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Commissioners Minutes
March
8, 2010
The
Board of County Commissioners of Adams County, Idaho, does hereby meet
this march 8, 2010. There being
present Chairman Bill Brown, Commissioner Mike Paradis, Commissioner Joe
Holmes and Clerk Sherry Ward.
Whereupon the following proceedings are had, to-wit:
Loren
Ferguson joined the meeting.
Dale
and Kathy Lattin joined the meeting.
Chairman
Bill Brown opened the Adams County Commissioner meeting at 9:10 am.
AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA: Meeting with Chris Carey from Lake Shore;
Sonya Hernandez changed to discussion only; Dave Wilson, City of Council,
to discuss road near Old Courthouse; Letter regarding bull trout; Pete
Johnston overview seminar; Idaho Power information on March 18
meeting. Mike Paradis made a
motion to amend the agenda. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
CLAIMS: The claims were reviewed by Bill
Brown. After review of the claims
Bill Brown made a motion to approve the claims in the amount of
$130,598.39. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
MINUTES: After review of the February 22, 2010
minutes Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
GOODRICH LANDFILL: The Board requested a meeting be
scheduled with DEQ, Pete Wagner and Mark Mason, Southwest District Health
Representative David Loper and Representative Judy Boyle in the near
future to discuss the status of the Goodrich Landfill.
CANCELLATION OF TAXES:
Parcel
MH0004006013CA Ronald
Hornyak $155.28
Parcel
MH14N01W113602A Ronald
Dunham 60.78
Parcel
LRM02500060090A Timothy
Fausett 360.00
Parcel
RPM02500020130A Ronald
Wittig 522.17
Refund to Mr. Wittig of 405.78
Mike
Paradis made a motion to approve the cancellations and refunds. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
TRANSPORTATION PLAN: The final Project documentation summary
was reviewed. Mike Paradis made a
motion to approve the closing document and sign the documentation
summary. The motion was seconded
by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
CERTIFICATE OF RESIDENCY: After review of the certificate for
Kristen Blackner. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
the Certificate of Residency. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
RAC SUPPORT LETTER: A letter of support was prepared for
signage on the Goose Lake Area as a RAC Project. Mike Paradis made a motion to approve
and sign the support letter. The
motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
WEED DEPARTMENT: Present Dave Klaw, Supervisor. Dave gave an update on the new
employees hired using the stimulus funds.
Dave asked permission to be an alternate for the Weed District. The Board was in favor of the
appointment. After discussion the
Board chose to donate $100.00 toward the Idaho Weed Awareness
program. Mike Paradis made a
motion to approve the donation.
The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
BULL TROUT HABITAT: Mike Paradis prepared a letter in
response to the proposed critical bull trout habitat. After review Mike Paradis made a motion
to approve and sign the letter.
The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
ROAD & BRIDGE: Present Tom Glenn, Supervisor. Discussion was held on the bridge on
North Indian Valley Road. The
repairs will be put into a RAC project proposal. Joe Holmes updated the Board on the
upcoming Indian Valley Road Project.
SHERIFF MATTERS: Present Sheriff Rich Green and
UnderSheriff Richard Borger.
Building Inspector Don Horton was also present. Discussion was held on the annual
inspection of the fire alarm and backflow systems for the Courthouse and
jail. The Clerk stated after the
March inspection in 2008 the Building Inspector said he could inspect the
system if a problem arose. Richard
Borger gave a reason an annual inspection is needed. The Clerk gave Richard Borger a name of
other vendors that may be cheaper than Simplex Grinnell. The Sheriff brought up the testing of
computer driven timesheets. The
Clerk asked the Sheriff for the annual document for Computer Arts
software in the Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff stated he would like to discuss the matter at a later
time with the Board.
Fred
Glemser joined the meeting.
LAKESHORE DISPOSAL: Present Chris Carey and Everett Arter
from LakeShore Disposal. After
discussion the agreement was set for one (1) year to allow data to be
collected. The contract will start
in March and end in February.
