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***Monday,
June 17, 2013,
Commissioners met in regular session with
Chairman Dan Dinning, Commissioner LeAlan
Pinkerton, Commissioner Walt Kirby, and Deputy
Clerk Michelle Rohrwasser.
9:00 a.m.,
Road and Bridge Superintendent Jeff Gutshall and
Office Manager Renee Nelson joined the meeting
to give the departmental report. Mr. Gutshall
presented a written report.
Clerk Glenda Poston, Chief Deputy Clerk Tracie
Isaac, Boundary Volunteer Ambulance President
Ken Baker, Bonners Ferry Herald Reporter Laura
Roady, and Blue Sky Broadcasting Reporter Mike
Brown joined the meeting.
Chairman Dinning said the asphalt at the RV dump
will be torn up to repair a leak in the water
line and he asked Mr. Gutshall if there is
material he could use to fill the hole when the
repairs are done. Clerk Poston said she believes
the area is 10 to 12 feet wide.
Mr. Gutshall said dust abatement has been done
on projects Road and Bridge are working on such
as Fawn Lane
and eventually
Pleasant
Valley. There are a lot of areas in
Paradise Valley
with residual dust abatement still present. Mr.
Gutshall said there is just not enough money in
this budget for a lot of dust abatement, but he
did come up with enough funding for the next
budget for dust abatement as it had been done
last year. Mr. Gutshall said he has already
spent $30,000 of a $50,000 bid. There are 20
tons of calcium chloride left to shoot out and
most of that will go to
Lookout View Road.
Mr. Gutshall said one primary residence on
Gold Road didn’t get
dust abatement applied because it sits a certain
distance from the road, but homes that sat
closer to the road were treated. Mr. Gutshall
said he told people to approach him about cost
sharing for dust abatement, but he isn’t even
sure of budget for that.
Mr. Gutshall said he posted
Moon Shadow Road for
road closure again and the project will take a
little bit longer this time. If there is a
medical or police emergency, the area will be
filled in to allow passage and Road and Bridge
will start over.
The grader has been traveling ahead of dust
abatement. A few road signs have been fixed and
widening of Lookout
View Road will be
completed. Brush along Farm to
Market Road to
Westside Road
and Old Highway 2 Loop will be mowed as there
are a lot of hazards for site distance.
There will be a pre-work meeting on the
Deep Creek
Bridge #2 Project to be held at the
Visitor’s Center and construction engineers and
contractors will be in attendance. A time table
on the road closure should be available soon,
according to Mr. Gutshall.
Mr. Gutshall said he will set up a slip tank
specifically for biodiesel. Mr. Gutshall said he
priced biodiesel versus regular diesel on the
same day last week, but the regular fuel bid is
based on markup so it varies. Currently the cost
for biodiesel is $3.20 and regular diesel is
$3.43. Commissioner Pinkerton said he doesn’t
know how the tax incentives work.
Ms. Nelson updated Commissioners on the results
of the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD)
Title VI audit, which has to do with civil
rights. Ms. Nelson said a letter from ITD was
received showing five areas the county needs to
correct. New information will be placed on the
county’s website for people to review and access
Title VI, according to Ms. Nelson. Ms. Nelson
discussed changes needed on the county’s
employment application and providing a
demographic map of the county showing low income
and minority areas so those areas are addressed
and taken care of when the county considers any
project or grant. ITD is supposed to have these
low income areas mapped out after the census was
taken. Title VI training for county staff needs
to be maintained, according to Ms. Nelson and
she will count her memo she’s presenting to the
elected officials and department heads at the
meeting tomorrow. Ms. Nelson informed
Commissioners of the random calls from Title VI
representative to various county offices asking
about language interpreter services
availability.
Ms. Nelson presented a Title VI information
sheet and said this is information to be added
to new employee packets. Those present reviewed
the application for employment. The reference to
high school attended and dates attended can
determine how old the applicant is so that has
to be amended as you can’t ask about age. The
form could just state high school diploma or
equivalent information and leave out dates. Ms.
