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Commissioners Minutes
August
11, 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 9:18 am.
Cynthia
Karlowski joined the meeting.
MINUTES: The July 28, 2008 minutes were
reviewed. Mike Paradis made a
motion to approve the minutes. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
LETTER
TO EMPLOYEES: A letter was
prepared to County employees regarding the budget for the new fiscal
year.
ORDINANCE
#2008-04: A repeal of
Ordinance 2006-04 was needed to take Affordable Housing out of the County
Ordinances. Mike Paradis made a
motion to approve Ordinance 2008-04 to repeal the Affordable Housing
Ordinance. The motion was seconded
by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
MILEAGE: The Board reviewed the current State
mileage change from .50.5 to 58.5.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the change. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
CLAIMS:
Commissioner Joe Holmes reviewed Claims.
Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the claims as presented. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
MIDDLE
FORK ROAD: The road is
open to the public starting August 11, 2008. Mike Paradis made a motion to rescind
the Middle Fork Road Resolution 2008-05.
The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
SOLID
WASTE EXEMPTION: An
exemption for a taxpayer was reviewed.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the exemption. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
CERTIFICATE
OF RESIDENCY: A review of
a certificate of residency for an individual going to CSI was held. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the certificate. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
DUPLICATE
CHECK: An employee lost a
paycheck; Mike Paradis made a motion to have a duplicate check
prepared. The motion was seconded
by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
QUARTERLY
REPORTS: The Board
reviewed of the Treasurer’s, Sheriff and Clerk’s reports. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the reports. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
TAX
DEED PROPERTY: The Loren
and Edna Rice tax deed property was discussed, the result is to send a
letter to adjacent landowners to ask what they would be willing to pay
for the property.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Road
Supervisor Tom Glenn was present.
Trevor Howard, Forsgren Engineer, called in via teleconference
regarding the LHTAC funding for bridges in Adams County. The County is eligible for grant
funding but it will need a match of 7.43%. Joe Holmes asked for the Middle Fork
Road from Fall Creek to Cabin Creek to be bladed. The Board discussed with Tom the
outcome to the Road & Bridge budget.
ELECTED
OFFICIALS: Present are the
following: Assessor Karen
Hatfield, Treasurer Connie Kesler.
Bill Brown discussed the COL increases and changes to the
insurance for the new fiscal year.
Karen gave the Board several suggestions regarding people in the
Open Range of the pay scale such as merit increases. The Board went through the
Assessor/Revaluation and Treasurer budgets.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION: Bill Brown
requested and Executive Session pursuant to IC 67-2345, subsection
1(j). Joe Holmes voted to move
into Executive Session. Mike
Paradis voted to move into Executive.
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.
INDIGENT
MATTERS: Claim 2008-06,
lien signed and the application was approved. Claim 2008-10, lien signed.
FOREST
SERVICE: Cliff Steel from
the Forest Service brought forth to the Board an agreement regarding road
maintenance on the Middle Fork Road.
In lieu of $35,000.00, the Forest Service will purchase gravel and
the County will use County trucks to lay the gravel.
BUILDING
DEPARTMENT: Building
Inspector Don Horton came before the Board to discuss the outcome of his
budget.
WEED
DEPARTMENT: Weed
Supervisor Dave Klaw came before the Board to discuss the outcome of his
budget.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Sheriff Rich
Green came before the Board to discuss the outcome of the Sheriff and 911
budgets. Rich also brought up
purchasing vehicles for the deputies; the final outcome will be a
purchase of two cars every year.
MILL
CREEK ROAD: Road
Supervisor Tom Glenn came before the Board to discuss the status of the
Mill Creek Road. The Board
directed Tom to overlay Mill Creek to Orchard Road and to patch the road
a short distance pass the Orchard Road turn off.
PERSONNEL
MATTERS: Bill Brown made a
motion to move into Executive Session pursuant to IC 67-2345, subsection
1(j). 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.
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recessed until
August 18, 2008.
ATTEST:___________________________ ____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
August
18, 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 9:15 am.
