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Commissioners Minutes
April
23, 2007
The
Board of Adams County Commissioners met this day with the following
present: Chairman Bill
Brown, Commissioner Joe Holmes and Clerk Sherry Ward. Commissioner Mike Paradis was not
present.
Whereas
the following proceedings were had, to-wit:
Chairman
Bill Brown opened the Adams County Commissioner’s meeting.
MINUTES: Joe Holmes made a motion to
approve the April 16, 2007 minutes.
The motion was seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
YANTIS
ROCK PIT: Specific
changes are April 1st to May 1st for hauling only;
crushing will start May 1st until November 15th. Joe Holmes made a motion to
accept conditional use permit with the changes. The motion was seconded by Bill Brown and passed
unanimously.
DEMAND
CLAIMS: Two claims
were presented for approval:
Wells Fargo and Quality Roofing. Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the claims. The motion was seconded by Bill
Brown and passed unanimously.
IAC
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISING:
The Commissioners directed Karen Hatfield and Sherry Ward to come
up with ideas for a fundraiser for the IAC Scholarship Program.
FREE
DUMP DAYS: The City
of Council set a date of April 29th through May 5th
as clean up week for the city.
The City of Council asked the Board if the landfill could be free
to the County residents, the Board agreed on the same dates for the
landfill. The Board put only
a few stipulations; only residential waste and 10 tires per household, no
commercial waste. The Clerk
will inform the landfill operators of the dates. Joe Holmes made a motion to
approve the dates. The
motion was seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
CASUALTY
LOSS CANCELLATION: A
cancellation of taxes for Richard & Betty Julian was presented due to
a fire destroyed home in 2006.
Joe Holmes made a motion to approve cancellation. The motion was seconded by Bill
Brown and passed unanimously.
NELSON
ENGINEERING: A site
approval checklist was presented to the Board for signature on the New
Meadows Transfer Site.
Nelson Engineering prepared the application required by the IDEQ
for the New Meadows Transfer Station on behalf of the county. Joe Holmes made a motion to sign
the application. The motion
was seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
BLM
WEED AGREEMENT: The
annual BLM Agreement was presented for signature. Joe Holmes made a motion to sign
the agreement. The motion
was seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
DUPLICATE
WARRANT: An employee
of the Jail lost her paycheck.
A bond of Indemnity for issuance of duplicate warrant was
presented to the Board. Joe
Holmes made a motion to approve the duplicate warrant. The motion was seconded by Bill
Brown and passed unanimously.
INDIGENT
CLAIMS: Peggy
Pinkal, Deputy Clerk, met with indigent matters. Joe Holmes made a motion to move
into Executive Session IC 67-2345.
The motion was seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously. Joe Holmes made a motion to move
out of Executive Session and resume the regular meeting. The motion was seconded by Bill
Brown and passed unanimously.
Indigent
cases 07-03 and 07-02 were presented to the Board. Joe Holmes made a motion to deny
the claims. The motion was
seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Tom
Glenn, Road Supervisor, met to update the Board on road matters. Joe Holmes started the discussion
on the condition of the Council/Cuprum Road from Greenwoods to Bear. Tom said Mike Halsey would
inspect the Council/Cuprum Road soon. Bill Brown would like a Commissioner to be present for
the inspection. Tom said
gravel is being laid on Substation Road in New Meadows. Bill would like to see Ferrell
Lane in New Meadows get worked on as soon as possible. Tom did some more research on
traffic counters and will order soon.
ROAD
& BRIDGE PERSONNEL MATTERS: Joe Holmes made a motion to move into Executive
Session pursuant to IC 67-2345.
The motion was seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously. Joe Holmes made a motion to move
out of Executive Session and resume the regular session. The motion was seconded by Bill
Brown and passed unanimously.
CAI-ANTISPAM/HARDWARE: Connie Kesler, Treasurer, was
present. A quote from CAI to
upgrade our existing antispam was presented to the Board. The hardware and software cost is
$3,330.08 for all computers in the Courthouse. The Courthouse employees are receiving an overload of
spam, some being extremely graphic in nature. The Board gave direction to get more information
before a decision will be made.
PERMISSION
TO SPRAY: A letter
was prepared for the Board to sign to allow grasshopper bait to be spread
along County right of ways where it deems necessary. Joe Holmes made a motion to
prepare and sign letter. The
motion was seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
WEISER
RIVER FUELS REDUCTION:
Sylvia Clark, Whity Rehberg, Kimberly Brandel and Shelly Lewis
from the Forest Service were present. Sylvia gave a presentation on the Weiser River Fuels
Reduction Project consisting of area along the US Highway 95 corridor
between Council and New Meadows.
A map and correspondence were given to the Board for review.
Pete
and Elaine Johnston joined the meeting.
WOODY
BIOMASS: Pete
Johnston gave an update of the progress on the grant writing for the
Woody Biomass. Boise, Valley
and Adams Counties are currently the only counties who have formally
joined into the Woody Biomass Project. A meeting is being planned with Gem County to address
questions Gem County has relating to woody biomass. The meeting will be April 25,
2007 in Emmett.
COUNCIL
GREENS: Steve Nash,
representative for Council Greens, Don Horton, Building Inspector, were
present to discuss the final plat for Council Greens Subdivision. Bill Brown said a letter was
received from the City of Council that adequate sewer and water were
available for the subdivision.
Bill stated the Board understands the roads through the
subdivision to Exeter would be paved. Joe Holmes made a motion to accept the final plat for
the Council Greens Subdivision.
The motion was seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
ALCOHOL
AT THE GRANGE: Myron
Gabbert, Prosecuting Attorney, was present to discuss if alcohol could be
served during events held at the Council Grange Hall. Myron Gabbert has more questions
to be answered before giving the Board an answer.
With
no further business to come before the Board a recess was taken until May
1, 2007.
ATTEST:__________________________
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Sherry Ward, Clerk of the Board
Bill Brown, Chairman of the Board
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