STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
MAY SESSION MAY 26, 2026 FOURTH TERM DAY
8:15 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 amend the agenda for an emergency Executive Session at 8:30 a.m. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1) f for Legal. Lindsey seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
8:48 a.m. End Executive Session
9:00 a.m. Brandt regarding bid opening for Noxious Weed RAC Projects all per acre-Project 1-Nelson-$263; RAM-$205; Granning-$500; Project 2-Nelson-#135; RAM-$187.40; Granning-$125; Project 3-Nelson-$135; RAM-$2-1.20; Granning-$147; Project 4-Nelson-$135: RAM-$195.50; Granning-$125. Scott Dunning clarifies that Projects 1 & 2 are 2026/2027 projects and Projects 3 & 4 are 2027/2028 projects. Brandt moves to award Project 1 to RAM, Project 2 to Granning, Project 3 to Nelson and Project 4 to Granning. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:15 a.m. Teresa Merrick regarding claims:
Current Expense: $ 30,660.62 County Road & Bridge: $ 31,911.92
Emergency Comm.: $ 5,448.66 District Court: $ 2,471.04
Appraisal: $ 14.00 Solid Waste: $ 510.92
Noxious Weeds: $ 800.53 Interlock Dev. Fund: $ 190.00
Good Neighbor Auth:$ 70,792.00 Broadband Infra: $ 592,546.14
Total: $ 735,345.83
Lindsley moves to approve the claims. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:20 a.m. Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the May 12 meeting. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Participating Entity Agreement with Cooperative Educational Services (CES). Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the hiring of Amanda Windsor as seasonal help in the Road Department. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the hiring of Dustin Kaschmitter as seasonal help in Noxious Weeds. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve Idaho County Resolution 2026-09 for Destruction of Election Records. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Certificate of Residency for Rebecca Seubert. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Professional Services Agreement for Jail Medical Services with Syringa. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the purchase of fencing for Kooskia East Repeater site. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the North Central Public Health Proxy form for Brad Higgins. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Central Idaho Trails Maintenance Board Agreement with Idaho County and Clearwater County. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Additional Meetings-Higgins-Fire Meeting in Elk City-May 22; Lindsley or Brandt-Central Idaho Trail Maintenance Board-May 27; Lindsley-CEDA-May 28; LHTAC-June 8 & 9
9:45 a.m. Brandt opens Public Hearing for GF Development Application for Waiver. Ackerman swears in Greg Francis, Tanner Ross, Scott Wasen, and Cliff Tacke. Jessup questions Greg Francis regarding parcel lay-out-discussion. Cliff Tacke testifies regarding parcel ownership, questions whether there is an acreage trigger-discussion. Tacke advises he is against the waiver because he does not want farm ground to be purchased and split. Scott Wasem advises he is against the waiver due to the outside purchase and development. Clark Tacke sworn-speaks against waiver. Commissioner Lindsley questions mapping employee Brian Gennette regarding the status of the deeded parcels-Greg Francis clarifies that the properties have been sold and are deeded. Jessup questions Francis regarding status of the splits. Commission closes comments-discussion regarding options. One letter was received from Rayanne Taylor objecting to waiver. Brandt moves to approve the waiver. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Jessup will prepare the Order for approval next Tuesday.
10:12 a.m. End Public Hearing
Rick Knutsen reviews the Commissary Fund and how it is utilized. Brandt requests another tour of the tail booking process. Sheriff Ulmer advises that Latah County Commissioners toured the facility yesterday.
10:20 a.m. Stephanie Babb presents proposal from Watson for dispatch consoles-total for three with installation is $60,660.50-discussion. Brandt moves to approve the purchase of consoles out of E911 funds. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:30 a.m. Brandt opens Public Hearing on Application for Waiver filed by Ashley Graves. Ackerman swears in Ashley Graves and David Westberg. Graves regarding splitting her property-requests that she be able to split her lot within the Touch of Country Estates-CC&R’s for the subdivision have expired. Lindsley questions well capacity and septic-Graves advises that she has spoken with the well owner-current capacity has supported six parcels-she has provided a perk test. Dennis Silva questions the acreage in the proposed split-discussion. Jessup questions Graves regarding whether or not pursuing a subdivision plat would cause undue hardship. Graves speaks to special circumstances present that caused her to seek a waiver. Brandt closes public hearing. Jessup wants to conduct additional research on the application of Idaho statues. Continued to next week.
11:03 a.m. Kayla Brown and Mike Cook via Zoom present AWOS Grant Application. Brandt moves to approve the AWOS application. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Brown presents Apron Agreement-must be signed via docu-sign. Brandt moves to approve the Airport Improvement Agreement for the Apron. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Brandt applies electronic signature. Cook updates on other airport activities.
11:45 a.m. Guy VonBargen presents proposal for buy-out of a grader-this has been a good piece of equipment and purchase now will save between $5,000-$10,000 in interest-discussion. Brandt moves to approve the buy-out for $220,714.41. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:55 a.m. Meeting adjourned.
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Chairman Attest
