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Monday,
May 16, 2011,
Commissioners met in regular session with
Chairman Ron Smith, Commissioner Dan Dinning,
Commissioner Walt Kirby, and Deputy Clerk
Michelle Rohrwasser.
9:00 a.m., Road and Bridge
Superintendent Jeff Gutshall joined the meeting.
Resident Mark Owens also joined the meeting.
Mr. Gutshall did not
provide a written department report. Mr.
Gutshall said Road and Bridge is out crushing
now and that is going well. Road and Bridge is
stockpiling gravel at an unprecedented rate,
according to Mr. Gutshall. Mr. Gutshall said he
used Tom Oxford’s grinder on the grader and he
explained how it hooks to the grader. Mr.
Gutshall said after grinding up one or two miles
of road you’re changing an expensive amount of
teeth.
Mr. Gutshall said he looked
for the other culvert on the
Moyie River Road.
This county road is too low coming down to
Channing Nagel’s residence and it needs to be
raised in order to put in a new culvert. The
grinder would be needed to do that. Mr. Gutshall
said he is looking at Mr. Oxford’s grinder to
use when it is needed rather than buying one.
Mr. Gutshall said the upcoming budget is
sobering and purchases are not in the plan. Mr.
Gutshall said including the increasing cost of
fuel, he is not able to budget as much as in the
past. Highway User Funds have not changed and
the average is $240,000 per quarter and Mr.
Gutshall said he has to take that as the only
source of income after Secure Rural School (SRS)
funds stop. The A and D Budgets totals over
$1,000,000, oil is over $200,000 per year and
road patching adds up to $100,000 or so per
year, in addition to the fuel costs to run
trucks, equipment, graders, mechanical repairs,
and the dust abatement programs. Mr. Gutshall
said the projected amount of $700,000 is the
last payment for SRS. Chairman Smith said he
recalled hearing the payment would be more than
originally thought and Mr. Gutshall said if the
amount is more then he would like to know.
Mr. Gutshall said the
Durapatcher is out again this week. Mr. Gutshall
informed Commissioners that Deep Creek Loop has
settled even more so he has posted the areas as
a one lane road. Mr. Gutshall spoke of cutting
the area that has settled and filling it with
gravel.
Mr. Gutshall informed
Commissioners that he will try to do something
with the grant application for the Public Lands
Highways Discretionary Program once he learns
more about his budget.
Commissioners discussed
joining Mr. Gutshall on the
Forest Highway
tour on
May 24, 2011. Commissioners
determined their meetings that day need to be
cancelled or rescheduled due to lack of a quorum
as Commissioner Kirby and Chairman Smith will
join Mr. Gutshall on this tour.
Mark Owens met with
Commissioners to discuss abandoning
Hewitt Road. Mr.
Owens said he is in the process of having a
property survey done. Mr. Owens informed
Commissioners that he lives on
Perkins Lake Road,
formerly County Road 73. Mr. Owens said Steve
Moyer with Northstar Surveying mentioned talking
to Mr. Gutshall to suggest having the County
abandon Hewitt Road.
Mr. Owens said this road really only serves his
property and the Curley Creek Water Association
uses this road only so often.
Hewitt Road is only
one quarter of a mile and Mr. Gutshall said
Hewitt Road is
maintained to the gate and Mr. Owens said the
road stops at the gate. Chairman Smith said
there is a process Commissioners have to follow
to grant an abandonment. Mr. Gutshall said
regardless, the road doesn’t service anyone. For
clarification, Mr. Owens and Commissioner
Dinning agreed the Curley Creek Water
Association would still have access. Mr.
Gutshall said there is no benefit to the County
in having Hewitt Road.
Mr. Owens said he would
like to reopen the issue of decommissioning the
road that is behind his house. Mr. Owens said
first of all, there is very little use of this
road and he has video records to show this. Mr.
Owens explained that
Perkins Lake Road is
a loop and the road he is talking about services
nothing, it slopes towards the creek, and is
only 10 to 12 feet wide in some places. Mr.
Owens said this road is especially dangerous in
the winter and at the very least it should be
posted for no winter access. Mr. Owens said 1.3
to 1.6 cars pass on that road per day. There was
a settlement out of court so it is a continued
disputed piece of road way, according to Mr.
