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Commissioners Minutes
May 14,
2007
The Board of Adams County
Commissioners met this day with the following present: Chairman Bill Brown,
Commissioners Mike Paradis and Joe Holmes and Clerk Sherry Ward.
Whereas the following
proceedings were had, to-wit:
Chairman Brown opened the
Adams County Commissioner’s meeting.
MINUTES: Joe Holmes made a motion to
approve the minutes for April 23, 2007. The motion was seconded by Bill Brown and passed
unanimously. Mike Paradis
made a motion to approve the public hearing minutes for May 1, 2007 and
May 2, 2007. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
CLAIMS: Mike Paradis made a motion to
approve all claims except the Julie Burkhardt claim. The motion was seconded by Joe
Holmes and passed unanimously.
TAXPAYER REQUEST FOR
EXTENSION: Connie
Kesler, Treasurer, met and requested an Executive Session. Joe Holmes made a motion to enter
Executive Session pursuant to IC 67-2345. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed
with a roll call vote: Joe Holmes-yes, Bill Brown-yes, and Mike
Paradis-yes.
Joe Holmes made a motion to
move out of Executive Session and resume the regular meeting. The motion was seconded by Mike
Paradis and passed unanimously.
Trevor Howard, Forestgreen,
joined the meeting.
ROAD & BRIDGE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Tim Toomey gave an update of items of interest such as:
codification of road ordinances, funds will need to be budgeted in the
next fiscal year. Tim
brought up a program called TAMS, Transportation Asset Management System,
for Counties. Tim also would
like to see a network setup between the Sheriff Department, Building
Department and Road Department.
ROAD & BRIDGE: Tom Glenn, Supervisor, was
present to discuss matters.
Tom told the Board the cost of paving a road would be
$118,000.00/mile; trucking costs $600.00/truck for County trucks. On May 17 mag-chloride will be
put down on the Bear Road; Bennett Lumber would be paying for the
mag-chloride. Tom said seal
coating would be done by mid-June then the County would be able to work
on Ferrell Lane in New Meadows.
Tom asked where traffic counters need to be placed. Mike said he would like to see
counters placed on South End Road in new Meadows and on the Landore Road.
SHERIFF MATTERS: Scot Kump, UnderSheriff, and Rich
Green, Sheriff, joined the meeting.
Rich brought up the city service fees, the need to increase the
fees because they have not been increased for years.
PERSONNEL ISSUES: Rich Green, Sheriff, requested an
Executive Session to discuss personnel issues. Joe Holmes made a motion to enter into Executive
Session pursuant to IC 67-2345.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed by roll call
vote: Joe Holmes-yes, Bill Brown-yes and Mike Paradis-yes.
Joe Holmes made a motion to
move out of Executive Session and resume the regular meeting. The motion was seconded by Mike
Paradis and passed unanimously.
Joe Holmes excused himself
from making any comments.
ELECTED OFFICIALS: Connie Kesler, Treasurer, Sue Warner,
Coroner, were present. Sue
asked the Board if she would be allowed to have group health insurance
like all other elected officials.
She said the health insurance at the clinic is not
affordable. Bill stated Sue
is very important to the County and it is not personnel but the history
of the coroner position has never had health insurance. Bill asked where the County would
come up with the funds for the health insurance. Sue stated she is available
24-7. Bill said he would
discuss with legal counselor then look at options. Mike stated that he had heard
insurance is available at the clinic at no cost to the employee. Sue said she is not aware of that
and would look into having insurance through the clinic.
Karen Hatfield, Assessor,
joined the meeting.
Ideas for the IAC
Scholarship fundraiser were brought up. Clerk Sherry Ward asked Mike Paradis about the
possibility of getting a picnic table to raffle off as a fundraiser. Karen suggests a couple of Ryan
Hatfield’s books and some pictures.
Bill Brown told the elected
officials he will be traveling to Alaska starting June 20th
and will be gone for one month.
