STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
OCTOBER SESSION October 17, 2017 THIRD TERM DAY
9:15 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Skip Brandt and Mark Frei and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present. Denis Duman will be a little late.
The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Commissioner Frei offered an opening prayer.
9:15 a.m. Pending arrival of Jim Gorges, Brandt questions Commission regarding moving forward with American Fidelity-discussion regarding AFLAC and American Fidelity co-existing through payroll deduction. Brandt moves to move forward with American Fidelity. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:45 a.m. Mike Cook regarding additional costs to Riedesel for ongoing work with the airport project pending completion of the contract-presents an agreement for additional compensation up to $40,000-requests review and signature. Brandt moves to approve Amendment #4 of Engineering Agreement for Runway & Taxiway. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Cook updates regarding the areas of dispute in the construction project and proposed solutions-Frei will review and the Commission will make a decision on recommended alternatives.
10:00 a.m. Dan Coonce, with LHTAC, Gene Meinen and Mike Cook regarding Salmon River Road Project. Coonce advises that he has been working with Cook for several months trying to come to an agreement on the State and Local Agreement with ITD. Cook directs the Commission to review the packets they were provided-Cook outlines documents in the packet-MOU, Substantial Conformity, Proposed State and Local Agreement, email correspondence between Cook & Coonce, and lastly, the latest Agreement with some, but not all requested changes. Discussion. Coonce advises that as additional contracts come up as the project moves forward, he will be working with our staff to address any concerns-advises that these projects are completed by a two agreement process, one for design and one for construction. Jeff Miles, LHTAC, advises the verbiage of concern is standard in these types of agreements-advises that he feels that ITD has an exceptional working relationship with Idaho County-advises they will work to make this agreement one that moves through the project smoothly. Brandt moves to approve the State and Local Agreement for the Salmon River Road design. Duman seconds. Frei questions whether or not the concerns brought forth by Cook and Meinen are open for negotiation. Coonce advises the he has worked to address the concerns to the best of his ability. Motion carries with all in favor. Final Agreement will be sent to Ackerman for signatures next week.
10:23 a.m. Doug Nelson of Nelson Timber Management & Consulting and Gene Meinen regarding helicopter logging in the Clear Creek area that will involve flying logs across the County road to a landing site on private property-proposed contract would prohibit flight over residences. Meinen advises that the main impact to the County road will be traffic control-expected to be a one day project. Nelson advises that the logging company, R & R Conner Aviation, LLC. has provided a copy of their liability insurance and will be happy to add Idaho County as an additional insured. Frei questions who will do traffic control-Nelson advises that this will be contracted out. Frei questions the length of delay and the number of residents who live in that area-Meinen advises that several residents live on that road-delays expected to be 10-15 minutes. Frei advises that he would like them to keep delays to 10 minutes. Commission has no objection as long as the County is added as additional insured, delays will be kept to a minimum and school buses and first responders will be given ready access. Nelson will work with Meinen on any permits needed.
Frei moves to approve the minutes of October 10. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:00 a.m. Zoanne Anderson, NEPA planner USFS, regarding the End of the World project-provides update for Commission along with handout. Project has changed from the original name of Cove Fish to End of the World-will be run through the Farm Bill for disease and insect treatment. Anderson advises concerning management opportunities which will include a lot of thinning-advises that 28 miles of road have been proposed for decommissioning. Anderson advises a proposed action will be put out for scoping by January 1-this starts the process-they are hoping to move this through by utilizing the environmental assessment process rather than environmental impact process. The long-term goal it to have this all signed by January 2018. Anderson advises that some of the project will focus on thinning in the Fish Creek Campground area to facilitate improved recreational opportunities. Cook questions how the Idaho County Resource Plan is being considered in this project-Anderson advises she believes that the project is in conformity with our plan. James Zehner questions whether or not there is an estimate of the amount of timber and whether any of the harvest will qualify as 25% funds-Brandt advises that everything under the Farm Bill is exempt from the 25% formula. Connie Jensen-Blyth advises that she would like to be kept in the loop so their noxious weed treatment does not conflict with the proposal-discussion.
Connie Jensen-Blyth requests approval for her attendance at the Invasive Species Check-Station annual meeting with ISDA. Commission has no objection.
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 Additional Meeting requests for Brandt and Duman. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve pay increase for Penny Casey. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the pay increase for Carrie Kaschmitter. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:25 a.m. Brandt moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to 31-874. Frei seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes, District 2-yes, District 3-yes
1-Approval; 0-Denial; 2-Suspended; 1-Lien; 1-N-1; 0-Release Lien; 0-Release N-1
11:54 a.m. End Indigent
Additional Meetings: Frei-October 26, Public Health in Lewiston; Duman-October 25-Ida-Lew; October 26-CMC; Brandt- October 25-CBC Working Group, October 26-CBC Forest Plan Revision.
12:19 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
Chairman______________________________ Attest:____________________________