Owens. There is a law enforcement issue due to a
lot of illegal hunting. Mr. Owens said in the
summer time cars drive back there at three o’
clock in the morning and he thinks there is drug
trafficking going on. Mr. Owens said he had
encountered a registered sex offender with a
minor that he reported to law enforcement, but
that explains how remote that area is. Darrell
Kerby with Pace Kerby Insurance had advised
years ago that if there was an accident, there
could be issues of liability as it is a
right-of-way. Mr. Owens said he is just
requesting this road be closed to a specific
location as this area is a redundant half of a
loop and with maintenance costs, if the County
was looking to shore up the budget, this issue
should be revisited. Chairman Smith asked if
this is a county road and Mr. Gutshall said yes.
Mr. Gutshall said as far as funding, there is
not much maintenance expended on this road so it
isn’t costing any money. Chairman Smith
suggested looking into the abandonment of
Hewitt Road then
start having talks about this other road issue.
Commissioners said if the County considered
abandoning a portion of this other road, they
would have to also go through the abandonment
process.
The meeting with Mr.
Gutshall and Mr. Owens ended at
9:35 a.m.
9:35 a.m., Park and Recreation Board
Members: Angela Hittle, Tim Dougherty, Rob
Tompkins, Lisa Carle, David Brinkman, and
Chairperson Pam Copeland joined the meeting to
clarify questions they had. Clerk Glenda Poston
and Chief Deputy Clerk Tracie Isaac also joined
the meeting.
Chairman Smith said he
looked at the Park and Recreation budget and he
doesn’t see how they can work on their budget
for next year since they are operating on a lump
sum. Chairman Smith explained that budgets are
due today, but he would like to help the Park
and Recreation Board with their first budget.
Mr. Dougherty said he would like to thank Ms.
Copeland for the work she did in trying to put
the budget together. Chairman Smith mentioned
the budget to be turned in today is for the next
fiscal year.
Chairman Smith said
everyone needs to come to an understanding that
the County is fortunate to have this Park and
Recreation Board and there has to be trust.
Commissioners don’t want to micromanage how the
Park and Recreation Board will spend their
budget and if it was to the point that
Commissioners needed to micromanage that, then
the Board needs to be replaced. Chairman Smith
said by saying that, if the Park and Recreation
Board has budget and there is something they
want to purchase, he has a problem if they need
to run it by Commissioners. Commissioner Dinning
said the only thing that surprised him in the
Park and Recreation Board minutes was seeing the
cost of $8,000 to $10,000 for electricity for
the concession stand as that is a lot of money.
Ms. Hittle said the concession stand is grant
money. Ms. Copeland said the Park and Recreation
Board meets every two weeks. Chairman Smith said
if Commissioners don’t get the Park and
Recreation Board meeting agenda ahead of time,
the Board can just contact the Commissioners to
inform them of the matter to make sure there
aren’t any problems and to make sure there is
budget for that item. Ms. Carle asked if that
means the Park and Recreation Board should
contact Commissioners if a purchase or
expenditure is above a certain amount.
Commissioner Dinning explained that he had
noticed an expense and he didn’t mean for that
purchase not to go through, he just wanted to
know what was going on. Commissioners said the
Park and Recreation Board does need to notify
them if they are doing something on County
property. Mr. Dougherty said he appreciates
Commissioners’ candor and their trust. Mr.
Dougherty said he is used to operating in a
fairly efficient fashion and when the Park and
Recreation Board was appointed, he new the
quality of the individuals. Mr. Dougherty spoke
of the need to keep good financial records.
Chairman Smith said he had
spoken to Chief Deputy Clerk Tracie Isaac about
job descriptions for the Park and Recreation
Department. The Park and Recreation Board had
been informed by Commissioners they would have
an employee for a six month period that position
would be paid for that period of time out of the
Park and Recreation budget and the remaining six
months this employee will work for the County as
Courthouse maintenance and be paid out of the
Courthouse budget. That position is a County
employee, according to Chairman Smith.
