STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho
SEPTEMBER SESSION SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 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.
Brandt moves to go into Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1)b for Personnel. Frei seconds. Roll call-District 1-yes; District 2-yes; District 3-yes
8:40 a.m. End Executive Session
8:45 a.m. Kelly regarding claims:
Current Expense $ 120,945.68 County Road and Bridge $ 233,174.92
Airport $ 22,040.52 Emergency Comm. $ 2,213.00
District Court $ 4,440.65 Title III-New $ 601.58
Indigent $ 5,363.71 Appraisal $ 535.31
Solid Waste $ 148,579.24 Election Consolidation $ 42.76
Noxious Weeds $ 8,769.31 Snowmobile 25A $ 11.50
Waterways $ 3,690.80 Snowmobile 25B $ 11.50
Interlock Device $ 85.00
Total Expenditures $ 550,505.48
Duman moves to pay the claims. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:00 a.m. Bid opening for Uhlenkott, Willey and Greenlee projects. Willey-$2,350 per acre; Greenlee-$7600; Uhlenkott-$19,620. Brandt moves to approve bid. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Paul explains why some projects are bid per acre and others are not-discussion.
Brandt regarding Governor’s Safety Plan Initiative-discussion regarding participating with remaining concerns about wages being substantially different and outside of the current budget. Brandt moves to not participate in the Governor’s Safety Plan Initiative. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:15 a.m. Kathy Ackerman updates on MOU prepared by Matt Jessup, who was unable to attend today. Project completion deadline is 4 pm on December 15, 2020 with all reimbursable invoices due by noon on December 14, 2020. Commission reviews MOU. Duman moves to approve the MOU’s with Airbridge. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
9:30 a.m. James Zehner and Betty Umbinetti regarding increasing Administrative Fees for DVM work in the Assessor’s Office. Zehner presents a handout breaking out charges and salaries, as well as what area offices are charging. Brandt moves to raise the DMV admin fee up to $4.50. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor. Ackerman will set for Public Hearing as the increase is over 5%.
9:45 a.m. Brandt regarding Payroll Tax Holiday which would inactivate employee payroll taxes for 4 months-tax would then be collected at above the regular rate in order to make up for the holiday. Frei moves to deny the Payroll Tax Holiday. Brandt seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:02 a.m. Brandt opens Public Hearing on Budget. No members of the public are present. Duman advises that he would have like to have seen pay increases for employees-discussion. Discussion regarding solid waste fees and Road & Bridge funding needs for next year.
10:15 a.m. End Budget Hearing
10:25 a.m. Ackerman regarding Idaho County Resolution 2020-13 reserving forgone of $102,534-this is a new change and is required to be submitted with our L2. Brandt moves to approve Resolution 2020-13. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
10:30 a.m. Barbara Grimm regarding proposed road name-discussion. Brandt moves to approve Abiding Way. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Grimm asks for clarification regarding road naming-if she has 100% agreement from all impacted property owners, there is no need to bring it to the Commission.
Grimm requests server for Mapping-presents quote from CompuNet-discussion. This will be placed on the agenda for next week. Grimm advises that she obtained a storage device from the USFS that she is no longer using at home-she would like to donate it to the County, as she is not using it any longer-this can be formatted by CompuNet for our use. Commission has no objection to this. Grimm regarding requests for maps from property owners-discussion regarding pricing and requests for custom mapping. Grimm advises that she is checking on pricing for NAPE imaging for our website. Grimm advises they have begun work on line adjustment in the City of Grangeville. Grimm questions whether or not it would be okay to put the link to the parcel viewer on the website-discussion. Commission has no objection to this being put on the website.
10:45 a.m. Connie Jensen-Blyth regarding Clear Creek Knotweed Project-bids from Graning Ranch & Co. are $10,000 for each of two treatment sites. Frei moves to approve. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:00 a.m. Sam Augello regarding WatchGuard Body Cams-previous quote was not correct. He is requesting 3 refurbished body cams and 2 new body cams. Brandt moves to approve the request for an additional $1000 for the requested body cams. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
11:15 a.m. Brandt moves to approve the minutes of September 1. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the VMWare renewal for 3 years. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Certificates of Residency for Jakalli Norman and Emma Gehring. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the donation of vacation hours from Donnie Clay to Frank Mignerey. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the fire wages as requested by the Sheriff’s Office. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increase for Roberto Hernandez for successful completion of probation. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the wage increase for Phillip Graham for successful completion of probation. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the Miicor renewal. Frei seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Brandt moves to approve the L2 extension requests for Pine Ridge and Grangeville Cemetery District. Duman seconds. Motion carries with all in favor.
Additional Meetings-Brandt-PILT-SRS Day of Action-September 9; Duman-CMC-September 17; Frei-Public Health-September 24
11:25 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 2-yes
1-Approval; 1-Denial
11:30a.m. End Indigent
11:26 a.m. Meeting adjourned.
Chairman______________________________ Attest:____________________________
