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Commissioners Minutes
July
16, 2007
The
Board of Adams County Commissioners met this day with the following
present: Vice-Chairman Mike
Paradis, Commissioner Joe Holmes and Clerk Sherry Ward.
Whereas
the following proceedings were had, to-wit:
Vice-Chairman
Mike Paradis opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting.
MINUTES: Joe Holmes made a motion to
approve the minutes with corrections. The motion was seconded by Mike
Paradis and passed unanimously.
INTERIM
CLAIMS: Joe Holmes
made a motion to approve the interim claims. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed
unanimously.
COMPUTER
ROOM: Two bids were
presented for review for a separate unit for the computer room for air
conditioner; with the added computer in the room the existing Courthouse
air conditioning unit cannot keep the room cooled. The unit will be a stand-alone
unit. Joe Holmes made a
motion to approve the bid from TEC HAVC for the air conditioning unit for
the computer room. The
motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
AMERICAN
LEGION: Chuck Lively
and Jeff Howard came to the Board to show the plans for remodeling of the
Grange Hall. The Legion has
asked for gravel from the County.
Mike Paradis said the County would supply the gravel. The Legion will be purchasing
siding and has asked the Board if the County could purchase the roofing
material. The Board directed
the Legion to get bids.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Tom
Glenn, Road Supervisor, was present to discuss Road & Bridge
matters. Tom brought in a
bid on seal coating the Council/Cuprum Road. Tom needs an area to stockpile gravel when seal
coating the road. Mike
Paradis asked Tom if he would ask the Federal Highway Administration if
they could support putting a 3 inch overlay instead of just seal
coating. Mike informed Tom
the American Legion would be contacting them about several loads of
gravel for the parking lot at the Grange Hall.
TEMPORARY
POWER AT THE COUNTY PARK:
Fred Glemser came by to ask about the status of getting power to
the County Park by the old Courthouse. Mike Paradis said temporary power would be put in at
the park for the music festival.
ELECTED
OFFICIALS: Karen
Hatfield, Assessor, Rich Green, Sheriff, Scot Kump, UnderSheriff, and
Connie Kesler, Treasurer, were present. Tuesday’s fire was brought up and discussed with the
Board regarding the time the employees were asked to leave due to the
smoke. The Board said it
would be up to the Department heads if employees were to get paid. Treasurer Connie Kesler brought
up the fact that the County employees have not been trained on the panic
alarms installed in each of the departments and expressed interest in
having training. Sheriff
Rich Green said he would be happy to develop protocol for the employees
to go through if and when an emergency happens. Assessor Karen Hatfield brought forth to the Board a
request to change the mapping fees.
The Assessor’s department uses Geographic Mapping/Duane Priest for
mapping issues. Mr. Priest
suggested using the same fee schedule that six other Counties are
currently using. A fee
schedule was presented to the Board from Karen Hatfield. The Board directed Karen to
proceed with the necessary steps.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Scot Kump,
UnderSheriff, was present to discuss the snowmobile fund. A possible duplication of payment
was made from the Forest Service regarding a grant for the snowmobile
parking and bathrooms. It
the overpayment truly exists the Clerk will make sure the necessary steps
will be made to return the funds.
The Clerk will call Tim Folke to discuss the matter.
GARRETT
KNIGHT: Treasurer
Connie Kesler presented to the Board a strip of land owned by Garrett
Knight located on Middle Fork Road near Fall Creek that has no value and
the cost has gone from $.24 to $56.00 a year. Mr. Knight would like to quit claim the deed over to
the County. Prosecuting
Attorney Myron Gabbert was to look at the issue and give the Board an
opinion on the property transfer.
PRINTER
CARTRIDGE FOR NEW PRINTER:
Treasurer Connie Kesler asked for authorization to purchase a
cartridge for her new printer.
Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the purchase of a new
cartridge. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
TAX
CANCELLATION:
Garrett Knight’s property is not build able. Joe Holmes made a motion to
approve the cancellation.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
NELSON
ENGINEERING INVOICE:
An invoice in the amount of $1,505.00 was presented for review.
TRI-STATE
INVOICE: Invoice was
reviewed for payment for the compactor at New Meadows.
SUPERVISORY
AND HARASSMENT TRAINING:
The Clerk has rescheduled training for September 26, 2007. The schedule will be 3 hours of
supervisory training in the morning. The afternoon will have 3 sessions of harassment
training possibly 1:00, 3:00 and 6:00. The training will need to be attended by all
employees.
SOLID
WASTE: The Board
instructed the Clerk to move $20,000.00 from Solid Waste Financial
Assurance to Solid Waste Closure Account.
INDIGENT: Indigent Clerk Peggy Pinkal
presented the Board with two liens to sign for people who have filed
indigent claims. Joe Holmes
made a motion to sign the liens.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
GOODRICH
LANDFILL DRAINAGE PLAN:
Jeff Snyder from Nelson Engineering sent a cost of developing a
drainage plan for a leachate pond for $11,750.00. The work is needed to get all
requirements completed for DEQ.
Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the $11,750.00 to get the work
completed. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
COUNCIL
GREENS: Steve Nash
was present to discuss the changes he would like to make to the
plat. Mike Paradis told Mr.
Nash the Board will sign off on the changes once the actual page of the
plat has been changed. The
changes will only be on page 2 of the plat. Mr. Nash said he would get the changes done.
BUDGETS: Assessor Karen Hatfield
recommended three position changes to the Board. The Board took information under
advisement.
ORDINANCE
FOR COUNTY PARKS:
Myron Gabbert prepared an Ordinance for review. The Board asked the Clerk to
publish the Ordinance. Joe
Holmes made a motion to accept the Ordinance. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
YANTIS
ROCK PIT: Myron
Gabbert discussed the Yantis Rock Pit and told the Board he will prepare
a letter in response to the letter received.
OLD
SAWMILL ROAD: Myron
Gabbert reviewed a letter received from Dale Lattin on the Old Sawmill
Road. Myron told the Board
no response is needed.
QUARTERLY
REPORTS: The Board reviewed the following quarterly reports.
Sherry
Ward, Clerk 3rd
Qrt FY 06/07 $41,309.10
Treasurer’s
Report Cash
Balance $3,808,598.08
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recesses until
July 23, 2007.
ATTEST:_________________________
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Sherry Ward, Clerk of the Board
Bill Brown, Chairman of the Board
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