STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho

JULY SESSION                        July 23, 2007                  SIXTH TERM DAY

The Board met at 9:00 a.m. with Jim Rehder and Skip Brandt, Commissioners, and Rose Gehring, Clerk, present.

Skip made motion to appoint Jim as vice chairman. Jim seconded. Motion carried.

Skip made motion to ratify resolution #67 declaring Idaho County a disaster emergency due to wildland fires. Jim seconded. Motion carried. Resolution signed July 20, 2007.

Kimberly Nelson and Randy Brodel, NezPerce & Wallowa-Whitman National Forests, regarding forest fire update.

Robert McLean re: Elk City Wagon Road – lives on Water Tank road, wants to change this road name to Elk City Wagon Road and change a portion of the road, named Elk City Wagon Road to Mill Road. Discussion followed.
Skip made motion to change Water Tank Road to Elk City Wagon Road and other portion of road be called Mill Road. Jim seconded. Motion carried.

John Dilts re: road report. Second coat of seal coating Ridgewood Drive – chip sealing on various roads. Elk City dumpsters – fencing still has to be done. Hauling of trash from Dixie by road department – costs approx. $10,000/year – this amount is coming out of the road department and should be solid waste budget. Discussion followed.

Cliff Steele re: Forest Road Agreement between Payette National Forest Services and Idaho County – reimbursement for fire season for use of roads and equipment – these are forest service roads maintained by county – agreement is effective through September 30, 2012. Roads include Warren Wagon Road – 16 miles. Burgdorf-Profile Gap – 8.5 miles. Burgdorf-French Creek – 27.4 miles. Skip made motion to approve contract pending review by John Dilts & Dennis Albers. Jim seconded. Motion carried.
RAC projects for 2008 discussed.

Syd Fuzzell re: claims.
Current Expense           $54,955.24

Road & Bridge               $62,700.93

Airport                           87,541.51

Emergency Comm             2,581.52

District Court                    1,329.93

County Fair                         565.85

Preventive Health           26,684.25

Title III                              154.71

Indigent                          9,569.27

Appraisal                            570.43

Drug Enforcement               809.51

Solid Waste                     4,108.65

Noxious Weeds              87,181.00

Snowmobile 25A                   11.31

Snowmobile 25B                   17.32
Skip made motion to approve claims. Jim seconded. Motion carried.
Total Claims $338,781.43

Mitch Silver for Sen.Crapo, Jeff Sayre for Sen. Craig, Tony Snodderly for Rep. Sali reported on federal issues – PILT – Craig/Wyden – land exchange – fire updates.

11:33 a.m. Skip made motion to enter into executive session for indigent claims – 31-874. Jim seconded. Motion carried.
11:57 a.m. Ended. Regular resumed.
One denied one approved one lien one N-1

Towing Policy – Trudy Slagle and Scott Mealer and Terry Jackson and Becky Brotnov – discussion followed on amendments.

NezPerce National Forest presented update on Rattlesnake Fire.

Rebecca Warden re: AS400 – Bonner county is willing to sell their CPU for $500 – however will reconsider if software of 4,600 is needed. Jim made motion to approve purchase. Skip seconded. Motion carried.

Commissioners reports:
Skip – no report
Jim – fires – tax deed meeting – 911 charges – wolf meeting on Tuesday – budget work.

Order for cancellation of taxes approved:
Shirley Halleen – 6.74
George Thomas – 2.19
Chris Dvorak – 6.60
Sam Whitten – 13.60
Above claims postmark OK

Warrant #2007-06502 – Idaho Sporting Goods – $68.00 – cancelled POST

The Board recessed at 4:00 p.m.

Chairman:____________________________ Attest:______________________