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Commissioners Minutes
June 9, 2008
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 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 9:17 am.
MINUTES: The May 28, 2008 minutes were
reviewed. With a correction Mike
Paradis made a motion to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
CLAIMS:
Commissioner Bill Brown reviewed the monthly claims. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the claims. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
WEED
DEPARTMENT: Weed
Supervisor Dave Klaw was present.
The RAC papers were presented for signature. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
and sign the forms. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
Adam
Johnson joined the meeting.
Forsgren
Engineer Trevor Howard joined the meeting.
LAKESHORE
DISPOSAL: Manager Adam
Johnson came before the Board to ask to put a fuel surcharge in the
contract for the upcoming budget.
Adams
County Record reporter Cody Cahill joined the meeting.
LANDFILL
ISSUES: Forsgren Engineer
Trevor Howard came before the Board to discuss issues regarding the
Goodrich Landfill. An onsite
meeting is scheduled for June 23rd at 3:00 pm.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Road
Supervisor Tom Glenn brought up the Mill Creek Road. The road needs an overlay.
PERSONNEL
ISSUES: Bill Brown made a
request to move into Executive Session IC 67-2345, subsection 1(b). 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 Executive Session and resume the
regular meeting. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
Eldon
and Linda Nelson joined the meeting.
Myron
Gabbert, Prosecuting Attorney, joined the meeting.
EASEMENT: Airport Supervisor Dick Thompson,
adjacent landowner Darrell Brown, City Coordinator Francee Wassard were
present. Darrell wants to put an
access off the City road through his property for a neighboring landowner
to access his property. Dick
assured the Board he would address all concerns to allow the access to
progress.
NELSON
ROAD ISSUE: Present Eldon
and Linda Nelson regarding road issues.
Eldon presented 3 issues; road is not being plowed to property,
homeowners insurance will not cover if access is not open, damage being
done to a wooden gate due to the way the snow is being plowed. Mr. Nelson stated he feels he has made
the effort to put the fence back to the easement requirements. Mike Paradis stated at times this
winter with the amount of miles the Road & Bridge operators and the
ongoing storms the roads were extremely hard to keep caught up. Bill Brown stated the road will be
opened and the maintenance operator will be asked to plow differently.
Bill
Brown left the meeting.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Sheriff Rich
Green and UnderSheriff Scot Kump were present. The Clerk presented the Sheriff and
Board possible interest rates from Intermountain Community Bank and from
Washington Trust. The rates range
from 5.54% to 7.99%. Idaho Power
will fund the ¾ ton pickup for down on the river either annually or
quarterly. Funding for the new
Durango for the Sheriff Department was discussed. Sheriff Green said he would get a quote
for the vehicle for the next Board meeting. Joe Holmes stated he would like to see
the County pay cash for the vehicle and not pay interest.
OFFICE
FURNITURE: Assessor Karen
Hatfield requested approval for purchasing office furniture. Karen presented the request for a desk
for the Motor Vehicle Department in the amount of $349.00. Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
purchase. The motion was seconded
by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAY: Karen Hatfield
asked the Board to allow December 26, 2008 as an unpaid day off. Mike Paradis made a motion to allow
December 26, 2008 as closed for business day. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
As
a reminder, July 3, 2008 will be the County barbeque day and the open
house will be June 30th to July 3rd.
OLD
COURTHOUSE: Fund request
#5 was presented. Joe Holmes made
a motion to approve the request.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
LIQUOR
LICENSE: Joe Holmes made a
motion to approve the liquor license for Pine Ridge Café LLC. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
CANCELLATION
OF TAXES: A cancellation
for the Tom Barry Living Trust was reviewed. Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
cancellation. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
DUPLICATE
CHECK: A duplicate check
form was prepared for Bill Brown.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the duplicate check. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
CATERING
PERMIT: A catering permit
for Wilson’s Lounge LLC was reviewed.