MINUTES: The August 11, 2008 minutes were
reviewed with a few corrections.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
INTERIM
CLAIMS: Interim claims
were reviewed. Joe Holmes made a
motion to accept the Interim claims.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
COUNCIL/CUPRUM
ROAD PROJECT: The County
received an amendment to the agreement of an increase of $10,000 to a
total project cost of $390,000.00.
The amendment was to consider the cost of the County dump trucks
being used on the project. Joe
Holmes made a motion to sign the amendment. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Present
UnderSheriff Scot Kump. Scot
brought up the letter for Shey Schoger and why the letter was
generated. Scot asked permission
to purchase a trailer for the jet skis down on the river and sign the
letter to Shey Schoger. Joe Holmes
made a motion to approve the purchase of a trailer and to sign the
letter. The motion was seconded by
Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
Road
& Bridge Supervisor Tom Glenn joined the meeting.
WALLACE
LANE COUNTY SPEED LIMIT:
An individual called last week regarding the 15 mph speed limit in
front of Leonard Wallace’s property and why it is not 25 mph. After discussion the Commissioners gave
Road & Bridge Supervisor direction to change the speed limit from 15
mph to 25 mph so it matches the rest of the roads.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Mill Creek
Road overlay will be completed by Wednesday. South Exeter overlay will be completed
on Tuesday. Discussion of renaming
part of Smokey Boulder Road further discussion will take place at the
next meeting.
SNOW
PLOWING: Grant Jemit
joined the meeting. Mr. Jemit
stated his fences on the Council/Cuprum Road are being damaged because
the snowplow operator is going too fast.
Bill Brown said the Board will look at the damaged fence and would
inform the operator to take precaution next snow year.
DISHON
ENTERPRISES: Wade Dishion
came before the Board to present the misdemeanor probation report.
TAX
DEED PROPERTY: Letter to
adjacent landowners was prepared regarding tax deed property. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the letter. 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(j). 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.
INDIGENT
MATTERS: Claim 08-11; an
application/lien was reviewed.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve claim #08-11. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
PERSONNEL
MATTERS: Employee 1 moved
to 5/open $15.18. Employee 2 moved
to 4/open $13.77. Employee 3
request was denied. Mike Paradis
made a motion to approve the wage requests and deny one. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
ROCKY
MOUNTAIN RECYCLING: Brian
Heur looking for resource for recycling plants. Semi traveling through every two weeks
hauling straight to the plant, prices would be published monthly, current
price is $65.00 per ton. The Board
will discuss having Rocky Mountain recycling pick up cardboard.
TIME
CHANGE: The Board of
Commissioners will meeting on Monday, August 25, 2008; the meeting will
start at 1:30 pm and run through to 6:00 pm to cover the County Budget
Hearing. Joe Holmes made a motion
to approve the change in time. The
motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recessed until
August 25, 2008.
ATTEST:_____________________________ ___________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
August
25, 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 1:30 pm.
MINUTES: The minutes for the August 18, 2008
meeting were reviewed and corrections were made. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the corrected minutes. The motion
was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
INTERIM
CLAIMS: The Board reviewed
the interim claims. Mike Paradis
made a motion to approve the interim claims. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
CANCELLATION
OF TAXES: A cancellation
for taxes on a tax deed property was prepared. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the cancellation. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
CISCO
FIREWALL: A quote from
Computer Arts Inc for a new hardware firewall at a cost of $730.54 was
reviewed. Due to CAI changing out
their firewall we would not be able to communicate with them and problems
in the future would be costly.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the purchase for the new
firewall. The motion was seconded
by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
IBM
SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR AS400: The Board approved the software
agreement. Mike Paradis made a
motion to approve the IBM software agreement. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
COUNCIL/CUPRUM
PROJECT: The Board
reviewed the County trucking costs that will be sent to the Federal
Highway Administration for reimbursement.
The total invoice for the County trucking costs is $16,640.00.
HAUNTING
AT OLD COURTHOUSE: The
Board reviewed the dates the committee would like to use the old
Courthouse. Joe Holmes made a
motion to allow the use and the dates of September 15th to
November 15th. Judge
Peart said the dates are not a problem.
