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Commissioners Minutes
September
8, 2008
The Board of Adams County
Commissioners 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 not present.
Whereas
the following proceedings were had, to-wit:
Chairman
Bill Brown opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting at 9:15 am.
Joe
Holmes joined the meeting at 9:45 am.
MINUTES: The minutes from the August 25, 2008
meeting were reviewed. Mike Paradis
made a motion to approve the minutes with corrections. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
CLAIMS: Commissioner Bill Brown and
Commissioner Mike Paradis reviewed the claims. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the claims. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Present Road
& Bridge Supervisor Tom Glenn.
Smokey Boulder Road name:
After discussion, the Board directed Tom to purchase a sign called
Round Valley Road and put it up.
The invoice for Mill Creek Road resurfacing was $106,800.00. The Board discussed bids for bailing
and removal of metal at the landfills.
RECYCLING
ATTENDANT: Recycling
Attendant Melvin Jenkins came before the Board to discuss issues. Melvin Jenkins told the Board he would
be retiring next spring. Melvin
said he would prepare a tote for the public to put electronic items
in. The Clerk will prepare a
notice for the newspaper, a two-week trial in September. Bill Brown brought up discussion on
using Rocky Mountain Recycling for the cardboard. The County will receive a price of
$65.00/ton (.03 per lb), a once a month pickup schedule. The Clerk will call Rocky Mountain to
coordinate a time for pickup. By
using Rocky Mountain Melvin stated it would eliminate one trip per month
to Fruitland.
KNIFE
RIVER-ROCK FLAT UPDATE: No
discussion this meeting will be put on agenda for the September 22, 2008
meeting.
Dan
Huter joined the meeting.
WALLACE
LANE: Leonard Wallace and
Sissy Wallace came before the Board regarding the speed limit being
raised from 15 mph to 25 mph. Bill
stated consistency throughout the County on speed limits is needed. Leonard is concerned about the
conditions in the winter on Wallace Lane and the road being a 7%
grade. Sissy voiced her concerns
that raising the speed is not good.
Bill stated the County was willing to help change the road when
the subdivision was established but due to no financial help from
landowners the change did not happen.
If an alternate route is established, Bill stated the County would
help. The Board reviewed the plat
on Timber Ridge Subdivision to find an alternate route. The Wallace’s and the Board would like
to see moving the road farther from the Wallace property. The adjacent property owners will be
asked if it is a possibility to move the road away from the Wallace
property, in the meantime the speed limit will be left at 15 mph. The Wallace’s scheduled a meeting for
September 22 @ 2:30 pm.
SMOKEY
BOULDER ROAD: Property
owner Andy Olsen called in to discuss the proposed names for the road
near Smokey Boulder and Round Valley.
Andy Olsen voiced her concerns that it should not be named Round
Valley Road due to an existing road in a nearby subdivision is already Round
Valley Road. The Board will discuss
the issue on September 22nd meeting.
EMS
BUILDING: Mike Paradis
made a motion to accept the property the City of Council is giving to the
County for the purpose of erecting an EMS Building to house fire and
ambulance for Adams County. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
COUNCIL
VALLEY AMBULANCE DISTRICT:
The Clerk asked the Board to include the Ambulance District in the
annual audit due to the Board being responsible for the Ambulance District.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Sheriff Rich
Green present. The Board discussed
with Sheriff Green the need to remove the large containers outside the
Sheriff’s office due to damage from snow.
Sheriff green asked if Maintenance Supervisor Mike Getusky could
get in contact with him regarding this matter. The County Board Supervisor presented
the Clerk with a $1,470.00 bill for buoys, discussion of available cash
for the purchase was held.
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.
Wage
change for employee was granted.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the wage change. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
CLG
GRANT: Historic Preservation
Committee member Elaine Johnston came before the Board for signature on
annual CLG Grant, this year the $2,500.00 grant will be used for website
maintenance and to survey an archeological site for Indian artifacts. Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
grant. The motion was seconded by
Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
ASSIGNMENT
TO CAT FUND: Indigent
Claim #08-02 and #07-10 were presented to the Board to be assigned to the
Cat Fund. Joe Holmes made a motion
to sign the assignment for the claims.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
ACCESS
IDAHO AGREEMENT: Treasurer
Connie Kesler presented the Board an agreement for online services
through Access Idaho. No charges
will be accessed to the County, the user will be accessed a 3% fee. Myron Gabbert will review the
agreement.