Those present reviewed the
job description for the Park and Recreation
employee to perform duties related to the Park
and Recreation Department. Chairman Smith said
the supervisors will be the Park and Recreation
Board and the ultimate supervisors are the
Commissioners. The Park and Recreation Board
won’t have the ability to discipline or
terminate one of their employees, according to
Chairman Smith. Those present discussed the
other two positions, which are the sports
director and groundskeeper. Chairman Smith said
he doesn’t think those two positions should be
considered County employees and instead should
be hired or terminated by the Park and
Recreation Board. Only the payroll for the
sports director and groundskeeper should be run
through the County. Commissioner Dinning said
those two positions had been County employees in
the past. Chief Deputy Clerk Tracie Isaac
confirmed this. Commissioner Dinning explained
if the sports director and groundskeeper are
getting paid, responsibility ultimately comes
back to the County. Chairman Smith said the Fair
Board hires their own employees and that comes
from taxpayer dollars. Clerk Poston informed
Commissioners that Fair employees do drive
County vehicles. Commissioner Dinning said Fair
employees are also drug tested, which is County
policy. Those present debated on the process of
hiring people for the position of sports
director and groundskeeper and further
questioned if this was a County process.
Chairman Smith said if the employee in the
position is a County employee, their salary has
to match the County pay scale and currently it
does not match. Ms. Copeland said the pay does
not match the pay scale because the Park and
Recreation Board hadn’t been made aware of this
information. Chairman Smith said if the position
is considered a County position, the employee
needs to have the same type of paperwork and be
on the same pay scale. Ms. Carle asked if this
position could be compensated in the same manner
that Ms. Hittle had been paid when she filled
the position of sports director. Ms. Hittle said
she had been paid by the Fair Board. Chairman
Smith explained the County employee pay scale.
Chairman Smith explained
how Ms. Hittle is related to him and explained
that a relative of a Commissioner cannot work
for the County. Chairman Smith also gave the
example that a son or daughter can’t work for
her mother or father if the mother or father was
a department head or elected official. Mr.
Brinkman said he thinks everyone is getting hung
up on the how the Fair Board operates and how
the County operates. Commissioner Dinning said
the Park and Recreation Board is no different
from the Restorium Board for example, but they
are given latitude to run the facilities. The
County appoints the Park and Recreation Board so
the County is responsible for them. The Fair
Board is a totally separate entity and they can
do what their policies allow. Clerk Poston
further explained that the Fair Board has their
own Idaho Code statutes. Commissioner Dinning
said the Park and Recreation Board would operate
like any other entity in
Boundary
County. The job description for
sports director has changed from three years ago
and there are more responsibilities and more
things to do, according to Commissioner Dinning.
Ms. Copeland said the
frustration is that in the beginning the Park
and Recreation Board had been told they could
hire to fill the sports director position and
could pay this person whatever they felt right
and this is what they were told in a
Commissioners’ meeting. Ms. Copeland said it is
frustrating that the Park and Recreation Board
has now hired someone and this person was told
they would make a certain amount. Ms. Copeland
said the Park and Recreation Board needed this
direction beforehand. The new sports director
will have to be told they are making $9.42
instead of $9.50. Ms. Carle said the Park and
Recreation Board members were told to “go and
do” and there were no policies given to them.
Ms. Copeland said the pay scale was given to her
Board, but they didn’t think they had to follow
it. It is just a communication thing and that is
getting fixed now, according to Commissioner
Dinning. Clerk Poston said information that is
available from her office would be the County
Personnel Policy. It was said the Park and
Recreation Board will have to draft their own
policy. Ms. Copeland said she would like to have
some sort of structure. Mr. Dougherty said the
Park and Recreation Board will draft by-laws and
have the opening statement be that the Park and
Recreation Board will operate under Idaho Code
and Boundary
County. Commissioner Dinning said
Commissioners had hopes to hire local youths
over the summer and he asked if that was going
to be possible. A Park and Recreation Board
member said they aren’t sure what is needed yet.
Ms. Copeland said they wanted to have the
feeling of trust.
Those present questioned
the permit paperwork for the transformer.
Commissioner Dinning said he is guessing this is
to get power to the entire grounds. The cost
from the City of Bonners
Ferry is $5,300. It was
said the City Council has a meeting tomorrow and
the Park and Recreation Board will approach the
City about a donation towards this cost so the
permit may have a new price after the meeting.