Nelson discussed information on the page having
to do with veterans.
Chairman Dinning said the county may need to
have a change in the hiring process and have the
background check done first. Chief Deputy Clerk
Isaac said for the Restorium a background check
can take up to a few months. It was said the
local Department of Labor Office used to screen
county applicants, but that is not appropriate
as the county would like to receive all job
applications. Chief Deputy Clerk Isaac said she
was told by the Department of Labor that they
have to screen the applications.
Mr. Gutshall said the Federal Highways
Administration states any employer with more
than 50 employees must conform to Title VI
requirements. The Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and
Federal Highways Administration all have
requirements and those requirements don’t have
to be the same. If someone flies into an airport
and needs a language interpreter, the FAA will
also be involved in Title VI. Mr. Gutshall said
he feels Ms. Nelson has the county well covered.
Ms. Nelson discussed a demographic data
application to add to the county’s job
application. This is voluntary information the
applicant can fill out on a tear off sheet that
Chief Deputy Clerk Isaac has to keep. Clerk
Poston said the county needs to go back to
having one access person pick up job
applications rather than the various
departments.
9:47 a.m., Commissioners held a semi-formal bid
opening for an estimated 600 tons of asphalt
concrete pavement, in place by paving machine on
Moon Shadow Road. Present were: Chairman Dan
Dinning, Commissioner Lee Pinkerton,
Commissioner Walt Kirby, Clerk Glenda Poston,
Deputy Clerk Michelle Rohrwasser, Road and
Bridge Superintendent Jeff Gutshall, Road and
Bridge Office Manager Renee Nelson, Boundary
Volunteer Ambulance President Ken Baker and
Bonners Ferry Herald Reporter Laura Roady. The
semi-formal bid opening was recorded.
Two quotes/semi formal-bids were received by the
deadline. The first sealed quote was from
Interstate Concrete and Asphalt totaling $55,500
for an estimated 600 tons of asphalt concrete
pavement. No bid bond was needed for this quote,
according to Chairman Dinning. The second
semi-formal bid received was from Wood’s
Crushing and Hauling totaling $46,375.
Commissioners provided Mr. Gutshall with the
bids so he could review them before making a
recommendation.
Commissioner Kirby moved to continue the
decision for an estimated 600 tons of asphalt
concrete pavement for
Moon Shadow Road
until tomorrow at
9: 00 a.m. Commissioner Pinkerton
second. Motion passed unanimously.
9:50 a.m.,
Courthouse Maintenance Jerry Kothe joined the
meeting. Mr. Kothe and Mr. Gutshall discussed
the matter of the leak at the RV dump station
and Mr. Gutshall’s possible involvement to plug
the hole after the pavement has been torn up.
The meeting with Mr. Gutshall ended at
9:55 a.m.
9:55 a.m.,
Courthouse Maintenance Jerry Kothe provided
Commissioners with his department report. Mr.
Kothe said he mowed
Riverside
Park and it takes approximately six
hours for two people to mow. Monday night Mr.
Kothe attended a Parks and Recreation Board
meeting. The cost for Kelley’s Excavating to do
the concrete work for the RV dump site is
$1,100. Mr. Kothe said Fulton Construction
doesn’t have the stain on the new lumber for
Memorial Hall yet. Restrooms at the fairgrounds
have been cleaned. Solid Waste Superintendent
Claine Skeen is going to bring in a load of sand
for the volleyball area. Mr. Kothe said he has
trimmed brush at the Search and Rescue building
and fertilized the lawn in front of Courthouse
and Sheriff’s Office.
Mr. Kothe said City of
Bonners Ferry Road Superintendent John
Youngwirth is going to
look into a no parking area behind the Extension
Office so cars can pass through. There is still
an issue with the air conditioner in the
Treasurer’s Office so he is working with Pend
O’Reille Mechanical on that.