HCIA: Connie Kesler asked for permission to
use the Legion Hall on November 8, 2008 for an auction the HCIA will be
having and asked for the Board to waive the fees. Connie asked for approval on the new
entrance to the Fair grounds based solely on approval from the Fair
Board. Joe Holmes made a motion to
approve the new entrance. The
motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously. Connie told the Board plans for the
snowmobile rodeo are starting.
OLD
SAWMILL ROAD: Prosecuting
Attorney Myron Gabbert met for a discussion on the Old Sawmill Road court
case. Myron suggested the Board
wait on the Summary Judgment to determine what the County’s response will
be.
Gene
Foster joined the meeting.
JOINT
POWERS AGREEMENT: Myron
Gabbert prepared a joint powers agreement between the County and the Fire
District. The Board reviewed the
agreement. The Board signed the
agreement and forwarded the agreement on to the Fire District for their
approval and signatures. Joe
Holmes made a motion to approve the agreement. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
The
Board will not meet on September 15, 2008 due to the annual IAC
Conference. The next scheduled
meeting will be September 22, 2008.
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board recessed until
September 22, 2008.
ATTEST:____________________________ ___________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
September
22, 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 9:03 A.M.
ADDITIONS
TO AGENDA: Solid Waste/Goodrich
Landfill, Indigent Matters, Myron Gabbert-Joint Powers Agreement, EMS
Building, and Old Sawmill Road.
SOLID
WASTE: Landfill Supervisor
Mike Hampton came before the Board to give an update on the Goodrich
Landfill. Mike Paradis informed
Mike Hampton Southwest District Health would do an inspection of the
landfill on Friday, September 26.
Discussion on the metal collection bid prices was held.
EMS
BUILDING: Ambulance
Supervisor Dan Huter, Fire Department Chief Shawn Stanford came before
the Board on the issues arising on the erection of the building. Shawn asked if the County would help
with the excavation costs. Shawn
brought up the changes to the joint powers agreement; the Clerk will take
the changes to the Prosecutor Myron Gabbert to make the changes. Dan Huter stated $60,000.00 was needed
to get the building erected. Shawn
Stafford stated the Fire Department would come up with $30,000.00. Dan asked the Board for approval of
$30,000.00 to put forth toward the building. Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
funding of the building. The
motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
Trevor
Howard and Larry Evans from Forsgren joined the meeting. Road & Bridge Supervisor Tom Glenn
joined the meeting. Bret Armacost
joined the meeting.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Present is
Sheriff Green and UnderSheriff Scot Kump.
The invoice for the buoys was stopped due to the freight cost of
$500.00. Scot brought up the new
prison agreement with the State of Idaho, a minimum of 20 beds at $40.00/day
per bed. Scot stated it is very
important to get the 20 beds set in stone then after look at jail
expansion. Scot gave Prosecutor
Myron Gabbert a copy of the agreement for review. The agreement between the City of New
Meadows and the Sheriff’s Department was discussed; copies were given to
Myron for review. Sheriff Green
updated the Board on the progress of the purchase of a new vehicle.
PACKER
JOHN PARK: Another
individual complained to the Clerk’s office of a squatter and the garbage
not being picked up. Bill Brown
said he would have the garbage picked up.
The Sheriff stated he would have the squatter removed. Bill called the individual regarding
Packer John Park.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Road
Supervisor Tom Glenn brought up the road issue for the Round Valley Road
sign. Tom will purchase the sign
for the road. A landowner asked
Tom if the County would install a culvert, Mike Paradis stated the County
policy is not to install culverts for landowners. The Board discussed the work that needs
to be completed on Middle Fork Road.
Mike told Tom the County will help on excavation work for the EMS
Building.
FORSGREN
INVOICE: Bill Brown
brought up the relationship between Forsgren and Adams County. Larry Evan stated Forsgren tries very
hard to not increase costs and sustain service to the County. Bill stated the cost of travel time and
engineer rate needs to be detailed as to the different rates. The current invoice we were holding was
approved for payment. Mike Paradis
made a motion to approve the payment.
The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously. Bill asked Don Horton to join the
meeting asking his opinion on having Forsgren do the plan reviews.
Jason
Hansen ICRMP representative joined the meeting, due to backup on the
agenda Jason said he would reschedule to October 14, 2008.
MPC
COMPUTER: Mitch Cunningham
from MPC Computers came before the Board to bring to our attention what
MPC Computers can do for the County.
AIRPORT
ROAD: Darrel Brown came
before the Board to discuss what options are available for the County
regarding the section of the road north of the airport. Darrel has asked for an easement off
the road to his property, the City of Council has denied access. A review of the 1977 Commissioners
minutes stated the section of the road in question is to be a stock drive
way and to be maintained by the City of Council. No decision was made; the Board will
make a decision later.
