STATE OF IDAHO          

County of Idaho

 APRIL SESSION                                               April 12, 2016                         SECOND TERM DAY

 

 8:30 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Jim Chmelik, Skip Brandt and Mark Frei, and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present.

 

The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

Syd regarding claims:

 

Current Expense  $   107,008.12           County Road and Bridge   $     38,953.26

Airport                $    18,478.36           Emergency Comm.           $        1,224.99

District Court       $    16,674.18           Title III-New                   $       24,811.12

Title III-Old         $        603.64            Indigent                         $       17,632.61

Appraisal             $        102.71           Solid Waste                     $       133,148.55

Search & Rescue  $          64.47           Election Consol.               $          1,429.34

Noxious Weed      $      1,290.71          Snowmobile 25-A              $             321.32

Total Expenditures  $ 361,743.38

 

Frei moves to approve claims. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.

 

8:45 a.m. Chmelik moves to approve Alcoholic Beverage License for Back Eddy Grill. Frei seconds.  Motion carries with all in favor.

 

Abbie Hudson regarding quote from Beth’s Custom Painting for painting Treasurer’s Office. Brandt questions whether there are others who can give an estimate-discussion.  Hudson will try to get another quote and return when she has it.

 

Brandt has a CMC meeting April 28 in Orofino.

 

9:00 a.m. Bruce Graham, Quality Heating, regarding annual maintenance-charge is the same as last year, includes replacement of three units.  If additional units need replacing, he will come back with quote.  Brandt moves to approve the Quality Heating quote.  Chmelik seconds.  Motion carries with all in favor.

 

9:15 a.m. Bette Polack regarding designation of polling places-no changes.  Chmelik moves to approve designation of polling places as presented.  Frei seconds.  Motion carries with all in favor.

 

Kathy Ackerman regarding resolution for destruction of election records as per Idaho Code for records retention. Brandt moves to approve Idaho County Resolution 2016-05 for the destruction of ballots from the May 2014 election.  Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.

 

 

9:30 a.m. Bill Haagenson and Ben Baldwin, Idaho Department of Lands, regarding Big Creek Endowment Land Exchange-trades property existing in Clearwater County for Idaho County private lands-this will go before the Land Board this month and if approved, closing will be approximately 30 days later. Chmelik questions the amount of taxes on this property-Haagenson advises they are approximately $400. Haagenson regarding potential acquisition of private lands of 2377 acres from Potlatch Corp near Kamiah-this would block up endowment lands-discussion. Chmelik questions the amount of property taxes would be lost-Haagasen advises that the taxes are approximately $4500.  Chmelik questions why this property is not being offered in the free market-discussion regarding endowment lands.  Ben Baldwin regarding long term plan for local property purchases-intended to be put back into timber reinvestment.  Haagenson provides a draft copy of strategic reinvestment plan prepared by Callen Associates to assess options to guide the Land Board regarding investment of money in the Land Bank-discussion.

 

9:55 a.m. Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the April 5 meeting.  Frei seconds.  Motion carries with all in favor.

 

10:00 a.m. Brandt regarding update on Shingle Creek-there is potentially a deal worked out.  MacGregor advises that Mr. Ipsen has agreed to pull his petition in light of an agreement that has been reached between the Title Company and DeVenny and Travis-discussion.  Cook advises that there are still some issues to be worked through-has concerns that this can be reconciled with all parties, but we are moving in the right direction.  Jeff Shinn, USFS, regarding road improvements requested by DeVenny-he is not able to guarantee anything in writing, but there is a crew ready to begin working on this process-advises that Devenny has said he is not willing to sign anything until the road repairs are agreed to-discussion.  Shinn advises that there is a small parcel at the intersection of Shingle Creek and Rapid River that has unknown ownership-this will have to be chased down.  Ray Hammel advises that he has concerns about the historical road bed and surveys-the road as it exists today is not reflected in the old survey-feels the senior survey reflects true road right-of-ways-does not want the road to encroach any further on his private property which has improvements-discussion. Brandt questions most recent survey filed by the Forest Service-discussion regarding how the survey is reflective of existing conditions and what work could be completed with the current right-of-way. Hammel advises that he feels the validation process puts the decision in the hands of the Commission where it should have been years ago.  Shinn advises that the Forest Service routinely offers a conditional use permit for existing improvements, such as well heads-these are the types of improvements existing on Hammel’s property.  Hammel advises that a District Court Judge will disagree with negotiations that do not consider historic surveys and his property rights.  Brandt advises that these negotiations are being done to benefit all of the property owners to allow access to their property-not done in an effort to benefit Devenny and penalize Hammel.  Brandt regarding the agreement that will be forthcoming from Ipsen in order for this to move forward. Shinn advises that he will work on putting together the necessary paperwork to get started on the road work and will keep the Commission apprised of the time frame.  Hammel questions whether or not the validation proceeding has been formally withdrawn-MacGregor advises he has not received a formal withdrawal-requests that this be continued to May 17.