The permit is for June 14th event. Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
catering permit. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
SURPLUS
PROPERTY: A capitol outlay
report for a calculator in the Assessor’s office was presented. Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
surplus property. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
AUDIT: A letter from Folke CPA was reviewed
for the upcoming audit. Joe Holmes
made a motion to approve Folke CPA for the upcoming audit. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
YANTIS
ROCK PIT PUBLIC HEARING:
Due to the volume of people the hearing was moved to the
Courtroom. The public hearing was
recorded. In attendance are the
following: Jason and Tobi Rubelt,
Hank Shepard, Jack Rubelt, John and Roxanna Allen, John Rasmussen, Jeff
Howard, Alvin Yantis, Troy and Nancy Schwartz, Building Inspector Don
Horton, Adams County Reporter Cody Cahill and Prosecuting Attorney Myron
Gabbert. Commissioner Mike Paradis
recused himself. The Conditional
Use Permit was not finalized; a decision will be made on June 23, 2008 at
the regular meeting of the Board.
LEGION
HALL UPDATE: Jeff Howard
came in to discuss heating the Legion Hall in the winter months. The Legion will be paying for
insulation on the walls of the building; the Legion asked if the Board
would pay for the ceiling to be insulated at approximately
$1,000.00. The request was taken
under advisement.
INDIGENT: Mike Paradis 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.
Mike
Paradis made a motion to adjourn the Executive Session and resume the
regular meeting.
Indigent
claim #08-06 assignment of lien, #08-05 letter to hospital and #08-01
application was reviewed. Mike
Paradis made a motion to approve all claims. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
ROAD
ORDINANCE/STANDARDS: No
taxpayers came before the Board regarding the Road Ordinance and
Standards. Ordinance #2008-01 was
established for the Road Ordinance, the road standards were adopted
through Resolution #2008-06. Joe
Holmes made a motion to adopt Road Ordinance 2008-01 and Resolution
2008-06 for the Road Standards. The
motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
INFRACTION
ORDINANCE: Prosecuting
Attorney Myron Gabbert asked about preparing an Ordinance for the
Sheriff’s department to enforce the Resolution to close sections of the
Middle Fork Road. A public hearing
is set for June 23, 2008 for the infraction Ordinance.
BLM
PROPERTY: Joe Holmes made
a motion to purchase the property near the Goodrich Landfill. The Clerk will prepare a check for the
down payment. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recessed until
June 16, 2008.
ATTEST:___________________________ _____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
June
16, 2008
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
Cody Cahill, Adams County Record.
Whereas
the following proceedings were had, to-wit:
Chairman
Bill Brown opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting at 9:07 am.
MINUTES: Minutes for the Board reviewed the June
9th meeting. Joe Holmes made a
motion to approve the minutes. The
motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
NEW
MEADOWS TRANSFER SITE HEARING:
A public hearing was held on the Solid Waste Fee Increase for the
New Meadows Transfer Site.
Assessor Karen Hatfield, Treasure Connie Kesler were the only
people present. The hearing was
held open for 30 minutes with no objections. Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
fee increases. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
PUBLIC
DEFENDER: Public Defender
Tim Felton was present to discuss upcoming fiscal budget.
EXTENSION
BUILDING: After a review
of the bid for new carpet at the extension building, Joe Holmes made a
motion to approve the invoice. The
motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
SUPPORT
FOR ACHD: Mike Paradis
made a motion to approve the support for the ACHD. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
INTERIM
CLAIMS: Mike Paradis made
a motion to approve interim claims with questions on one invoice. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Road
Supervisor Tom Glenn present. Mike
Paradis started a discussion of cost comparison between watering and
applying dust abatement on the Middle Fork Road. The Board will drive out to the Middle
Fork Road to review a new type of dust abatement that was laid down.
HOT
SPRINGS ROAD: A letter
from a homeowner on Hot Springs Road was reviewed. Due to liability and snow plowing the
County will not allow speed bumps.
A letter will be sent to the homeowner stating reason why they are
not allowed.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Sheriff Rich
Green was present. Discussion on
the new additional .25 fees on the 911, which will help in upgrading
future communication costs, was held.
