STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
SEPTEMBER SESSION September 12, 2017 SECOND TERM DAY
9:00 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.
Syd regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 76,527.50 County Road and Bridge $ 93,505.53
Airport $ 51,696.51 Emergency Comm. $ 419.35
District Court $ 14,537.78 Title III-New $ 11,128.53
Indigent $ 5,850.18 Junior College $ 500.00
Appraisal $ 4,442.00 Solid Waste $ 144.754.37
Search & Rescue $ 623.14 Noxious Weeds $ 34,038.89
Snowmobile 25-A $ 23.09 Waterways $ 630.00
Total Expenditures $ 438,676.87
Frei moves to approve the claims. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:15 a.m. Kirk MacGregor regarding agreement between the City of Cottonwood and the Sheriff’s Office for a School Resource Officer at Prairie High School-discussion. Duman moves to approve the agreement. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:30 a.m. Matt Jessup, representing James Cool, who has property in the Pollock Road area which is adjacent to a slide area-Mr. Cool wishes to build a fence around his property-would encroach on the County right of way. He was here previously requesting permission proceed with the planned project. Jessup drafted an agreement that has been reviewed by MacGregor-discussion. Duman moves to approve the agreement. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Frei moves to approve the minutes of the September 5 meeting as corrected. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:45 a.m. Gene Meinen regarding Manning Crevice Bridge technical report-advises that the review of the report from Leavitt & Associates regarding the “Humpty Dumpty Temporary Stabilization Plan” was performed by GeoProfessional Innovation. The review advises that the County not accept the rock-abandonment proposal plan-discussion. Mike Cook will draft a letter for Commission signatures concerning this issue and the outcome of our technical review.
10:00 a.m. Chad Erickson and Timothy Hicks regarding Tahoe Ridge Estates Subdivision-present an updated version of road access and associated road engineering-discussion regarding new proposal and the need for a variance, as it pertains to Ordinance #59. MacGregor reviews ordinance and Mr. Erickson’s argument that LHTAC regulations allow some modification-advises that he feels a public hearing is still required pursuant to our Ordinance-discussion-Commissioners concur. Hicks questions what the specific issues are that would require a variance-discussion. Mr. Hicks will check with an engineer-continued until 10 am, September 19.
10:27 a.m. Jerry Zumalt updates regarding FEMA road repairs-there is an issue with the Big Cedar Road as FEMA has made significant changes to the project worksheet after initial approval-this amounts to $339,000. Zumalt also provides estimate on Cove Road-this is pending. Cedar Creek has been signed and sent in. Maxwell Lane and Cottonwood Creek have been combined-will have special bidding requirements to include DBE solicitation and documentation. Other roads scheduled for repair seem to be on track. Zumalt advises that the Village 21 culvert has not maintained by the County, although several individuals report that it was replaced in the 1990’s with FEMA funds-discussion regarding making the repairs and how that impacts future repairs to roads that provide access to subdivisions-Commission advises to move forward with attempting to secure funding. Zumalt advises regarding Glenwood Road Culvert-has been approved by Federal Highways, but unfunded at this time. Zumalt advises that Cedar Creek is good to go, but he is uncertain how long it will take to get reimbursement due to the flooding and hurricane incidents in Texas and Florida-discussion. Meinen advises that Maxwell Lane and Cedar Creek are two projects that are high priority-commends Zumalt for his efforts to straighten out all of these issues.
10:55 a.m. Zumalt presents EMPG Grant Agreement-50% match. Brandt moves to approve the grant agreement. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:00 a.m. Brandt 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
3-Approval; 0-Denial; 0-Suspended; 0-Lien; 0-N-1; 0-Release Lien; 0-Release N-1
11:20 a.m. End Indigent
Mike Cook regarding update on airport project-requests an additional $20,000 be added to the contract with Riedesel-advises that this may be recovered on the liquidated damages-discussion. Brandt moves to approve the extension of the contract and additional funds for Riedesel. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Cook requests permission to attend a conference in Helena in November-Commission has no objection.
Additional Meetings-Brandt-Meeting with Abbie Hudson and Jill Summers-September 14.
Duman-Landfill Meeting during IAC Annual Conference-September 25-28.
Brandt moves to approve the request for $500 deposit for MOSS from Sts. Peter and Paul School. Duman and Brandt in favor. Frei abstains-conflict as a SPPS Board member.
Brandt moves to approve the additional meeting request for Duman. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve Resolution 2017-07 adopting the FY2018 Budget. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Certificate of Residency for Madison Rehder. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Certificate of Residency for Hailey Wilson. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the 2% wage increase for Sheriff’s Office Employees as requested by Doug Giddings. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Certificate of Residency for Molly VanSteenwyk. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Order for Cancellation as per Abbie Hudson. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increases as requested by Abbie Hudson for the Treasurer’s Office and Data Processing. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increases as requested by James Zehner. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increase for Kelly Bashaw for completion of probation. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increases as requested by Kathy Ackerman for District Court, Auditor’s Office, Recorder’s Office, Elections and Indigent. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increases as requested by Nadine McDonald. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the 2% wage increases for employees under their direct supervision. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increase for Road Dept. employees as requested by Gene Meinen. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the 2% wage increase for Jerry Zumalt. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the 2% wage increase as requested by Jim Church for Extension. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the 2% wage increase for Mike Cook and Norm Lowe. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Certificate of County Levies. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:59 a.m. Frei moves to adjourn. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Chairman______________________________ Attest:____________________________
