STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
OCTOBER SESSION October 31, 2017 FIFTH TERM DAY
9:15 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.
9:30 a.m. Connie Jensen-Blyth regarding bids for updates to the weed shed-presents bids for a window installation and updated heating/cooling unit-the quotes were from May-she only got one response regarding the window installation-discussion. Brandt requests that she follow-up and contact others for updated quotes. She will come back once she obtains more information.
Jensen-Blyth updates regarding her attendance at the ISCA State conference for the invasive species check-station-she made some valuable contacts and got good information about moving forward with this project in the future. Jensen-Blyth will work on setting up a conference call with the folks in Owyhee County who have worked through some of the issues.
9:45 a.m. Brandt regarding bid openings for Meadow Lake Project: Mondragon $1400 per acre, $16,660 total; 5 Star Forestry-$875 per acre, $10,412.50 total; Roger & Robin Fehringer-$600 per acre, $7140 total; Futuristic Forestry-$945 per acre, $11,245.50 total; D3-$840 per acre, $9996 total. Clear Project: 5 Star Forestry-$1010 per acre, $5850 total; Mondragon-$1700 per acre, $9860 total; Futuristic Forestry-$1195 per acre, $6931 total. Brandt moves to award bid for Clear Project to 5 Star Forestry. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Randy Doman will review other bids and award will then be made on the Meadow Lake Project.
10:00 a.m. Kirk MacGregor regarding Resolution to abandon and vacate a portion of Baldwin Springs Road-reviews proposed resolution-resolution revised to include Section 5 in legal description and add ‘also known as Idaho County Road 367’ after the road name-discussion.
Duman moves to approve Idaho County Resolution 2017-08. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:15 a.m. Jim Church and Leigh Davis, Idaho County Fair Board Chairman, regarding replacement of Karla Enneking on the Fair Board. Karla’s term is ending. Davis and Church recommend Joyce Sonnen as a representative from the Cottonwood area to replace Karla. Brandt moves to approve appointment of Joyce Sonnen to the Idaho County Fair Board. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:30 a.m. Frei outlines pitfalls and issues with current Subdivision Ordinance and reviews his proposed goals for resolving these issues to create a simpler, understandable, streamlined process for subdivisions that respects private property rights while considering the health, safety, and welfare of the whole county. Frei presents a list of topics for consideration to address engineering requirements, quality control, quality assurance and inspections, record keeping, liability and the impact of inspections upon plat approval. Also to be addressed would be road dedication, what happens when the road is located outside the County Road & Bridge jurisdiction, requirement for a homeowner’s association and review by County engineer and surveyor. Brandt requests that the language for Certifications on the plat also be addressed. Meinen speaks to concerns about engineering-feels that engineering of the initial road is important-discussion regarding whether or not an additional review by a County engineer should be required as well as road standards. Discussion regarding having the developer’s engineer sign off on the final plat-this would eliminate a County review and put the responsibility for design and quality control on the developer. Frei suggests that Meinen and Cook draft road standard guidelines-discussion. Brandt suggests mandate that the roads are engineered and that the LHTAC guidelines for design and structure are to be considered-Frei suggests that any deviations from LHTAC standards would have to be explicitly delineated to the Commission-discussion. Commission determines that a review and sign off by the developer’s engineer that LHTAC guidelines have been considered in the development of the road specifications will absolve the need to list any deviations from the guidelines. Andrew Ottoson questions regarding the means for the public to weigh in on their concerns-Brandt advises that the public is always welcome to attend Commission meetings and would be able to express their concerns over deviations. Brandt questions regarding review by County surveyor-discussion. Brandt questions whether final approval should be given before construction begins-suggests a provision that upon final approval the developer has a year to put in the roads-discussion regarding other possible solutions for plat approval that would ensure that the roads are built to standards and that lots could be sold. James Zehner suggests requiring a bond-Brandt suggests that there be an option to either do a Certificate of Completion (of roads) or put up a bond before any lots be sold. Discussion will be continued next week at 1 pm.
Duman moves to approve the minutes of the October 24 meeting as amended. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve distribution of budgeted $8000 to Idaho Soil and Water Conservation. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve purchase of computer for Prosecutor’s Office. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve Certificate of Residency for Garrett Key. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve Orders for Cancellation as per Abbie Hudson. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve wage increase for ICSO employee Michael Victorino for completion of POST. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve Idaho County Extension annual report. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the dues for the Clearwater Management Council for $1920. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the hiring of Linda Arnzen as part-time seasonal help for the tax drive. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the additional meeting requests of Duman and Brandt. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Additional Meetings-Brandt-Idaho Forest Biomass Workshop-November 8-9 in Grangeville; Duman-ICLP-November 2-Grangeville.
12:30 p.m. Meeting adjourned.
Chairman______________________________ Attest:____________________________
