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Commissioners Minutes
March 10, 2008
The Board of Adams County Commissioners met this day
with the following present:
Chairman Bill Brown, Chairman Mike Paradis, Commissioner Joe
Holmes, Clerk Sherry Ward and Cody Cahill, Adams County Record not present.
Whereas
the following proceedings were had, to-wit:
Chairman
Bill Brown opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting at 9:24 am.
MINUTES: The minutes were reviewed. Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
minutes. The motion was seconded
by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
ELECTION
BALLOTS: Joe Holmes made a
motion to approve the number of ballots ordered for the upcoming primary
election. The motion was seconded
by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
CLAIMS: Commissioner Bill Brown reviewed the
claims. Mike Paradis made a motion
to approve the claims. The motion
was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
ADAMS
SOIL & WATER LETTER OF INTENT: A letter of intent for financial
support for fiscal year 2009-2010 of $2,000.00 was received. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the letter of intent. The motion
was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
CANCELLATION
OF TAXES: After review of
the cancellation of taxes, Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the
cancellations. The motion was seconded
by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
SOUTHWEST
DISTRICT HEALTH: A ballot
for the Gem County representative was reviewed, Chairman Bill Brown
recommended the existing representative, Newton States be put in for
another term. Mike Paradis made a
motion to approve Newton States as the Gem County representative. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
GEM
PLAN: A Board of Trustee
nomination for the Gem Plan was reviewed.
Mike Paradis made a motion to nominate incumbent, Wayne
Bower. The motion was seconded by
Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: The Board of
Commissioners reviewed the monthly fuel invoices; discussion on the
County purchasing their own fuel tanks, Tom said he would check the cost
of putting tanks in. Tom brought
up the Indian Valley Grader and if the Board is going to trade in the
grader for a new one. Joe Holmes
said in reviewing the annual hours of usage of only 640 hours, it is not
feasible to purchase a new one at this point. The $13,000.00 engine overall cost is a
good investment since the County has not put much money in the grader
from the date of purchase.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: UnderSheriff Scot
Kump was present. Scot told the
Board about the Virtual Prisons had come up to discuss a contract with
Adams County. Scot said with a
jail expansion, the County could accommodate up to 20 more inmates. Scot suggested Adams County purchase
fuel for Valley County snowmobile grooming department. Valley County has done an excellent job
in grooming Adams County’s trails.
CLG
GRANT: Elaine Johnston
joined the meeting to request $2,500.00 upfront on behalf of the Adams
County Historical Preservation Committee.
The grant money will be used to pay for website fees and plumbing
schematic and cost estimate of $2,500.00.
The committee will make sure the County will get reimbursed for
the grant.
ACCESS
IDAHO: Assessor Karen
Hatfield presented the Board an Access Idaho Payport (credit card)
agreement. Karen Hatfield explained
taxpayers who wish to use the credit card process would e charged a 3%
fee per transaction. Mike Paradis
made a motion to sign the Access Idaho Payport agreement. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY: Present
Prosecuting Attorney Myron Gabbert, Ron Hamilton, Forsgren Engineer
Trevor Howard, Weed Supervisor Dave Klaw, and Building Inspector Don
Horton. Myron was not prepared to
discuss road standards and ordinances.
Concerns on right of way widths were discussed. Building Inspector Don Horton stated if
the Board put a minimum of 60-foot right of way in the ordinance, when
the County upgrades old roads, the County must abide to the 60-foot right
of way minimum, therefore the county would have to purchase the
additional footage.
OLD
COURTHOUSE BIDS: present
Dale Fisk, Jim Peart, Grant Administrator Shawn Charters, ZGA employees
Mike Simmons and Todd Adams.
Commissioner Bill Brown opened the bids as follows:
Gafford
Construct Base $127,880 Alt.2 $2,490 Alt.3
$24,348
Hydro
Tech Base $145,000 Alt.2 $4,100 Alt.3
$12,900
Bricon
Inc Base $123,400 Alt.2 $10,000 Alt.3
$31,000
Kemco
Inc Base $132,000 Alt.2 $5,500 Alt.3
$15,500
McAlvain
Inc Base $145,765 Alt.2 $11,800 Alt.3
$29,400
The
Historic Preservation Committee left the meeting to discuss the bids to
come back before the Commission with the recommendation. The Committee recommended Gafford
Construction for base and Alt.2 for a total of $130,370.00 with a pending
approval from the architect.
Alt.3
is put on hold with no bid awarded.
LANDFILL
EXPANSION: Present: Tim Toomey, Forsgren Engineer Trevor
Howard, Building Inspector don Horton, and Pete and Elaine Johnston. More discussion on who will be doing
the landfill expansion was held.
PLAT
REVIEWS: Building
Inspector Don Horton stated he would continue to use ALS for reviews
until Forsgren can come down on their prices.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION: Indigent matters,
Peggy Pinkal, Deputy Clerk, present.
