STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho

JANUARY SESSION                      January 22, 2007               FOURTH TERM DAY

The Board met at 9:00 a.m. with Randy Doman, Jim Rehder, John Schurbon, Commissioners and Rose Gehring, Clerk, present.

Board meets as Board of Equalization for sub sub roll (missed property).

John Dilts re: road report – Pleasant Valley Road – fence was set back years ago, but job on road hasn’t been completed – discussion followed. There are no plans for this road in the near future other than regular maintenance.
Keith Jepson and Jerry Litchfield requested drainage on this road – culverts etc – water hangs in this area – causes problems. Discussion followed.
Final draft of Upper Clearwater Transportation plan presented by John to commissioners. John requesting commissioners to review plan before they sign off on it.

9:20 a.m. Randy made motion to enter into executive session for personnel matters. Jim seconded. Motion carried.
10:16 a.m. Ended. No decisions made.

Joe Chmelik re: taxes. Sent payment for tax bill on 14th of December, 2006 – payment was lost in the mail – doesn’t feel he should have to pay penalty and late fee.
Randy requested this be verified by post office via Sharon Cox – Jim made motion to waive late fee and penalty. John seconded. Motion carried.

Vern Meyer re: bids for remodel of jury room and district court office. Bids submitted by K. C. construction and Schacher Construction for District Court office and jury room – City Electric presented bid for electrical work.
Jim made motion to award bid to K C Construction and City Electric. John seconded. Motion carried. District Court office – $7,420.00. Jury Room – $2,670.00. City Electric – $2,390.00

Rebecca Warden re: Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam with Anti-Virus – $2,015.00 for renewal. Discussion followed. Jim made motion to purchase virus protection software. John seconded. Motion carried with all in favor.

Syd Fuzzell re: Claims.
Current Expense           $61,113.51
Airport                          14,430.04
District Court                   1,277.04
Prev Health                   26,684.25
Indigent                         8,556.35
Drug Enforcement              562.36
Snowmobile 25A                  11.31
Road & Bridge              $29,286.29
Emergency Comm            7,853.84
Idaho County Fair           50,565.85
Title III                                22.71
Appraisal                              71.91
Noxious Weeds                   886.37
Snowmobile 25B               2,265.72

Randy made motion to approve claims. Jim seconded. Motion carried.
Total Claims $203,587.55

11:35 a.m. Jim made motion to enter into executive session for indigent claims. John seconded. Motion carried.
11:50 a.m. Ended. Regular session resumed.

Elected Officials Meeting:
Rose – county property – tax deed sales – election school
James Zehner – mail out on motor vehicle via the state system – mail out will save county $200 per month – appraisal recycle in process and on schedule.
Sharon – recodification of tax code meeting in Boise – gave report – she has been appointed to the training of new treasurers
John Schurbon – no report
Jim Rehder – telephone system – E911 system – legislative committee report – broad band and communication – murder trial – Craig/Wyden – liquor funds – mental health – solid waste – Salmon River Road – personal property off tax roll.
Randy – ROW purchase on Salmon River road – may be used for dumpster placement – discussion followed – roads – dealing with loss of Craig/Wyden – looking for ways to deal with this – CEDA report – broad band movement – wolf depredation.

Mike Cook and Jennie Stephenson requesting possibility of funding from county for advertisement in Free Press Winter Recreation Guide – amount $390.00 – advertisement for snowmobile routes in Idaho County. Forest Service paid for this in the past, but funds are no longer available. Possibility of using Title III money (education portion). Discussion followed.
Jim made motion to approve the funding for the advertisement. John seconded. Motion carried with all in favor.
Map of the snowmobile trails was presented to commissioners for review. This map may be used in the future for part of the advertisement in the Winter Recreation Guide.

January 16, 2007 minutes. Jim made motion to approve minutes as corrected. Randy seconded. Motion carried.

Robert & Don Simmons re: sanitation.
3:00 p.m. Jim made motion to enter into executive session for legal matters. John seconded. Motion carried.
4:15 p.m. Ended. Regular resumed.
Randy made motion to increase Simmons’s Sanitation Contract to $42,000 per month plus back payment of $60,000.00 to take care of contract from October 1, 2006. Jim seconded. Motion carried with all in favor. Effective January 1, 2007

Dennis Albers re: Walco Sanitation Contract – presented draft for commissioners to review – will approve at a later date.

4:30 p.m. Jim made motion to enter into executive session for personnel matters. John seconded. Motion carried.
5:05 p.m. Ended. Regular session resumed.
Jim made motion to pay $172.00 to Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley for the Galli case. John seconded. Motion carried.

Nolan Schoo reported that a new T1 line will be installed in the first part of February. He recommends that the county install Websense, a web filtering program, at the same time. Websense would limit the websites that employees could visit and also block all music and video downloads. Nolan explained that this would eliminate liability issues and increase employee productivity. Discussion followed.
Jim made motion to install Websense – cost $6,972.00 . John seconded. Motion carried.

Beverage license approved:
Elks Lodge #1825 – beer & liquor
Crump Chevron Service – beer
Grangeville Gun Club – beer
Elk City Store – beer
Colsar LLC/Royale Room – beer & liquor
Stites Grocery – beer & wine
Halfway Club – beer & liquor
Triangle Tavern – beer & wine

Resolution granting permission to the Idaho County motor vehicle supervisor to destroy certain record that is of no longer use to the county:
Assessors copy of motor vehicle titles prior to 2000
Assessors copy of registration receipts prior to 2000
Resolution signed.

Order for cancellation of taxes approved:
Joseph Chmelik – 12.43 – as per commissioners
Church of Christ – 12.12 – unable to identify
Chance Charley – 86.40 – vacant
Reid Smith – 174.32 – vacant
The Twins – 12.12 – not active account

No one showed to appeal their market value for the sub sub roll (missed property), therefore, the Board of Equalization adjourned.

The board recessed at 5:40 p.m.

Chairman:________________________ Attest:________________________________