STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
MAY SESSION MAY 27, 2025 FOURTH TERM DAY
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8:45 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) b for Personnel. Lindsley second. Roll Call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
9:05 a.m. End Executive Session
Brian Hewson regarding quote for transmission repair on another vehicle. Brandt moves to approve the transmission repair from Extreme Auto for $7,350.89. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Monica Walker presents quote for equipment for the SRO vehicle-this will be added to the vehicle price and spread out over four years. Brandt moves to approve the quote as presented. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Rick Knutsen presents list of needed equipment for the jail-discussion. Brandt moves to approve the list. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Doug Ulmer updates Commission on the Lochsa River Blow-out-they had numerous citations, misdemeanor charges, felony arrests, DUI’s and canine alerts-discussion.
Rick Knutsen updates regarding refrigerated trailer for transporting food.
9:30 a.m. Brandt regarding bid opening for Cottonwood Creek Road Repair. Brandt advises that he was contacted by a property owner, Darrel Newman, with concerns about where the riprap is going to be located-discussion regarding the change of the flow of the river. Bids received:
Debco Construction: $543,210.00
Western Construction: $547,371.75
Elite Excavation: $398,308.00
Knife River: $576,103.00
Crea Construction: $552,973.00
Brandt regarding rock crushing-moves to approve the bid from Seubert Excavators. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:45 a.m. Teresa regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 34,032.00 County Road & Bridge: $ 110,578.95
Airport: $ 60.00 Emergency Comm: $ 681.42
District Court: $ 6,727.96 Election Consol.: $ 1,753.98
Noxious Weeds: $ 805.56 Snowmobile 25-B: $ 20.00
LATCF: $ 6,171.50 Broadband Fund: $ 19,954.00
Total: $ 110,785.37
Higgins moves to approve the claims. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:00 a.m. Brandt opens public hearing on the Application for Variance filed by the Farnum-Jessup clarifies that this should be approached as a Waiver. David Farnum sworn and testifies regarding the plans for the property. Jessup questions applicants regarding whether or not strict adherence to the provisions of the ordinance be cost restrictive and overly burdensome-Farnum advises that it would be. Discussion regarding other aspects of development such as wells, septic and road access. Brandt moves to approve the waiver as per Idaho County Code 150.059A. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:30 a.m. Brandt moves to approve the Quit Claim Deed for White Bird Station. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Orders of Cancelation as per Abbie Hudson. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Certificate of Residency for Nichole White. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the transfer of funds through the FAA to the City of Jerome. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the hiring of Tony Vieira as an Appraiser. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the May 13 meeting. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Alcoholic Beverage Licenses for Summerville’s and White Bird Store. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Additional Meeting Request for Brandt for WIR. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Additional Meetings-Higgins-June 12-Stibnite Advisory, June 26-Public Health; Lindsley-June 12 -USFS Trail Cat Meeting; Brandt-June 12-Public Lands, USFS Trail Cat Meeting
11:00 a.m. Michael Brown updates Commission regarding our ESRI Renewal-Brown has spent a lot of time digging into the specifics of the agreement and our needs-discussion regarding upgrading to an Enterprise level that will allow multiple users. Brown advises regarding how ESRI interfaces with our current programs-recommends approval for the 3-year quote for Enterprise. Brandt moves to approve the ESRI Quote for Enterprise for $60,000 for 3-years. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brown updates regarding the renewal quotes for both Veeam and Cisco-advises that both are annual software renewals for our hardware. Brandt moves to approve the CompuNet quotes for Veeam and Cisco. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:09 a.m. Sandi Paul presents contract for clean-up of the pit at Red River-she obtained a quote from Randy Nunnally-discussion. Brandt moves to approve the contract for $2000 with Nunnally as presented. Higgins seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:30 a.m. Ackerman advises that she was contacted by Daniel Gunter regarding the possible purchase of a parcel of County property that is adjacent to his. Guy VonBargen advises that there used to be a rock pit there, but it’s not used and isn’t of value-discussion. Jessup advises regarding process for offering this parcel for sale and the need to maintain the right-of-ways-discussion. Jessup advises that the minimum bid should be set at the cost of publication.
11:39 a.m. Break for lunch.
1:00 p.m. Canvass of the May 20 Election Brandt moves to approve the Canvass. Lindsley seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
1:41 p.m. Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1) e. Lindsley seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
2:02 p.m. Meeting Adjourned.
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Chairman Attest
