The Central Nebraska Humane Society is no longer picking up animals. The county will initially pay the Humane Society $18,350 a year to shelter animals.
The tank had graffiti and vandalism, so volunteers had to weld every hatch and port shut. "Everything that was on it that could be broken or stolen was."
The commission is considering revising the comprehensive plan to reduce commercial development near agricultural land, but property within two miles of Grand Island faces more zoning rules.
Regardless of how the land is zoned, developers plan to go ahead with Sycamores at Prairie Creek subdivision north of Grand Island. Opponents expressed concerns about drainage.