STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
JANUARY SESSION January 14, 2014 SECOND TERM DAY
10:00 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners James Rockwell, Jim Chmelik and Skip Brandt, and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
10:00 a.m. Syd regarding claims
Current Expense $ 98,048.46 County Road and Bridge $ 27,724.85
Airport $ 4,598.33 Emergency Communication $ 1,128.04
District Court $ 5,013.60 Preventive Health $ 29,894.75
Title III Forest-New $ 3,820.00 Indigent $ 44,366.25
Junior College $ 350.00 Appraisal $ 224.95
Drug Enforcement $ 4.53 Solid Waste $ 144,858.16
Search & Rescue $ 352.16 Noxious Weeds $ 1,585.01
Snowmobile 25-A $ 898.55 Snowmobile 25-B $ 990.21
Total Expenditures $ 363,857.85
Chmelik moves to pay the claims. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:15 a.m. Jim Church and Greg Schumacher, Idaho County Fair Board, regarding appointment of replacement for Joan Hall who has completed her six year term. The Fair Board has approached Karen Wisdom as a replacement-discussion. Rockwell moves to approve Karen Wisdom as the Grangeville area representative on the Idaho County Fair Board. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Rockwell moves to approve the minutes of the December 31, 2013 as amended. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:30 a.m. Rick Musick regarding request from his sister, Dianne Probert, to cancel ag solid waste. Rockwell questions Kim Nuxoll regarding the current status of this-Nuxoll advises that she had a conversation with Dianne Probert who advised her that the property would be leased to someone other than Mr. Musick, which is why Nuxoll put in change on the ag exemption. Discussion. Rockwell advises that it appears that Nuxoll acted in good faith in making the change, but apparently the lease did not change as she had been advised by Ms. Probert. Brandt moves to cancel the solid waste fees on the property in question. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Approval of wage increase for Idaho County Sheriff’s employee Cassy Paluh to $11.85 per hour for successful completion of probation.
Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the January 7, 2014 meeting. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Alcoholic Beverage Licenses approved:
Baum Shelter-beer and wine
Tom Cat Sporting Goods-beer and wine
Depot Express-beer and wine
The Depot-beer and wine
Depot II-beer and wine
Seasons Restaurant-beer and wine
Grangeville Pizza Factory-beer only
Syringa Café-beer and wine
Big Iron Motel-beer
The Gallery Bistro-beer and wine
Seven Devils Bar-beer and liquor
The Idaho Bananna Co.-beer and wine
Rodonna’s Country Haus-beer and wine
The Establishment-beer and liquor
Clearwater Valley Harvest Foods-beer and wine
Canyon House-beer and wine
Cloninger’s Family Foods-beer and wine
10:45 a.m. Bettie Umbinetti and James Zehner regarding resolution to allow destruction of records. Rockwell moves to approve Idaho County Resolution 2014-02 for destruction of DMV records. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Order for Cancellation signed-$198.72
11:00 a.m. Jill Summers regarding bids to replace carpet in Jim Church’s office-she has two bids, one from Lindsley’s for $995.00 and one from Hoene’s $584.84-this is the same carpet as in the Assessor’s office. Rockwell moves to approve the Hoene Hardware bid for carpet. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Summers regarding painting Church’s office-discussion. Rockwell requests that Summers get a bid on what it would cost to have someone come in and paint the room.
Summers regarding general maintenance-provides update on small projects. Summers requests an additional substitute to cover in the event the current substitute cannot fill in-Commission has no objection.
Brandt moves to amend to agenda to move the Executive Session to 2:15 p.m. Chmelik seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes, District 2-yes, District 3-yes
11:15 a.m. Ray Hamell regarding request for extension on several properties that are coming up for tax deed-total taxes due are approximately $14,000. Discussion. Rockwell advises that upon the advice of Kirk MacGregor, we must go forward with the tax deed, which essentially delays the sale of the property by the County for another 14 months and allowing him an opportunity to redeem the property during that time. Mr. Hamell will work on clearing this up.
11:25 a.m. Kim Nuxoll regarding ag solid waste situation that is similar to Probert case-discussion regarding how the ag solid waste fee is assigned. Commission requests that the Assessor’s office obtain written documentation of requests to change billing assignments.
11:45 a.m. Rockwell moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to IC 31-874. Brandt seconds. Roll call-District 1- yes, District 2-yes, District 3-yes.
1-Approval, 2-Denial, 2-Lien,0-Release Lien, 2-N1, 1-Release N1
12:05 p.m. End Indigent.
2:15 p.m. Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 67-2345(f). Chmelik seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes, District 2-yes, District 3-yes
2:38 p.m. End Executive Session
Order for Cancellation-$205.07
2:39 p.m. Don Solberg regarding renewal of airport insurance-premiums have stabilized over the course of the past few years. Brandt moves to forego terrorism/war coverage and higher liability limits. Rockwell seconds. Discussion regarding liability limits and vehicle ownership. Motion carries with all in favor.
2:46 p.m. Niki Schacher with Riggins Chamber of Commerce regarding a new event they want to get going which would be a marathon on the Salmon River Road in September-may involve closing the road for about 4 hours-discussion. No objection from Commission, however they advise that race coordinators should work with the Forest Service to make sure it is okay with them. Chmelik moves to support efforts of the Chamber in this event. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
3:00 p.m. Janie Fluharty provides update on Idaho County Recycling activities-presents numbers on costs, rates, tonnage, etc. Fluharty regarding grant application to Idaho Community Foundation for $5000 for retrofitting of recycling bins and upgrading of lids on recycling bins-requests approval from Commission. Rockwell moves to approve submission of grant. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Fluharty regarding contract renewal-has been working with Kirk MacGregor and Mark Armstrong on proposed changes to contract-discussion. Fluharty regarding goals for the recycling group-they would like to build an awning/lean-to beside their shed to accommodate overflow and a few other maintenance issues. Also, they have been paying $55 per month on their compactor-discussed putting more toward that if their account balances allow. They are working with Askers regarding the possibility of Askers purchasing their own compactor.
3:20 p.m. Kathy Ackerman regarding baby changing station-requests purchase. Rockwell moves to approve purchase. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
3:30 p.m. Rio Buck, Emma Edwards, Brandon Vetter, Kara Sanders from GEMS report on their attendance at the McCall Outdoor Science School. Rio reported on the science portion of the program-she particularly liked the rock identification. Emma reported on the social aspect of the program-cabins, food, free time, games and other social activities. Brandon reported on team building activities. Kara reported on the presentations that teams put together at the end of MOSS. Commission questions attendees regarding weather, responsibilities, best parts, worst parts, etc. Students recommend sending future classes to MOSS.
3:40 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
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