STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
SEPTEMBER SESSION September 8, 2015 FIRST TERM DAY
8:30 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Jim Chmelik, Mark Frei and Skip Brandt, and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Syd and Kylie regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 70,726.44 County Road and Bridge $ 39,610.98
Airport $ 14,227.50 Emergency Comm. $ 38.63
District Court $ 12,581.92 Title III-New $ 100,428.23
Indigent $ 6,696.85 Appraisal $ 2113.98
Solid Waste $ 139,176.83 Search & Rescue $ 643.25
Election Consolidation $ 628.94 Noxious Weeds $ 14,311.84
Total Expenditures $ 401,185.39
Brandt moves to approve claims. Frei seconds. Motion passes with all in favor
8:50 a.m. Gene Meinen and Mike Cook regarding meeting with FLAP grant representatives regarding proposed recommended repairs to Salmon River Road that were identified by Stratus-meeting went well, however, the grant reviewers are requesting money from the County for design before grant funding would be awarded-also requesting acceptance of the road by the County. Discussion regarding status of the review by Givens Pursley and possibility of accepting their recommendations for repair as long as there is no cost to the County. Mike and Gene will work on a letter outlining the County’s expectations.
Mike Cook advises that fuels sales profit for August is expected to be around $75,000.
9:15 a.m. Chmelik moves to approve wage increase for Laura Lockett to $14.87 per hour, wage increase for Jeff Troumbley to $16.12 for completion of probation, and hiring of Angie Clovis as Detention Officer at $12.96 per hour. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:30 a.m. Mager Fuels Reduction Project bid award-opened last Tuesday by Randy Doman and Kathy Ackerman. Futuristic Forestry-$1740 per acre, total $149,466; 5-Star Forestry-$1800 per acre, total $154,620; Futuristic Forestry-$1125 per acre, total $96,637.50. Brandt moves to award bid to Jack Kummett. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Chmelik moves to approve cancellation of solid waste fees for Kenneth Bergman. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Chmelik amends his motion regarding Kenneth Bergman’s mobile home to reflect a cancellation of taxes, rather than solid waste fees. Brandt seconds. Motion carries will all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the August 31 meeting. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:35 a.m. Kirk MacGregor regarding right of way in the area of the Salmon River Shooting Range-has some questions regarding the wording and what the Dept. of Transportation may require-continue for a week-Kirk will contact BLM.
9:40 a.m. Kathy Ackerman regarding software license and maintenance agreement with Computer Arts-this is up $3710.13 due to Web-Time and ACA Reporting, as well as a few minor increases in other areas. Brandt moves to approve agreement as presented. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:45 a.m. Jerry Zumalt regarding emergency management grants-these are not fire related-they are operational grants, mostly pass-through grants-discussion. Brandt moves to approve emergency management grants. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:55 a.m. Chmelik regarding anti-terrorism coverage-Chmelik moves to decline the additional terrorism coverage offered. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:00 a.m. Chmelik opens Budget Hearing for FY 2016. No members of the public appear to inquire regarding the proposed budget. Budget Hearing closed at 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. Klarey Ewing regarding the need for a Board of Community Guardians-presents packet of information from Nez Perce County on how Board is set up. Chmelik questions the need for a Board-how many cases are there per year-Ewing advises that they have had two from Grangeville Health & Rehab. Richard Kremer, area supervisor for Area Agency on Aging Adult Protection, advises that there has been a hole in service in Idaho County-all of the surrounding counties have a Board in place-discussion regarding the steps for recruiting potential board members, compensation, etc. Hanna Wren, St. Mary’s Hospital employee, questions whether or not there would be a conflict of interest for those serving on the Board while being employed by a facility that is providing service-Kremer advises that when that has happened in other areas, the Board member has recused themselves on that particular case. Brandt advises that we will move forward by placing an ad asking for volunteers. Discussion regarding how legal counsel interacts with the Board.
11:00 a.m. Chmelik leaves meeting. Jay Hinterlong, Idaho County Recycling representative, advises that he received a proposal from NICI to use prisoners (Redshirts) on various projects. Hinterlong expects that he would use these individuals for picking up cardboard at area businesses-wants to make sure that the Commission is on board with this. MacGregor questions whether or not ICRMP would have to provide coverage for the inmates-Hinterlong advises that NICI has advised the inmates would be covered under NICI’s policy. Hinterlong has personal insurance on his vehicle-was concerned that he might be personally liable, but proposed that very question to Sgt. Graham at NICI and she said that their coverage would be in place. Brandt questions how the businesses might respond to the presence of inmates-Hinterlong advises it would be an early morning route. MacGregor advises that he would like to have something in writing from NICI-Hinterlong advises that NICI is preparing an MOU. Commission has no objection to pursuing this.
11:15 a.m. Kirk MacGregor regarding easement situation on the Baldwin Springs Road-JD Schwab is requesting assistance, as an easement agreement is creating a cloud on the title to the property-Schwab recorded the easement agreement, however the terms of the agreement were never formally agreed to by Mr. McLean. MacGregor will contact the title company to find out what they are requesting in order to clear this up.
11:30 a.m. Doug Giddings regarding request to allow pro-rated vacation and sick leave for Dispatcher Caitlin Eckert who is working 29 hours per week-discussion. Brandt moves to approve 60 hours of vacation and sick leave for Caitlin Eckert. Frei seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor. Chmelik is absent.
11:40 a.m. Mark Frei regarding possible location for solid waste mega site-owned by Andy Kaschmitter, who agreed for to lease to Tim Kaschmitter-Tim Kaschmitter would be providing a lot of the work at the site-location is on Luke’s Gulch Road. Tim would make single lane road into two lane, construct Z wall as proposed, level and gravel floor of gravel pit, provide power to the pole. County would provide conduit and power from pole to light, lighting to the site, fencing, insurance and liability release. Kaschmitter estimates his expense would be $151,000, willing to roll that out to a 20 year lease-this translates into an additional cost of $2000 per month. Discussion regarding benefit vs cost. Frei will continue looking at other potential sites.
12:00 p.m. Brandt moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to Idaho County 31-874. Frei seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes, District 2-yes, District 3-absent.
0-Approval, 1-Denial, 0-Suspension, 1-Liens, 1-N1, 1-Lien Release, 1-N1 Release
12:05 p.m. End Indigent. Break for lunch.
3:34 p.m. Cheryl Probert and Ralph Rau, Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, regarding the status of area fires. Idaho County currently has 89 fires now down from 279. There are currently two teams on the forest, one in Red River and the other in Kooskia. Discussion regarding fire times and management. The Forest Service has issued about 15-20 exceptions to timber sales and log hauling on private ground. Probert advises that interagency cooperation has helped make this go smoother and will continue to be vital during the rehab time. Discussion regarding the availability of funds for rehab and recovery-reforestation is funded by selling the salvage timber.
4:40 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
Chairman_______________________________ Attest:____________________________
