STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
FEBRUARY SESSION February 21, 2012 SECOND TERM DAY
10:00 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Skip Brandt, Jim Chmelik and James Rockwell and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Steve Frei Idaho County Coroner, regarding the hiring of a Deputy Coroner-feels that one is needed in order to cover in the event the Sheriff’s Office is involved in an incident-discussion. Brandt regarding possible insurance ramifications-Deputy Coroner is acting as a volunteer-only travel expenses are being covered at this time. Frei will put together the information on who has volunteered for the position and will get back with the Commission regarding a proposal for hiring this person next year.
10:15 a.m. Robert Sanders regarding composting business-presents proposed change in definition of ‘rubbish’ for consideration in the solid waste contract renewals. Rockwell questions whether or not MacGregor has seen this proposed change-discussion. Rockwell proposes an inclusion of a clause in the contracts to include an openness to third party composting and recycling including collection-discussion.
Jeff Kutner regarding current monthly payment agreement-expresses concern about a rate that does not reflect tonnage-advises that there needs to be consideration for amount taken out of the waste stream for recycling and compostable materials. Discussion.
10:45 a.m. Letter of support for grant for Riggins Community Center signed.
10:50 a.m. Mike Cook regarding issues with Rapid River Subdivision Road-last survey showing the road does not reflect where the road actually is-discussion. Cook proposes meeting with parties to try to resolve the issue with the surveys-will try to put something together for Friday morning early.
11:00 a.m. Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to IC 67-2345(f). Rockwell seconds. Roll call-all in favor.
12:00 p.m. End Executive Session-Break for lunch.
1:00 p.m. Board reconvenes.
Kirk MacGregor presents a draft of the official appeal of the Clearwater Travel Plan for review. Brandt moves to appeal Clearwater National Forest Travel Plan. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. MacGregor will correct a few minor errors to the document and will email out a revised copy.
1:30 p.m. Mark Adams and Roger Fehringer regarding Elk Meadows Bridge and possibility of working with them to find funds to repair the bridge. MacGregor advises that the county would be willing to sign a letter of support if funds can be found. Vanessa Adams regarding ability to apply for grants if they are not a public agency-discussion. Robin Fehringer regarding the safety concerns. Brandt regarding safety concerns on other roads in the County-it becomes a matter of how we prioritize road maintenance-discussion.
2:00 p.m. Priscilla & John Limehouse present map of their property-request a variance in order to name their driveway Red Dog Lane. They have several reasons for requesting this-the primary one being that they are trying to establish a veterinary business and would like to have a private road designation in order to give the public better direction. Discussion. Commission will take this under advisement and discuss it again next week.
2:15 p.m. Kayla Brown from Riedesel regarding Airport Layout Plan-there were a few changes requested by FAA, otherwise everything is ready to go. Rockwell moves to accept ALP as presented. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
2:20 p.m. Rockwell moves the minutes of the February 14 meeting. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
2:30 p.m. Dennis Charney, attorney for Walco, regarding minor changes in proposed contract-presents revision. Robert Simmons regarding contract proposal-the only changes would be to reflect area of service-advises that he would support an area landfill if the County can put that together. Simmons regarding the success of their consolidated dumpster areas-things are going well and the public has supported it. Simmons regarding meeting with Robert Sanders regarding composting-no objection, although they do have a roll-off business. Rockwell questions Simmons regarding the addition of language to the contract that would include an openness to third party composting and recycling including collection-Simmons indicates that he would have an issue with that because it does impact their tonnage amounts-he has no problem with his current business of trimming trees and hauling away debris or establishing a site for patrons to bring materials to him-has an issue with the placement of a separate roll-off-discussion. Chmelik questions Simmons regarding whether or not they have looked into composting themselves-Simmons advises that they have looked into it, but it is not cost effective due to regulations. Simmons and Patrick Holman regarding concerns that they have about where this allowance will lead-want to maintain rights to recycling and green materials-discussion. Brandt regarding per ton rates-Simmons advises that the consolidation in the area has given them a starting place for going toward this method of payment-discussion regarding proprietary information. Rockwell regarding the addition of a clause to reflect an allowance for negative CPI-Simmons indicates that there is never a decrease in operating expenses even when the CPI goes down.
Robert Sanders regarding his position on compostable materials-discussion.
Simmons regarding recycling and research he has done on pursing that as a business-most places treat recycling as a completely separate contract-charge all residents of a county or municipality a flat fee for recycling, but only 25 % participate. It was not cost effective for them previously.
Simmons and Walco think there is a possibility to work this out with Sanders without taking things out of their contracts.
This issue will be revisited again on March 13 at 2:30 when Idaho County Recycling will be back to discuss this.
3:35 Molly Terhaar and Jerry Zumalt regarding some problems with FEMA reimbursements on the Thorn Springs project and Clear Creek Site 1 project-these are under engineering costs. There is $47,700.00 hanging out under the last disaster declaration-additionally, there is another $26,000 on engineering costs for smaller projects-there are concerns that FEMA is not following their own directives regarding their project worksheets and the placement of cost items-Molly is working with Forsgren to get this straightened out.
3:50 Sheila Key regarding the naming of the driveway on Bouffard Flat Road-this opens the door for others to name their driveways while not meeting with the requirements of our County ordinance-discussion regarding adding a paragraph to clarify the process when the situation doesn’t fit the existing ordinance.
4:05 Hiring of Marsha Cunningham in the Assessor’s Office as the Senior Deeds/Mapping Clerk at $12.10 per hour approved.
4:10 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
Chairman:_______________________________ Attest:_______________________