Discussion will start in January of 2011 for the next renewal.
Pete
Johnston joined the meeting.
WEISER RIVER TRAIL: Trail members present Shirley Atteberry
and David Hieber. Shirley is
asking for a letter of support for the trail to be classified as a
National Trail designation. Mike
Paradis expressed concerns as to why the trail should have motorized
vehicles not being allowed on the trail.
Joe Holmes stated he still is not in favor of creating a letter of
support. Fred Glemser gave a
positive comment of the need for the national trail designation. The Board asked for time on the March
15th agenda to discuss the issue again.
NEW MEADOWS RANGER DISTRICT: Present is Dustin Doane, Fuel
Specialist, Ron Rodriguez, acting Director, Mike Beckwith, Environmental
Coordinator and Whitey Ruberg for discussion on the Rocky Bear
Project. The purpose of the
project is to provide suppression forces and a higher probability of
successfully attacking wild land fire with the wild land urban interface
(WUI). The project consists of 826
acres in the Little Goose Creek drainage approximately 4 miles east of
New Meadows.
ROAD
TO OLD COURTHOUSE: Dave Wilson, representative from the
City of Council met with the Board.
Dave stated the road in front of the Old Courthouse that leads to
California Avenue needs to be obliterated, a pipe installed to help with
water drainage. Mike Paradis will
set a time up to go review the proposal and comment back to the Board.
INDIGENT
MATTERS: A motion was made by Commissioner Joe
Holmes and seconded by Commissioner Mike Paradis and passed unanimously
to enter into Executive Session pursuant to IC 67-2345, subsection (1) (b). Mike Paradis made a motion to adjourn
the Execution 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 recesses until March 15, 2010.
ATTEST:____________________________ ____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
March 15, 2010
The Board of County Commissioners of
Adams County, Idaho, does hereby meet this March 15, 2010. There being present Commissioner Mike
Paradis, Commissioner Joe Holmes and Clerk Sherry Ward. Chairman Bill Brown was not
present. Whereupon the following
proceedings are had, to-wit:
Loren Ferguson joined the meeting.
Commissioner Mike Paradis opened the
Adams County Commissioner meeting at; 9:30 am.
AMENDMENTS
TO AGENDA: Letter of nomination for Pete Johnston;
RC&D letter; Change Pete Johnston from 3:00 pm to 1:30 pm. Joe Holmes made a motion to amend the
agenda. The motion was seconded by
Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
GOODRICH
LANDFILL/DEQ: A meeting will be setup with DEQ,
Southwest District Health and the Legislative Representatives.
MINUTES:
After review of the March 8, 2010 minutes Joe Holmes made a motion
to approve the minutes with corrections.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
CANCELLATION
OF TAXES: Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
following cancellation. The motion
was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
MH17N01W265400A Mark Winton $104.47
Refund the following amount 28.18
INTERIM
CLAIMS: After review of the interim claims in
the amount of $61,649.00. Joe
Holmes made a motion to approve the interim claims. The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis
and passed unanimously.
BUDGET
REVIEW: Present Assessor Karen Hatfield,
Treasurer Connie Kesler and Weed Supervisor Dave Klaw. The Clerk gave an overview of the 2009
budget and where the County is on the 2010 budget. The Treasurer stated tax collections
have been going down approximately 1% each year. The Clerk stated with the 3% cut in the
2010 budget the revenues are holding.
Assessor Karen Hatfield stated values will be going down but not
sure how much. The Clerk asked the
Assessor to give her an estimate of the reduced values so a preliminary
2011 budget could be put together to see where the levy rates will land.
WEED
BUDGET: Weed Supervisor Dave Klaw gave the Board
an update from the meeting last week with the ISDA Stimulus Department
heads. Dave stated the State said
the County can get reimbursed for wages for Dave and Chris Friend.
