STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
MARCH SESSION MARCH 24, 2026 FOURTH TERM DAY
9:00 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Skip Brandt, Ted Lindsley, and Brad Higgins and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Commissioner Higgins offered an opening prayer.
Additional Meetings-Brandt-March 25 USFS; March 26-Center for Public Lands; Lindsley-March 26-Chamber after Hours; April 8 Airport Advisory Committee, April 12-14 Airport Managers Meeting; Higgins-Stibnite Advisory April 9, CMC April 16, Public Health April 23.
Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the March 3 meeting. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Higgins in favor. Lindsley abstains-he was absent.
Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the March 10 meeting. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Lindsley in favor. Higgins abstains-he was absent.
Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the March 17 meeting. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Higgins in favor. Lindsley abstains-he was absent.
Brandt moves to approve the Order Granting Variance for Gerrod and Sarah James. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve Idaho County Resolution 2026-06 declaring a local disaster on Carrot Ridge Road. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Idaho Office of Emergency Management Subrecipient Amendment for the Clearwater Complex Project. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Ackerman updates Commission regarding the receipt of ePoll Books from Ada County-one quote is to set up the equipment and the other is for the maintenance subscription including the additional equipment. Brandt moves to approve the quotes from Tenex for ePollbook set up and maintenance. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:15 a.m. Teresa regarding claims:
Current Expense: $ 32,900.29
County Road & Bridge: $ 40,612.45
Airport: $ 42,642.60
Emergency Comm: $ 681.42
Title III-New: $ 1,399.23
Noxious Weeds: $ 1,612.98
Snowmobile 25-A: $ 507.50
Snowmobile 25-B: $ 20.00
Broadband Infra.: $ 51,790.00
Total: $ 172,166.47
Brandt moves to approve the claims. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:30 a.m. Mike Cook updates regarding the Courthouse parking lot-he has reached out to the City of Grangeville to make the repairs, possibly next week-discussion. Brandt moves to approve the City repairing the potholes. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Cook questions whether or not the Commissioners would like him to try to get an updated price for needed more extensive parking lot repair-discussion. Commission has no objection to Cook pursuing this.
Cook updates regarding fuel supply at Airport-discussion about addressing the requirement of City Service Valcon to recertify fuel.
Cook advises that we have an extra flag pole from the jail project that they can use at the Pilot’s Lounge.
Cook is working with JUB on the proposals for capital investment.
10:02 a.m. Brandt opens continued Public Hearing on the Application for Waiver of Moei Woen Rupp. Ackerman swears in those expecting to testify. Matt Jessup reviews letter sent to Mrs. Rupp-advises that the ownership issue from the previous hearing has been addressed, however the covenants for the subdivision prohibit splitting of parcels.
Brandt questions whether or not the waiver could be granted contingent on Mrs. Rupp getting all of the subdivision property owners to sign off on the modification to the covenants-discussion. John Sinclair advises that while he supports the waiver, he feels confident that at least one property owner will not budge on changing the covenants. Bill Vest questions the size of parcels-Mr. Sinclair advises that they vary in size. Sam Ely questions whether covenants were agreed upon by all parties-this was done when parcels were purchased as part of the deed.
Brandt moves to approve the waiver contingent on the agreement of other subdivision property owners to modify the covenants. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Jessup will prepare the Order.
10:30 a.m. Lindsley opens the Public Hearing on the Application for Waiver filed by Bledsoe Connor Holdings. Brandt recuses himself.
Ackerman swears in Joe Wright and Scott Bledsoe. Wright reviews Application and the reason for requesting the waiver.
Jessup questions the status of the perk tests-Wright advises that Public Health provided a sign off for all of the parcels. Jessup questions access to parcels-Wright advises that there are USFS easements and there were insurable easements in place at the time of purchase.
10:53 a.m. Lindsley closes Public Hearing. Lindsley moves to approve the waiver. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Jessup will draft an order and route it to Wright for review.
11:00 a.m. Brandt opens discussion on Schedule A roads with the Nez Perce-Clearwater NF and Schedule B with the Payette NF. Guy VonBargen proposes taking on an additional 5 miles of road near Burgdorf Hot Springs that would provide good access to the campgrounds in the area-discussion. Brandt questions any other potential issues with this-VonBargen advises that there are no rock pits in the area-gravel has to come from McCall-his proposal is for basic maintenance that would generate some good will with our partners in the area.
Brandt questions the status of Schedule A roads on the Nez-Clear NF-there has been no communication after the last meeting. Discussion regarding the change from providing routine maintenance to requesting additional support from the USFS due to the increased recreational and logging use. Discussion regarding updating the Schedule A agreement to reflect how the roads will be taken care of in the current era. Discussion regarding getting highway miles and then also getting additional funding for projects-this is currently prohibited, but could be allowed through a policy change.
11:40 a.m. Break for lunch.
1:00 p.m. Brian Hewson reviews a Resolution regarding the Dispatch Center that would allow for a single vendor design-discussion. Brandt questions what equipment is provided by the State of Idaho-Dave Taylor advises the State provides the call taking equipment, GIS, control center and core services, including camera trunks. Discussion regarding the merits of seeking requests for proposals vs. sole source. Discussion about the resolution will be continued until next week.
1:30 p.m. Dave Taylor and Jerry Zumalt update Commission regarding the fiber project-anticipated to be up and running by the end of September.
2:05 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
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