STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
MARCH SESSION March 18, 2014 THIRD TERM DAY
9:30 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners James Rockwell and Jim Chmelik, and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present. Commissioner Skip Brandt is absent.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Deanna Hall regarding request for solid waste exemption-hardship-requesting cancellation of one half for Connie Snyder. Rockwell advises that the cut off is $8500-her income is $8700. Rockwell moves to deny the request of Connie Snyder for cancellation of half of solid waste fees. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Chmelik in favor. Brandt is absent. Hall regarding solid waste and late fees for Royal Room Bar & Café – the Sheriff’s Office sold the personal property a couple of years ago-Hall recommends cancellation. Rockwell moves to cancel solid waste and late fees. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Chmelik in favor. Brandt is absent.
9:35 a.m. Nadine McDonald regarding retirement of her juvenile probation officer-advises that changes in the juvenile probation system have presented a problem with filling this position-presents a salary survey of surrounding counties and advises that she will need to raise the salary offered in order to attract qualified applicants. McDonald requests moving part of her administrative assistant budget over to supplement the JPO position-administrative assistant salary is paid partially by misdemeanor probation budget. Commission has no objection to this. Rockwell advises that McDonald needs to advise potential candidates that they need to add 40% on the salary for the benefits that are offered by the County. Notice will be put out April 1.
9:40 a.m. Chmelik moves to approve Title III Certification for expenditures under fire mitigation as compiled by Randy Doman. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Chmelik in favor. Brandt is absent.
9:45 a.m. Ray Hammell regarding request for extension on tax deed proceedings. He has been able to pay some of the delinquencies and is working on putting together a deal to satisfy the remaining amount due. Hammell requests extension-advises that he believes that the Commissioners do, in fact, have the ability and authority to cancel and/or delay a tax deed-discussion. Hammell again advises that the Shingle Creek Road issue and the Commissioner’s lack of action is what is has put him in this position-discussion regarding status of road issue and possible resolutions. Rockwell questions Hall regarding other tax payers in the Shingle Creek area and whether or not others are delinquent-Hall advises that others are not as far behind-advises that it will be mid-August before all of the paperwork will be done in order to pursue the tax deed. Further discussion regarding road issue-Rockwell advises that Mr. Hammell needs to work out the road issue with Mr. DeVenney, as the solution does not rest with the Commission-Hammell disagrees. Rockwell advises Hall to begin the paperwork on tax deed. Hall questions time frame for R & R property-Commission gives 10 day extension-Chmelik will contact Brian DeVenney to try to arrange a meeting with Hammell regarding the road issue.
10:00 a.m. Chmelik regarding pending issues with BLM-land trade in Elk City has been on-going since 2008-Rockwell questions Will Runnoe on status. Runnoe advises that their hands have been tied in this process- there are some issues with the legal description that Jeff Cartwright has been working on-discussion. Chmelik questions whether or not authorized BLM exclusions could be applied to this issue-Runnoe advises that there is no exclusion for disposal of property-discussion. Runnoe advises that he will check further on timeline-feels that once the legal description issue is resolved, things should move along. Cartwright advises that the biggest sticking point is the Resource Management Plan revision-discussion-feels that this whole process puts us down the road another six months.
Regarding the Powerline Trail-Runnoe advises that letter was written to address this last fall-this placed the easement issue back on the County in his mind. Cook advises that the easement was not completed due to the scoping package that was put out by the BLM-Cook advises he spoke with Judy Culver at BLM who indicated that Idaho County would be expected to pay for work needed on trail, accept a permanent easement and pay for the costs associated with the survey & easement. Runnoe advises that they entered into this agreement due to public outcry-advises that a land exchange between BLM and BFI has not been worked out and has hit a snag-does not feel confident that this will actually take place. Rockwell advises that the three year temporary easement is set to go and requests that we move forward with that-discussion regarding extending the temporary easement. Mike Edmondson regarding history of trail and use of trail-discussion. Cook advises that he has spoken with Kevin Tomlinson, who couldn’t be here today-they will work to make an easement happen. Cook questions whether or not BLM would take a permanent easement from BFI-Cartwright suggests starting it through scoping /NEPA to speed up the process. Rob from BLM requests to know who the County contact will be-Commission appoints Mike Cook. Chmelik questions when the trail could be opened-Runnoe & Culver advise that once the temporary easement is in place and the NEPA completed, BLM will work to make this happen-will take approximately 5-6 months to begin work on reopening the trail barring any comments from environmental groups.