ASSESSOR
DEPARTMENT: Assessor Karen Hatfield asked about the
details on the lease purchase of a vehicle for the Assessor’s
department. Mike Paradis stated
the Board is aware of the need for an upgrade of the vehicle for the
Assessor’s department.
Anita Vangrunsven joined the meeting.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Present Road Supervisor Tom Glenn. Tom presented a bid from Boulder
Engineering for preparing documentation for a presentation to the RAC for
the bridges in Indian Valley. The
tractor with snow blower attachment is in need of new tires. Since the purchase of the tractor it
has had 4 flats. The tire size is
8 ply bias tires. Les Schwab is
$617.00 per tire and Commercial Tire is $675.00.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Present UnderSheriff Richard
Borger. The UnderSheriff asked for
documentation on the change to biweekly payroll. The UnderSheriff stated the County has
not seen any formal letters regarding the formation of the new District 3
Interoperability Governance Board (DIGB 3). The UnderSheriff is looking at other
vendors for bids on the fire protection for the building. Mike Paradis asked the UnderSheriff
about ways to get boat docks built for the Ben Ross Reservoir.
Shirley Glemser joined the meeting.
Bridget Best joined the meeting.
WEISER
RIVER TRAIL LETTER: Present Trail members Shirley
Atteberry, Patty Heldt and David Hieber.
Shirley started the discussion.
Bill Brown was not present but had called earlier in the day. Bill concurs with Mike Paradis and Joe
Holmes that if the Weiser River Trail Board is not willing to allow
adjacent landowners to use the trail then the letter of support will not
be made. Shirley presented a
letter to the Board on behalf of the Weiser River Trail but also believes
a Resolution between the County and Weiser River Trail needs to be
met. Anita Vangrunsven stated maybe
the trail could be used by the farmers on occasional use not routine
use. Mike Paradis stated he has
talked with several adjacent landowners stating they would be willing to
support the National Trail designation if adjacent landowners could use
the trail. Shirley Atteberry
stated the Weiser River Trail Board would look at applications as they
come in but is not willing to allow all adjacent landowners use. Mike Paradis state the Board does not
want to support the National Trail designation at this time. David Hieber stated the Board is only
looking at the adjacent landowners view point, not other people who are
not adjacent landowners such as people who live in town.
Gale Stillman and John Franks from the
City of New Meadows joined the meeting.
PAYETTE
NATIONAL FOREST TRAVEL PLAN: Present Jane Cropp and Gary
Elliott. Jane came before the
Board to brief and discuss the Payette National Forest special order
#0412-401. The Rapid River
corridor will be closed to motorized and mechanical travel.
CITY
OF NEW MEADOWS IMPACT AREA: No discussion will be held
today. The discussion will be
rescheduled for March 22, 2010 at 1:30 pm.
IDAHO
POWER – INDIAN CREEK CULVERT REPLACEMENT: Present are the
following: Idaho Power
representatives Rick Wilkinson, Jim Chandler, Gil Green, Chris Edwards,
Engineer and Road Supervisor Tom Glenn.
Idaho Power purchased a 125 acre property on Landore Road to help
protect bull trout habitat. The US
Forest Service received a $20,000.00 grant in k2009 to replace a culvert
and asked Idaho Power to raise additional funds and complete the
project. Idaho Power identified in
the Hells Canyon project to help with bull trout habitat.
WOODY
BIOMASS: The Woody Biomass would like to
encourage more collaboration therefore an advisory board needs to be
established. Title IV monies are available;
the Payette National Forest will submit a proposal for the funding. The Woody Biomass wants a candidate for
the Advisory Board and Pete Johnston is asking to be nominated for the
advisory board. Woody Biomass
items of interest were discussed.
LAKESHORE
AGREEMENT: Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the
LakeShore Agreement for 1 year.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
AMBULANCE
BOARD: Present Dan Huter. The Council Emergency Services bylaws
will be reviewed by Myron Gabbert, Prosecuting Attorney. The advisory board for the EMS
agreement was discussed.