MAP FEES: Karen Hatfield, Assessor, brought
up map fees; the current fee is $100.00 for a parcel map. Karen would like to raise map
fees up to $300.00. Karen
presented the Board with a copy of a policy that Elmore County uses. Karen would like to see the money
the County would receive go to technology fund.
Jeff Howard joined the
meeting.
Karen Hatfield presented
the Board with a list of taxpayers who have applied for Circuit Breaker
exemption. The STC increased
the limit from 22,000 to 28,000.
Joe Holmes made a motion to approve and sign the form. The motion was seconded by Mike
Paradis and passed unanimously.
PUBLIC RECORDS POLICY: Sherry Ward, Clerk, presented the
elected officials a copy of a public records policy for review.
CAI PROPERTY TAX
SOFTWARE: Karen
Hatfield, Assessor, told the Board and elected officials that Myron
Gabbert, Prosecuting Attorney, is preparing a letter for CAI on the
suspension of the software contract.
GRANGE HALL STANDARD
USER AGREEMENT:
Sherry Ward, Clerk, asked permission to have Myron Gabbert,
Prosecuting Attorney, draw up an agreement for the American Legion and
all who will be using the Grange Hall.
BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION: June
26 and 27 are set up for extra days if needed for the Commissioners to
meet as a Board of Equalization.
Commissioner Bill Brown
left the meeting to go meet with Governor Butch Otter in McCall for the
presentation to the Historical Commission of a grant for renovation of
the old Courthouse.
WEED BUDGET: Dave Klaw, Supervisor of the Weed
Department, was present to discuss budget issues. The main issue is the RAC Grant
was set for $150,000.00; the actual grant money received was
$186,000.00. The RAC line
item within the budget will need to be increased. A public hearing will be held on
June 11 during the normal Commissioner meeting to increase the Weed
Budget. The clerk will put a
legal notice in the local paper and at the June 11th meeting a
resolution will be passed to increase the budget. A discussion of the ISDA
$10,000.00 was brought up as well.
Mike Paradis would like to see the money put into the Weed Budget
for wages.
SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
HEALTH BUDGET:
Eugene Gunderson, David Loper and Bruce Kosch from Southwest
District Health were present to give a detail overview of the 2008 fiscal
year budget.
TAX CANCELLATION: Hubbard Timberlands and Balbach
Logging. Joe Holmes made a
motion to approve cancellation of taxes. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed
unanimously.
DUPLICATE CHECK: Dana Davis has asked for a
replacement check. Joe
Holmes made a motion to issue a duplicate check. The motion was seconded by Mike
Paradis and passed unanimously.
SECTION 504: A resolution was issued for
Section 504: Policy regarding non-discrimination on the basis of
disability. Joe Holmes made
a motion to pass the resolution.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
PROPERTY CROSSING
COUNTY LINE: Creek
Noah and Bruce Way joined the meeting. Don Horton, Building Inspector was present. Bruce Way, Developer, has a project
that has property on Washington County and Adams County. Mr. Way has a letter from Washington
County saying the three splits on the Washington County side are okay and
building permits will be allowed.
Mr. Way said he asked Don Horton for the same letter from Adams
County. Don said he would
not write the letter because of possible changes in the future. Mr. Way said the building
inspector signs the forms from Southwest District Health implies that
building permits are allowed.
Don said that is not true.
Mike Paradis said he views the County line as one split and sees
the need for the counties to work together. Mr. Way wants to know the rules and will do whatever
the County says.
CAPITOL OUTLAY: A deletion of a HP printer from
the Treasurer’s office was presented to the Board. Joe Holmes made a motion to
delete the printer. The
motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
NELSON ENGINEERING
INVOICE: The Board viewed Invoice for work done on the New
Meadows transfer site. Joe
Holmes made a motion to approve the claim for interim payment. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
CERTIFICATE OF
RESIDENCY: Danielle
Briscoe completed a certificate of residency for the College of Southern
Idaho. Joe Holmes made a
motion to approve the certificate.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
LETTER OF SUPPORT: A letter to Greg Seibert, Idaho
Department Commerce and Labor, was presented to the Board for support for
fiscal years 2008, 2009 and 2010, subject to availability of funds. The letter of support is for the
Rural Economic Development Professional Program to help the woody biomass
project get started.
