STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
SEPTEMBER SESSION SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 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.
Skip Brandt regarding the appropriate budget allocation for civil counsel assistance-discussion. Kirk MacGregor advises that he has discussed this with Matt Jessup in terms of how to split the workload-will get together with Jessup again to finalize a tentative plan. Funding for this contracted position will be moved from the Prosecutor’s budget and put in the Commissioner’s budget under Professional Services.
8:45 a.m. Syd regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 35,135.35 County Road and Bridge $ 71,902.05
Airport $ 10,992.85 Emergency Comm. $ 679.14
District Court $ 1,735.29 Title III-New $ 124.96
Indigent $ 13,514.34 Appraisal $ 2,016.00
Solid Waste $ 14,535.04 Search & Rescue $ 247.84
Elections Consol. $ 37.93 Noxious Weeds $ 22,168.00
Snowmobile 25-A $ 25.88
Total Expenditures $ 303,114.67
Duman moves to pay the claims. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:00 a.m. James Zehner and Ashley Pineda regarding maintenance renewal for the AS400-no changes, this is an annual renewal. Brandt moves to approve the renewal for $2659.93. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:15 a.m. Connie Jensen-Blyth regarding payment of accounting services to manage grants-provides a summary of professional services provided by Lamm & Company, who have been doing the grant management for several years. Discussion regarding how to best utilize current staff to pick up the accounting piece in light of other responsibilities in the Extension Office. Jim Church advises that he is willing to work with scheduling to accommodate the needs of the Weed Department-advises that they need to acquire a new computer, QuickBooks program and training. Commission suggests that Jill begin shadowing the bookkeeping piece-progress in our own record keeping and ability will continue to be assessed to make sure she feels comfortable taking on the added responsibilities.
Jensen-Blyth updates regarding weed activity in the County and the ‘early detection, rapid response’ directive-discussion. Advises that Jeremy Varley, from the State, wants to come up and assume the handling of a newly discovered weed-Commission advises that they have no objection to the State intervening, as long as citizen’s rights are not compromised.
9:45 a.m. Randy Doman presents proposal for new pick up-discussion regarding purchase and budget-capital line will need to be established in Title III New to accommodate the purchase. Discussion regarding reopening the budget and drafting of a resolution. Ackerman will have a resolution available next week.
10:15 a.m. Kathy Ackerman regarding proposed updates to the Employee Handbook-reviews the summary sheet-discussion regarding an exception for those working rotating shifts-Commission would like to see an addition to the policy to reflect an exemption for shift workers. Continued to next week for further discussion.
10:30 a.m. Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1)b for Personnel. Duman seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
10:40 a.m. End Executive Session
10:55 a.m. Miscellaneous Approvals: Brandt moves to approve the minutes of the September 4 meeting. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Rapid River Water & Sewer request for L2 extension. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the CAI agreement for maintenance and license fees. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the contract with Crea Construction for Villiage 21 Culvert Repair. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Sheriff’s Office request for tire purchases. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the new wage for Trudy Slagle. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the transfer of Cody Kilmar to temporary full time in Dispatch. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve Resolution 2018-15 for the FY2019 Budget. 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.
11:00 a.m. Aaron Freudenthall, Public Defense Commission, updates regarding the rules that are being worked on this year-advises that caseload rules will not really impact Idaho County-discussion. Freudenthall advises that they are also working on contract language and standards. Freudenthall advises that Kimberly Simmons, IPDC Executive Director, will be leaving in November-discussion regarding filling this position, the budget process and grant funding.
11:30 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
0-Approval; 0-Denial; 0-Suspension; 1-Lien; 1-N1; 0-Release of Lien, 0-Release of N1
11:33 a.m. End Indigent Break for Lunch
1:00 p.m. Brandt regarding Idaho County Historic Preservation Commission-a recent review of our commission appointment process brought to light the fact that we only had 2 members on the Commission currently serving as duly appointed members. Brandt advises that he attempted to reach out to the prior members to rectify this, which resulted in numerous resignations. Brandt moves to accept the resignations of Jane Spencer and Jerry Johnson, the only two duly appointed members. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Brandt moves to reappoint Jamie Edmondson to the Commission at her request. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Brandt advises that several people have expressed an interest in serving. Brandt moves to appoint Marge Arnzen, Erin Duden, Don DeArmond, Delbert Matson, Jim Chmelik, Scott Swearingen, and Karen Crosby to the Idaho County Historic Preservation Commission. Discussion regarding how the terms will be assigned-Commission opts to place all names in a hat and then draw for terms-the Commission will organize itself when they begin meeting. Names and terms drawn: 1, 1-year term-Jamie Edmondson, 2, 2year terms-Scott Swearingen & Erin Duden; Marge Arnzen, Don Dearmond, Delbert Matson, Karen Crosby and Jim Chmelik are all appointed to 3 year terms. Discussion regarding possible changes to the Ordinance to include specific language regarding notifying the BOCC for registry nominations, as well as meeting with the BOCC quarterly or as needed in order to maintain better communication. Discussion regarding including language in the Ordinance that would direct ICHPC to also consider economic impact and citizen’s rights.
Additional meetings-Brandt-CBC-September 20, Brandt & Duman-IAC Annual Conference-September 24-26.
1:25 p.m. Meeting Adjourned
Chairman______________________________ Attest:____________________________
