March 17, 2008

STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho

MARCH SESSION March 17, 2008 THIRD TERM DAY

The Board met at 9:00 a.m. with all members present.

Gene Meinen re: road and airport report. Various roads discussed – graveling – speed limits – gravel bids – road rights of way.
Radio system discussed – will continue to work with Jerry Zumalt.
Airport – card reader repaired (Gasboy) – quotes on card reader system discussed $13,775.00 to replace – tabled. FBO discussed.

Grangeville Rural Fire Department and Walco regarding dumpster fires – requesting who is responsible for cost of damage. Fire Dept. uses foam instead of water to put out fire – adds extra weight to dumpsters – cost to put fire out is $300-$350. Discussion followed. Commissioners will meet with Dennis Albers to get a press release out.

Silver Lakes Estate II subdivision – Randy explained variance process. Commissioners allowed Elk Ridge Road to be private – after public hearing was held on March 20, 2006. Grangeville Highway District has a concern on whether or not they want the fee title to the roads within the subdivision.
Grangeville Highway was to give commissioners a letter today – no letter received.
Citizens living on this road presented a copy of a letter they presented to Grangeville Highway District expressing their concerns on additional traffic on this road. Discussion followed.
Dennis Albers reported this subdivision does not have public right of way into this subdivision. Discussion.
Darin Fales, lawyer for Holliman’s, stated we haven’t moved on any further on this subdivision from a month ago. Charlie Holliman has done everything the county has asked him to do – wanting to know what are the issues.
March 25, 2008 – 7:30 p.m. Grangeville Highway District meeting to discuss this subdivision. An answer can then be given to commissioners.
Charlotte Pecarovich expressed her concerns on the narrow road near the ponds going to subdivision – it is a danger to the public.
Daryl Mullinix questioned the private variance.
Randy explained the commissioners granted the variance for a private road in 2006, however, Charlie Holliman decided not to make the road private.

11:45 a.m. Jim made motion to enter into executive session for indigent claims. I C 31-874. Skip seconded. Motion carried. Roll call taken.

12:27 p.m. Executive session ended.
Five approved – one denied – one lien – two N-1’s – one hearing set

Greg Skinner & Carl Edwards re: Lindsey Landing subdivision – preliminary plat review.

Tom Reilly, forest service and Stephanie Connolly, BLM, etal, regarding Upper Lochsa River land exchange – need approximately 22,000 acres to balance the land exchange value for value. Feasibility analysis is in process and should be completed later this Spring. Maps presented showing land involved.
Randy asked that the county be included at the table when land exchange occurs – also at the table when legislative proposals are drafted. Discussion followed.

Steve West, Centra Consulting Inc re: letters of intent from counties in District 2 for land fill sight and construction – has not received letter from Latah County. Joint powers agreement between counties discussed. City of Lewiston and Moscow may be interested in project. Randy will call Latah County. Skip will give copy of joint powers agreement to Dennis Albers for review.

Area of Impact, Grangeville, Kirk MacGregor discussed proposals with Joe Wright – Ordinance amended for area of impact is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on April 21, 2008. Ordinance #34 will be amended.

Deanna Hall & James Zehner re: solid waste letters and circuit breakers

February 25, 2008 minutes & March 3, 2008 minutes. Skip made motion to approve minutes as amended. Jim seconded. Motion carried.

Commissioners’ reports:
Jim – Riggins Chamber meeting – legislative meeting Boise
Randy – Employee’s folders (ICRMP) – public land exchange
Skip – no report

Beverage license approved:
Root Ranch – beer
Back Eddy Grill – beer & wine

Order for cancellation of taxes and solid waste approved: - total $493.30
The Board recessed at 4:30 p.m.

March 10, 2008

STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho

MARCH SESSION March 10, 2008 SECOND TERM DAY


The Board met at 9:00 a.m. with Randy Doman, Jim Rehder, Skip Brandt, Commissioners and Bette O’Brien, deputy clerk, present.

Charlie Holiman requesting if they have received any response from Grangeville Highway District regarding Silver Lakes Phase II Subdivision. No response received. Discussion followed.

Gene Meinen and Mike Cook re: radio sites for lease. Cook requested a list from Jerry Zumalt on who uses the repeaters.
Salmon River road assessment – no gravel and water is standing on the road – road is still frozen on some corners. Approximately 200 cubic yards of grave lost – to replace – it will be about 260 tons and $1700.00 for material. This is due to grading when road was frozen. Mike stated the NezPerce National Forest may have some funding to help gravel road.
Gravel bids discussed.

9:50 a.m. Jim made motion to enter into executive session for personnel matters I C 67-2345(a&f). Skip seconded. Motion carried. Roll call taken.
10:00 a.m. Ended. No decision made.

