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Commissioners Minutes
December
3, 2007
The
Board of Adams County Commissioners met this day with the following
present: Chairman Bill Brown,
Commissioners Mike Paradis and Joe Holmes, Clerk Sherry Ward.
Whereas
the following proceedings were had, to-wit:
Chairman
bill Brown opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting.
MINUTES: The minutes to the November 26, 2007
meeting were reviewed. Joe Holmes
made a motion to approve the minutes.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
CANCELLATION
OF TAXES: A review of the
list of tax cancellations was held.
Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the cancellations as presented
by the Assessor. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
LIQUOR
LICENSE: The Board
reviewed the license application for Farmer’s Supply Cooperative for 2008
Liquor License. Mike Paradis made
a motion to approve the license.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
VARIANCE: A letter regarding the approval of the
variance for Dasha Belkova with restrictions was reviewed.
LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENT: The
Board reviewed the annual agreement with the City of Council. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the agreement. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
CODIFICATION: A continued discussion and review of
the County document was held.
FOREST
SERVICE: The Forest
Service prepared a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperative agency
status on the Gray’s Creek Salvage with the County. The representatives for Adams County
will be Mike Paradis and Wendy Green.
The Board reviewed the document.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the MOU. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
SHERIFF
VEHICLES: The 3 vehicles
that were sold at auction on November 13, 2007 were presented to the
Board to sign off and sent to Ruben Lautt. Mike Paradis made a motion for Chairman
Bill Brown to sign on behalf of Adams County. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION: Bill Brown made a
request to move into Executive Session pursuant to IC 67-2345, subsection
1(a). Joe Holmes voted to move
into Executive Session. Mike
Paradis voted to move into Executive Session. Bill Brown voted to move into Executive
Session.
Mike
Paradis made a motion to adjourn the session and resume the regular
meeting. The motion was seconded
by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recessed until
December 10, 2007.
ATTEST:____________________________ ____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
December
10, 2007
The
Board of Adams County Commissioners met this day with the following
present: Chairman Bill Brown,
Commissioners Mike Paradis and Joe Holmes, Clerk Sherry Ward and Cody
Cahill from the Adams County Record.
Whereas
the following proceedings were had, to-wit:
Chairman
Bill Brown opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting.
MINUTES: After review of the minutes, Mike
Paradis made a motion to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
CLAIMS: The claims were reviewed Mike Paradis
made a motion to approve the claims for payment. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
COUNTY
AUDIT: Tim and Caroline
Folke, Kurt Folke from Tim Folke CPA firm were here to give the Board an
update from his audit findings. Tim stated he would like to see the
County be more aggressive on the financial assurance for Solid Waste, the
County is currently putting $10,000.00 per year in the account. Tim suggested the County look at going
away from the warrant system to checking account. Tim and the Clerk were in agreement
monthly or quarterly audits of all County revolving accounts needed to be
done. Tim gave a review of the
financial performance for each fund.
ELECTED
OFFICIALS: Assessor Karen
Hatfield, Treasurer Connie Kesler and Sheriff Rick Green were
present. Discussion on the ongoing
personnel policy and Myron Gabbert is reviewing the Credit Card
Policy. Mike Paradis brought up
the codification of Ordinances, asking Rich questions about penalties.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Sheriff Rich
Green was given the Codification of Ordinance book with copies of the
book pertaining to the Sheriff’s department. Rich told Mike Paradis that he would
review and get back to the Board on Monday.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: present were
Supervisor Tom Glenn and Building Inspector Don Horton. Bill Brown started the discussion with
comments on the Road & Bridge Committee. The Board told Tom that Forsgren
Associates would be our engineer service for all road building. Mike Paradis asked Tom if next week he
could meet for a longer period of time and discuss the list of projects
for the Transportation plan. ITD
sent a letter to the County that bridge signs need to be put on the Wild
Horse Bridge. Tom said South
Exeter still has soft spots that will need continuous maintenance. Tom said the County has put two loads
of rock and rolled the road to date.
Mike asked tom to keep track of the hours Road & Bridge puts
in plowing the snowmobile parking lots.
OLD
SAWMILL ROAD: After
discussion on the Old Sawmill Road, the Board decided to add the road to
the Blue line roads and will start snow plowing when needed. Mike Paradis made a motion to add the
Old Sawmill Road extending to the Forest Boundary (3/4 mile); the road is
located off the Fruitvale/Glendale Road as defined in the Reico
Subdivision Plat, Instrument #67382, Book 1, Page 50 of plats. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
WEED
SUPERVISOR: Supervisor
Dave Klaw brought up the lack of State funding for the next fiscal
year. ITD wants to know if the
County would like to take over spraying the right of ways. Dave Klaw brought up the 1980 Chevy
camo pickup that is just sitting at the Weed Department. The board suggested the pickup could be
advertised with the snowplow blade that Road & Bridge has to
sell. CWMA annual agreement was
reviewed and asked for signature.
Mike Paradis made a motion to sign the annual agreement. The motion was seconded by seconded by
Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
LETTERS
OF LEADERSHIP FOR SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS: IAC suggest letters to be sent the
Senate and House on behalf of the County.
Mike Paradis made a motion to sign letters. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
RETAIL
ALCHOLOIC BEVERAGE LICENSES:
License renewals for 2008 for Wilson’s and L & S Grocery were
submitted for review. Joe Holmes
made a motion to approve the licenses.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
COUNTY
DEED TRANSFERS: Myron
Gabbert prepared the County deed transfers for the mining claims that
were auctioned on November 13, 2007.
