STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
NOVEMBER SESSION November 14, 2017 SECOND 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.
Kelly regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 13,398.11 County Road and Bridge $ 201,678.43
Airport $ 6,786.28 Emergency Communication $ 812.58
District Court $ 19,305.58 Preventive Health $ 31,603.75
Title III-New $ 12,635.69 Indigent $ 1,208.37
Appraisal $ 95.45 Solid Waste $ 142,837.78
Search & Rescue $ 7,307.78 Election Consolidation $ 348.83
Noxious Weeds $ 44,853.83 Snowmobile 25-A $ 23.00
Waterways $ 1,920.00 Snowmobile 25-B $ 12.00
Total Expenditures $ 547,535.03
Frei moves to approve the claims. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
8:52 a.m. Brandt regarding contract with JUB for slide repair services. Brandt moves to approve the contract with JUB Engineering for road slide repairs. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Duman moves to approve the bid of Cook & Sons Construction for the Cedar Creek Slide Repair. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Request for Funds for the Syringa Hospital Block Grant. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:03 a.m. Brandt regarding bids for the Loop Project-7.1 acres- 5 Star Forestry-$2750 per acre, $18,850 total; Mondragon-$1100 per acre, $7810 total; Futuristic Forestry-$1205 per acre, $8550.50 total; D3-$1386 per acre, $9840.60 total. Brandt moves to accept the bid of Mondragon Forestry. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:16 a.m. Canvassing of the November 7 election.
9:40 a.m. End Canvassing. Brandt moves to approve the canvass of votes. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:00 a.m. Kirk MacGregor regarding agreement with Intermountain Hospital for mental holds-explains how these cases move through the Courts. MacGregor advises this agreement covers the time period prior to the commitment hearing. Brandt moves to approve the Intermountain Hospital agreement. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:09 a.m. Frei moves to approve the lease agreement with Idaho Forest Group for Idaho County Recycling. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:20 a.m. Brandt moves to approve the Order for Cancellation for Dennis Baldus. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:26 a.m. Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the November 7 meeting as amended. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:30 a.m. Penny Casey regarding the appointment of Jerry Johnson to the Idaho County Historic Preservation Commission. Brandt moves to approve the appointment. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:35 a.m. Ellen Anderson and Sohail, vial phone, regarding property belonging to her parents that was taken on a tax deed-requests an additional 6 months in order to make enough money to place a bid-advises that they are unable to move ahead with a probate as it has been too long. Kirk MacGregor advises that there is no provision for proceeding to probate after the 3 year time frame-the family would have to move through a Quiet Title action in order to resolve this issue-advises that the family could come in and bid on the property. Ms. Anderson again requests additional time to save enough money to purchase the property. Brandt questions whether or not the sale can be cancelled after it’s been advertised. MacGregor advises that he is unaware of any law that prohibits cancelling the sale. Duman moves to postpone the sale until the end of the 14 month redemption period. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Abbie Hudson will try to contact the newspaper and will post notices regarding the cancellation.
11:00 a.m. Nadine McDonald regarding year end Juvenile Probation report-presents handout of report that details the financial review, demographics, age of entry, and number of felonies. Brandt questions regarding adult misdemeanor probation-McDonald advises they have around 200 cases that are on compliance check and about 32 on supervised probation. Discussion regarding arming the misdemeanor officer. Brandt moves to approve the year-end report. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:15 a.m. Connie Jensen-Blyth advises that she called several other contractors regarding the window installation and the heating/ac quote. Jensen-Blyth advises that she did get a quote from Mike’s in Lewiston-quote was about $1000 more than Quality. Jensen-Blyth advises that she did contact others regarding the window and could not get anyone else to make a quote. Duman moves to approve the quote from Taskman for the window and Quality Heating for the heating/ac. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Jensen-Blyth advises that she obtained a quote from CompuNet for a new laptop that will have everything she needs for mapping. She will be using the laptop and her current computer will go out to the weed shed. Frei moves to approve the quote for the computer. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Jensen-Blyth updates regarding the invasive species check station and spraying of the right-of-way on County roads.
11:28 a.m. Brandt moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to Idaho Code 31-874. Duman seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
2-Approval; 0-Denial; 0-Suspension; 5-Lien; 5-N1; 0-Release of Lien, 0-Release of N1
11:37 a.m. End Indigent
Brandt updates regarding the Bio-Energy Summit-provides handout for Duman and Frei to review.
Brandt moves to approve the additional meeting requests for Brandt and Frei. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Orders of Cancellation as per Abbie Hudson. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Certificates of Residency for Peyton Baush, Devan Branstetter, Payton Branstetter, Tehya Gubitosi, Emily Diaz, Canyon Harper, Reece Jones, and Chevelle Shepherd. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Frei moves to approve request of Kirk MacGregor for hiring Patty Suhr as temporary help in the Prosecutor’s Office. Duman seconds. Motion carries with Frei and Duman in favor. Brandt opposes.
12:20 p.m. Frei moves to adjourn. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Chairman______________________________ Attest:____________________________