Mr. Tompkins said he was told to have this
paperwork completed. It was explained that
currently the electricity runs from the Fair
Board Office to the slab, to the bathrooms, and
then to the concession stands and during the
fair, the power shorts out. Mr. Dougherty said
there is not enough power at the fairgrounds to
power the use during peak times. By obtaining
another transformer it will separate the two
systems. The concession stands were the straws
that broke the camels back, according to Mr.
Tompkins. Ms. Hittle said everything the Park
and Recreation Board had planned affected the
power so they decided to work on the power
first. The Board will approach the City of
Bonners Ferry for
assistance in costs. Larry Champ of Champ’s
Electric and City of
Bonners Ferry Administrator Stephen Boorman
both have been involved. Clerk Poston questioned
the possibility of grants.
Commissioner Dinning moved
to authorize the Chairman to sign the Bonners
Ferry Utility Service Application for the Park
and Recreation Board. Commissioner Kirby second.
Motion passed unanimously.
Clerk Poston informed those
present that if grants are sought, that also has
to go through Commissioners. Mr. Tompkins said
he understood it was agreed by the Fair Board to
pay so why the transfer of funds. Ms. Copeland
said the Board was told they would have their
budget and then they were told everything they
do has to go through the County for a paper
trail.
Ms. Copeland said for
clarification if the Park and Recreation Board
has a question, Commissioners can just be
notified in order to be kept informed.
Commissioner Dinning said it makes it really
easy to have just one contact person. Ms.
Copeland said as far as the power situation, she
is a spokesperson, but Mr. Tompkins knows more
about it. Chairman Smith was asked to attend the
Park and Recreation Board’s next meeting held in
the Fair Board’s office at
7:00 p.m.
The meeting ended at 10:28 a.m.
10:30 a.m., Lora Whalen and Jim
Fenton with the Panhandle Health District joined
the meeting.
Ms. Whalen said this year
the Health District’s formula is based on
population being 70% of the budget and valuation
being 30% of the budget. Ms. Whalen informed
Commissioners the Health District is not
requesting an increase or decrease from the
counties, but are requesting level funding. The
fiscal year 2012 budget decreases 3.9% from the
revised fiscal year 2011 budget. The decrease
has affected the State formula in a negative
way, according to Ms. Whalen. Due to
Boundary
County’s population there is
actually an increase of $822. Ms. Whalen said if
Commissioners look at the information over the
last five years it will show
Boundary
County really has only increased by
$825, which is a 1.7% increase. The Health
District is asking for level funding from all
five northern counties, according to Ms. Whalen.
Commissioner Dinning said an increase is not
level funding so what part of the formula
created that increase? Ms. Whalen referred to
the census as far as population and she said
that Boundary
County’s population had increased.
Valuation for Boundary
County
has decreased, but not as much as
Bonner
County, according to Ms. Whalen.
Mr. Fenton referred to the
3.9% decrease for fiscal year 2012 and he said
revenue was budgeted conservatively. Mr. Fenton
said Page 3 is a summary of the Panhandle Health
District budget. The current budget for fiscal
year 2011 is $10,019,700 and there has been a
decrease of 3.9%. The Health District is asking
for level funding, which would be a total of
$1,051,600. The State’s participation for year
2012 has a decrease of $62,500. Commissioner
Dinning questioned the status of the reserve
established for building and land. Mr. Fenton
said there is just under three months of cash
reserves. The Health District does have some
funds set aside, according to Mr. Fenton. There
is $50,000 designated for electronic medical
records and another $50,000 is needed for
conversion services.
Mr. Fenton said there is
43% budgeted for contracts in fiscal year 2012.
Mr. Fenton reiterated the State appropriation
decreases $62,500 down to $1,046,900. The total
State decrease from fiscal year 2009 is
$412,100.
There are no changes in
licenses and fees (environmental permits). Page
6 of the print out from Mr. Fenton shows
State/County funding comparison from fiscal year
1981 to fiscal year 2011. Mr. Fenton said the
graph shows that county funding was higher than
State funding in 1993. Fiscal year 2012 will be
the first time county funding will be higher
than State funding since 1993. Chairman Smith
said for clarification that if counties don’t
participate in funding, it affects funds
received from the State and Ms. Whalen and Mr.
Fenton agreed.
