STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
DECEMBER SESSION December 9, 2014 SECOND TERM DAY
9:00 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Jim Chmelik and Skip Brandt, and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present. James Rockwell will be late.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Syd regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 57,503.31 County Road and Bridge $ 80,834.59 Airport $ 18,243.00 Emergency Communication $ 81.14 District Court $ 3,726.25 Title III Forest-New $ 6,426.33 Indigent $ 10,482.29 Appraisal $ 28.58 Solid Waste $ 133,707.12 Search & Rescue $ 145.94 Noxious Weeds $ 13,612.82 Snowmobile 25-A $ 58.48 Snowmobile 25-B $ 9.36
Total Expenditures $ 324,859.21
Chmelik moves to pay the claims. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Chmelik in favor. Rockwell is absent.
9:15 a.m. Chmelik regarding letter received from Kim and Alan Chenoweth proposing a horseshoe sculpture for the front lawn of the Courthouse near the flagpole. Brandt moves to approve sculpture as long as there is no cost to the County and once it is approved by the Courthouse Facilities Group headed by Rockwell. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Chmelik in favor. Rockwell is absent.
9:20 a.m. Kathy Ackerman regarding early closure of the Courthouse on Christmas Eve at 1 pm and New Year’s Eve at 3 pm-this is what we have done for the past few years. The day after Christmas and the day after New Year’s will be normal business hours. Brandt moves to approve early closure. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Chmelik in favor. Rockwell is absent.
9:25 a.m. Chmelik regarding Waterways Report-moves to approve report. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Chmelik in favor. Rockwell is absent.
9:30 a.m. Jim Gorges regarding the receipt of Highway Safety Funds for the purpose of conducting emphasis patrols. In the past these funds have been used for equipment. This year, they requested an option for overtime, which was approved. They received $3000 on this grant to be used for overtime for officers who perform the emphasis patrol-cannot be used as salary replacement-officers must cover this patrol on off time in order to use the funding. Gorges has spoken with Abbie and she can work with this. Brandt moves to approve the use of the grant funds for this purpose. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Chmelik in favor. Rockwell is absent.
Suzanne Seignueur with Community Transportation Association of Idaho gives update on rural transportation-she is a mobility manager responsible for 5 counties. COAST is now up and running again under a disability compliance grant and is providing service for 65 individuals. Because this is a disability grant, users must meet a certain criteria. They are working toward meeting requirements to get funding that will allow them to provide services to a larger group. Seigneur advises that there is now a service running from Riggins to McCall that is being funded by St. Luke’s-she is working on securing additional private funding to keep this service operating.
9:50 a.m. Rockwell joins meeting.
Order for Cancellation-$1198.30 Order for Cancellation-$409.27 Order for Cancellation-$24.79
10:00 a.m. Ag Solid Waste Exemption Requests-Loretta Stubbers via phone requests ag exemption-she doesn’t even live here and generates no solid waste-feels that it should be waived-discussion. Julie Divine via phone requests exemption-she doesn’t live here, this is bare ground not being used-feels that she shouldn’t have to pay in both Kootenai County where she resides and Idaho County-discussion. Divine questions why there is a separate bill with a different parcel number-Ron Funke explains the separate solid waste billing. Kevin Dahler and Kim Dahler regarding three solid waste fees-each are paying one individually-request exemption on the property jointly held. Kim Dahler also requests exemption on property on Cold Springs with cabin-can only be accessed for a few months and he already pays a separate solid waste fee for his residence. Brandt explains the half fee for recreational use. Sandra Keller receives three ag solid waste fees, plus an additional residential fee-under three different names-Commission agrees to exemption providing that she completes an affidavit within 60 days and transfers the properties into one name. Gary and Theresa Seloske request ag solid waste exemption-they are a household of two, feel it is unfair that they should have to pay an additional fee or pass it along to the user. Ron Holman, who leases the Seloske property, questions where the limit will be-advises that it seems unfair when they lease several pieces from different owners. Kim Nuxoll advises that someone is receiving the benefit of this exemption-if the property is not leased or used for ag purposes, the property goes to full market value. Rockwell explains that this approach confirms the owners declaration of an ag business. Suzie Eckert regarding Carlson Company-received two ag solid waste bills-ownership is the same. Leah Mager regarding Stanford and Debbie Staab, Richard and Shirley Arnzen, and David Straw-all have small ag pieces that could be classified as timber and will be transferred. Donna Graves-she received two bills-error. Brandt moves to exempt Dahler, Keller, Carlson, Staab, Arnzen, Straw and Graves. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Ackerman questions whether the Assessor’s Office can bring cancellation requests directly in situations where the ownership is the same, such as with the Dahlers. Commission advises this would be the correct protocol from now on. Brandt moves to deny requests for Stubbers, Divine and Seloske. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:00 a.m. Fred Fickenwirth with Fisher Systems presents proposal for phone system upgrade-current systems is 19 years old-advises that a new system would help protect against a catastrophic event, such as a power surge which dramatically impacts old technology. Fickenwirth highlights new equipment and features-such as voice messaging, caller ID, etc. The system they are proposing will allow VOIP in the future-they are not promoting this currently due to the problems with Internet service in the area and the fact that this is still a developing technology. Fickenwirth goes over itemized proposal. Brandt questions timeframe for getting project done-Fickenwirth advises that this could be put together within a couple of weeks.
11:30 a.m. Kirk MacGregor regarding agreement with Intermountain Hospital for mental holds-we usually use St. Joe’s, but this is a back-up in the event we need to use them-they are asking for a slight increase in contract fees-discussion. MacGregor requests more time to research the cost savings if we don’t have a contract. Set for 11:30 a.m. on December 16.
11:35 a.m. Kirk MacGregor regarding agreement letter retaining Chris Meyer for legal work on Salmon River Road-cap is $5000 for his services-he will have to request approval before hiring any experts, etc. Rockwell moves to approve agreement to be signed by Kirk MacGregor. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. MacGregor will follow-up with this.
11:40 a.m. Kathy Ackerman regarding payroll reporting requirements under ACA.
11:55 a.m. Rockwell moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to Idaho Code 31-874. Chmelik seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes, District 2-yes, District 3-yes.
0-Approval, 2-Denial, 1-Liens, 1-N1, 0-Lien Release, 0-N1 Release
12:03 p.m. End Indigent
Rockwell moves to approve the minutes of the December 2 meeting. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
12:07 p.m. Meeting Adjourned
Chairman_______________________________ Attest:__________________________
