STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
JUNE SESSION JUNE 4, 2019 FIRST TERM DAY
8:30 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Skip Brandt, Denis Duman and Mark Frei 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 Idaho Code 31-874. Frei seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
1-Approval; 3-Denial; 0-Suspension; 3-Lien; 3-N1; 1-Release of Lien, 1-Release of N1
8:42 a.m. End Indigent
8:51 a.m. Kelly regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 32,030.09 County Road and Bridge $ 40,474.95
Airport $ 368.56 Emergency Comm. $ 5,883.28
District Court $ 42,271.49 Indigent $ 2,369.08
Election Consol. $ 1,965.74 Noxious Weeds $ 57.38
Total Expenditures $ 125,420.57
Frei moves to pay the claims. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:01 a.m. Brandt opens Public Hearing for consideration of reopening the budget. No members of the public present-no testimony given.
9:09 a.m. Brandt closes Public Hearing.
Brandt moves to approve Idaho County Resolution 2019-07 to reopen and increase the budget for Current Expense-Data Processing Capital and Sheriff’s Office Capital and Idaho County Resolution 2019-08 to reopen and increase the budget for Airport-Capital Other. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:18 a.m. Brandt regarding letter the Commission received regarding an issue between two property owners in the Ridgewood Drive area-Frei questions why the County would have any responsibility in this matter-discussion. Brandt moves to have legal counsel draft a letter to Mr. Jackson directing him to remove items that are in the County right-of-way. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:45 a.m. Brandt regarding Order Granting Conditional Variance on the VanValkenberg application-discussion regarding the issue with the section line that creates four parcels instead of two. Brandt moves to approve the Order. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:00 a.m. Duman regarding moving Driver’s License Office to the Main Floor-gives background on reason for opting to utilize the Extension Office space-advises that he has asked Jim Gorges and Jim Church to try to come up with ideas for making the space work for both departments. Discussion regarding potential plans-Church and Gorges will finalize floor plans and return to Duman within a couple of weeks, so that hard plans can be drawn up in order to obtain construction quotes.
10:30 a.m. Skip Brandt regarding Comprehensive Plan-discussion regarding Custer County’s plan provided by Kirk MacGregor. Brandt questions whether or not the plan needs to be adopted as an Ordinance or Resolution-Jessup advises that it should be an Ordinance-will confirm for sure. Brandt advises that he feels the plan needs to have an introduction to reflect the unique nature of Idaho County and the desire to maintain private property rights, reference to our Hazardous Mitigation Plan, Subdivision Ordinance, and Nature Resource Plan and then the creation of one, general multi-use zone within the County-discussion. MacGregor advises that we also have an Emergency Response Plan. Discussion will continue June 18-Brandt will work on a draft with introduction.
11:15 a.m. Joshua & Melina Palkin regarding maintenance of roads in the area of Rivers Edge Subdivision near Elk City-advise that the road that had previously been plowed/maintained has been discontinued-feels that this needs to be addressed as his research has concluded that an agreement was previously made between the County and several different entities that the road would be maintained-discussion. Brandt explains that no taxes are levied for Road & Bridge-advises that the Commission always encourages property owners to either form a highway district or a property owner’s association. Brandt questions whether or not we are legally obligated to re-establish maintenance since we have previously maintained it-discussion regarding whether or not the road was ever officially accepted by the County. Brandt questions whether or not there was any reference to a homeowner’s association or covenants referenced on the plat-Zehner advises that there was no reference to this. Meinen advises that Kevin Tomlinson is willing to come in and make a presentation to the Board asking for the County to accept the road for maintenance-discussion. Frei requests that further documentation be presented outlining the road construction standards and why this is a special circumstance since the County does not agree to maintain roads in subdivisions-Duman concurs. Brandt will reach out to Tomlinson and ask him to come in on June 18.
11:43 a.m. Bob Mager, Grangeville Fire Department, advises that he was contacted by the Jail as they needed to develop an evacuation plan-this brought to his attention that there was no plan for the Courthouse as a whole. Mager advises that the plan should be posted near all of the exits and practiced at least once a year-advises that there are also concerns about the back parking lot and the lack of any fire alarms in the building. Duman will work with Ackerman on coming up with a draft plan.
12:00 p.m. Brandt moves to approve the Additional Meeting Request for Duman. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increase for Amber Borba in Indigent for successful completion of probation. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Orders of Cancelation as per Abbie Hudson. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Frei moves to approve the minutes of the May 28 meeting. Duman seconds. Motion carries with Duman and Frei in favor. Brandt abstains as he was absent.
Additional meetings-Duman-CEDA Meeting-June 19; Ida-Lew-June 6
12:03 p.m. Break for lunch
1:00 p.m. Janie Fluharty, Idaho County Recycling, addresses the Commission regarding the directive they received eleven years ago to set up a sustainable recycling program-advises that the group has done everything they were tasked to do. Fluharty proposes the following: Riggins will continue as previously; Kooskia will continue until Simmons can take over with the site he is developing in Kooskia; Cottonwood has had Isaiah Williams step forward to keep the site open; Grangeville is in crisis-this site needs to be managed immediately. Fluharty outlines a possible plan for hiring 3 site managers at 10 hours per week, costing approximately $6000 per year. Duman questions whether or not all sites report to Fluharty-Fluharty advises that the sites report to the steering committee. Fluharty questions the timeline for Kooskia-Brandt advises he believes it will be up and running by August. Brandt questions whether or not Riggins is in a position to continue as they have been-Roy Akin advises that he and others are committed-describes the current system and how they transport the materials to Grangeville to the recycling bins. Brandt questions how the site in Cottonwood will operate under Williams-Jay Hinterlong advises that they will no longer be picking up at businesses or the prison-the site will remain open on Saturdays for drop offs-advises they are working on getting the site lease renewed. Margaret Meyers, who coordinates volunteers for the Grangeville site, advises that she has 15 volunteers-advises that the Grangeville site can be covered by 2 people most weekends-feels that one manager could handle both Cottonwood and Grangeville-discussion. Brandt questions whether or not Fluharty would be willing to stay engaged throughout the transition process. Ackerman advises that she is concerned about the County hiring someone without bringing the bookkeeping into the County-advises there are complications with who would manage the employee and who we could find given the limited hours per week-discussion regarding the possibility of a contract worker as opposed to an employee. Liz Clark advises that she feels the Solid Waste Advisory Group be reinstated-discussion. MacGregor will check with ICRMP on whether or not the recycling group could hire a manager and still receive the benefit of being covered under the County. Duman will follow-up with Robert Simmons on looking for a drop off site location in Grangeville. Duman suggests that the recycling group try to put out some feelers to people who might take this on for pay-advises that he feels that the person who takes this on has to have their heart in recycling. Discussion will be continued until June 18.
2:00 p.m. Meeting Adjourned.
Chairman______________________________ Attest:____________________________
