STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
FEBRUARY SESSION FEBRUARY 6, 2024 FIRST 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 advises that the cell tower topic will not be covered as the county has no oversight or authority over cell towers-discussion.
9:15 a.m. Lesli and Jamie regarding claims:
Current Expense: $ 122,960.49 Road Department: $ 126,065.89
Airport: $ 2,310.52 Emergency Comm: $ 1,236.69
District Court: $ 7,623.85 Title III-New: $ 385.58
Solid Waste: $ 190,322.63 Search & Rescue: $ 55.88
Noxious Weeds: $ 3,351.69 Snowmobile 25A: $ 1,087.81
Waterways: $ 971.41 Snowmobile 25B: $ 609.61
ARPA: $ 2,035.73
Total: $ 499,017.78
Duman moves to pay the claims. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:30 a.m. Rick Knutsen requests credit card processor for the Sheriff’s Office and the Jail-he has been working with a vendor that was at the Sheriff’s conference. Discussion regarding
9:47 a.m. Brandt moves to approve the additional meeting requests for Brandt, Duman and Lindsley. Lindsley seconds.
Brandt moves to approve the additional meeting request for Duman for CMC. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the January 23 meeting. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Orders of Cancellation as per Abbie Hudson. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Alcoholic Beverage Licenses for Heavens Gate Brewery /Summervilles, CHS Primeland, Grangeville Border Days, The Gallery Bistro, VFW Post 8311 Wilderness Club, Riggins One Stop, Mountain View Specialty Meats, Mountain River Outdoor Center, Big Iron Motel, NomNom, Elk City General Store, Canyon House, Elkhorn, The Canteen, Salmon Rapids Lodge, Hammer Down River Excursion, and Rae Brothers Sporting Goods. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increase for Assessor’s Office employee Melanie Hawkins. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the quote from Tenex for election equipment. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the ITD grant for the Lamb’s grade sign project. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the hiring of Camden Schacher as a contract worker for processing jail medical bills. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increase for Sheriff’s Office employee Caitlin Eckert. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Joint Quarterly Report. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the USFS Special Use Permit for the Warren Transfer Station for six months. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Additional Meetings-Lindsley-Ida-Lew -February 8, School District -February 12; Duman CMC & CEDA February 22, Public Health-February 29.
10:00 a.m. Meranda Small updates regarding activities of the Extension Office. 4-H is gearing up. Farm and Forest Fair will be in Greencreek in April-requests support for covering costs as in the past-discussion. Small will prepare a written request for formal approval. Small reports on interactions Kirstin Jensen has been having with other universities who would like to adopt her 5 for 5 program. Small has been working on numerous other projects to include working with two high school Seniors on their Senior Projects, Beef and Cereal School, and planning for the 3 Rivers Grazing Conference. The six-week Victory Garden program begins this month-there is currently a waiting list.
10:15 a.m. Joe Slichter introduces Doug Nelson, the project manager for the TeePee Springs and Clearwater Complex projects.
Slichter presents a request for a change to Idaho County Propane for services-Commission has no objection to making this change.
Slichter goes over the bid results for the Clearwater Complex project-these were broken down into separate projects-discussion. Nelson followed up with all bidders to discuss outcomes and some indicated they were no longer interested if they didn’t get both the spray and mastication. Nelson and Slichter make recommendations for different projects as follows: 1A-D3 Native Woodworks, 1B-Alpha Services, 2-Alpha Services, 3-Rural Acreage Management LLC, 4-Rural Acreage Management LLC, 5-Alpha Services. Brandt moves to approve the awards as presented. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:31 a.m. Ted Lindsley regarding MOU he received from Joe Forsmann, who represents several highway districts-the hope is to leverage funding so that projects can rank higher for funding-discussion. Jessup advises that he has reviewed the draft MOU and has some concerns about the organization having the ability to obligate county funds without Board approval-discussion. Commission declines to enter into the MOU at this time since it seems that the highway districts are all working well together without the MOU.
Gene Meinen presents request for the purchase of a sanding machine-this will not be available for delivery until next budget year but authorization now will lock in the price and allow it to be ordered. Meinen also requests pickup sander-this one is available right now as it was ordered by someone else and not picked up. Meinen requests a flatbed for the new pickup that was just purchased. Brandt moves to approve all purchases as requested. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Meinen request authorization to raise the spending authority from $3000 to $5000. Brandt advises this will be taken up again during budget discussions.
11:00 a.m. Mike Cook regarding Fish & Wildlife letter-discussion regarding merits of sending the letter in order to further the County’s position regarding recommended wilderness. Brandt moves to approve sending the letter with Brandt’s signature in order to avoid delay.
Cook regarding Travel Plan comments and follow-up.
Cook updates regarding the final drawing on the Airport Layout Plan-these are in hand.
Cook advises that the new Pilot’s Lounge project is moving forward with beginning phases of construction-excavation work has been started.
Cook updates regarding seal coat project that is proposed for this summer-this just went out for advertisement.
11:30 a.m. Brandt moves to amend the agenda to include an emergency Executive Session for personnel at 11:40 a.m. Jessup questions the emergency nature of the request-potential financial loss makes the necessity an emergency. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Jerry Zumalt presents summary of review of the Broadband RFQs for Engineering-the proposals were reviewed by a committee and the results scored on a specified criteria-discussion. Duman moves to award the engineering contract to JUB. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:35 a.m. Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1) b. Lindsley seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes.
11:49 a.m. Ackerman advises that Joe Slichter requests permission to award one of the projects to the next qualifying bidder as one may not be able to complete the job. Brandt moves to authorize the award to the next qualifying bidder if necessary. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:50 a.m. Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1) a. Lindsley seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
12:05 p.m. Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1) b. Lindsley seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
12:16 p.m. End Executive Session
12:16 p.m. Meeting Adjourned
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Chairman Attest
