(KLZA)--Pawnee County Commissioners discussed the Pawnee County / Pawnee City law enforcement agreement for the years 2019-20 through 2022-23 when they met Tuesday.

Board Chairman Dennis Schaardt met with the City law enforcement committee and an agreement was reached. The Pawnee County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement services for Pawnee City.

The City will pay $65,500 for 2019-20, with a three-percent increase per year for the next three years.  Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the agreement.

In other business, Emergency Manager Amanda  Burki met with the Board to provide disaster updates.  The preliminary damage assessment in Pawnee County was estimated at nearly $315-thousand from flooding.  The report was submitted to Nebraska Emergency Management on March 20th.    Additional damages can be added as they are discovered.

County Clerk Candi Nicholas discussed correspondence from the Nebraska State Auditor regarding a possible need for budget amendments for counties that have disaster funding needs.