DUPLICATION
OF CHECKS: A duplication
of check for a lost payroll check and a lost accounts payable check were
reviewed. Mike Paradis made a
motion to approve the duplication of checks. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
COUNTY
PARK MAINTENANCE: Mike
Paradis will look at the rut damage at the County Park to determine a
plan of action.
CWMA
AGREEMENT: An agreement
between cost-share funding through RC&D was reviewed. Mike Paradis made a motion to sign
agreement. The motion was seconded
by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
PUBLIC
HEARING ON VACATING ROAD: Present Eric Higgins from New
Meadows. All adjacent landowners
were notified of the public hearing.
The hearing was started at 1:30 and ended at 2:00 pm. No testimony was taken. Mike Paradis made a motion to allow the
vacating of the road. The motion
was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recessed until
June 23, 2008.
ATTEST:_________________________ _____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the Board Bill Brown, Chairman of the
Board
June 23, 2008
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 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 9:43 am.
MINUTES: Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
minutes. The motion was seconded by
Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
INTERIM
CLAIMS: The interim claims
were reviewed. Mike Paradis made a
motion to approve the claims. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Road &
Bridge Supervisor Tom Glenn not present.
ITD
WEED AGREEMENT: A review
of the agreement, an increase from $1000.00 to 3,200.00. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the agreement. The motion was seconded
by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
ZGA
CHANGE ORDER: The Board
reviewed the seconded change order for the Old Courthouse. The Clerk contacted Shawn Charter to
ask if funds are available for the 2 change orders. Shawn said there is sufficient funding.
OLD
COURTHOSUE AUTHORIZATION:
Due to not all Commissioners being available to sign fund
requests, a form was prepared to allow Mike Paradis and Joe Holmes to
sign forms when Chairman Brown is unavailable.
RSVP:
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program letter was reviewed. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the request for $200.00 for the next fiscal. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
TRAVELING THE MIDDLE FORK ROAD: Roger Combs came before the Board to be
allowed to travel the road. Roger
is building a home off the Middle Fork Road. The Board approved the request.
VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER TRAVEL: Joe Holmes made a motion to allow the
lodging expenses for the Veteran Service Officer training to be paid by
the County. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
CASUALTY
LOSS EXEMPTION: A form
completed by Ruth McBride for a casualty loss exemption for a home due to
snow damage was reviewed. Joe
Holmes made a motion to approve the exemption. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
SHERIFF MATTERS: Present Rich Green. 911 enhanced emergency communications
grant fee: Resolution 2008-08 was
created for the .25 increases on the 911 existing fee. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the .25 increases to the existing fee.
The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING ON INFRACTION ORDINANCE: Present Sheriff Rich Green and District
Ranger Mary Farnsworth. Mary gave
an update on the timber harvesting on the Grays Creek Fire area. Mary invited the Commissioners on a
tour of the salvage area. With no
objection from the public, Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the
Infraction Ordinance #2008-03. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
YANTIS ROCK PIT: Present are the following: Edith Schwartz, Stanley Rasmussen, Don
Fisher, Roxanna Allen, Tobi Rubelt, Jeff Howard, Troy and Nancy Schwartz,
Cody Cahill from the Adams County Record and Building Inspector Don
Horton. Bill Brown started the
time asking if anyone had additional information. Troy presented the Board with
information; copies were made for the people present. Mike Paradis reminded the Board he
would not take part in the decision for the rock pit. Bill Brown read through the proposed
Conditional Use Permit, each side had time to voice their concerns. With a few changes to the Permit, Joe
Holmes made a motion to approve Conditional Use Permit. The motion was seconded by Bill Brown
and passed unanimously.
WATERING THE MIDDLE
FORK ROAD: The Board
discussed watering and dust abatement.
GOODRICH LANDFILL: Forsgren Engineer Trevor Howard joined
the meeting. The Board and Trevor
went out to the landfill to review some changes in the design to the
landfill.
With no further business to
come before the Board the Board recessed until June 30, 2008.
ATTEST:__________________________ ___________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
June 30, 2008
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 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 9:17 am.
MINUTES: Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the minutes from the June 23, 2008 meeting. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING: A public hearing for July 17, 2008 at
6:00 pm at the Meadows Valley High School for the Knife River Rock Pit
appeal was set.