Chmelik regarding right of way issues in Elk City area-discussion. Cartwright advises each road district will need to meet with BLM to work these out-Meinen questions where materials from ditch cleaning should be disposed of-Cartwright advised that he has spoken to his minerals people and that ditch cleaning can be carried out in the usual fashion.
Chmelik regarding ATV track on the Salmon River-Runnoe questions whether or not the folks are still interested-Chmelik advises that they are-he will get a commitment letter from them regarding their willingness to maintain the area. Runnoe advises they are required to treat this area as a Wild and Scenic area-expects some issues with environmental groups-Cartwright is the lead on this. Cartwright advises that he will need a plan of development regarding the management of this area-one will need to be put together before the EA can move forward.
Chmelik commends Runnoe on the work done in Riggins on the gun range-Runnoe advises that they are still working on this and hope to have it resolved soon.
Edmondson questions timeframe on their Travel Plan-Judy Culver advises that they hope to have a first draft out sometime this fall-routes have to be determined and evaluated-final plan expected to be out in December of 2015.
Runnoe commends Gene Meinen for his quick response on the fuel issue at Elk City.
11:00 a.m. Cook regarding proposed amendment to engineering agreement with Riedesel-this is for the runway lighting. Rockwell moves to approve amendment. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Chmelik in favor. Brandt is absent.
Order for Cancellation-$13.94, Order for Cancellation-$124.90
Voided checks-Travis County Constable-$75.00, Maria Ward-$9.11
11:05 a.m. Robert Simmons regarding pollution policy-this is required in the event a truck goes into the river-no changes. Rockwell moves to approve invoice for pollution policy. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Chmelik in favor. Brandt is absent.
Simmons regarding update on dumpsters and tonnage-discussion. Rockwell questions status of transfer sites-Simmons advises that they haven’t moved forward yet this spring due to the weather-will be looking at this again. Simmons questions regarding Adams County-we received a letter from Adams County that they wish to discontinue the open dumpsters. Chmelik will write a letter to Adams County as to when the dumpsters will be removed. Simmons advises that there have been a few issues with scavengers-discussion regarding posting prohibitive signs-Simmons will consider this, but feels we may want to address this in an ordinance.
Ackerman regarding the Treasurer/Auditor Joint Quarterly Report-reviewed and approved by Commission.
Chmelik moves to approve minutes of the March 4 meeting. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Chmelik in favor. Brandt is absent.
Alcoholic Beverage License approval:
Seasons Restaurant-transfer
11:22 a.m. Rockwell reads Fair Housing Proclamation-moves to approve proclamation. Motion dies for lack of a second. Ackerman advises this proclamation is required for grants-will be placed back on the agenda for next week.
11:27 a.m. Ackerman regarding Pay Port agreement that will allow credit/debit card use in the Recorder’s Office. Rockwell moves to approve. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with Rockwell and Chmelik in favor. Brandt is absent.
11:28 a.m. Canvass of March 11 Election
11:32 a.m. Canvass complete-no corrections.
11:45 a.m. Rockwell regarding ongoing issue with Regence and Irwin Drug. Rockwell reads portion of our contract that advises that we can go to a non-participating pharmacy-advises that he has spoken to Chad Jungert and Jungert is only charging the contracted prescription rate-discussion. Rockwell requests letter to Regence regarding language of the contract which indicates that prescriptions will be paid upon submission of the correct form and documentation-some of these claims have been denied. Don Solberg advises that he has contacted Regence and inquired about how Regence customers will be treated in the event they wish to continue business with Irwins-received a letter from Regence advising that customers have options-Solberg advises that this is still not clear and he is waiting for further clarification-discussion. MacGregor will write a letter outlining our contract and expectation of coverage for prescriptions at a non-participating pharmacy-MacGregor will get this letter to Don Solberg for distribution.
12:11 p.m. Rockwell moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to IC 31-874. Chmelik seconds. Roll call-District 1- absent, District 2-yes, District 3-yes.
0-Approval, 0-Denial, 3-Lien, 0-Release Lien, 3-N1, 0-Release N1
12:15 p.m. End Indigent. Meeting adjourned.
Chairman_______________________________ Attest:____________________________