Mr. Fenton referred to
State and county funding per capita for years
1980 through 2010. Dollars have been adjusted
for inflation. Based on population in year 1980,
per capita funding from the counties was $8.83
and in year 2010 per capita funding was $5.04.
Commissioner Dinning asked if an analysis for
costs of individuals served has been run.
Commissioner Dinning said if less people had
been served in 1980 than now, what would that
total? Ms. Whalen said that is one way to look
at it, but when looking at septic systems does
that just represent the one person with the
permit? Commissioner Dinning said he is just
referring to State and county funding. The
report also refers to District funding. The
State has asked that the matching amount to be
included in the budget request shall be a
minimum of 67% of the amounts pledged by each
county, as adopted as part of the budget for the
health districts during the budget formulations.
The report shows the factors used for the State
appropriation formula and how funds are
distributed to the seven health districts. Page
11 of the report is the county formula showing
funding for this fiscal year and the Health
District is not asking for an increase or
decrease. Mr. Fenton reiterated that valuation
is 30% and population is 70% of the budget. It
was said that Boundary
County had increased slightly in
population. Mr. Fenton said the report shows the
reasons for level funding referring to valuation
and population and more is due to population
increase. It was said even though market value
dropped for Boundary
County,
Bonner
County and
Kootenai
County values dropped more. Page 14
of Mr. Fenton’s report shows the relationship
between State and county appropriations.
Ms. Whalen and Mr. Fenton
said the Panhandle Health District Office has
cut certain positions and some jobs were
combined. No salary increases will be offered.
The Panhandle Health
District will receive a health insurance two
holiday premium, according to Mr. Fenton and Ms.
Whalen. This two month holiday is where the
Health District can skip two month’s worth of
insurance premiums. A holiday Chairman Smith
explained his meeting to review the Governmental
Employees Medical (GEM) Plan. Mr. Fenton said
the Health District has been informed there will
be no insurance holiday for fiscal year 2013 so
there will most likely be an increase. Mr.
Fenton’s report shows operating expenditures and
increases to the operating expenditures are due
to the conversion to electronic medical records,
but other expenditures decreased, according Mr.
Fenton.
Mr. Fenton referred to
capital expenditures and Commissioner Dinning
asked if any new construction was planned. Mr.
Fenton said no buildings are in the plans, but
four vehicles are budgeted as four older
vehicles were surplused in April. Ms. Whalen
reiterated the Health District isn’t looking
into future buildings. A Sandpoint office had
been discussed at one point, but in these
economic times, it isn’t going to happen. Ms.
Whalen mentioned possibly having to rebuild at
the site of the existing building’s location.
The balance on the
Hayden
Building will total $3,600,000 in
June. Over a five year period, over $1,000,000
in principal will be paid off. Ms. Whalen
thanked Commissioners for their time and she
hopes the County can come to a consensus on the
$822 increase due to population.
The meeting with Ms. Whalen
and Mr. Fenton ended at
11:10 a.m.
Commissioners tended to
administrative duties.
11:30 a.m., Boundary Community
Hospital CFO/CEO Craig Johnson and Hospital
Board of Trustees Chairman Elden Koon joined the
meeting. Mr. Johnson said the Hospital held a
health fair last Saturday and they had
approximately 70 runners, which is about double
from last year. There was also a bike rodeo
although the City Police didn’t make it this
time. Mr. Johnson said the Hospital handed out
about 50 bike helmets at the health fair. The
Hospital now has a digital mammography machine
and today is the first day it is in operation.
Mr. Johnson explained there is not a lot of
change for this technique. The film images and
digital images for the same person were
displayed at the health fair and there is a big
difference in views, according to Mr. Johnson.
Mr. Johnson said the Hospital has been busy with
inpatient services and it is otherwise moving
along steadily. The Hospital is looking to hire
a new physical therapist, lab technician, and a
new radiology technician. Mr. Johnson informed
Commissioners there weren’t enough participants
to hold a certified nursing assistant class so
the Hospital will put on a class later on.
The meeting with Mr.
Johnson and Mr. Koon ended at
11:45 a.m.
Commissioners tended to
administrative duties.
