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Opinion No. (1978)

Nebraska Attorney General Reports

Decided March 13, 1978Published

1Opinion of the Court

REQUESTED BY: William F. Davis, Otoe County Attorney, Nebraska City, Nebraska. Do the County Commissioners of Otoe County have authority to enter into a contract with a private party to operate a solid waste disposal area, including the hauling of garbage from a transfer station site to the landfill site, if county personnel collect any fees charged at either site?

No, but it may hire the employees necessary for it to operate such a facility itself.

A county is a body politic and corporate whose powers as such are exercised in counties not under township organization by the board of county…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Speer v. KratzensteinNebraska Supreme Court · 1943
  2. State ex rel. Johnson v. County of GageNebraska Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Lindburg v. BennettNebraska Supreme Court · 1928
  4. City of Nebraska City v. Nebraska City Speed & Fair Ass'nNebraska Supreme Court · 1922
  5. First National Bank in Grand Forks v. Haugen Ford, Inc.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1974

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