City Government

 

 The Village of Farwell Board meets at the Farwell Fire Hall the first Tuesday of each month at 8 p.m. The board consists of four board members and one chairperson. There are three positions that are village employed - village clerk, treasurer, and water commissioner. Farwell also has its own planning and zoning board.

Robert Waltman

Chairman

Alan Lewandowski

Trustee

Joe Kezior

Trustee

Larry Lukasiewicz

Trustee

Sean Cloran

Trustee

Tracy Lukasiewicz

Treasurer

Bernice Gorecki

Village Clerk

Alan Lewandowski & Ron Hagan

Zoning Commission 

 

Utilities

Water

The Village of Farwell provides and maintains the city water and sewer. The recently updated, metered water supply runs at approximately 400-500 gallons per minute from two wells. Garbage is collected by a private company but is billed with the water and sewer.

Electricity

Howard Greeley Rural Public Power District

422 Howard Ave
P O Box 105
St. Paul, NE 68873
Phone:308-754-4457 or 800-280-4962

Telephone

Qwest

Phone: 800-244-1111
www.qwest.com

Nebraska Technology &Telecommunications

NT&T
Phone: 877-537-4403

 

 

Propane

Aurora Co-Op

Hwy 281 303
St. Paul, NE 68873
754-4431/754-5860
www.auroracoop.com

 

E Depot St
Dannebrog, NE 68831
226-2361/226-2275

Internet

Carroll’s Web

1-800-290-4599
www.carrollsweb.com

Qwest Internet Services

1-800-996-2516
www.qwest.com

Nebraska Central Telephone Company

22 LaBarre St
PO Box 700
Gibbon, NE 68840-0700
308 468 6341
www.nctc.net

Tax Issues

The average 2005 valuation of a single-family home in Farwell is $36,687.

Property Tax Table for the Village of Farwell, Howard County 2004-2005

County Tax

General

0.271927

Communications

0.025110

 

0.297037

 

 

County General Consolidated

Howard County Agricultural Society - General

0.004898

Howard County Agricultural Society - Building

0.000923

Howard County Historical Society

0.001502

 

 

Village Tax Rate

Farwell, Road Fund

0.345096

 

 

Natural Resource Districts

Lower Loup Natural Resource District

0.023104

 

 

Miscellaneous Subdivision Tax Rates

Loup Basin Reclamation District #1

0.056031

Central Community College - General

0.072410

Central Community College - Capital

0.010001

Education Service Unit #10 - General

0.015000

 

 

School District Tax Rates

No. 1 -67

0.950462

Total Rate (Tax Dollars per $100.00 Actual Valuation)

1.776464

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