Commissioners asked Mr. Kothe to look into a
mowing attachment in order to reduce man hours.
The meeting with Mr. Kothe ended at
10:05 a.m.
Commissioner Pinkerton moved to authorize the
Chairman to sign the Automated Weather
Observation Station (AWOS) Maintenance Services
Contract totaling $6,500 per year. Commissioner
Kirby second. Motion passed unanimously.
Commissioner Pinkerton moved to sign the letter
of support to the Forest Service for the
Hellroaring Project. Commissioner Kirby second.
Motion passed unanimously.
Commissioner Kirby moved to ratify the motion to
authorize the Chairman to sign the documents
requesting extra grant funds for the Restorium
elevator project. Commissioner Pinkerton second.
Motion passed unanimously.
10:15 a.m.
Commissioner Kirby moved to recess as the Board
of Boundary County Commissioners and convene as
the Governing Board of the Ambulance Service
District. Commissioner Pinkerton second. Motion
passed unanimously.
Commissioner Kirby moved to approve the minutes
of May
20, 2013. Commissioner Pinkerton
second. Motion passed unanimously.
Clerk Poston suggested adding the discussion of
budget for the next meeting as there are
timelines for publication to meet.
Commissioner Kirby moved to adjourn as the
Governing Board of the Boundary County Ambulance
Service District and reconvene as the Board of
Boundary County Commissioners. Commissioner
Pinkerton second. Motion passed unanimously.
The meeting of the Governing Board of the
Boundary County Ambulance Service ended at 10:20 a.m.
Commissioners tended to administrative duties.
10:30 a.m.,
Restorium Board Chairman Larry Dirks, Deputy
Clerk Nancy Ryals, and Restorium Administrator
Karlene Magee joined the meeting.
Deputy Clerk Ryals informed Mr. Dirks and Ms.
Magee that grant administrator, Panhandle Area
Council (PAC), submitted paperwork to the Idaho
Department of Commerce and Labor to request
$7,500 to cover the elevator project’s overage
because the fire door and magnet for the door
are required. The paperwork also requests an
additional $3,115 to complete the gutters and
snow stops. Deputy Clerk Ryals said the county
should know this week if these funds are
available. Those present reviewed the paperwork
pertaining to the request for additional funds.
Deputy Clerk Ryals left the meeting at
10:36 a.m.
Ms. Magee said she dropped off the QuickBooks
report at the county’s outside auditor’s office,
but Mr. Schulte is out until Thursday. Ms. Magee
said after a recent meeting on Medicaid, working
with that program should be a bit easier for her
now.
Mr. Dirks asked if a hearing had been set for
the Restorium room rate increase. Chairman
Dinning said not yet, but Commissioners will
discuss that information with Mr. Dirks before
setting the hearing.
Ms. Magee informed Commissioners there had been
a leak over the kitchen stove that started
through the hood vent in the roof, but that
issue has since been fixed.
Mr. Dirks spoke of a $12,000 donation from the
Friends of the Restorium.
Mr. Dirks requested an expenditure report prior
to the next Restorium advisory board meeting.
Ms. Magee reported there is one empty room at
the Restorium, but it’s currently being
remodeled.
The meeting with Mr. Dirks and Ms. Magee ended
at 11:00 a.m.
11:03 a.m.,
Commissioners discussed the property appraisal
received from Carter Appraisals for the surplus
county property located behind the Extension
Office. The total appraisal is $17,500, which
may be a little less than the original cost to
purchase the property. A date to hold a public
auction will be set and Commissioners cannot
accept less than the appraised amount.
Commissioners felt a public auction as opposed
to sealed bids may be the better way to go.
Boundary Volunteer Ambulance (BVA) President Ken
Baker joined the meeting at
11:10 a.m.
Commissioner Pinkerton moved to hold a public
auction on
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at
9:00 a.m., in the Commissioners’
Office to sell county real property that is
located behind the Extension Office.
Commissioner Kirby second. Motion passed
unanimously.