After review of the deeds, Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
and sign the deeds. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
CANCELLATION
OF TAXES: Mike Paradis
made a motion to approve the cancellations. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
HEALTH
CENTER: Fred Glemser came
before the Board to ask if the County would consider selling the 7 shares
of East Fork Ditch water, use the money to drill a well for irrigation
purposes at the Clinic. The Board
asked Fred Glemser to explore the selling of the shares.
ROAD
& BRIDGE COMMITTEE:
Present Tim Toomey and Elaine Johnston. Tim started discussing the agreement
between Keller & Associates and the county. The Board directed Tim Toomey to ask
Keller & Associates to come to the next Commissioner meeting so all
the issues can be addressed to get the transportation plan
completed. Bill Brown brought up
the possibility of having the Road & Bridge Committee stay in
existence to review Planning & Zoning issues for the Board. Mike Paradis and Tim Toomey stated they
believe that was not necessary.
LETTER
OF SUPPORT FOR THE HEALTH CLINIC:
Denise Groves presented the Board with a letter to sign supporting
the Clinic for a meeting she will be having with the Governor regarding
funding. Joe Holmes made a motion
to sign the letter. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
BOAT
DOCK: Sheriff Rich Green
asked the Board to declare the old boat dock at McCormick Park as surplus
property. Mike Paradis made a
motion to declare the boat dock as surplus property. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
YANTIS
ROCK PIT: John Allen
called the Board on Monday, December 10, 2007 to complain that Troy
Schwartz was running his rock crusher.
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recessed until
December 17, 2007.
ATTEST:___________________________ ______________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
December
17, 2007
The
Board of Adams County Commissioners met this day with the following
present: Chairman Bill Brown,
Commissioner Mike Paradis, Commissioner Joe Holmes, Clerk Sherry Ward and
Adams County Record reporter absent.
Whereas
the following proceedings were had, to-wit:
Chairman
Bill Brown opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting.
MINUTES: Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the corrected minutes. The motion
was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
INTERNAL
COUNTY AUDIT: The Clerk
brought up the fact the County revolving accounts and any other types of
accounts will need to be audited on a monthly basis. The Clerk will contact all the
departments to accumulate the accounts.
TRANSPORTATION
PLAN: Mike Paradis updated
the other Commissioners on his discussion with Keller & Associated.
YANTIS
ROCK PIT: The Board
discussed that Troy Schwartz has been running the rock crusher all week
long the week of December 10, 2007.
Landowners: John Allen and Tobi Shepherd called Don Horton to
report the operating of the rock crusher.
The Clerk also received a call from Tobi Shepherd. The Board was contacted as well.
CREDIT
CARD POLICY: The Clerk
prepared a Resolution to adopt a credit card policy for the County. Mike Paradis made a motion to adopt
Resolution 2007-13 as the County Credit Card policy. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Present Sheriff
Rick Green told the Board he is still reviewing the Codification of
Ordinances. Scot Kump,
UnderSheriff, joined the meeting.
Mike Paradis asked Scot to give an update on the Travel Plan.
ROAD
& BRIDGE:
Present: Tom Glenn, Road
Supervisor, Tim Grimm, ITD Bridge Inspector, Don Horton, Building
Inspector. Tim presented the Board
with the annual Bridge Report for all the County bridges. Tim stated overall the County is doing
okay. Other matters include
creating a list of road projects for the Transportation Plan; a special
time will be placed on the agenda for January 14 to prioritize projects.
INTERIM
CLAIMS: After review of
the interim claims, Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the interim
claims. The motion was seconded by
Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
BEVERAGE
LICENSES: 2008 Retail
Alcoholic Beverage License for Indian Valley Store, Sagebrush BBQ, Ace
Saloon and Browns Mountain Market were reviewed. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the licenses. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
LETTER
REGARDING WOLF ISSUES:
Mike Paradis gave the Board an update on the meeting last week on
the Wolf issues. He gave an update
on the Idaho Fish & Game Wolf Management Plan.
HOLLADAY
ENGINEERING: The Board has
decided not to participate in the Payette, Adams, and Washington
(PAW). Mike Paradis made a motion
to decline in participating. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously. The Clerk will send a letter out.
CANCELLATION
OF TAXES: After review of
the individuals, Joe Holmes made a motion to cancel taxes. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
ANNUAL
ROAD FINANCIAL REPORT: The
Clerk presented the Board with the annual report. Joe Holmes made a motion to sign the
annual report. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
WOODY
BIOMASS: Present Morris
Huffman and Pete Johnston. Morris
gave an update. Urban wood waste
in the Counties was talked about.
PROBATION
REPORT: Wade Dishion came
before the Board to review the quarterly probation report.
OLD
SAWMILL ROAD: Myron
Gabbert came before the Board to discuss recent letter from an attorney
representing property owners on Old Sawmill Road. The Board decided to send a letter to
landowners to inform of the recent decision of adding the Old Sawmill
Road to the County blue line road system.
EXPLANATION
OF BENEFITS: Myron talked
with the Board about his Explanation of Benefits for prior years.
PRICE
VALLEY VAULTED TOILET: A
letter was sent to Kimberly Brandel with the New Meadows Ranger District
to get direction on when the Forest Service would want to take ownership
of the Price Valley vaulted toilet.
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recessed until
January 14, 2008.
ATTEST:___________________________ ____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
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