STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
JUNE SESSION June 28, 2016 FOURTH TERM DAY
8:30 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Jim Chmelik, Skip Brandt, and Mark Frei and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Syd and Katy regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 40,242.36 County Road and Bridge $ 13,858.93
Airport $ 201,129.42 Emergency Communication $ 4,284.20
District Court $ 5,454.41 Title III- New $ 103.45
Indigent $ 836.11 Appraisal $ 24.53
Drug Enforcement $ 1,500.00 Solid Waste $ 142.95 Search & Rescue $ 146.67 Election Cons. $ 10.97 Noxious Weeds $ 32,779.25 Snowmobile 25-B $ 10.00
Total Expenditures $ 300,583.25
Frei moves to approve claims. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
8:50 a.m. Chmelik regarding distribution of PILT funding-discussion. Brandt moves to distribute $100,000 to District Court and $100,000 to Noxious Weeds, balance to Current Expense. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
8:59 a.m. Kirk MacGregor regarding request Sheila Key received from a company requesting GIS data-they use it for a hunting app-discussion. Frei questions whether or not we could send a letter requesting the company to submit a proposal for fair market value-discussion. MacGregor will contact IAC and see what other counties are doing. Rescheduled for next week.
9:13 a.m. Mike Cook regarding bid award for the Airport Taxiway-presents documents for signature. Pre-construction meeting will be July 6. Chmelik moves to award Schedule A of the Taxiway project to Valley Paving. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:30 a.m. Jessaca Austad, new Ida-Lew Director, introduces herself-she started the job June 1. Austad advises that she will be meeting with area cities over the next six months to discuss workforce needs-her goal is to work with businesses to determine what needs they have and how Ida-Lew can support them and grow their businesses. Austad questions what expectations the Commission has for her-Brandt advises that the goal of the Commission is to attract businesses to the area. Discussion regarding housing issues. Frei advises that he feels that there is also a need to increase living wages for existing business, as well as bringing new jobs to the area. Austad advises that there is no representation for Idaho County-they are looking for someone else. Brandt advises that James Rockwell, Jerry Cloninger and Tim Christopherson are possibilities for Idaho County representation. Chmelik advises that he feels that Ida-Lew has been silent on the jobs that are created through the timber industry and getting back into the forests-discussion. .
9:48 a.m. Chmelik regarding bid opening for Hound Dog Project- Superior AJ Forestry from Centerpoint, OR $598.78 per acre, $6586.58, no mention of Idaho County employees; Futuristic Forestry-$1700 per acre, $18,700 with 90% Idaho County Employees employees; 5 Star Forestry- $2075 per acre, $22,825 total, 100% Idaho County Employees. Brandt moves to award bid to Futuristic Forestry. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:52 a.m. Chmelik regarding Search & Rescue Agreement with the USFS-no changes. Brandt moves to approve the Agreement. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:00 a.m. BOE reopens-Chmelik regarding hearing rules. Mr. Reed Thomas, via telephone, James Zehner and Ron Funke are sworn in.
Reed Thomas, representative for the Estate of Lawrence Mills, advises that the independent appraisal done is significantly less than assessed value.
Ron Funke regarding background and history of parcel-assessed value has not changed in the past two years-acknowledges that this home was built to the owner’s specification-not a family friendly home-can’t argue with the appraisal and the fact that it has been on the market for a considerable amount of time, with no interest-feels that it would be appropriate to reconsider assessment. Chmelik questions what a reasonable value would be-Zehner advises he feels that $375,000, the appraised value would be appropriate.
Commission takes under advisement.
10:12 a.m. Suzie Eckert regarding cancellation for Richard Surmeier-advises that she made an error-value has been corrected. Chmelik moves to approve the cancellation as presented. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Frei moves to refund $212.52, which was overpaid. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:25 a.m. Jennie McDougall, via telephone, is sworn. McDougall regarding her concern that the valuation was more than they paid for the property-requests that it be reduced to reflect the amount of their purchase.
Ron Funke reviews that he has visited the property-feels that the seller is motivated which reflects the low purchase price. Advises that the Elk City area will be reappraised next week.
Commission takes under advisement.
10: 28 a.m. Recess BOE
10:50 a.m. Chmelik moves to approve the minutes of the June 21 meeting. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:00 a.m. Kirk MacGregor spoke with Frank Lee from Givens Pursley regarding letter that was previously sent-we had requested FLAP funding before acceptance, the proposal is for acceptance before funding-likelihood of prevailing in Court would probably be less than 50%-discussion. Cook questions what Mr. Lee’s thoughts were regarding the letter he co-wrote-MacGregor advises that he feels the draft MOU meets our proposal-discussion. Cook advises that he has responded to Jim Carpenter regarding the USFS being willing to put in the match funding, as well as proposing wording to address the circumstances under which the MOU would be void. Cook and Meinen will work on prioritizing projects to effect optimal ongoing maintenance of the road. Meinen advises that $25,000 per year was being spent prior to completion of the project-it is currently around $52,000. Frei questions why we want to take this road, when it isn’t ours to begin with-Cook advises that it was originally ours, construction project was completed by Western Federal Lands and then it is returned to us-discussion. Cook will work on a final version of the MOU and schedule with Ackerman for Commission review.
11:25 a.m. Chmelik moves to approve order for cancellation for yield taxes per Abbie Hudson. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt-July 8 in Elk City for meeting with fire department at 7 p.m.
11:30 a.m. Chmelik regarding request for proposal for a new roof for the Courthouse. Commission reviews proposed request-MacGregor has reviewed and feels that it is good to go. Ackerman will send out the request to area contractors-Idaho Stage, Arnzen Building Construction, Holcomb Construction and Jeff Schacher Construction.
Brandt updates regarding meetings he attended last week-Jerry Zumalt will be working with Meinen regarding the replacement of two culverts as part of the fire recovery from last year.
Brandt also attended RSWAC Meeting-Idaho DEQ is going to start a push to regulate ‘household waste’.
11:40 a.m. Chmelik moves to go into Indigent Proceedings pursuant to Idaho Code 31-874. Frei seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes, District 2-yes, District 3-yes.
1-Approval, 1-Denial, 1-Suspension, 0-Lien, 0-N1, 1-Lien Release, 1-Release N1
11:50 a.m. End Indigent, Break for Lunch
1:00 p.m. Chmelik regarding review of comments received on the draft Resource Plan-Marty Gardner provides a revision that incorporates suggestions submitted by the public-discussion regarding proposed changes. Gardner will follow-up with Randy Doman, James Zehner and Mike Cook regarding a few clarifications he needs to make. Gardner will get the final revisions to Ackerman sometimes next week to put up on the website. Adoption will be set for 3 pm July 12.
1:28 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
Chairman______________________________ Attest:____________________________
