STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
FEBRUARY SESSION FEBRUARY 9, 2021 SECOND TERM DAY
8:30 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 moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to 31-874. Duman seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
1-Approval; 1-Denial; 1 N-1; 1 Lien
8:37 a.m. End Indigent
8:45 a.m. Kelly and Lesli regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 48,145.70 County Road and Bridge $ 165,495.37
Airport $ 11,273.78 Emergency Comm. $ 6,480.71
District Court $ 3,496.27 Title III-New $ 459.40
Indigent $ 7,489.21 Junior College $ 500.00
Solid Waste $ 144,887.35 Search & Rescue $ 174.95
Election Consol. $ 25.00 Noxious Weeds $ 1,533.62
Snowmobile 25A $ 1,242.56 Waterways $ 163.20
Snowmobile 25B $ 854.30
Total Expenditures $ 392,221.42
Duman moves to pay the claims. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:00 a.m. Kathy Ackerman regarding designation of polling places for the March Election-Highland School District is having their levy election, which impacts 6 Idaho County voters. An election modification was requested and approved by the Secretary of State, therefore, those 6 voters will receive their ballots in the mail. Brandt moves to approve the designation of polling places as presented. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the February 2 meeting. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the letter to the USFS regarding the Limber Elk Project. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Alcoholic Beverage Licenses for Grangeville Country Club, Silver Dollar, Salmon Rapids Lodge, Palenque Mexican Restaurant, Elk City General Store, and Dale & Jill’s Sporting Goods. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increase for Averie Proctor for completion of POST. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increase for Fred Taylor for completion of POST. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the hiring of Jayda Vincent in Dispatch. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increases for Jessica Adams and Maryann Hewson. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the letter requesting a grant amendment for the Airport grant. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage change for Colleen Paul and hiring of Debra Todd in the Treasurer’s Office. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Additional Meeting Requests for Duman. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Additional Meetings-Brandt-NACo Meetings are March 8-12; February 19-WIR & NACo Public Lands.
9:15 a.m. Jerry Zumalt regarding a GIS Memorandum of Understanding between Idaho, Lewis, Clearwater, Nez Perce and Latah County-this was actually presented back in 2013-2014, but we do not have a record of our signature page, nor the MOU. Zumalt advises that we finally tracked down the original MOU-asking for a resolution officially adopting the MOU. Duman moves to approve Idaho County Resolution 2021-03 adopting the GIS MOU. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Zumalt regarding purchase for Dispatch. Brandt moves to approve the monitor arm purchase for Dispatch. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Zumalt regarding needs on the Salmon Point Repeater-updates on issues and repairs needed. He anticipates the repair will be more than $1000, but he won’t know until someone goes up to make the repair. Commission advises Zumalt to move forward with coordinating the repair.
10:00 a.m. Brandt opens Public Hearing on the Request for Variance filed by Anthony Williams. Tony Williams and Daryl Mullinix are sworn in. Tony Williams presents map outlining how the parcel will be split and the reason for requesting the split. Commission questions access to other parcels-discussion. Daryl Mullinix presents opposition to the proposal. Williams addresses concerns about commercial use on the current access-discussion. Continued until next week.
10:46 a.m. Gene Meinen regarding the purchase of tools-presents list of 41 items that would be needed to stock the new service truck. Meinen has worked on getting a couple of quotes-the local Napa store was the lowest. Brandt moves to approve the purchase of tools from Napa. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:48 a.m. Brandt regarding a request he received from a citizen that Idaho County designate as a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary county-Brandt advises that his research indicates that the State of Idaho has already done this throughout the legislature in 2014-discussion. No action taken by the Commission.
11:15 a.m. ICSO Chief Deputy Brian Hewson presents a rough diagram of needs for Sheriff’s Office that represents the basic footprint of various departments-discussion.
11:30 a.m. Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to 74-206(1) b for Personnel. Duman seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
11:55 a.m. Meeting Adjourned.
Chairman______________________________ Attest:____________________________
