STATE OF IDAHO          

County of Idaho

MAY SESSION                                     May 19, 2015                          SECOND TERM DAY

 

9:45 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Mark Frei and Skip Brandt, and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present. Commissioner Chmelik is absent.

 

The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

Syd regarding claims:

Current Expense         $      58,696.12                      County Road and Bridge         $      23,284.03             Airport                         $      15,836.14                    Emergency Comm.                 $      11,892.37

District Court              $        2,957.72                      Title III Forest-New                 $      47,218.42            Title III Forest              $           815.58                    Indigent                                   $        3,689.93             Appraisal                     $           516.48                     Solid Waste                             $   133,319.19              Search & Rescue        $           220.23                       Election Consolidation            $           690.09             Noxious Weeds           $     30,172.40                       Snowmobile 25-A                    $             21.30

Total Expenditures      $  329,330.00

 

Frei moves to pay the claims. Brandt seconds.  Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent.

 

9:03 a.m. Kirk MacGregor and Vicki Olds regarding funding for Drug Court in Clearwater County.  MacGregor advises that we send 3 or 4 people per year to go through this process, which is designed to give offenders tools for rehabilitation.  Olds advises that those recommended for Drug Court must enter a guilty plea and are subject to weekly drug testing, as well as counseling.  MacGregor advises there are actual expenses involved for the testing-Brandt questions whether or not defendants are required to pay for their own testing.  MacGregor advises they do have to pay a fee to participate-he is unsure where that fee goes. MacGregor is requesting $2500.  Brandt moves to approve funding of $2500 for Drug Court.  Frei seconds.  Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent.

 

9:18 a.m.  Mike Cook regarding letter to Cheryl Probert regarding small scale placer mining-Cook advises this is a response to the USFS request for comments.  Brandt moves to approve letter.  Frei seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent.

 

Cook regarding proposed hangar at the airport from Mike & Lisa Zehner-discussion.  Commission is in support of the hangar.  Brandt questions whether or not a lease has been signed.  Cook advises that it has been signed.  Brandt moves to approve lease.  Frei seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent.

 

Cook provides update on runway project.

 

Cook advises that Mike Hauger is proposing to do the farming on the ground near the airport with a low roaming grass that could be harvested-feels that a contract of sorts should be done-discussion.  Cook will meet with MacGregor to iron out the details.

 

Cook advises that a meeting will be held on Thursday for Warbird Weekend-discussion.

 

9:45 a.m. Brandt regarding bid opening for Harpster Face Project-only bid received was from Five Star Forestry-$2310 per acre, total $231,693.  Bid for spraying $27,582 for a grand total of $259,275.50. Brandt questions the terrain.  Mike Dominguez advises that there are access issues and the ground is steep-advises that he intends to subcontract with Vinnie Martinez and Brad Dreadfulwater for the project.  Doman recommends awarding the fire mitigation portion at this time-he will check further on the chemical application.  Brandt moves to approve the bid of Five Star Forestry for the fire mitigation portion of the project.  Frei seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent.

 

James Zehner regarding delinquent personal property tax of Shoshone Mining-discussion.

 

Brandt moves to approve wage increase for Juvenile Probation Officer Lisa Arnzen to $28,500 for completion of POST.  Frei seconds.  Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent.

 

Brandt moves to approve consulting contract for Carl Crabtree.  Frei seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent.

 

Brandt moves to approve alcoholic beverage licenses for the Silver Dollar and Oscars. Frei seconds.  Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent.

 

Brandt moves to approve cancellations submitted by Treasurer-$55.83-Idaho Dept. of Lands; $13.16-Willford; $20.77-Finnell; $202.70-Presnell; $202.70-Hoyt; $101.35-Galli; $210.44-Holmes; $101.35-Cook; total-$908.30

 

Brandt moves to approve the hiring of Marie Lerandeau for temporary employment through the end of June for tax collection. Frei seconds.  Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent.

 

10:05 a.m. Brandt regarding public hearing on variance request filed by the Rupp Family Trust.  Greg Skinner, agent for the Trust, presents maps and plan for property if variance is approved-discussion. Brandt questions access-Skinner advises there are no access issues-one piece has its own access, other parcels have access through recorded easements.  Brandt moves to approve the variance.  Frei seconds.  Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent. MacGregor will prepare the order.

 

10:30 a.m. Ackerman regarding letter of understanding with Zwygart & Associates for auditing services-no change from last year.  Brandt moves to approve letter of understanding with Zwygart & Associates.  Frei seconds. Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent.

 

Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the May 5 meeting.  Frei seconds.  Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent.

10:45 a.m.  Alfred Holden regarding homeowner’s exemption that was previously held.  He divorced in 2011 and changed ownership to an LLC with an out of state address at which time the homeowner’s exemption was dropped.  He didn’t notice this until this year-has now filed for a homeowner’s for 2015-requesting refund for 3 previous years.  James Zehner regarding procedure-letter was sent in October 2011 with the homeowner’s exemption information-was never returned.  Holden advises he never received a letter so he did not know to request the exemption-advises that if he had been notified that there was a change in ownership, he would have taken care of it immediately.  Zehner advises that the new owner was notified as per the quit claim deed that was recorded.  Brandt advises that it is the responsibility of the property owner to check the accuracy of the tax bill.  Holden questions whether or not the payment in June will be forgiven-Brandt advises the June payment is for the second half of 2014.

 

11:00 a.m. Brandt and Frei participate in Webinar-Federalism in the Executive Branch.

 

1:00 p.m. 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-absent.

 

0-Approval, 2-Denial, 0-Suspension, 4-Liens, 4-N1, 4-Lien Release, 4-N1 Release

 

1:20 p.m.  End Indigent

 

1:23 p.m. Dominic Ponozzo regarding CompuNet proposal for hardware and software upgrade-security for Server 2003 is no longer supported after July 2015-proposal includes installation, needed hardware to facilitate migration and potential growth, and software licensing.  Matt Weeks provides supplemental documentation of data usage-discussion. Brandt moves to approve upgrades.  Frei second.  Motion carries with Brandt and Frei in favor.  Chmelik is absent.

 

Approval of hiring of Connor Daugherty at $12.96 per hour to fill a vacancy in the jail.

 

1:37 p.m. Meeting adjourned.

 

Chairman_______________________________     Attest:____________________________