ROAD & BRIDGE: Present Road Supervisor Tom Glenn to
discuss the current road projects and the budget. The list of projects for the
Transportation Plan was reviewed.
No additions or deletions were done before sending the list of
projects back to Keller & Associates.
CANCELLATION OF
TAXES: A calculation error
was found on Jeff Howard’s taxes.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the cancellation. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION: Mike Paradis
made a motion to go into the Board of Equalization. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Bill Brown made a request for an
Executive Session pursuant to IC 67-2345, subsection 1(d),
9-340D(24). Joe Holmes voted to
move into Executive Session. Mike
Paradis voted to move into Executive Session. Bill Brown voted to move into Executive
Session.
BRUNDAGE MOUNTAIN
COMPANY appeal was heard with Appraiser Robin James, Appraiser
Warren Rice, Assessor Karen Hatfield, State Tax Commission Appraiser
Cliff McLean, Brundage Mountain Fredrick Certano, Gary Blaylock and Judd
DeBoer.
Mike Paradis made a motion
to adjourn the Executive Session.
The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
JOHN AND CONNIE
MOUSER appeal was held via teleconference. Ms Mouser explained why she feels her
value is too high. Appraiser Robin
James stated the County is prepared to lower the value to $39,500 per
lot. After more discussion, Mike
Paradis made a motion to approve the adjusted value of $39,500.00 per
lot. The motion was seconded by
Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
TIM RECKINGER
appeal was held via teleconference.
Mr. Reckinger started the conference stating he heels the value is
too high. After review of the
information, the assessed land value of $86,700.00 was upheld. Mike Paradis made a motion to affirm
the assessed value of $86,700.00.
The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously. Tim Reckinger indicated he would like
to be forwarded on to the State Board of Tax Appeals.
MIKE & TINA
TAYLOR appeal was scheduled for a teleconference and did not call
in. The Board reviewed the appeal
of valuation. Mike Paradis made a
motion to affirm the assessed value of $142,587.00. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
BRUNDAGE MOUNTAIN
continued hearing was held. Bill
Brown requested to move into Executive Session pursuant to IC 67-2345,
subsection 1(d), 9-340D(24). 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 Executive Session and resume the regular meeting. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
JOHN L. PULLIAM
appeal was held. The land will be
assessed at $28,459.00 and the improvements were changed to
$19,653.00. Mike Paradis made a
motion to approve the changes. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
CORRECTIONS: Assessor Karen Hatfield presented the
following changes in values to the Board.
Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the changes as presented. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
Starkey Hot Springs $ -1,081.00
Pinkal, Larry & Peggy $ -23,820.00
Western Timber Products, LLC $ -2,366.00
B & C Holdings & DH & Associated $ -6,695.00
Pulliam, John L $-25,448.00
Mott, Kimberly A & Busby, Michael W $ -4,321.00
Medley, Roy & Jeanne $ +25,638.00
Capps, Darlene L & Gene A $ +2,744.00
Smith, Edward M & Steven F $ -1,474.00
Gregory, Harvey & Helen Mae $ -6,975.00
Carlton, James & Rita R $ -6,975.00
Foss, William C & Carol $ -6,975.00
Fyvie, LLC $ -15,100.00
Mouser, John M & Connie J $ -6,975.00
Mouser, John M & Connie J $ -6,975.00
Fyvie, LLC $ -4,425.00
Robinson, Henry L Jr $ -4,425.00
Fyvie, LLC $ -4,425.00
Cox, Alice H $ -4,425.00
Merritt, Russell W & Casual N $ -4,425.00
Starowicz, William S $ -4,425.00
Redsner, Ronald D $ -4,425.00
Humbird, Don A $ -4,425.00
Humbird, Don A $ -4,425.00
Willis, John B $ +3,700.00
Beall, Joyce E $ -4,425.00
With no further business to
come before the Board the Board recessed until July 14, 2008.
ATTEST:___________________________ ______________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the Board Bill Brown, Chairman of the
Board
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