Commissioner Pinkerton moved to adopt Resolution
#2013-23A. A resolution amending Resolution
#2013-23 pertaining to the sale of real county
property at public auction, correcting the legal
description and setting a new date of sale.
Commissioner Kirby second. Motion passed
unanimously. Resolution #2013-23A reads as
follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-23A
A Resolution Amending
Resolution 2013-23
Authorizing the
Sale
of
Surplus
County
Property at Public Auction
COUNTY
OF
BOUNDARY
BOARD OF
COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
s/____________________________
Dan R. Dinning, Chairman
s/____________________________
LeAlan L. Pinkerton, Commissioner
s/____________________________
Walt Kirby, Commissioner
ATTEST:
Glenda Poston
Clerk of the Board of
County
Commissioners
Clerk
Recorded as instrument #257779
“ATTACHMENT
A”
LOTS THREE (3)
THROUGH SEVEN (7)
OF BLOCK FOUR (4)
Riverside Addition,
Section 27, Township
62 North, Range 1 East,
Boise
Meridian
Boundary County,
Idaho
Commissioners discussed matters involving the
Translator District as it relates to a local
radio station and local emergency notifications.
11:30 a.m.,
Boundary Community Hospital CEO/CFO Craig
Johnson and Hospital Board of Trustees Chairman
Elden Koon joined the meeting.
Mr. Johnson said the Hospital broke even for the
month of May, but is in the red year to date
with depreciation. Mr. Johnson provided
Commissioners with total dollar amount in bad
debt. Mr. Johnson said the golf ball drop
tournament was held last Friday, but he didn’t
have numbers of funds raised. Dr. Lucero’s
dedication was last Saturday and that went well.
A plaque in Dr. Lucero’s memory was purchased
with donations.
The football game between Customs Enforcement
and the Border Patrol also went well and the
event raised funds for a fence. Those present
discussed the upcoming presentation of the US 95
Corridor study put on by Don Davis with the
Idaho Transportation Department.
Commissioners and Mr. Johnson discussed the
generator that will be taken back to
Bonner General
Hospital.
Chairman Dinning said Jim Coleman with the Idaho
Transportation Department (ITD) informed him
that City of Sandpoint
returned $7,000,000 for a project they decided
not to do, but those funds have already been
recommitted for construction work on Highway 95.
Bonners Ferry is just not a high priority for
ITD as that money could’ve fixed its highway
issues. Mr. Baker suggested using the ammonia
nitrate trucks that travel through
Boundary County
to the county’s advantage for project funding.
Mr. Johnson said the Hospital’s electronic
record keeping program has crashed, but is now
up and running and it had been the underlying
hardware system; not the Meditech system. There
may be action taken by the four hospitals as
that’s considered a breach of contract.
The meeting with Mr. Johnson and Mr. Koon ended
at 11:40 a.m.
Commissioners tended to administrative duties.
11:52 a.m., Restorium Board Chairman Larry Dirks
and Restorium Administrator Karlene Magee
stopped by Commissioners’ Office to provide
Commissioners with an update on the matter of
the bus donated to the county by the Seniors
Hospitality Center.
Mr. Dirks said he was told it was okay to pick
up the bus and that all that had to be done was
make arrangements for that, but then was told by
Barbara Kovacs with the
Senior
Hospitality Center
that Commissioners had to sign off on it. Mr.
Dirks said Ms. Kovacs also asked for a donation.
Commissioners said they would look into it.
The meeting with Mr. Dirks and Ms. Magee ended
at 12:05 p.m.
There being no further business, the meeting
recessed until tomorrow at
9:00 a.m.
***Tuesday,
June 18, 2013,
Commissioners met in regular session with
Chairman Dan Dinning, Commissioner LeAlan
Pinkerton, Commissioner Walt Kirby and Deputy
Clerk Michelle Rohrwasser.
