STATE OF IDAHO

County of Idaho

 

OCTOBER SESSION                             October 9, 2012                                 SECOND TERM DAY

 

11:00 a.m. The board convened with Commissioners Skip Brandt and James Rockwell and Kathy Ackerman, Clerk present. Jim Chmelik will be here after lunch.

 

The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

11:00 a.m. Syd regarding claims FY2012

Current Expense          $       60,124.99           County Road and Bridge         $   241,909.86

Airport                           $       63,846.66            Emergency Communication    $           349.81

District Court               $         2,715.27            Title III-New                            $   119,047.14

Indigent                         $         1,112.69            Pest                                         $       2,000.00

Appraisal                      $         1,445.51            Solid Waste                             $   110,822.25

Election Consolidation$               10.11          Noxious Weeds                       $       1,622.51

Waterways                    $         4,000.00           Range Improvement                $       2,360.00

Total Expenditures      $     611,366.80

 

FY2013-Claims

Current Expense          $       10,946.64           County Road and Bridge         $             29.99

District Court               $         6,759.00

Total Expenditures      $       17,735.63

 

Brandt moves to approve payment of claims for FY2012. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.

 

Brandt moves to approve payment of claims for FY2013. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.

 

11:15 a.m. Rebecca Warden regarding estimate for new server-$6036.38. This is necessary due to the large amounts of stored documents we have-many departments are scanning and this eats up a lot of space.

 

11:25 a.m. Deanna Hall regarding solid waste cancellation request-Ron Bietelspacher’s mother’s home-no power, uninhabitable. Rockwell moves to approve cancellation. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.

 

11:30 a.m. Brandt moves to go into Indigent proceedings pursuant to IC 31-874. Rockwell seconds. Roll call-District 1 & 2 in favor. District 3 is absent.

 

0-Approval, 1 Denial, 1 Suspended/Tolled, 1-N1, 0 release-N1, 1-Liens, 0-Lien Release

 

11:35 a.m. End Executive Session

 

11:40 a.m. Gene Meinen regarding letter from Carl Smid’s attorney-discussion. We will forward this to Kirk MacGregor to see if there needs to be any follow-up.

 

Meinen regarding agreement with the Payette-discussion.

 

Meinen regarding repair to road on Morrow property-he is still working on options for addressing this.

 

Meinen and Cook met with fire management crews in Dixie-road are in relatively good shape-they did agree to reimburse for grading work to be completed once we get some moisture.

 

11:49 a.m. Break for lunch.

 

1:00 p.m. The Board reconvenes. Jim Chmelik is absent-will be here shortly.

 

Ron Funke and James Zehner regarding property in the Secesh area-was purchased by Midvale Telephone Company in April 2011. This has been centrally assessed by the State Tax Commission-requesting cancellation. Rockwell moves to cancel taxes as requested. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Discussion regarding solid waste fees on property-Ron will check on this further.

 

1:15 p.m. Dan Vaughn from Pierce has formed a company called French Mountain Resources-has entered into an agreement to purchase the lime plant here. Vaughn is here to open communication with the Commission in order to make sure that they are complying with any county regulations for both lime production and also for a possible cement plant-this would potentially create 40 jobs at the lime plant and 100 jobs at the cement plant. (Commissioner Chmelik now present.) Construction of the cement plant would take approximately 1 ½ years.   Discussion regarding area of impact, other regulations. Vaughn will be meeting with Grangeville City Council, DEQ and others.

 

1:35 p.m. Brandt moves to approve minutes of the October 2 meeting as amended by Rockwell. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.

 

1:45 p.m. Brandt regarding janitor position opening-we have been provided with a list of duties for discussion. Rockwell questions Vern Meyer regarding the tasks he does each day-contracts out electrical, plumbing, exterior painting, exterior windows, lawn, snow plowing, etc.   Janitor supervises these contractors, and is available all day for deliveries, orders, general cleaning, etc. Heavy lifting is required-may need to be done by a man/men. He picks up empty boxes.

 

2:05 p.m. Jerry Zumalt regarding disaster declaration-recommends canceling declaration, effective today. Rockwell so moves. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Zumalt provides general fire update-discussion.

 

2:30 p.m. Brandt regarding discussion/interviews-will be conducted during Executive Session. Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to IC 67-2345(a). Chmelik seconds. Roll call-all in favor.

 

3:25 p.m. End Executive Session

 

Based on letters of recommendation, experience and qualifications and interviews, Brandt moves to appoint Deanna Hall to fill the Treasurer’s position, vacated by Sharon Cox who is retiring at the end of the month. Rockwell seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.

 

Ackerman regarding Petition to Vacate a Public Street she received-she will work with Joe Wright to set up the hearing date-will most likely be November 27 in order to comply with statutes.

 

3:45 p.m. Meeting adjourned.

 

Chairman:_______________________________     Attest:______________________