Claims – Syd Fuzzell
Current Expense $80,758.41 Road & Bridge $ 8,157.12
Airport 20,711.69 Emergency Comm 1,211.22
District Court 91,944.42 Indigent 28,525.67
Appraisal 164.03 Drug Enforcement 40.80
Solid Waste 98,383.15 Noxious Weeds 467/94
Snowmobile 25A 591.84 Snowmobile 25B 1,056.54
Jim made motion to approve claims. Skip seconded. Motion carried.
Total Claims $332,012.83

10:45 a.m. Jim made motion to enter into executive session for personnel matters – I C 67-2345(a). Skip seconded. Motion carried. Roll call taken
10:55 a.m. Ended. No decision made

Cottonwood/Grangeville Senior Citizens requesting money for their individual groups. Discussion followed. Jim made motion to give Grangeville $400.00 and Cottonwood $300.00. Skip seconded. Motion carried.
11:30 a.m. Jim made motion to enter into executive session for indigent claims I C 31-874 Skip seconded. Motion carried. Roll call taken.
12:10 p.m. Ended.
One approved Three denied One Lien and N-1

Elected Official Meeting:
Larry – reported the trial in Wallace went very well.
Kirk - Lankford trial – April 17, 2008 is the sentencing
Skip – no report
Jim – legislative report
Randy – fresh air problem in jail – also asked Larry to visit with Bob Blewett regarding sheriff’s office moving to old forest service building.

Rebecca Warden re: web sense – subscription renewal discussed. Jim made motion to renew web sense. Randy seconded. Motion carried with all in favor.

Jerry Zumalt regarding resolution #82 – cancel declaration of disaster emergency in Idaho County, Idaho. Randy made motion to approve resolution. Skip seconded. Motion carried with all in favor.

Sheila Key re: Easy street in Dixie. Currently named Stage road. Commissioners reviewed plat and concluded that the road was Stage Road first. Sheila and Randy will review further at a later time.

Deanna Hall re: circuit breaker and solid waste exemptions.

Grangeville Area of Impact – Kirk MacGregor, - Bruce Walker and Tonya Kennedy from Grangeville City Hall. Discussion followed. Skip made motion for a public hearing on April 21, 2008 to repeal the area of impact ordinance #’s 33, 34, 34a, 34b, 41 and 52 with the adoption of a new ordinance that states all the issues. Discussion. No second. Motion died.
Randy made motion to amend ordinance #34 to clearly state Idaho County has approval authority for final say and other amendments as necessary on April 21, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. Jim seconded. Motion carried with Randy and Jim in favor. Skip against.
The Board recessed at 5:00 p.m.

March 3, 2008

STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho

MARCH SESSION March 3, 2008 FIRST TERM DAY

The Board met at 9:00 a.m. with Randy Doman, Jim Rehder, Skip Brandt, Commissioners and Bette O’Brian, deputy clerk present.

Printer for auditor’s office – purchase of new printing machine approved

Gene Meinen re: road and airport report. Salmon River road – Gene and Mike Cook will be traveling there Wednesday to check slide area. Discussion followed.
Gene presented a proposal from Alice and Herman Kingma requesting Norm to work 29 hours a week for them. Jim made motion to approve request. Skip seconded. Motion carried.
Snow day proposal for road department discussed.
Elk City ambulance is not in our county shed – need to make some adjustments to the lease – will work with Don Solberg for insurance regarding changes.

Hunter Edwards re: Indian Lady subdivision. Discussion followed. Formal request needed for private drive way issue.

Walco Contract – contract has not been returned from their lawyer. Walco will get in touch with Dennis Albers when they review the contract.

11:30 a.m. Skip made motion to enter into executive session for indigent claims – I C. 31-874. Jim seconded. Motion carried with all in favor. Roll call taken.
12:00 p.m. Ended.
One lien – one N-1.

1:00 p.m. Skip made motion to enter into executive session for legal matters. 61-345(a) for personel. Jim seconded. Motion carried. Roll call taken.
1:15 p.m. Ended.

Skip questioned city charging for permits at the airport. An individual has done some work out there and they can’t get money from the Forest Service until they provide some letter from the county that the city shouldn’t be charging for permits. Skip will talk with Bruce Walker regarding problem.

Sheila Key requesting to go to Portland for training for NINA addressing convention. James said the proposal is for Sheila and Stephanie Babb to go. Randy questioned whether or not this meeting will be of value to county. Discussion followed. Training approved.

Deanna Hall and James Zehner re: circuit breaker and solid waste letters.

John Nida and Trudy Slagle requesting six more vehicles this year for sheriff’s deputies. They will trade in five vehicles for a total of $65,000 a year for lease. Randy requested they contact Jeff Coiner about financing. Discussion followed. Jim made motion to approve purchase of vehicles. Skip seconded. Motion carried.