9:00 a.m.,
Commissioners held an elected
officials/department heads meeting. Present
were: Clerk Glenda Poston, Treasurer Jenny
Fessler, Assessor Dave Ryals, Prosecutor’s
Office Manager Tammie Goggia, Courthouse
Maintenance Jerry Kothe, Restorium Administrator
Karlene Magee, Chief Probation Officer Stacy
Brown, Chief Deputy Clerk Tracie Isaac, Airport
Board Chairman Jay Wages, Road & Bridge Office
Manager Renee Nelson, Road & Bridge
Superintendent Jeff Gutshall, Park & Recreation
Board Chairperson Pam Copeland, Extension Office
staff Angela Tucker, David Sims, and Emergency
Management Services Director Dave Kramer.
Ms. Nelson provided those present with the
updated information on Title VI requirements
that she had presented to Commissioners the day
before. Ms. Nelson said a random audit has been
conducted and overall
Boundary County
has done well. The county receives funds through
grants and part of grant requirements pertain to
civil rights. There are just a few corrective
actions that the county needs to make as the
county needs to uphold all laws in compliance
with Title VI and personal preference shouldn’t
take any precedence. There is limited English
proficiency (LEP) and the audit showed that the
county needs to train each employee on this and
document the training. Ms. Nelson reviewed the
question and answer sheet with those present and
urged that they review this information with all
of their employees. The person who conducted the
audit is an Idaho Transportation Department
Auditor, according to Mr. Gutshall. The county
will also update its employment application and
asking for the date that someone graduated from
high school will be deleted as someone could
calculate the applicant’s age that way. A
demographic map of the county will be made to
show low income and minority areas within the
county and those areas will be taken into
consideration when planning projects and
funding.
Chairman Dining mentioned the county used to
have an IT Committee. The county currently has
an old telephone system and Jeff Odland with
Frontier Communications has quoted a cost per
phone if the county were to upgrade its system.
Chairman Dinning asked about budgets and Clerk
Poston said budgets are coming in from the
departments.
Mr. Kramer said David Sims and Mike Meiers will
be the county’s new public information officers
(PIO) and they can get good information out to
the public. If a county department has something
going on, Mr. Sims and Mr. Meiers will be able
to write a press release or provide bullet
points so the correct information gets out.
Chief Deputy Clerk Isaac said updated personnel
policies have been given to the elected
officials and department heads so to let her
know if there are any concerns.
Assessor Ryals informed everyone the postage
meter has been relocated to the break room and
employees will need an access code to that room.
Ms. Copeland said Parks and Recreation is very
busy with SWISH.
The county has signed up for webinars hosted by
the Idaho Association of Counties (IAC). The
next webinar is on the open meeting law and will
be held Wednesday, June 19, 2013 if anyone is interested in
watching it.
The elected officials/department heads meeting
ended at 9:30
a.m.
9:30 a.m.,
Commissioners continued the semi-formal bid
opening for asphalt concrete pavement on
Moon Shadow Road.
Present were: Chairman Dan Dinning, Commissioner
Lee Pinkerton, Commissioner Walt Kirby, Deputy
Clerk Michelle Rohrwasser, Clerk Glenda Poston,
Road & Bridge Department Superintendent Jeff
Gutshall, Emergency Services Director Dave
Kramer, and Parks & Recreation Chairperson Pam
Copeland. The proceedings were recorded.
Mr. Gutshall said he has reviewed the
semi-formal bids received. The information is
the same and he recommended the award go to
Wood’s Crushing and Hauling as they were the low
bidder at a bid of $46,375.
Commissioner Kirby moved to accept the bid of
$46,375 from Wood’s Crushing and Hauling for an
estimated 600 tons of asphalt concrete pavement
for Moon Shadow Road.
Commissioner Pinkerton second. Motion passed
unanimously.
The bid opening ended at 9:35 a.m.
Commissioners and Ms. Copeland discussed the
proposed Parks and Recreation Deposit Agreement.