Bill Brown made a request to move into Executive Session pursuant
to IC 67-2345, subsection 1(d).
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 move out of Executive Session and resume the
regular meeting. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
INDIGENT
MATTERS: Present Peggy
Pinkal, Deputy Clerk. The Board
reviewed indigent application #08-04.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the application. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recessed until
March 17, 2008.
ATTEST:_____________________________ ___________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
March
17, 2008
The Board of Adams County Commissioners met his day
with the following present:
Chairman Bill Brown, Commissioner Mike Paradis not present,
Commissioner Joe Holmes, Clerk Sherry Ward and Cody Cahill, Adams County
Record not present.
Whereas
the following proceedings were had, to-wit:
Chairman
Bill Brown opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting at 8:45 am.
MINUTES: The minutes for March 10, 2008 were
reviewed. Joe Holmes made a motion
to approve the minutes. The motion
was seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
Dave
Klaw and Joe Warner joined the meeting.
GOODRICH
LANDFILL: Goodrich
landfill supervisor Mike Hampton was present. Bill brown asked Mike if there were any
issues that the Board needed to address.
Mike stated the 973 Cat’s seal is leaking and the Tarpomatic is
not working properly. Bill said
the road & Bridge mechanic will be contracted to help with the
Tarpomatic and Western States is coming in April to fix the Cat. Bill stated he had concerns for our
County landfill receiving refuge from Riggins and has asked Mike to be
aware of this issue. Joe Holmes
gave an update of the landfill expansion for Goodrich. The Clerk asked for a monthly recap of
the loads of refuge received into the landfill to compare with
Lakeshore’s recap.
RAC GRANT: Weed Supervisor Dave Klaw discussed
with the Board the bid he has received from Hanigan Chevrolet for a
pickup for the Weed Department.
The Board gave the Weed Supervisor latitude of $1,000.00 to begin
looking for an ATV trailer.
Peggy Pinkal joined the meeting.
VEHICLE AND 14 FOOT
ANGLE BLADE: At 9:30 am an
oral auction of 1-1986 Chevrolet and 1-14 foot angle blade was
conducted. No sealed bids were
received. Peggy Pinkal was the
high bidder for the vehicle. The
blade was sold for $200.00 by proxy to Leon Lehman.
GRASSHOPPER FUNDS: The Clerk presented the Board a check
in the amount of $1,248.88 from State of Idaho unclaimed property. The funds were set aside for the
grasshopper fund from back in the 1980’s, the savings account was
inactive, and US Bank sent the funds to unclaimed property. Sheri Atkins from the Extension
Department reclaimed the funds then gave the funds to the County. The Board of Commissioners directed the
Clerk to put the funds in Pest after a call to our outside auditor.
Cody Cahill joined the meeting.
ROAD & BRIDGE: Road & Bridge Supervisor Tom Glenn
was present. Joe Holmes told Tom a
bid package will need to be prepared for all seal coating this year. Joe Warner asked the Board if the
County would be interested in donating the 1948 yellow water truck that
has not been used for 10 plus years to the Bear Fire District. Bill Brown stated how hard it is for
out taxing districts to gain equipment and that the water truck would be
a benefit to the Bear Fire District.
Joe Holmes made a motion to donate the water truck to the Bear
Fire District. The motion was
seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
OLD COURTHOUSE: Discussion on the sewer and water was
held. The Board advised the Clerk
to write a letter to the City of Council stating no one is allowed to
turn the water on except the County Clerk of employees in her office.
SHERIFF MATTERS: Sheriff Rich Green stopped in briefly
to discuss a need to create a Resolution to create a consolidated
governing board for 911.
CEMETERY BRIDGE &
BEAR ROAD: Joe Warner
asked the Board for some gravel on the road in Bear and when the bridge
will be fixed.
Mike Paradis joined the
meeting and was updated on all the issues.
ATTEST:__________________________ ____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
March 24, 2008
The Board of Adams County Commissioner met this day
with the following present:
Chairman Bill Brown, Commissioner Mike Paradis, Commissioner Joe
Holmes not present, Clerk Sherry Ward and Cody Cahill, Adams County
Record, present.
Whereas the following proceedings were had, to-wit:
Chairman Bill brown opened the Adams County
Commissioner meeting at 9:45 am.
MINUTES:
After review of March 17, 2008, Mike Paradis made a motion to
approve the minutes. The motion
was seconded by6 Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
TRAVEL PLAN: Commissioner Mike Paradis gave the
Board an update on the Forest Service Travel Plan. Mike discussed the statement made by
Fish & Game employees Jeff Rohlman and Scott Reinecker at a previous
Commissioner meeting, the statement was made by the Forest Service when
Fish & Game asked the Forest Service why they were not asked to be
involved in the travel plan from the beginning, the Forest Service’s
comment was that with the large number of miles of roads scheduled to be
closed, Fish & Game needs would be met.
