STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
APRIL SESSION APRIL 10, 2018 SECOND TERM DAY
8:30 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Skip Brandt, Mark Frei and Denis Duman and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Commissioner Duman offered an opening prayer.
Brandt moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to Idaho Code 31-874. Duman seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
4-Approval; 1 Amended Approval; 4-Denial; 0-Suspension; 1-Lien; 1-N1; 1-Release of Lien, 1-Release of N1
8:52 a.m. End Indigent
8:52 a.m. Syd & Kelly regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 73,494.90 County Road and Bridge $ 84,330.08
Airport $ 4,891.10 Emergency Comm. $ 744.13
District Court $ 2,833.31 Title III-New $ 34,135.96
Title III-Old $ 121.68 Indigent $ 10,589.09
Junior College $ 1,000.00 Appraisal $ 105.01
Solid Waste $ 136,973.19 Search & Rescue $ 13.57
Election Consol. $ 1,154.15 Noxious Weeds $ 4,169.82
Snowmobile 25-A $ 39.32 Snowmobile 25-B $ 971.92
Total Expenditures $ 355,567.23
Frei moves to pay the claims. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:09 a.m. Brandt regarding designation of polling places-moves to accept designation as presented. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:15 a.m. Brandt regarding agreement for engineering services with JUB Engineering for Salmon River Rock Fall Mitigation-moves to approve agreement. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:30 a.m. Tesse Pineda and 5th/6th Grade students from Sts. Peter & Paul School give presentation on their attendance at McCall Outdoor Science School, reporting on food, campfire, “field day” and “engineering day”. Attendees thank Commission for their support and take questions from the Commission regarding their experience-discussion.
Frei moves to approve the minutes of the April 3 meeting as corrected. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:45 a.m. Commission reviews Road & Bridge budget-Meinen advises that the Parts and Repairs line is over, but overall the budget looks good. Discussion regarding equipment that needs to be repaired, as well as general road maintenance projects slated for this year. Meinen provides overview of SRS payment-advises that this payment has continued to decrease over the years-feels that it will be necessary to at least look at continuing the levy for Road & Bridge moving forward-discussion regarding what it would take to refund money levied on Road & Bridge to the taxpayers vs establishing a separate trust account.
10:15 a.m. George Brown regarding his position on an error that was discovered on the assessed value of his residence, which was previously owned by his wife’s family, as well as his failure to claim a homeowner’s exemption since his purchase of the property in 2004, which he did not know about. Brown advises that they are willing to forgive the error which has been ongoing for decades in exchange for the Homeowner’s Exemption being reinstated for the years 2013 through 2016. Zehner advises that he has reviewed his records and advises that the error was not for the past 60 years, but for the period of 2008-2013-advises that the letter regarding the homeowner’s exemption would have gone out with the purchase letter-advises that it is up to the homeowner to advise when they are occupying the residence, as the Assessor’s Office would have no way of knowing who is actually living in the residence. Brandt reviews the statutes, advises that he feels that there is not a means for the Commission to retroactively re-establish the Homeowner’s Exemption-MacGregor concurs. Brown advises he is well aware of the statutes-he feels that this is an issue of fairness and doing what is right-discussion. Frei advises that he feels that he has an obligation to uphold the law in terms of equal application-advises that he feels that this would set a precedent moving forward. Brown asks for confirmation from the Commission that an error was made and that the County is refusing to refund the money he feels is due-Brandt advises that it is the responsibility of the property owner to review their tax bill and that there is no mechanism for making the correction-MacGregor concurs. Zehner advises that similarly, if the County makes an error and doesn’t assess something correctly in a way that negatively impacts the County, we don’t go back and try to collect what wasn’t billed. Brown asks for a vote from the Commission on their decision to not address the error. Brandt votes no on refund/retroactive correction. Frei votes no on refund/retroactive correction. Duman votes no on refund/retroactive correction.
10:35 a.m. Commission reviews department budgets to gauge status.
11:00 a.m. Mike Cook reports regarding meetings and discussion on proposed comments for Hungry Ridge-discussion regarding 25% funds and analysis of that process, treatment of noxious weeds, fuels treatment, and recreation-they are continuing to fine-tune comments and should have a draft ready for review next week. Cook advises there will be a meeting tomorrow at 7 pm at the USFS. Cook also advises that comments on the Red Moose Divide are coming up-14,000 acres to treat on that project-discussion. Cook advises that they should have draft comments ready next week. Cook advises that he has reviewed the USFS Schedule of Proposed Actions-recommends that we request the Forest Service come in quarterly and update the Commission on what is coming up in terms of timber sales.
Additional Meetings-Duman-CEDA April 13, Frei-April 26-Public Health.
Brandt moves to approve Alcoholic Beverage License for Cenex Zip Trip and Back Eddy Grill. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve addendum to the Williams Plumbing Quote to include snaking the line. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Certificate of Residency for Hunter Schoo. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:43 a.m. Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1) f for legal. Frei seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
12:45 p.m. End Executive Session—Break for Lunch
1:30 p.m. Mark Frei regarding latest updates to proposed Subdivision Ordinance-discussion regarding work to date and changes to the checklist and application-discussion regarding possible penalty provision. Andrew Ottoson questions whether or not there will be a side by side comparison that would show what changes were made to the end product-discussion regarding ordinance adoption process and publication of summary.
2:16 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
Chairman______________________________ Attest:____________________________
