STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho

APRIL SESSION                        April 9, 2007                     SECOND TERM DAY

The Board met at 9:00 a.m. with Randy Doman, Jim Rehder, Skip Brandt, Commissioners and Rose Gehring, Clerk, present.

Mark Nelson re: Schuster Lane in Woodland area – Mark is paying to have dust abatement applied on portion of road in front of his place – doesn’t want county road & bridge to blade gravel over abatement application. Mark will work with John Dilts regarding this. Mark also requested a dead end sign on the entrance of this road.

Squaw Creek Culvert Replacement bid opening – one bid submitted – Cook & Sons Construction from White Bird – total bid $143,796.87. Bid bond enclosed – job will begin last week of July. Skip made motion to accept bid on contingency of approval, after review, of bid by Janet Hoehle and John Dilts. Jim seconded. Motion carried.

John Dilts re: road report. Cove road repair completed – discussion followed. Rock barb in at Pollock – work continues. Salmon road graded from French Creek to Vinegar Creek. Hauling chips to Elk City for work on Dixie Summit.

Certificate of residency approved – Cassidee Rae Longston-Fletcher

John Dilts re: road district maps from Grangeville Highway District – classification maps – Randy signed each map.

Stefanie re: Claims
Current Expense           $51,580.14
Road & Bridge              $24,473.16
Airport                              619.46
Emergency Comm            6,456.28
District Court                   2,271.54
Title III                              989.74
Indigent                        28,396.42
Appraisal                            285.82
Solid Waste                 102,402.03
Noxious Weed                21,383.52
Snowmobile 25A                 231.00
Snowmobile 25B                   12.44
Jim made motion to approve claims. Skip seconded. Motion carried.
Total Claims – $239,101.55

Agreement between Idaho Transportation Department and Idaho County regarding participation in the cost of constructing Lolo Creek Bridge #29370 – signed.

Idaho County Sheriff Department quarterly report – approved

Order for cancellation of taxes approved:
Marvin Crocker/Greg Klug – 43.81 – destroyed
Frei Land & Cattle – 11.36 – calculation error

April 2, 2007 minutes. Jim made motion to approve minutes as amended. Skip seconded. Motion carried.

Commissioners’ report:
Skip – Emergency Communication Meeting/centralized dispatch
Jim – E911 committee – Health & Welfare office meeting – children’s mental health – future meetings – phone call with Ron Mahurin regarding repeater on Doumecq (McCulley Place) – discussion followed – NICI given 12 new positions for drug & alcohol.
Randy – talked with Gerry Peterson regarding construction of new forest service building – discussed possibility of construction of new jail at airport – CEDA meeting – future meetings.

Herb Lindsey requesting three lots in Elk City be exempt from property tax – discussion followed – presented map – commissioners suggested just exempting the ambulance lot – needs clarification on which lot is used for ambulance.

11:30 a.m. Randy made motion to enter into executive session for indigent claims. Skip seconded. Motion carried.
12:00 p.m. Ended. Regular session resumed.
Five liens – five N-1’s – two approved – two denied – one extension

Jim Mays re: Idaho County Historical Commission – requesting meeting place in courthouse. Commissioners suggested law library.

1:00 p.m. Jim made motion to enter into executive session for indigent claims. Skip seconded. Motion carried
1:25 p.m. Ended. Regular session resumed.
Jim made motion to sub ordinate indigent loan to Cottonwood Credit Union. Skip seconded. Motion carried.

Terry Jackson, Jackson Towing, re: possible TORT claim against Idaho County – he feels the towing policy hasn’t been enforced since 1992 – discussed rotation list – Skip asked for written proof for Jackson’s allegations. Dennis Albers stated we need a fact finding committee to help solve problem. Terry will submit sheriff’s log and meet with commissioners at a later date.

Jim Crowley and Nadine McDonald re: Department of Juvenile Correction report. Larry Callicut is the new director – correction centers are full – detention centers are full –funding is available to Idaho County for juvenile program – alcohol, drug and mental issues are main problems.

Sharon Cox presented statement of treasurer’s cash – discussion followed on amount of interest earned. Sharon’s plan is moving the accounts from Wells Fargo to Sterling for Idaho County’s checking account – effective May 1, 2007.

Jim re: solid waste ordinance – commercial account fees – Jim explained ordinance – wants to put ordinance on web site – wants clarity of ordinance.
Randy does not want to go through another ordinance hearing – problems can be worked out.

Jerry Zumalt re: generator project has been awarded – status of Idaho County All Hazard Mitigation Plan – requesting letter of commitment for Idaho County contribution of 25% for project. $4012.50 in non-cash contributions comprised of employee staff, management and elected officials time for administration, oversight, guidance, data development and input. Jim made motion to approve letter of commitment. Skip seconded. Motion carried.

Remainder of afternoon was spent with commissioners and James Zehner reviewing property exemption list.

The board recessed at 4:45 p.m.

Chairman:___________________________ Attest:____________________________