STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
FEBRUARY SESSION February 27, 2006 THIRD TERM DAY
The Board met at 9:00 a.m. with Randy Doman, Jim Rehder, Alice Mattson, Commissioners and Rose Gehring, Clerk, present.
Flag half staff for George Enneking. Randy made motion to hang Idaho County flag at half staff in remembrance of George Enneking for the week of February 27th – March 3rd, 2006. Jim seconded. Motion carried with all in favor.
Marilyn Giddings, Adeline Lustig, Calla Hagle, Dylan Rinker, Youth in Government, gave power point presentation on general information on Idaho County. Students did excellent job. Randy suggested pictures of other rivers are added to power point presentation. Jim suggested adding schools and land marks. Students gave individual reports on their topics.
Syd Fuzzell re: Claims.
Current Expense – $33,837.17
Road & Bridge – $5,632.94
Airport – 23.22
Emergency Comm – 25,596.54
District Court – 1,523.67
Title III – 29.16
Indigent – 13,116.07
Junior College – 5,319.00
Appraisal – 35.12
Drug Enforcement – 555.85
Noxious Weed – 313.15
Snowmobile 25B – 17.63
Interlock Device Fund – 406.96
Jim made motion to approve claims. Alice seconded. Motion carried.
Total Claims – $86,406.48
Julia & Tom Igo requesting road barriers along Woodland Road – discussed as a safety issue – presented petition- subdivision being built, adding more travel on road – referred to Jon Stroop. Striping of road also discussed – fog lines especially need to be redone.
Feburary 13, 2006 minutes – February 22, 2006 minutes. Jim made motion to approve minutes as amended. Alice seconded. Motion carried.
11:30 a.m. Randy made motion to enter into executive session for indigent claims. Jim seconded. Motion carried.
12:00 p.m. Executive session ended. Regular session resumed.
Two approved – one appeal scheduled – one extension
Jim Davis, Jerry Zumalt, James Zehner re: Red Zone software package – requesting county to purchase – approx $3,100 – discussion followed. Jim made motion to purchase Red Zone software. Randy seconded. Money out of Title III fund. Motion passed with all in favor.
Jerry Zumalt re: Grants f/y2006 and f/y2007 – Emergency Mgt. performance grant – $7,398.95 – county has not made match yet. Jim made motion to apply for EMPG Grant. Randy seconded. Motion carried with all in favor.
Discussion followed on all hazard pre disaster grant – Jerry submitted to FEMA.
Randy – RAC report – Randy proposed that kids with Northwest Youth Corp. be supplied tuition – many can’t participate because of fees. South West Idaho RAC approved bridge for about $130,000 for Idaho County.
Sharon Cox re: tax deed hearing
– Stan Peterson called – Sharon wanted permission to grant extension – owner wants to pay taxes in full – commissioners approved.
– Robinsons in Elk City paid theirs in full
– Hattie Farris, Clearwater area – Jim made motion to take tax deed. Randy seconded. Motion carried to take a tax deed on Hattie Farris property. Motion carried.
– George Bennett , Elk City Property, Jim made motion to take tax deed. Randy seconded. Motion carried with all in favor.
– John P. Murphy – Kamiah area. Sharon called First bank Northwest during hearing to ask if the bank wanted to have an opportunity to settle up with taxes, as they will lose interest if it goes to tax deed. Bank agreed to pay taxes through 2005. Commissioners gave bank until Monday 3-13-06 to send money.
– Boomer property – Reynold Allgood – taxes owed since 1993 –dispute between tribe and home owner. Owners have moved away – tribe will not respond to Sharon’s letters – tribe wants criminal charges filed against current owners for trespassing – Sharon stated as tax collector, she has to account for the taxes, but can’t keep these on records, without resolving issue – dealing with Trust Land – Dennis recommended that taxes be cancelled – no way to ever collect. Sharon questioned the solid waste fee – has been abandoned for years. Randy made motion to cancel existing tax bill on Hammer & Allgood and direct Assessor to start taxing again when ownership clears. Alice seconded. Motion carried with all in favor.
Jail – Larry Dasenbrock, Dave Warbuton reported on jail inspection by Nick Albers – State Jail Inspector – requesting to remove old bunks and replace with portable bunks as needed.
– Larry stated this will only be a temporary fix – need new space – would like to set aside money for a new jail. Larry is not asking for a decision today, but suggested that it is something that really needs to be considered.
Commissioners’ reports.
– Alice – CMC meeting – Ida/Lew meeting tomorrow
– Jim – attended jail inspection – has legislative meeting March 8th – bio fuels meeting March 2nd.
– Randy discussed Youth in Government – students should be Paige at legislature from Idaho County.
Beverage license approved:
Grangeville Country Club & Dixie Motel & Merc LLC
The Board recessed at 4:00 p.m.
Chairman:____________________________ Attest:____________________
