STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
NOVEMBER SESSION November 24, 2015 FOURTH TERM DAY
9:00 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Jim Chmelik, Mark Frei and Skip Brandt, and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Brandt moves to amend the agenda to include a discussion at 1:30 p.m. regarding an out of compliance highway district. Chmelik seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes.
Syd and Kylie regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 36,202.23 County Road and Bridge $ 27,206.29
Airport $ 26,692.79 Emergency comm. $ 4,440.66
District Court $ 1,814.22 Preventive Health $ 15.00
Title III-New $ 4,194.87 Indigent $ 7,093.63
Appraisal $ 1,127.81 Drug Enforcement $ 388.25
Sheriff’s Youth $ 254.00 Solid Waste $ 282.85
Election Cons. $ 328.84 Noxious Weeds $ 32,340.98
Snowmobile 25-B $ 10.00
Total Expenditures $ 142,392.42
Frei moves to approve the claims as presented. Brandt seconds. Motion passes with all in favor
9:17 a.m. Gene Meinen regarding meeting with Blue North Mills regarding salvage logging on the Tom Taha-road will need to be closed from 8-3 pm daily for a month-alternate route would be via Caribel or Beaverslide. Discussion regarding the high risk/safety factor and the need to get this taken care of-Brandt questions when this might begin-Meinen indicates that the contracts are still being negotiated. Once dates for closure are in place, the public will be notified.
9:30 a.m. Mike Cook regarding property near the airport that was being discussed as a possible location for a solid waste mega-site-Cook has reviewed the standards for airports receiving federal funding and the types of planes being serviced at the location-it does not appear that this location would fit parameters set forth in the FAA Advisory Circulars-discussion.
Mark Frei regarding other pieces of property being considered-feels that we can disregard railroad section on the truck route-could present a problem for neighboring businesses-discussion. Frei will continue to work on alternate locations. Frei regarding communication with Simmons regarding hours of operation for the mega-site, as well as which dumpsters will eliminated and which will remain and be fenced in. Discussion regarding fees structure.
9:50 a.m. Board of Equalization for Sub-roll-no appeals received. Chmelik moves to close the Board of Equalization-Sub-roll. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:00 a.m. Chmelik regarding health, safety and welfare component of the FRTA easement. Margaret McVicker, Joe Lemire and Wes Hoyt (via phone) regarding pursuing the need for alternate routes, especially in light of recent fire activity-discussion regarding FRTA easement and concerns regarding future changes to the agreement. Chmelik asks the group to come up with language to propose that will address these areas of concern. Hoyt regarding the historic value of the road and need to preserve them as such. Chmelik questions whether or not a highway district would be appropriate-discussion.
10:25 a.m. Zoanne Anderson and Dan Fabie , Idaho Department of Lands present update on Big Creek Land Exchange-received approval from the Land Board to move forward-appraisal has been completed, as well as the review appraisal-this appears to be a mutually acceptable exchange-one remaining fence encroachment exists on the Hollibaugh property which will need to be addressed before returning it to the Land Board. Chmelik questions the amount of the property tax loss for Idaho County-Anderson advises that it would be about $700 per year. Anderson advises that they have received some comment letters which will also be sent on to the Land Board. Anderson regarding fire salvage sales-about 7000 acres were burned, about 4000 acres are salvageable-they have restructured their plan for the coming years in order to accelerate the process-61 million board feet were put up within the past two months-discussion. Chmelik questions whether or not private land owners were included in these sales-Anderson advises that land owners are working directly with the mills, but Dave Summers is helping on this as a liaison. Discussion regarding variance process that will enable landowners to do salvage work. Anderson advises that net appraised amount for salvage bids was $7.1 million, sitting on overbids of $4.4 million. Dan Fabie regarding active regular timber sales in the area-Selway Sale is complete, 6.9 million board was original projection, but since the logging had to be completed via helicopter, they are a little short on that-overall it was successful-still waiting on a final court ruling to ensure access to the property. Due to the fire activity, most of the FY2016 proposed sales have been moved out a year. They still are looking at some pulp sales that will address forest damage/restoration. Anderson regarding meeting with area fire chiefs and how to handle payment for the use of volunteers by fire districts and fire departments that were called upon during the fires this summer-they have come up with a plan to address this that the fire chiefs all agreed to support-total reimbursement to local fire personnel is $235,546. Brandt questions which fires were the responsibility of IDL-Anderson advises that this is a very complicated process-there is a decision document that lays out who is responsible for what.
Chmelik moves to approve Orders for Cancellation totaling $997.76 and $397.44, as presented by Abbie Hudson. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Chmelik moves to approve the hiring of David Belt as seasonal, part-time Road Dept. employee at the rate of $16.32 per hour. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Chmelik moves to approve the wage increases for Sheriff’s Office employees Clifton Jones to $14.42 per hour, Brad Mundt to $16.40 per hour and Kevin Brown to $16.40 per hour for successful completion of POST. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Chmelik moves to approve leave request of Sheila Key. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
James Zehner regarding ag solid waste fees for two individuals who are now married-questions whether or not these can be combined. Commission has no objection to eliminating one fee since they are now married. Zehner will have an Order for Cancellation prepared.
Kathy Ackerman regarding holiday pay for janitor Jill Summers-approved guideline from December 2012 reduced her hours to 30 per week, which would make her ineligible for holiday pay-she is consistently working 40 hours per week, but has not been getting paid holidays-discussion. Commission approves paid holidays for Jill-Chmelik will follow-up with other issues concerning janitorial staff.
Ackerman requests early closing of the Courthouse on Christmas Eve at 1 pm and New Year’s Eve at 3 pm-discussion. Chmelik moves to approve request for early Courthouse closures as presented by Ackerman. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:17 a.m. Chmelik moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1)(f) for legal. Frei seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
11:46 a.m. Chmelik moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to Idaho Code 31-874. Brandt seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes.
1-Approval, 1-Denial, 0-Suspension, 1-Liens, 1-N1, 0-Lien Release, 0-N1 Release
12:03 p.m. End Indigent-break for lunch.
1:30 p.m. The Board reconvenes.
Chmelik moves to approve the minutes of the November 17 meeting as amended. Chmelik seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Kathy Ackerman regarding situation with Good Roads 2 Highway District-letters were sent to the Clerk, John Suhr, and last known District Commissioners Ed Stuivenga, Steve Pratt and John Calhoun advising them that there appear to be vacancies on the Commission that need to be addressed. Discussion regarding various remedies pursuant to Idaho Code. Brandt moves to appoint Chairman Jim Chmelik and Commissioner Mark Frei as interim board members for Good Roads 2 Highway District. Chmelik requests that Ackerman put together a letter to send out to residents of Good Roads 2 to let them know of the meeting to be held on December 8 at 7 pm to discuss the reorganization of the district.
2:05 p.m. Chmelik regarding additional meetings-he attended a meeting on November 17 with the Payette Forest Supervisor regarding Mackey Bar Outfitting permit. Brandt has a CBC meeting coming up on December 8 or 9—will know more next week.
2:10 p.m. Chmelik moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to Idaho Code 31-874. Frei seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes. No parties present.
2:15 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
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