BLM WEED AGREEMENT: The Clerk presented the Board the
annual BLM Weed Agreement for $7,000.00.
The agreement was reviewed; Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the agreement. The motion was
seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
INTERIM CLAIMS: After review of Interim claims, Mike
Paradis made a motion to approve the Interim Claims. The motion was seconded by Bill Brown
and passed unanimously.
ROAD & BRIDGE: Road Supervisor Tom Glenn present. Tom Glenn brought up the bid for gravel
on the Council-Cuprum Road. The
Board set a date of April 21, 2008 for opening the bids. A legal notice will be put in the paper
for the gravel. Tom brought up
continued discussion on the County purchasing fuel tanks.
SHERIFF MATTERS: Sheriff Rich Green joined the
meeting. Sheriff Green discussed
the enhanced 911-fee process. The
funding is looking positive for the enhanced 911.
Myron Gabbert is reviewing the Resolution for the
consolidated 911 Board. The grade
changed for a dispatcher was reviewed.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the grade change. The motion was seconded by Bill Brown
and passed unanimously.
CAPITAL OUTLAY: Sheriff Rich Green asked for approval
to purchase a laptop for the jail.
Bill Brown made a motion to approve the request to purchase a
laptop for $500.00. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
MUNICIPAL LEASES: The Clerk asked for direction in
acquiring new leases for the Sheriff’s vehicles. Sheriff Green stated 1 vehicle for down
on the river, 2 for the Sheriff’s department are needed. The Sheriff’s COL line item has $13,000.00. The State lease will allow the County
to obtain two Durango’s for approximately $21,000.00 per vehicle. The Board gave the Clerk permission to
obtain lease information.
Building Inspector Don Horton joined the meeting.
NEW MEADOWS DEPOT: Present are the following: Grant writer Rosemary Hoff, Nita
Branstetter and Vicki LaFay from New Meadows Historical Society. Nita started the conversation telling
the Board the New Meadows Historical Society would be applying for a new
grant through the Idaho Transportation Committee. The application will not have to be
completed until January 2009. The
funding would be awarded in 2012.
Nita asked if the County would be the sponsorship for the new
grant. Mike Paradis brought up
discussion on the County receiving an administration fee for being a
sponsor of the new grant. The
Clerk was directed when the final check on the first grant was received
to ask for an invoice from the New Meadows Historic Preservation Committee
to pay out the money.
WIDE FORMAT COPIER: Building Inspector Don Horton asked for
permission to purchase the machine outright due to the additional money
received from Homeland Securities.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the purchase. The motion was seconded by Bill Brown
and passed unanimously.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Bill Brown made a request to enter into
Executive Session pursuant to IC 67-2345, subsection 1(b). Bill Brown voted to move into Executive
Session. Mike Paradis 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 Bill Brown and
passed unanimously.
Pete Wagner, DEQ, joined the meeting.
GOODRICH LANDFILL EXPANSION: Present were Forsgren Engineer Trevor
Howard, Elaine Johnston and Tim Toomey.
Bill Brown started the conversation asking Trevor to explain some
wording for the Goodrich Landfill expansion scope of work: Forsgren’s bid is for $11,800.00. Bill brought up discussion as to
whether we needed to have a leachate pond or not. Trevor brought up monitoring run off
water, Southwest Health District advisor David Loper suggested this year
would be a good year to monitor run off on the landfill. Trevor suggests the landfill Supervisor
Mike Hampton could monitor it on a daily basis. A weather station would be an added
benefit as well. The Board
reviewed the Forsgren proposal for the expansion. Mike Paradis made a motion to allow
Forsgren to do the expansion work on the landfill. The motion was seconded by Bill Brown
and passed unanimously.
Tim Toomey stated he is stepping down from the Solid
Waste Chairman position and Road & Bridge Committee. Bill asked Tim if he had any last
minute issues that needed to be addressed in the near future. Tim stated the tarp needs to be
replaced and the compactor needs to be repaired at Goodrich Landfill.
PETE WAGNER, DEQ: Pete gave the Board a review of surface
water to air shed issues within Adams County.
OLD SAWMILL ROAD: Present were Prosecuting Attorney Myron
Gabbert and Building Inspector Don Horton. A discussion on the Old Sawmill Road
was held. Myron will be reviewing
the information.
INDIGENT: The Board reviewed a
determination approval letter and a notice of lien for indigent claim
#08-04. Mike Paradis made a motion
to approve the letter and notice of lien.
The motion was seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
FORSGREN CONTRACT: Prosecuting Attorney Myron Gabbert had
reviewed the agreement and several adjustments have been made. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the agreement. The motion was
seconded by Bill Brown and passed unanimously.
With no further business to come before the Board the
Board recessed until April 14, 2008.
ATTEST:____________________________ ____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the Board Bill Brown, Chairman of
the Board
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