STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
MARCH SESSION March 27, 2018 FOURTH TERM DAY
8:30 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Skip Brandt, Mark Frei and Denis Duman and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Commissioner Duman offered an opening prayer.
8:30 a.m. Syd regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 39,817.37 County Road and Bridge $ 52,491.51
Airport $ 932.65 Emergency Comm. $ 4,445.38
District Court $ 13,809.56 Title III-New $ 18,168.00
Title III-Old $ 3,097.00 Indigent $ 12,639.91
Junior College $ 3,650.00 Appraisal $ 969.56
Solid Waste $ 117.00 Search & Rescue $ 257.04
Election Consol. $ 134.69 Noxious Weeds $ 920.96
Snowmobile 25-B $ 847.32
Total Expenditures $ 152,297.95
Duman moves to pay the claims. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
8:45 a.m. Brandt regarding designation of mail-out precincts-Frei moves to accept designation as presented. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
8:50 a.m. Brandt regarding updated Cooperative Agency Agreement-was sent to the Forest Service for review/changes-heard nothing back. Duman moves to approve agreement. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Agreement signed-will be sent to the USFS for signature.
9:00 a.m. Brandt introduces Terry Matthews, recently hired as janitor/maintenance. Brandt updates Commission on ongoing plumbing issue in the men’s restroom-discussion. Matthews advises that he has tried to contact area plumbers-is waiting to hear back from Stark and Williams.
Discussion regarding replacement of toilet in basement restroom, as well as replacement ceiling tiles. Matthews will get some numbers together for later approval.
9:15 a.m. Brandt regarding Additional Meeting Policy-discussion regarding possible revisions. Duman moves to approve Additional Meeting Policy as written. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:30 a.m. Jerry Zumalt introduces Dave Taylor, 911 Coordinator for City of Lewiston & Nez Perce County, Travis Mykelbust, Lewiston Fire Chief and District Representative on ISPCC, Craig Logan, 911 Manager for ISPCC, and Lan Smith with LHTAC. Taylor presents proposal for upgrading infrastructure in District II to accommodate current and anticipated needs-advises that all of the counties north of us are participating-advises that he is requesting buy in from Idaho County-discussion regarding the cost and other sources of funding. Brandt questions what the timeframe would be-Taylor advises that it’s a 2-3 year grant cycle with the next year utilized for determining costs, followed by the grant application and then the implementation of the infrastructure build-out. Zumalt advises that the key benefit here is connectivity of Answering Points (PSAPs), as well as redundancy. Smith advises that the goal of the State Commission is to allow local government decisions-feels that the greatest benefit is the sharing of local/district resources. Myklebust advises that as a user of the system, he can see the need moving into the future-feels that it is critical to be proactive on this rather than reactive. Logan advises that the fee established in 1988 has not kept up with the increasing costs-discussion. Logan advises that passing of the $.25 grant fund fee will not negatively impact the E911 fund collected on the $1 user fee. Brandt advises that the Commission will discuss this further with Zumalt.
10:10 a.m. James Zehner regarding loss of value due to the recent transfer of Bennett Property to the Nez Perce Tribe-$316,145 of value lost, which means $1169 in tax dollars lost.
Danny Turner was on the agenda regarding a Solid Waste issue, however he is not here-Zehner advises that he believes Mr. Turner wanted to discuss his solid waste fee-he did not qualify for the Circuit Breaker.
10:13 a.m. Sheila Key regarding maintenance renewal for ARC GIS-Duman moves to approve the renewal. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Janie Fluharty updates what is going on in recycling-advises that they are not really impacted by some of the issues facing some centers, as they are not single stream recycling center-discussion.
Frei moves to approve the minutes of the March 20 meeting. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor. Duman abstains-he was absent.
10:28 a.m. Elaine Sonnen, ISWCD, regarding upcoming grant to address erosion in the Cottonwood Creek area-they have 11 producers wanting to participate. Sonnen is requesting a letter of support. Frei questions who the producers are-Sonnen advises of the property owners who wish to participate. Brandt moves to approve the letter of support. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:45 a.m. Mike Cook regarding draft comment letter concerning the Lolo Insect & Disease draft EIS-letter reviewed by Commission-formatting revisions discussed and made. Frei moves to approve comment letter as corrected. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:12 a.m. Brandt moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to 31-874. Frei seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
1-Approval; 3-Denial; 0-Suspension; 2-Lien; 2-N1; 0-Release of Lien, 0-Release of N1
11:28 a.m. End Indigent
Brandt moves to approve the Engineering Agreement with JUB for Cove Road Repair. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the letter of support for Kamiah Ambulance. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the donation of vacation time of SO employees to employee for maternity leave. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Payette NF Cooperative Law Enforcement Agreement. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve Certificates of Residency for: James Gregory, Kate Joyce, Peyton Baugh, Devan Branstetter, Canyon Harper, Randall McClure, Chevelle Shepherd, Miranda Hofflander, Deseri Jaramillo-Swan, Taylor Ledgerwood, Jakalli Norman and Payton Branstetter. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Orders of Cancellation per Abbie Hudson. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the additional meeting request for Duman and Brandt. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Memorandum of Agreement with the Dept. of Agriculture for Law Enforcement. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Duman-April 13-CEDA
11:35 a.m. Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1) f for legal. Duman seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
11:58 a.m. End Executive Session.
Brandt reports on Noxious Weed Educational Meeting last week-this was well attended and had great information.
Duman reports on RC&D meeting and Juvenile Detention Facility Meeting.
12:10 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
Chairman_________________ Attest:____________________________