Chairman Smith informed
Commissioner Dinning and Commissioner Kirby that
he checked with Attorney Louis Marshall about
Judith Holly Beaudet’s request that the County
hold a public hearing so the Border Patrol
representatives can inform the community about
their plans for the new Border Patrol facility
located near Three Mile. Chairman Smith said the
attorney told him there are no grounds to have a
public hearing so Ms. Beaudet needs to be
notified of this.
Commissioner Dinning moved
to adopt resolution 2011-26. A resolution
amending the Boundary County Personnel Policy,
Vehicle Use Policy. Commissioner Kirby second.
Motion passed unanimously. Resolution 2011-26
reads as follows:
RESOLUTION 2011-26
AMENDING THE
BOUNDARY
COUNTY
PERSONNEL POLICY
WHEREAS, Boundary County has reviewed its
employee policy pursuant to the authority
conferred by Article XII, Section 2, of the
Constitution of the State of Idaho and Title 31,
Chapter 8, Idaho code, and
WHEREAS, Boundary County is a political
subdivision of the State of Idaho, operating
under the provisions and the laws of the State
of Idaho, and as such is authorized and
empowered to make decisions regarding its
employees’ benefits; and
WHEREAS, the Boundary County Commissioners find
Appendix A, Boundary County Vehicle Use Policy
of the current Boundary County Personnel Policy,
does not adequately address the age
requirement to operate a Boundary County
vehicle, and
WHEREAS, an amendment to Appendix A, Boundary
County Vehicle Use Policy of the Boundary County
Personnel Policy is needed to address the
inadequacies in the policy,
NOW,
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of
Boundary County Commissioners that it is in the
best interest of the County to amend Appendix A,
Boundary County Vehicle Use Policy of the
Boundary County Personnel Policy as follows:
AMEND APPENDIX A, BOUNDARY COUNTY
VEHICLE USE POLICY OF THE CURRENT BOUNDARY
COUNTY PERSONNEL POLICY, as follows:
3)
ASSIGNED OR PERMISSIVE DRIVERS
b.
In addition to the employee assigned or
permitted to drive a Boundary County vehicle, he
or she may allow others, as necessary, to
operate the vehicle if they have a valid
drivers’ license and are 16 years of age or
older.
PASSED
AND
ADOPTED THIS 16th
DAY
OF
MAY,
2011.
BOUNDARY
COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
s/___________________________
RONALD R. SMITH, Chairman
s/___________________________
DAN R. DINNING, Commissioner
s/____________________________
WALT KIRBY, Commissioner
ATTEST:
s/_____________________________
GLENDA POSTON, Clerk
By: Michelle Rohrwasser, Deputy
Recorded
as instrument #250628
Commissioners recessed for
lunch at 12:00
p.m.
1:30 p.m., Commissioners
reconvened for the afternoon session with
Chairman Smith, Commissioner Dinning,
Commissioner Kirby, and Deputy Clerk Michelle
Rohrwasser.
1:30 p.m., Phil Allegretti with
Panhandle Pest Control joined the meeting. Those
present discussed the damage to roads caused by
heavy precipitation. Mr. Allegretti said the
slide on Lion’s Den
Road is near Ripley
Comegys’ property and he asked if Mr. Comegys
could attend the tour of that area on May 24th.
Commissioners said that would probably be fine.
Mr. Allegretti said he would contact Road and
Bridge Superintendent Jeff Gutshall about it.
Mr. Allegretti said he has
been talking to State of
Idaho Epidemiologist Leslie Tengelsen
and he’s been informed there is no funding for
mosquito studies and the Panhandle Health
District is not able to share in sending
mosquitoes in for testing so the County is on
its own. Testing will be bare bones and Mr.
Allegretti said he won’t be able to get a count
on the types of species. Mr. Allegretti asked to
meet with Commissioners again after having a
chance to talk with Ms. Tengelsen. Commissioner
Dinning said if he remembers right, once the
West Nile Virus has been detected, it takes
three years to become full blown. Mr. Allegretti
said he doubts the Virus is in
Boundary
County. Commissioners said they felt
the studies should still take place. Mr.
Allegretti said he is still going to have the
mosquito boxes and cold packs delivered to him
and maybe he could help contribute towards
funding.
Mr. Allegretti left the
meeting at 1:43
p.m.