Ms. Copeland clarified the deposit of $500 isn’t
for family reunions and things of that nature,
but instead are for large events such as the
circus. The Agreement is just for a damage
deposit for an event that could potentially
cause a lot of damage. Chairman Dinning
suggested maybe revising the proposed agreement
for clarification or to something similar to the
Fair Board’s form.
Ms. Copeland said the Parks and Recreation Board
didn’t start pursuing the issue of the RV park,
but the state came up and the matter snowballed
from there. Commissioner Kirby said the RV park
should be a privately run operation.
Ms. Copeland said it’s wonderful to have
activities that bring in funds, but the Parks
and Recreation Board only has four volunteers
who all have jobs so it can be difficult to
oversee matters. It’s hard as the same one or
two volunteers are dealing with everything.
Chairman Dinning said when activities started
branching out his concern was that board members
would burn out.
Chairman Dinning said Courthouse Maintenance
Jerry Kothe informed Commissioners of the man
hours it takes to mow both parks, which is
approximately 24 hours for two people mowing.
Commissioners have found an ad for a large pull
behind mower and have asked Mr. Kothe to look
into it.
Ms. Copeland left the meeting at 9:44 a.m.
9:44 am., Commissioner Kirby moved to go into
executive session under Idaho Code #67-2345(1)A,
to consider hiring a public officer, employee,
staff member or individual agent. Commissioner
Pinkerton second. Commissioners voted as
follows: Chairman Dinning “aye”, Commissioner
Pinkerton “aye” and Commissioner Kirby “aye”.
Motion passed unanimously. 9:54 a.m.,
Commissioner Kirby moved to go out of executive
session. Commissioner Pinkerton second. Motion
passed unanimously.
Commissioner Kirby moved to grant an additional
88 hours from the sick leave bank to a county
employee per the request. Commissioner Pinkerton
second. Motion passed unanimously.
Deputy Clerk Nancy Ryals joined the meeting at
9:55 a.m.
10:00 a.m., Commissioner Kirby moved to go into
closed session under Idaho Code #31-874.
Commissioner Pinkerton second. Motion passed
unanimously. 10:10 a.m., Commissioner Kirby
moved to go out of closed session. Commissioner
Pinkerton second. Motion passed unanimously.
Commissioner Kirby moved to deny indigent
2013-11 as per the Clerk’s recommendation.
Commissioner Pinkerton second. Motion passed
unanimously.
Commissioner Pinkerton moved to deny indigent
application 2013-20 as per the Clerk’s
recommendation. Commissioner Kirby second.
Motion passed unanimously.
Deputy Clerk Ryals and Clerk Poston left the
meeting at 10:10 a.m.
Commissioners tended to administrative duties.
10:30 a.m., Commissioners discussed the status
of ambulance service in the county. Present
were: Boundary County Emergency Services
Director Dave Kramer, County Civil Attorney
Tevis Hull, Jacob Bushnell, Boundary Volunteer
Ambulance President Ken Baker, and Bonners Ferry
Herald Reporter Laura Roady.
Chairman Dinning mentioned the need to discuss
the possibility of renewing the Master Agreement
for ambulance service with
Bonner County.
Chairman Dinning said Bonner County EMS Chief
Rob Wakeley referred him to Bonner County
Commissioner Carey Kelly about the agreement as
Bonner
County has a newer Board of
Commissioners.
Commissioner Kirby moved to prepare a letter to
Bonner County Commissioners regarding possible
negotiations of the Master Agreement Contract
for ambulance services. Commissioner Pinkerton
second. Motion passed unanimously.
Mr. Kramer said he has made a request to obtain
private providers, but he doesn’t yet have that
information so he will follow up. Chairman
Dinning said what Commissioners would like to
talk about is that it may be helpful to have
someone else negotiate request for proposals
instead of Commissioners, and Commissioners
wondered if Mr. Kramer would be an appropriate
person. Commissioner Kirby said he is also in
agreement on that as he doesn’t feel comfortable
because there are too many facts involving
ambulance service. At this point in time maybe
Commissioners could bring this person into the
circle of discussions. Commissioner Kirby said
he would like to bring someone in to become a
part of these negotiations with Commissioners so
everyone is aware of the same facts.
