STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
APRIL SESSION APRIL 9, 2024 SECOND TERM DAY
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9:00 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Skip Brandt, Ted Lindsley 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 34-874. Lindsley seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 2-yes
1 Lien Release
9:04 a.m. End Indigent
9:05 a.m. Denis Duman regarding Solid Waste District formation-presents a resolution for Idaho County to join. Duman reads Idaho County Resolution 2024-08 into the record-moves to adopt resolution. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:15 a.m. Jamie and Lesli regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 98,059.66 County Road & Bridge $ 58,566.25
Airport $ 64,776.50 Emergency Communication $ 1,963.04
District Court $ 11,538.50 Title III New $ 929.40
Appraisal $ 231.26 Solid Waste $ 206,293.45
Search & Rescue $ 1,937.75 Election Consolidation $ 6.36
Noxious Weeds $ 6,359.14 Snowmobile 25A $ 2,053.19
Interlock Device $ 95.00
Total $ 452,909.00
Duman moves to pay the claims. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:30 a.m. Matt Jessup regarding property that is currently held by Idaho County-deed reflects some confusion about whether the property should have transferred to Idaho County or Grangeville Highway District. Duman moves to direct Jessup to draft a quit claim deed transferring the property to Grangeville Highway District. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:40 a.m. Kathy Ackerman regarding collection of the additional $.25 on E911 fees-some companies are submitting the new amount and some aren’t-discussion regarding collecting the fees in arrears-Commission want to try to collect the deficient amounts. Ackerman questions whether the additional $. 25 should be paid to the grant fund regardless of whether it has been submitted to the County-Commission advises to send only the amount received. Ackerman will work on follow-up with companies who aren’t submitting the full amount.
9:47 a.m. Lindsley regarding dumpster cover for Elk City-he has obtained a preliminary estimate from a company who works with the building supplier. Duman presents a letter of engagement from DCI Engineers-discussion. Brandt moves to sign the engagement letter with DCI. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Once reviewed, a project bid packet will be put together.
10:00 a.m. Brandt opens Public Hearing for the Application for Variance filed by Paul Anderberg. Benjamin and Paul Anderberg sworn. Ben Anderberg regarding the reason for the application for variance-the properties have been operating independently for decades-discussion. Jessup questions regarding springs and well on properties, access, and sewer systems. Jessup questions reason for variance rather than pursuit of a subdivision-Paul Anderberg advises that it would be cost prohibitive to create a platted subdivision for the simple split. Jessup questions the number of splits-discussion. Brandt moves to approve the variance. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Jessup will prepare the paperwork.
10:30 a.m. Brandt regarding revised Additional Meeting Policy-discussion. Brandt moves to adopt the updated policy. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:36 a.m. Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the April 2 meeting. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Alcoholic Beverage License for Palenque. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the hiring of Sebastian Ramirez in Patrol. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increases for Road Department employees Jon McPherson and Jacob Mann for successful completion of probation. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Orders for Cancellation as per Abbie Hudson. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Additional Meeting Request for Duman for USFS Dispatch Center. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Additional Meetings-Duman reports on the meeting with the USFS regarding relocating their dispatch center to Coeur d’Alene-advises that those involved are interested in keeping it here.
Lindsley-May 1-2 Idaho Rural Success Summit; Duman-IAC Board Meeting April 24-26; Brandt-IAC Board Meeting April 24-26, May 1-Public Lands
10:45 a.m. Sandi Paul regarding review of bid proposals for the Bean property-discussion regarding level of completion for various bidders. Jessup reviews bids. Brandt moves to award the bid to Rad Mulching. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Paul provides update on Title III projects that are in the works-presents an update on funding balance. Discussion regarding utilizing some of the money set aside for Search & Rescue to divert to fire mitigation projects-Commission advises Paul to pause fire mitigation projects and re-evaluate as summer fire season progresses.
11:00 a.m. Brian Hewson regarding transport for a female prisoner from out-of-state-discussion regarding sending deputies to retrieve her as opposed to using the Transport. The Sheriff’s Office opted to use the Transport-Commission concurs.
11:15 a.m. Nadine McDonald updates regarding opioid settlement funding-she has attempted to put together a meeting with everyone but, so far, has only managed to have one-on-one meetings-advises that purchasing a body scanner would be an authorized purchase under the restrictions-discussion. Hewson advises that a scanner would cost approximately $160,000 and would include training-advises this has significantly reduced drugs being brought into other jails in the area. Discussion regarding making an infrastructure purchase as opposed to setting up a program that would have to be discontinued once the funding ends. McDonald questions whether or not she should continue with researching appropriate uses-Commission advises that the purchase of a body scanner will be the goal-no need for further research.
11:30 a.m. Mike Cook updates on the Pittsburg Landing Project-reviews the cost-share agreement with the Wallowa-Whitman-discussion. Duman moves to approve the agreement. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Cook updates on the airport seal-coat project for this summer-the low bid was lower than the engineer’s estimate which means that the grant has to be revised to reflect the correct costs. Brandt moves to approve the resubmission of the grant request with the corrected numbers. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1) f for legal. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
12:35 p.m. End Executive Session
1:00 p.m. Brandt opens discussion regarding potential additional costs that will come with the building of the jail-Hewson advises that the costs for Dispatch, including desks and other equipment, can be purchased out of E911 funds-this will be approximately $500,000. Hewson has tried to review other anticipated costs including some computers and office equipment and has come up with what he feels is a realistic estimate of $250,000. Brandt questions the camera system-Duman advises that this was included in the bidding process. Discussion regarding flag-poles, kitchen equipment, laundry equipment, etc.
1:13 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
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Chairman Attest