Commissioners’ reports:
Skip – Ida-Lew meeting – CMC meeting – people camping on the Clearwater River – river permits
Jim – IAC personal property tax meeting – public health meeting
Randy – Brian Disney – upper Lochsa landslide.

2:30 p.m. Jim made motion to enter into executive session regarding personnel matters. Skip seconded. Motion carried.
2:35 p.m. Ended.

Beverage license: Cougar Canyon Station – beer & wine
The Board recessed at 2:40 p.m.

February 25, 2008

STATE OF IDAHO
County of Idaho

FEBRUARY SESSION February 25, 2008 THIRD TERM DAY

The Board met at 9:00 a.m. with all members present.

Jerry Zumalt request for temporary hours increase – hours up to 40 hours per week – also, use of assessor’s office vehicle. Discussion followed. Skip made motion to approve request. Jim seconded. Motion carried with all in favor.
Jerry reported we received the grant money of $9332.79 – requesting to purchase sand bags from this money – discussion – Skip made motion to approve purchase. Jim seconded. Motion carried.

Gene Meinen re: road and airport report. Sanding truck being prepared to fill sand bags for the county – also discussed radio system – more information will be obtained.
Wood Chuck Road Spur discussed – private or public – old survey is available from 1911 – road is ¼ mile long – Gene will give information to Greg Skinner for research.
Randy reported on Salmon River Road – money from forest service is at the discretion of the commissioners – explained the process for spending money for road maintenance – it is not extra money for use by the residence of this area – blading of road before rock slide is in question on this road – rock is pushed on both sides of the road and some over the edge.
DEBCO said they had authority to grade the road (graded before the slide) Gene and Mike Cook will review project – NezPerce National Forest may not be able to refund the money – costly project – county did not give authority to do grading of this road.
Airport – entitlement fund - $280,000 for slurry seal of runway – discussion -$600,000 is max amount of entitlement fee in a 3-4 year time frame – discussion.
AWOS funding from FAA – Gene will continue to work on this project – cost $150,000.

James Zehner and Sheila Key re: road name issues. Discussion followed. Stage Road will remain this name and Airport road in Dixie will need more research. 222D road will be called Rhett Creek. Dennis Albers will draft resolution.

10:00 a.m. Skip made motion to enter into executive session – I C 67-2345c - labor and negotiations. Jim seconded. Motion carried. Roll call taken.
10:15 a.m. Ended. Regular session resumed.
No decision made.

Syd Fuzzell re: Claims.
Current Expense $50,841.03 Road & Bridge $48,829.56
Airport $10,800.01 Emergency Comm $ 1,952.29
District Court 28,314.77 Title III 1,128.14
Indigent 18,512.85 Appraisal 1,035.32
Drug Enforcement 1,244.01 Noxious Weeds 9,611.88
Snowmobile 25A 2,831.33 Snowmobile 25B 6,203.87
Interlock Device 354.76
Skip made motion to approve claims. Jim seconded. Motion carried.
Total Claims $181,659.82

Larry Dasenbrock – requesting $2,500 to purchase conversion track kit for Polaris Ranger – discussion followed. Jim stated the money should be taken from Title III – Search and Rescue for this purchase.

Progressive Engineering, Michelle Bly, regarding Pine Ridge Water & Sewer District grant application – will know results by end of April - $767,000 is cost of total project – discussion followed. Commissioners signed letter to Idaho Department of Commerce for grant application addendum water system improvements. Construction will begin in 2009.

Grangeville Area of Impact. Skip made motion to appoint Kevin Asker to serve on Area of Impact for City of Grangeville to represent Idaho County. Jim seconded. Motion carried.

Skip made motion to approve MOU with city of Cottonwood for use of fair ground for disaster purposes. Jim seconded. Motion carried.

Skott Mealer requesting authorization for removal of gas tank in Elk City on the Herb Lindsley property – tank use is for road department – discussion followed. Randy made motion to grant removal of tank. Skip seconded. Motion carried.

11:40 a.m. Skip made motion to enter into executive session indigent claims I C 31-874. Jim seconded. Motion carried. Roll call taken.
12:00 p.m. Ended.
Four approved – one denied – two liens – two N-1’s

Dave Dahms and Randy Herman, Parks & Recreation re: money available to the county for enforcement of the State Boating Program – requires 50% match from county – money can pay a portion of a deputy’s salary – education in the schools – discussion followed. Commissioners approved the applying for grant money.

Beverage license approved: Dixie Store & Motel – beer & wine
February 19, 2008 minutes. Jim made motion to approve minutes. Skip seconded. Motion carried.