Elaine Johnston joined the meeting asking the Board to approve
more work due to having remaining funds from the Grant. The Board approves the additional work
but requested Gafford Construction to complete the work by the end of
September due to the Haunted House Committee needing to be in the Old
Courthouse by the 1st of October.
HEARTLAND
CIA: Connie Kesler came
before the Board to ask permission to use the Legion Hall on August 26,
2008 for a potluck and have the fees waived for the use of the hall. The purpose of the potluck is to view
the proposed picture of the new entrance for the Fair and Rodeo
grounds. Joe Holmes told Connie
certain criteria will need to be meet such as height and the width will
need to be looked at closely.
Interest
rates for capitol projects were reviewed no decisions were made.
HISTORIC
PRESERVATION COMMISSION:
Elaine Johnston stated approximately $50,000.00 is remaining to
use on projects; the conclusion is three projects will be completed and
not to exceed the $50,000.00.
Project 1 being sealing up the 2nd floor, patch and
repair the existing roof leaks and repairing entry steps. Elaine Johnston asked the Board to
allow the Historic Preservation Commission to apply for a Community
Center granting to put in a heating and cooling and handicap assessable.
Brent
Armacost joined the meeting.
Ralph
Wilson joined the meeting.
JUDGE
CULET: Judge Culet and
Trial Court Administrator Dan Kessler came before the Board to address
legislative updates and any concerns the Board.
COMPUTER
FOR REVAL: Assessor Karen
Hatfield and Ginger Getusky were present to submit to the Board a quote
on a computer for Robin James, the cost being approximately $900.00. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the purchase of the computer. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
COUNCIL
GREENS: Warren Watts,
Building Inspector Don Horton, Road & Bridge Supervisor Tom Glenn,
landowner Ralph Wilson and Steve Nash met. Warren Watts stated a new contractor
was used to get the remaining work completed, the water and sewer has
been checked and Steve Nash said Holiday has signed off on the sewer and
water. The road is completed and
Tom Glenn will need to inspect the road.
Don Horton said the County has not received an update on the items
needing to be completed. Ralph
Wilson was present to discuss encroachment on his property from the Council
Greens and fence issues. Bill
Brown asked Steve the status of the golf course project. Tom Glenn was asked to put up a yield
sign for the existing subdivision.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Sheriff Rich
Green present. Discussion on
allowing the Clerk’s office to get ILETS, inquiry only, more discussion
is needed. Speed limit on Wallace
Lane was also discussed.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Speed limit
on Wallace Lane and the renaming of a road near Smokey Boulder was
discussed. A letter was prepared
for Leonard and Kay Wallace regarding the speed limit being changed from
15 mph to 25 mph.
SPEED
SIGNS ON SOUTH END ROAD:
Heidi Anyan present with concerns on the speed limit. Heidi told the Board of her son being
almost run over, she presented the Board pictures of the damage to her
son’s bide and the skid marks.
Heidi said the speed limit signs are not placed correctly for the
public to take notice. The Board
directed Road & Bridge Supervisor to place the 25 mph sign in place
of the 35 mph. At the other end of
the Walker Resort Subdivision another 25 mph sign is needed. Heidi stated more signage and
patrolling in the area are needed.
COUNTY
BUDGET HEARING: At 6:00 pm
a hearing in the Courtroom on the 2008-09 County Budget was opened. Present are the following: Chairman Bill Brown, Commissioner Bill
Brown, Commissioner Mike Paradis, Commissioner Joe Holmes, Clerk Sherry
Ward, Assessor Karen Hatfield, Treasurer Connie Kesler, Building
Inspector Don Horton, Sheriff Rich Green, Dave Veselka, Wayne and Julie
Burkhardt, Brent Armacost.
Questions from the public were answered and at 6:59 pm
Commissioner Mike Paradis made a motion to accept resolution 2008-08 to
accept the Budget for 1008-09. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recessed until
September 8, 2008.
ATTEST:__________________________ ____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
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