STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
MAY SESSION MAY 12, 2026 SECOND TERM DAY
8:30 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.
Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1) for Personnel. Higgins seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
8:42 a.m. End Executive Session
Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1) for Records Exempt from Disclosure. Roll Call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
8:46 a.m. End Executive Session
Brandt moves to release the liens on Indigent cases 2014-33, 2015-55, 2019-202, and 2020-40. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:00 a.m. Teresa Merrick regarding claims:
Current Expense: $ 132,215.09 County Road & Bridge: $ 47,064.84
Airport: $ 1,156.64 Emergency Comm: $ 126.56
District Court: $ 1,643.51 Title III-New: $ 1,104.17
Title III-Old: $ 28.30 Solid Waste: $ 409.96
Noxious Weeds: $ 9,770.42 Snowmobile 25-A: $ 35.25
Interlock Dev. Fund:$ 303.99 Good Neighbor Auth: $ 9,000.00
Broadband Infra.: $ 21.45
Total: $ 202.880.18
Lindsley moves to approve the claims. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:10 a.m. Lindsley moves to approve the minutes of the May 5 meeting. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Orders of Cancellation as per Abbie Hudson. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the hiring of Whitley Holthaus as Judge Green’s Law Clerk. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the transfer of leftover floor epoxy from the jail to SD246. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the quote from Lenora’s Custom Cabinet Shop for the desk for the Treasurer’s Office. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increase for SO employee Wendy Crocker. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Cisco renewal quote. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the support letters to the Idaho Land Board for the Idaho Department of Lands transfer. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Additional Meetings-Brandt – May 20 Gibler Ranch; All-IACC- June 1-4 Nampa
9:16 a.m. Brandt regarding AWOS Bid Opening-Colvico, Inc.-$158,988.00; Added 2 year service contract-$19,500. Bid will be reviewed with award at a later date.
Brandt moves to approve the Additional Meeting Request for Brandt for WIR. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:30 a.m. Brandt regarding PAPI Bid Opening-Colvico, Inc.-$82,688; Boundary Electric-$61,450; Valley Electric-$248,960; Quality Electric-$148,333; Crow Electric-$144,677. Bids will be reviewed with award at a later date. Kayla Brown advises that this was re-bid from last year as only one bid was received that exceeded the engineer’s estimate.
9:45 a.m. Kim Nuxoll regarding requests for property tax exemption-she sent out 82 short-form updates and received 74 back. Additionally, she received two requests-one was from Syringa Hospital for two different parcels-discussion regarding the statute change that requires hospital use. Brandt moves to deny the exemption for Syringa Hospital. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Nuxoll presents other request received from Framing Our Community-discussion regarding tax exempt status of FOC and the collection of rents. Tabled until later in the meeting so Jessup can research.
10:02 a.m. Tom Gehring, Idaho Soil & Water Conservation District, presents request for funding of $10,000 for operating expense contribution and updates on projects they are working on. Brandt moves to approve the funding request. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:30 a.m. Kayla Sprenger, North Central Public Health District Director, presents proposed FY2027 budget-discussion. Higgins moves to approve a 1% budget increase. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:00 a.m. Jordan Zwygart, outside Auditor, reviews audit for FY2025. Brandt moves to approve the FY2025 Audit. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:30 a.m. Jerry Zumalt updates on the Fort Misery bids-these were reviewed by JUB with a recommendation to award to Crea Construction. Brandt moves to award the Fort Misery Road Repair to Crea Construction. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Zumalt requests authority for he or Guy VonBargen to sign the Notice to Proceed when it is ready-Commission has no objection.
11:36 a.m. Jessup reviews his research regarding the request for exemption by Framing Our Community-advises that a portion of the property that is being used for charitable purposes should be exempt-discussion. Higgins moves to approve 35% exemption for charitable use, as well as the equivalent value of the land beneath the building. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Nuxoll will work with Jessup on a letter.
11:45 a.m. Jerry Zumalt updates regarding the Cottonwood Creek Road Repair project-this was delayed due to an environmental analysis from the Tribe-the contractor requested an increase due to increased costs-JUB has reviewed their proposal and recommends moving forward. Brandt moves to approve the change order. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Commission authorizes Zumalt or VonBargen to sign the Notice to Proceed when it is ready.
11:55 a.m. Break for lunch.
1:00 p.m. Dan Hally, Sidney Resources, introduces himself and updates regarding his company’s mining activities in the Warren area-offers to assist with opening the road into Warren/Secesh-discussion. Higgins moves to approve Sidney Resources opening the Warren Wagon Road this year. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
1:45 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
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Chairman Attest