With no further business to come before
the Board the Board recessed until March 22, 2010.
ATTEST:_____________________________ ___________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
March 22, 2010
The Board of County Commissioners of
Adams County, Idaho, does hereby meet this March 22, 2010. There being present Chairman Bill
Brown, Commissioner Mike Paradis, Commissioner Joe Holmes and Clerk
Sherry Ward. Whereupon the following
proceedings are had, to-wit:
Loren Ferguson joined the meeting.
Lyle Sall/Adams County Record
Jan DeRoin/Whitney Ranch Subdivision
Chairman Bill Brown opened the Adams
County Commissioner meeting at 9:11 am.
AMENDMENTS
TO AGENDA: Idaho Power Letter of Support; Payette
River Letter of Support; Fair Housing Proclamation; Rapid River
Discussion; John Blaye Valley County; ICDG Grant-$108,000.00; Idaho Power
meeting April 7th at Idaho Power Corp; Woody Biomass special
meeting date discussion. Mike
Paradis made a motion to amend the agenda. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
Mike Hampton joined the meeting.
Dave Klaw joined the meeting.
INTERIM
CLAIMS: After review of the interim claims in
the amount of $5,435.00, Joe Holmes made a motion to approve the interim
claims. The motion was seconded by
Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
MINUTES:
After review of the March 15, 2010 minutes with correction to the
Rapid River Corridor, Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the minutes
with corrections. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
WEED
MATTERS: Weed Supervisor Dave Klaw present. CWMA, Dave presented the Board with the
award letter for the CWMA funding for $61,000.00 to cover primary items. Dave discussed employee who will need
to leave for National Guard duty and the need to hire an additional
person for the temporary vacancy.
GOODRICH
LANDFILL: Monthly update with Mike Hampton was
held. Mike stated the metal pile
is starting to build. Mike stated
the volume in the landfill usage has increased he believes due to foreclosures. The Board discussed with Mike the need
for scales at the landfill.
ASSESSOR
MATTERS: Karen Hatfield, Assessor, present with
Appraiser Robin James and Appraiser Warren Rice.
Assessments/Agriculture
Exemptions: Karen Hatfield stating making sure the
property qualifies for the exemption is being done this year. This year letters were sent to
landowners in the reappraisal district.
Warren stated information is needed to make correct
assessment. Karen said she will
call other Counties to see how they handle the agriculture
exemption. Whitney Ranch
Subdivision: Jan DeRoin came to
ask what the Assessor needs to allow the agriculture exemption. Discussion on the Whitney Ranch
Subdivision Homeowner’s Assoc was discussed.
ROAD
& BRIDGE: Present Road & Bridge Supervisor
Tom Glenn. Pipe in the Indian
Valley area, prices are 24” @ $15.13/ft and 30” @ $21.00/ft. RAC applications for bridges: The Board wants to move forward with
the RAC project. Mike Paradis
asked Tom Glenn to get labor costs to him.
SHERIFF
MATTERS: Present Sheriff Green and UnderSheriff
Richard Borger. Timesheets for
biweekly payroll: The Sheriff
asked for details on the timesheets for the upcoming change to payroll. The Clerk prepared and gave Sheriff
Green a copy of the new timesheet and detailed information. The Sheriff stated he would have all
questions directed to the Clerk’s office.
Fire Inspection for the
Courthouse: Protex bid was
$2495.00 per year and Simplex Grimmel $1800.00 per year.
Fence repairs around the yard: Repairs needed were discussed.
Cameras: We have 8 cameras and 3 are not
functioning.
Locks in jail: The locks still need replaced.
Toilets: Several toilets are having problems and
need replaced.
Prison Board Revenue: The Clerk asked Sheriff Green to give
her a figure what he thought the revenue will be at fiscal year end to
prepare projections, the Sheriff stated he would get those figures to the
Clerk.
