| All inquires can be addressed to this office
at: |
| 201-1/2 West Eldora Ave. |
Phone 402-267-3165 |
| PO Box 316 |
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| Weeping Water, NE 68463-0316 |
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Email - weedboard@cassne.org
Office hours are generally 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday
Through Friday but the Superintendent spends many hours
out of the office, so try and call first if possible.
The office is located in the basement of the Farmers
and Merchants Bank in Weeping Water. We are co-located
with the Office of Emergency Management and use a lower
level rear entrance on the south side of the building.
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