CAI
QUOTE FOR ANITVIRUS AND UPGRADE:
The Clerk brought a quote from CAI for antivirus and upgrade. Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
$1,577.40 cost. The motion was
seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
CAPITOL
CRIMES BALLOT: A ballot
for the District 3 Capitol Crimes Commissioner was presented. The Board agreed to nominate Fred
Tilman as the District 3 Commissioner and Jack Nelson from Latah County
for the at large member. Mike
Paradis made a motion to nominate Fred Tilman and Jack Nelson. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
CAI
ANNUAL AGREEMENT: The
Clerk presented the Board the annual agreement with no changes or
increase fees. Mike Paradis made a
motion to approve the annual agreement.
The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
CERTIFICATE
OF LEVIES: The levies were
reviewed; Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the levies for the
2008-2009 fiscal year. The motion
was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
ANNUAL
EXTENSION AGREEMENT: Upon
review of annual agreement; Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
agreement. The motion was seconded
by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
SAGE-ASSURANCE
AGREEMENT: A grant for GSI
Mapping was awarded to Sage; the County will be able to use the training
through the grant. Joe Holmes made
a motion to sign the Assurance Agreement.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
CORONER
AGREEMENT: Adams County
Coroner Sue Warner was present.
Myron Gabbert reviewed a Coroner’s Agreement with Ada County
Coroners. The agreement was
designed by ICRMP and thought the Counties need to have agreements
instead of verbal only. Joe Holmes
made a motion to sign the agreement.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
OLD
SAWMILL ROAD: Myron
Gabbert asked the Board if they wish to appeal the decision. Myron stated we had 42 days to appeal
the decision.
JOINT
POWERS AGREEMENT:
Discussion on the changes the Fire District wanted was brought to
Myron’s attention. Mike Paradis
asked for Shawn Stafford to contact Myron on the exact changes they
wanted.
ACTING
RANGER DAVE HOGAN: Dave
Hogan asked the Board for an update on issues the County and Forest
Service are involved in. Mike
Paradis asked about a timber sale, which was scheduled to sale prior to
the Bear Tornado. Mike said the
project on the Middle Fork was having problems with getting time to
complete the project suggesting next spring would be a better time.
Cindy
Minder joined the meeting.
HAUNTED
HOUSE: Cindy Minder asked
for permission to start early on the Haunted House. Cindy stated he had talked with the
contractors making sure the Committee would not be in their way. The Board did not see a problem knowing
the contractors would be out by next week.
WALLACE
LANE SPEED LIMIT SIGN:
Present Leonard and Kay Wallace, Mike and Sissy Wallace. Bill Brown stated the Board is willing
to leave the speed limit as is and work at attaining a solution to the
moving of the road. Leonard
Wallace asked if more law enforcement present could be on Wallace
Lane. The Sheriff Department said
they could put more presence on Wallace Lane; Bill said they will need to
contact the Sheriff’s office.
VETERANS
SERVICES: Present Jeff
Howard. Jeff gave the Board an
overview of the services provided for the veterans of Adams County.
LEGION
HALL: Present Jeff
Howard. Jeff gave an update on the
remodeling and maintenance going on at the hall. The water usage was the preparation for
the music festival. Discussion on
expanding the well at the Legion Park for irrigating purposes was held.
MINUTES: The minutes to the September 8, 2009
meeting were reviewed. 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 after discussion Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the
interim claims. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
KNIFE
RIVER/ROCK FLAT: Present
Building Inspector Don Horton. The
Board discussed the proposed gravel pit at Rock Flat.
INDIGENT
MATTERS: 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.
Case
08-11 – Action: Approved claims
Case
08-08 – Action: Approved claims and Order of reimbursement
Case
08-07 – Action: Approved claims and Order of reimbursement
Joe
Holmes made a motion to approve the action on the above cases. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
GOODRICH
LANDFILL: The Board of
Commissioners will meet with DEQ and SW District Health on Friday,
September 26, 2008 for an annual inspection of the landfill. A notice will be posted of the meeting.
POLLING
PLACES: The polling places
for the 2008 General Election are as follows:
001 Indian Valley
– Community Center
002 Council –
Courthouse
003 North Council
– Courthouse
004 Bear – Mail
out
005 New Meadows –
City Hall
006 Little Salmon
River – Mail Out
Mike
Paradis made a motion to approve the polling places. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
With
no further business to come before the Board the Board did recess until
Tuesday, October 14, 2008.
ATTEST:___________________________ _____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
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