STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
APRIL SESSION April 22, 2014 FOURTH TERM DAY
9:45 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners James Rockwell and Skip Brandt, and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present. Jim Chmelik is absent.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
James Rockwell regarding bids for Wild Plum fire mitigation project: Futuristic Forestry $4470.17 per acre Total $127,399.84, Five Star Forestry $2725 per acre Total $77,662.50, D3 Native Wood Works $2218 per acre Total $63,213, Summit Forests $1342 per acre Total $37,978. Randy Doman will review the bids and make a recommendation for award next week.
9:50 a.m. James Zehner regarding solid waste fees-they have noticed that some businesses are not getting a full commercial charge on solid waste-he has no explanation as to why there is a discrepancy-discussion. Rockwell advises to assess all at full rate in order to be consistent.
Zehner regarding map plotter that was purchased in 1999-they are having problems with it-recommends replacement, as he doesn’t believe it is supported by HP any longer. Zehner regarding a couple of quotes he has received-CompuNet is slightly less expensive-discussion. Bid from CompuNet is $4271.00 plus shipping-discussion regarding use of E911 funds. Rockwell moves to go forward with the purchase pending funds being rounded up from various departments who utilize the mapper. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Brandt in favor. Chmelik is absent.
9:55 a.m. Brandt moves to approve Ag grants for weed control as presented. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Brandt in favor. Chmelik is absent.
10:00 a.m. Molly regarding claims
Current Expense $ 63,418.34 County Road and Bridge $ 48,454.77
Airport $ 728.83 Emergency Communication $ 3,549.43
District Court $ 1,443.66 Idaho County Fair $ 550.18
Preventative Health $ 29,894.75 Title III Forest-New $ 46.70
Title III Forest Funds $ 627.10 Indigent $ 2,406.18
Appraisal $ 412.95 Solid Waste $ 14,779.83
Search & Rescue $ 2,176.87 Election Consolidation $ 721.75
Noxious Weeds $ 1,299.56 Snowmobile 25-A $ 11.00
Snowmobile 25-B $ 21.01
Total Expenditures $ 170,042.91
Brandt moves to pay the claims. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Brandt in favor. Chmelik is absent.
Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the April 15 meeting as amended. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Brandt in favor. Chmelik is absent.
10:15 a.m. Jeff Heath, Quality Heating and AC, regarding Spring maintenance of AC units and cooling tower. Rockwell questions how this compares to last year. Heath explains that the acid for cooling tower has increased in price. Rockwell moves to approve quote as presented. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Brandt in favor. Chmelik is absent.
Heath regarding repairs to main control unit in the furnace room-he was able to make repairs last summer, but anticipates that this problem is likely to recur-advises that the part could be sent out for repairs, but this would mean that the cooling system would be down. Brandt questions how much was spent on this last year-Heath advises approximately $5000, which reflects a 50% discount on labor. Brandt questions turn-around time and costs for pulling these-Heath doesn’t have the exact number. Rockwell questions what the recommendation would be-Heath advises he would like to find a way to do this in place-recommends this be addressed within 2-3 years. Rockwell requests that Heath put together a proposal for this concern and present it next year when he comes in for Spring maintenance.
10:30 a.m. Doug Giddings regarding notification on tax deed sales-feels that there should be some personal notification-discussion. Giddings requests that he be given an opportunity to contact these people in the future. Commission has no objection to this policy.
10:40 a.m. James Zehner regarding a request that he has gotten from a business in Post Falls who wants access to all of our scanned images for resale-discussion. This will be placed back on the agenda for next week in order to have Kirk MacGregor weigh in.
10:45 a.m. Joe Bonn and Gene Meinen regarding easement issue on the Red River Road #234A-Bonn presents termination of easement on that portion of the road, thus putting the area in question back in the jurisdiction of the Forest Service. Rockwell questions Meinen regarding whether or not this addresses the concerns of the County-Meinen advises that this seems like the best solution. Brandt moves to approve the termination of easement on road going into Red River Hot Springs. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Brandt in favor. Chmelik is absent.
Meinen advises that he has put out a request for oil bids-set for bid opening May 6.
Ackerman advises that the scanner used for recording needs to be replaced-Computer Arts has provided a quote for a replacement at $614.39, plus shipping. Commission has no objection to this purchase.
11:00 a.m. Alfred Holden, regarding proposed recreation district-no show.
11:00 a.m. Deanna Hall regarding tax deeds that were taken this year-it has been discovered that several of these have mobile homes on the real property and that they have never been taxed separately-asks for direction from the Commission. MacGregor regarding what other counties are doing-advises that Nez Perce County separates them and assesses as personal property, Latah County includes them-discussion. Zehner recommends attaching all of the delinquent taxes to the real property, assessing the mobile homes as personal property for this year. MacGregor feels that there is probably no legal issue with selling these together-further discussion on separating. Rockwell questions whether or not we should reverse the separation of the mobile homes to personal property-MacGregor advises that we should stay with the current plan and issue Warrant of Distraint if the taxes are not paid on the personal property-Zehner concurs.
11:30 a.m. Bette Polack regarding change in polling place in Woodland. Brandt moves to accept the proposed change in polling place as presented. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Brandt in favor. Chmelik is absent.
11:45 a.m. Rockwell moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to IC 31-874. Brandt seconds. Roll call-District 1- yes, District 2-yes, District 3-absent.
0-Approval, 2-Denial, 0-Lien,2-Release Lien, 0-N1, 2-Release N1
11:45 a.m. End Indigent.
11:45 a.m. Meeting adjourned.
Chairman_______________________________ Attest:____________________________
