STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
AUGUST SESSION AUGUST 14, 2018 SECOND TERM DAY
8:30 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Skip Brandt and Denis Duman and Bette Polack, Deputy Clerk present. Commissioner Frei will be in later.
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-absent; District 3-yes
1-Approval; 3-Denial; 0-Suspension; 1-Lien; 1-N1; 1-Release of Lien, 0-Release of N1
8:45 a.m. End Indigent
8:45 a.m. Syd regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 88,093.00 County Road and Bridge $ 74,841.59
Airport $ 64,603.50 Emergency Comm. $ 6,089.45
District Court $ 14,893.52 Title III-New $ 10,205.00
Indigent $ 17,341.30 Appraisal $ 2806.54
Solid Waste $ 144,806.07 Search & Rescue $ 1005.78
Noxious Weeds $ 39,229.46 Snowmobile 25A $ 25.59
Waterways $ 526.05 Snowmobile 25B $ 13.00
Total Expenditures $ 464,479.85
Duman moves to pay the claims. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Duman in favor. Frei is absent.
9:00 a.m. Further discussion regarding addressing issue in the Clearwater River Ranch Subdivision. Sheila Key regarding our ordinance for road names. Call put through to David Gwynne, no answer, message left by Commissioner Duman. Discussion follows. Commission decides Brent Teets and David Gwynne will keep their addresses, everyone else on the road will get a Clearwater River Ranch address. Kirk MacGregor will send letter to Mr. Teets and Mr. Gwynne.
9:15 a.m. Garrett Frei, JUB Engineering, present for Village 21 Culvert Repair bid opening. Brandt opens bids: One bid, Crea Construction Inc- $204,123.00 Duman moves to declare the apparent low, awarding bid upon JUB approval and making sure all paper work is in order. Brandt second Motion carries with Brandt and Duman in favor. Frei is absent.
9:30 a.m. Brandt regarding continuation of hearing for the Petition to Vacate filed by the Rupp family. Discussion with Mr. Rupp on different roads that Road Supervisor Meinen found. The Commissioners need clarification on what part of road is being presented for vacation. Mr. Rupp states that he is only interested in vacating part of the road on his property-discussion. Continued to next week so vote will include Commissioner Frei.
10:00 a.m. Sally Ferguson and wilderness interns with the Selway-Bitterroot Foundation present update on activities with trail crew. Interns introduce themselves and state the areas they worked this summer. Courtney Wall is the project director. Ferguson advises that their focus is on getting a list of trails and sending out crews to try to facilitate clearing those trails. Discussion regarding funding and lack of SRS money, timber sales, and how that is affecting the County. Discussion regarding the Nez Perce-Clearwater. Interns present details on their activities over the summer-highlight various aspects of their work to include directing a volunteer group for five 8-day hitches and training with pack team-provide stats on the number of trees cleared, miles walked, campsites cleared, pounds of trash collected, miles of trail brushed and rocked-14,000 volunteer hours logged. Commissioners field various questions from interns. Commission thanks interns for working to keep trail access open.
10:45 a.m. Connie Jensen-Blyth with several different agreements for Commissioners to sign. These agreements are with the Forest Service, BLM and National Parks, for high priority weed treatments-discussion. Jensen-Blyth provides Commissioners a draft of Quarterly Financial Report to be reviewed to make sure it is what the Commissioners want and also how often they would like to meet with her. Commissioner Frei (arrived at 10:50) suggested quarterly.
11:00 a.m. Robert Simmons regarding new DEQ solid waste regulations. Simmons attended a meeting with several different land fill owners, County officials and the DEQ to discuss regulations- Simmons thought the meeting was very productive-discussion. Simmons will attend another meeting with land fill owners, County Commissioners and DEQ at the end of August-will report back to the Commissioners again after that meeting.
11:45 a.m. Miscellaneous Approvals-
Brandt moves to approve August 7th Commissioner Minutes. Duman seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Duman in favor. Frei abstains-he was absent.
Brandt moves to approve Sheriff’s office purchase of two 2018 Polaris Snowmobiles in the amount of $24,400.00. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Letter regarding Beverly Walyer hitting a pot hole causing damage to vehicle-discussion. The Commission decides the County can’t pay for car damage for one individual-letter signed indicating this to be sent to Ms. Walyer.
11:40 a.m. Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206 (1) f for Legal. Duman seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
12:30 p.m. End Executive Session
12:35 p.m. Carrie Kaschmitter regarding the wage for the deputies in the Sheriff Office working fire and how they are going to be paid. She presented the complications of not requiring hours for their county positions. The code for FLSA allows them to be paid premium pay as long as they meet the hourly requirements of their county position and premium pay is at least 1 ½ times their regular pay. The Commissioners agreed they should be paid premium pay as long as they meet the hourly requirements of their county position.
12:45 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
Chairman______________________________ Attest:____________________________