Commissioner Dinning said
under the Roadless Rule for wildland urban
interface (WUI) and under the community
protection zone,
Boundary County
needs to check its documents to determine where
the community protection zone is designated.
Commissioner Dinning said this area extends one
half mile from what is called a community at
risk. Commissioner Dinning said this allows
hazardous fuels treatment work one half mile
into a roadless area if it is next to an area at
risk. This takes into consideration a group of
structures or homes of three or more, but the
County needs to identify those areas. This is
allowed under the Idaho Roadless Rule, according
to Commissioner Dinning. Commissioner Dinning
said this designation could extend to where
there are homes on the
Westside Road. This
allows hazardous fuels treatment, but funding is
from the Forest Service. Commissioner Dinning
said this is talking about Forest Service
grounds in the roadless areas. Commissioner
Dinning said if this is to be done he would like
to have it done before the July WUI meeting.
Commissioners tended to
administrative duties.
2:05
p.m., Clerk Glenda Poston and J.T.
Osborn joined the meeting.
Commissioners and Clerk
Poston briefly discussed the date when high
school students job shadow the elected
officials.
Clerk Poston left the
meeting at 2:18 p.m.
2:20 p.m., Deputy Clerk Nancy Ryals
joined the meeting.
2:20 p.m., Mr. Osborn informed
Commissioners the American Legion has requested
a name be added to the veteran’s memorial stone.
Mr. Osborn said at one American Legion meeting
he attended it was discovered that one of the
monuments no longer has room for additional
names. Mr. Osborn said one other option is to
add another stone at Veteran’s Park, but the
Legion doesn’t have authority yet to do that.
The individual whose name is requested to be
added is buried in Maine
and that may be an issue, according to Mr.
Osborn. Mr. Osborn said the Legion paid $2,000
for a stone. Mr. Osborn said the Legion would
like to have the stone in place with the name
added to it by Veteran’s Day this next fiscal
year. Chairman Smith asked Mr. Osborn to meet
with Commissioners again just as soon as he
knows the costs involved.
Mr. Osborn left the meeting
at 2:25 p.m.
Commissioner Dinning moved
to deny indigent application #2011-36 as the
application has been withdrawn. Commissioner
Kirby second. Motion passed unanimously.
Commissioner Dinning moved
to approve the minutes of May 9 & 10, 2011.
Commissioner Kirby second. Motion passed
unanimously.
Deputy Clerk Nancy Ryals
left the meeting at
2:25 p.m.
2:40 p.m., Courthouse Security Ron
Sukenik and Chief Probation Officer Stacy Brown
joined the meeting to discuss security alarms.
Mr. Sukenik said since the installation of alarm
system in year 2006 he has had no problems with
it, except for the Juvenile Probation Office is
just outside the perimeter. The only location
that gives a false alarm due to inactivity is
the Probation Office. Mr. Sukenik said the
distance of the Extension Office to the repeater
used to give a false alarm so he moved the
repeater to an area close enough to Extension
Office which helped that situation, but now the
repeater isn’t quite close enough to the
Probation Office. The Sheriff’s Office monitors
the alarms and they receive false alarms. Mr.
Sukenik said he would like to purchase another
repeater to alleviate the problem and that would
allow him to move the existing repeater back
closer to the Extension Office. The repeater
costs $700 and Ms. Brown said her budget has
$500 that could be used toward this purchase.
The alarm system comes with 32 buttons and all
32 buttons have already been distributed,
according to Mr. Sukenik. Mr. Sukenik said he
could free up one button in an office that
already has two buttons. Ms. Brown said it
hadn’t been a problem, but the Border Patrol is
relocating so there is no other security where
her office is located. Mr. Sukenik said he would
make contact with the company to get another
repeater.
The meeting with Ms. Brown
and Mr. Sukenik ended at
2:48 p.m.
2:50 p.m., Chairman Smith conducted a
jail inspection at the Boundary County Sheriff’s
Office. The inspection ended at
3:10 p.m.
3:10 p.m., There being no further business for
the remainder of the day and due to lack of
meetings schedule for Tuesday, May 17, 2011, the meeting
adjourned.
/s/
RONALD R. SMITH, Chairman
ATTEST:
/s/
GLENDA POSTON, Clerk
By: Michelle Rohrwasser,
Deputy Clerk
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