 

10:53 a.m. Chmelik moves to approve the transfer of 6.76 hours of vacation time from Daryl Kinzer to Patrick Bailey.  Brandt seconds.  Motion carries with all in favor.

 

11:00 a.m. Kirk MacGregor regarding Salmon River Gun Club lease-he made the changes that were discussed at the last meeting-reviews changes for clarification.  Commission reviews additional corrections-MacGregor will have the revisions made and lease ready for signatures this afternoon. Brandt moves to approve lease with revisions.  Chmelik seconds.  Motion carries with all in favor.

 

11:15 a.m. Chmelik regarding objections to be filed with the Forest Service pertaining to Small Scale Suction Dredging-objection by Jamie Edmondson reviewed-Commission has no objection to signing on to this.  Commission reviews our objection as prepared by Mike Cook.  Ron Miller, advises that he received an email from the Dept. of Water Resources revoking his commercial permit and issuing a recreational permit, which does not fit with his operation-discussion.  Chmelik requests copies of objections that were submitted by other citizens impacted by this decision.  Brandt moves to sign and send the Idaho County Objection.  Frei seconds.  Motion carries with all in favor.  Brandt moves to sign on to Jamie Edmondson’s objection.  Chmelik seconds.  Motion carries with all in favor. Discussion regarding obtaining signatures from the Edmondsons-Chmelik will follow up.

 

11:32 a.m. Chmelik moves to go into Indigent Proceedings pursuant to Idaho Code 31-874. Brandt seconds.  Roll call-District 1-yes, District 2-yes, District 3-yes.

 

0-Approval, 5-Denial, 3-Lien, 3-N1, 1-Lien Release, 1-Release N1

 

11:47 a.m. End Indigent.  Break for lunch.

 

1:00 p.m. Marty Gardner regarding draft copies of the Resource Plan-reviews plan with Commission-advises it is about 85% complete, dependent upon public comment-discussion. Brandt advises that we need to publish a notice for a public hearing on May 24 at 10:00 a.m. Discussion regarding fielding comments and contents of notice.

 

1:45 p.m. Robert Simmons regarding fencing that was purchased for use in Elk City-would like to use this at the sites in Ferdinand and Fenn-Eloise Reiner owns property in Ferdinand. Discussion regarding the ownership of the property at Fenn-Zehner advises that he believes this is owned by Fenn Highway District.  Simmons questions whether the County will pursue contracts on these locations-Brandt advises that we will put this together.  Simmons advises it was a busy weekend-dumpsters were all full after daily pick-up-this is expected when warmer weather comes.  Simmons advises that the dumpster size and/or number of dumpsters has increased in several locations, however they are still 700,000 pounds under the projected contract tonnage.  Simmons has an earnest money agreement on the table-has requested a ruling from DEQ for preliminary approval for either a transfer station or a mega-site.  Frei questions where public comments pertaining to proposed use go-Simmons advises that comments go directly to DEQ.  Frei questions whether or not transfer station would have recycling-Simmons advises site would have recycling, oil disposal, construction debris, etc.   Brandt advises that talks are continuing with Adams County-advises that we need to get firm numbers on tonnage-Simmons advises that he has those numbers available per route, but would request an Executive Session. Rick Thanstrom questions the difference between a transfer station and a public drop site-questions if the Commissioners are considering a cost adjustment for city residents who are using the dumpsters-discussion.  Kathy Hedberg questions Simmons regarding location he is considering-questions why his tonnage information would be exempt from open meeting information requests-Simmons advises that he will advise where the location is when he gets further in the process-advises that the tonnage breakdown is proprietary information.

 

2:10 p.m. Meeting Adjourned.

 

 

 

 

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