PROBATION
UPDATE: Wade Dishion with DEI met to give the
quarterly misdemeanor probation report.
EXTENSION
OFFICE: Gordon Keetch, County Agent, and Pat
Momont, Director for the University of Idaho Extension met with the
Board. Pat Momont stated the
University of Idaho’s budget was reduced 22% permanently. Districts are being consolidated. Adams County is one of four Counties
that an agent will be replaced due to the activity level in Adams
County. The 4-H award banquet will
cost $2,000.00 for this year to complete.
Carrisa Sindon from the Star News
joined the meeting.
Loren Ferguson joined the meeting.
Lyle Sall from the Adams County Record
joined the meeting.
CITY
OF NEW MEADOWS IMPACT AREA: Present are the
following: City of New Meadows
representatives John Franks and Gayle Stillman. Planning & Zoning member Brad
Dreyer, city of New Meadows attorney Jill Holinka. City of New Meadows Clerk Mac Qualls,
Micki Eby resident of New Meadows, Marsha Shriver resident of New Meadows
and Planning & Zoning Administrator and Building Inspector Don
Horton.
Donna Campbell joined the meeting at
1:45 pm.
Building Inspector Don Horton started
the conversation with details of the public hearing and all other
discussion. Bill Brown directed
City of New Meadows Attorney Jill Holinka to read the new revised City of
New Meadows/Adams County Area of Impact Agreement. The question of annexation was brought
up. The request must be made to
the City for annexation. Impact
area does not equate to annexation.
Bill Brown stated with no real estate
moving this is a good time to make long term planning.
Gayle Stillman: It has taken three years to get to this
point; nothing will change unless the landowner wants the change.
Marsha Shriver: Understands concerns from the
landowners. Has been a New Meadows
resident for 48 years; the need to plan ahead is needed now.
Mac Qualls: Long term planning is needed.
Donna Campbell: Building in the flood plan, 20 acre
parcel requirements. Need to take
the buildable area and use some common sense.
Bill Brown: Discussed the map and concerns of flood
plan map.
Micki Eby: Not opposed to long term planning. The property will be in the impact area
forever and concerns for changes made in the future.
Donna Campbell: Why do you need the planning? You don’t know what the subdivision
owner will need; she thinks it is a waste of time and money.
Bill Brown: Long term planning is needed.
Bill stated the Board needs better maps
to make a decision.
No decision was made at this time.
Mac Qualls left the meeting.
PLANNING
& ZONING: Discussion was held on Planning &
Zoning procedures. Bill Brown
stated the Board is told not to participate in the Planning & Zoning
process. Bill stated good
information needs to be put out on the table and understand the
protocol. Jill Holinka discussed
disclosure and the procedure to be done prior to listening to a
proposal. Bill Brown asked Micki
Eby what orientation was done when she was appointed to the P&Z
Commission. Micki stated schooling
is needed. Brad Dreyer discussed
protocol and what should have happened with a prior meeting. Donna Campbell stated schooling is
needed for new members and existing members. Bill Brown talked with Jerry Mason
regarding schooling and good orientation on what our responsibilities
are. Planning & Zoning members
are judges, per Jerry Mason, with impartiality being fair to both
sides. Several members asked for
Planning & Zoning agendas and minutes to be put on the County
website.
RAC
PROJECT: Idaho Power requested a letter of
support for the project on Landore Road.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the support letter. The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes
and passed unanimously.
PAYETTE
RIVER SCENIC BYWAY: A support letter was prepared for a
project to put more signage on the State highway. After review Mike Paradis made a motion
to approve and sign the support letter.
The motion was seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
PROCLAMATION:
Joe Holmes made a motion to proclaim April to be Fair Housing
Month. The motion was seconded by
Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
With no further business to come before
the Board the Board recesses until April 12, 2010.
ATTEST:___________________________ ____________________________
Sherry Ward, Clerk of the
Board Bill Brown, Chairman of the Board
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