Government

The village of Brainard is governed by a five person Board of Trustees, elected to four-year terms, meeting the third Monday of the month (View Minutes).

Members include:

• Greg Janak, Chairman
• Elaine Fortik
• Greg Havlovic
• Leon Jakub
• Alan Snyder
• Robin Sullivan, Clerk and Treasurer
• Jason Bohac, Village Maintenance - Cell: (402) 367-2727

City Hall is located at 111 E Washington Street, PO Box 71. Regulations and building permit applications are available from the Clerk. For further information, call (402) 545-2701, fax (402) 545-2561 or e-mail: brainardcityhall@yahoo.com.

Communications

Telephone: Windstream provides regular, long distance service, and DSL broadband.

Internet: Service providers of local internet access include Alltel and DTN Speed Net.

Newspapers: The Omaha World Herald and Lincoln Journal Star are available on a daily basis. The Columbus Telegram is available Monday through Saturday. The Banner Press and Wahoo Newspapers are printed weekly. The Clipper, for community news, is printed locally and available online.

Television / Cable TV: Galaxy Cablevision, 1-800-365-6988, provides service to the community. Satellite TV is available through Direct TV and Dish TV. Local broadcast TV is received by antenna and includes KOLN-TV, KETV, KLKN, WOWT, KMTV, and PBS.

Radio: The community is served by numerous radio stations.

U.S. Post Office: The Post Office, 104 N Madison Street, provides supplies, mail boxes and rural route delivery. Office window hours are Monday - Friday, 8 - 12 noon, 1 - 3:45 p.m., and Saturday, 8 - 9 a.m.

Butler County Nebraska Web Portal: An informational site to guide you through Butler County and its communities. Website: http://www.butlercountyne.com.

US Gen Web: Geneology resources for Butler County. Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebutler.

Utilities

Water: Water is provided by three certified wells with a 67,000 gallon elevated storage tank.

Electricity: Village electricity is supplied from Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD).

Sewer: A three-cell lagoon water-treatment system serves the community.

Garbage Collection: Brainard contracts with a private service which is billed with the utilities. Garbage collection is available Thursday morning. To sign up and receive a trash container, call the Garbage Company of David City at (402) 367-4302 or (402) 367-4179.

Recycling: The Girl Scouts collect recyclable newspaper on the first Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. Place bags of newspapers on curb or by Legion building.

Churches

Holy Trinity Catholic Church 623 N Madison Street      Services:          Saturday - 5 p.m. CST & 6:30 p.m. DST          Sunday - 9 a.m.      Pastor: Matthew Eickhoff      Rectory: (402) 545-2691      Klein Center: (402) 545-2003      Klein Center Rental: (402) 545-2036

United Methodist Church 403 N Madison Street      Services: Sunday - 8 a.m.      Sunday School: 9 a.m.      Pastor: Karl Lent      Office: (402) 542-2212 (Rising City)      Parsonage: (402) 542-2404

Civic / Social Organizations

American Legion Auxiliary Rejda Unit #273, Donna Rae Steager, 1960 Road 33, (402) 545-3383

American Legion Rejda Post #273, Francis (Shorty) Novak, PO Box 157, (402) 545-2381

Brainard Area Seniors, Sharon Bruner, 104 S. Garfield, (402) 545-3901, jb54103@alltel.net

Brainard Car Club, Tyler Fortik, 112 N. Madison, (402) 545-2511

Brainard Community Foundation, Dorean Kastl, (402) 545-2011, or Martha Kovar, (402) 545-3391

Brownies and Girl Scouts, Lori Shalon, 3380 T Road, David City, NE 68632, (402) 545-3308

Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts, Norm and Denise Bruner, PO Box 268, (402) 545-3761

Brainard Community Club, Sharon Bruner, (402) 545-3901, or Jo Ellen Vrbka (402) 545-2728, or Mary Lou Meister (402) 545-2731

Brainard Volunteer Fire Department, Gerald Swanda, PO Box 100, (402) 545-3571

First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association (formerly Catholic Workman), Mary Lou Meister, (402) 545-2731

Guys and Gals 4-H Club, Judy Kabourek, (402) 545-3801, or Donna Steager, (402) 545-3383

Hilltoppers 4-H Club, Lori Shalon, (402) 545-3308

Knights of Columbus, Gale Janak, (402) 545-2275

PCCW President, Darlene Kucera, (402) 545-3289

Willing Workers Extension Club, Gail Stolze, (402) 545-4371

WFLA, Dorothy Schultz, 912 Bicentennial Cr., David City, NE 68632, (402) 367-4731