CWMA/YOUTH CORPS: Agreement, the youth corps would
be helping the Weed Department again this year. Joe Holmes made a motion to sign the agreement. The motion was seconded by Mike
Paradis and passed unanimously.
FAIR BOARD
REAPPOINTMENTS: The
Board reviewed the Boards that are up for reappointment. Mike Paradis asked that Fred
Erland, Eric Higgins and Inez Wilson be appointed to oversee the Parks
Committee. The Clerk will
prepare a new list of Board appointments for the Commissioners.
Commissioner Bill Brown
returned to the meeting.
ELKRIDGE AND LARRY
WALKER SUBDIVISIONS:
Janet and Ed Fields, Mike McCabe, Lightyear Development, Tony
Bernardo, Steward Land Group, Barb Maas, Francis and Joan Yeatts, Eric
Higgins, Julie Irish, Dale and Gale Massy were present.
LARRY WALKER
DECISION: Bill Brown
stated the access to the proposed subdivision is a big concern. Bill said the rezone needs to be
conductive to the comprehensive plan. The Board sees three main concerns; Adequate egress
and ingress access to the proposed property, Adequate water testing and
Density of lots, lots that are unable to be built on need to be combined
with other lots. Mike Paradis
stated concerns over the fire protection. The Board wants developer to know the concerns now
with a go ahead to preliminary stage. Mike Paradis asked Ed Fields, Hidden Canyon homeowner
if the Board could get well logs from existing homeowners. Mike stated again three access
points would be nice. Tony
Bernardo said if they are held to a 40-acre minimum then they would have
to use Hidden Canyon as an access point. Dale Massy asked about the impact on existing
road. Tony Bernardo said at
the developer’s expense those issues would be addressed. Bill stated it is a process no
false hopes, concerns will be addressed. Dale Massy said in a clustering of homes sewage issues
need to be addressed. The
Board said the rezone would be approved after the conditions of adequate
egress and ingress accesses would be designated and wells would be tested
for water levels. The
testing would need to be done using the Department of Water Resources
standards.
ELKRIDGE ESTATES: Bill brown had the Clerk read out
loud a letter written from Dean Dryden to Barry Michel, homeowner in the
Meadows Park Subdivision, dated June 28, 2004. Bill stated that problems with access are a very big
concern, and a good plan needs to be drawn up. The Board said the rezone would be approved after the
conditions of adequate egress and ingress accesses would be
designated. Mike McCabe with
Lightyear development said approximately 35 lots, and a traffic study
will be done. Eric Higgins
suggested maybe increasing the size of the Packer John Park and put the
road on the eastside. Jeff
Luff was okay with houses having sprinklers installed.
BARKLELY SUBDIVISION
FINAL PLAT: The plat
for the final on Barkley Subdivision was presented to the Board. Joe Holmes made a motion to
accept the final plat. The
motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
PERSONNEL ISSUES: Dave Klaw, Weed Supervisor, and
Connie Kesler, Treasurer, were present. Joe Holmes made a motion to enter into Executive
Session pursuant to IC 67-2345.
The motion was passed on roll call vote: Joe Holmes-yes, Bill
Brown-yes and Mike Paradis-yes.
Joe Holmes made a motion to
move out of Executive Session and resume the regular meeting. The motion was seconded by Mike
Paradis and passed unanimously.
With no new business to
come before the Board the Board took a recess until May 16, 2007.
ATTEST:____________________________
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Sherry Ward, Clerk of the Board
Bill Brown, Chairman of the Board
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