Commissioner Kirby said he doesn’t want to be
the ambulance expert, but Commissioners need to
be involved for the taxpayer and for the
contracts, but not the day to day negotiations.
Commissioner Pinkerton said he agrees that
Commissioners just can’t dump this onto someone
and walk away. Commissioners have to lead
someone into it. Commissioners are in ongoing
negotiations and working on a commitment with
one ambulance company. In negotiations if you
let the span of time get too broad, those
negotiations break down, according to
Commissioner Pinkerton. Someone is needed who
has experience in emergency activities and who
can honestly represent Commissioners in ongoing
negotiations. Commissioner Pinkerton said he
does believe someone needs to be appointed to
work on negotiations and when a contract is in
place, they can be that contact point.
Mr. Kramer said his only concern is that he is
not up to speed on what has been done in the
past. Mr. Kramer said he is part-time and
already has a full time school shooter exercise
this fall and he’s not sure how much commitment
this will take. Mr. Kramer said it may be a
balancing act and he doesn’t want to do a poor
job, but he is spread a bit thin at times.
Chairman Dinning said it wouldn’t be fair to put
this on Mr. Kramer and walk away. Going forward
beyond having something in place, it would be
beneficial to have an emergency management
service (EMS) person with
a direct link.
Attorney Hull
said from a time commitment standpoint there is
the initial push and it’s a matter of getting on
the same page with Commissioners and Boundary
Volunteer Ambulance’s (BVA) communication. The
points are pretty simplistic. Attorney
Hull
said he and BVA’s Attorney Brian Woods are to
meet Thursday morning before BVA’s board
meeting. Attorney Hull
said he is okay in meeting with Attorney Woods
and he mentioned bringing Mr. Kramer into these
meetings. Mr. Kramer said he has the State
Search and Rescue Conference so he wouldn’t be
able to meet. Chairman Dinning said it wouldn’t
be fair for Commissioners to change Mr. Kramer’s
schedule.
Commissioner Pinkerton said as time goes on he
feels the amount of time involved will be
considerably less demanding. As there is
evolvement there needs to be someone once per
month to keep the finger on the pulse, so to
speak. There is also the request for proposal
(RFP), which is what would be time consuming
right now. Chairman Dinning said Commissioners
would just like a very simple RFP for a basic
level of service for the community, etc., and
Commissioner Pinkerton added that it’s just the
ground floor for an ambulance company to look
at.
Attorney Hull
asked if Mr. Kramer is supposed to draft the
RFP. Chairman Dinning asked Mr. Kramer to create
a RFP to the best of his ability for
Commissioners to review and who are also here to
help. It would just be a draft not a final
proposal, according to Chairman Dinning.
Mr. Kramer said he has already talked to someone
who used to oversee ambulance service for their
county. Chairman Dinning asked if Mr. Kramer
could get some information to Commissioners by
July 1st and he mentioned that
Commissioners are still working with BVA on
negotiations, but are also preparing for if that
negotiation is not fruitful.
The meeting to discuss ambulance service ended
and Mr. Kramer, Ms. Roady, President Baker and
Mr. Bushnell left the meeting.
Commissioners asked Attorney Hull if costs for
publication can be added to the minimum bid when
selling surplus property. Attorney
Hull said yes.
Chairman Dinning said the county has properties
that have not sold at tax deed auction and
Commissioners have discussed whether to attempt
another sale via sealed bid or public auction.
Attorney Hull
said the county now has a lot of leeway and
Commissioners can also have a real estate
company sell this property after having done a
market analysis. Attorney
Hull reviewed Idaho Code statutes
for tax deed properties sold at auction and
discussed the benefit of having an agent sell
the property.
Those present discussed matters involving the
Drug Task Force budget.
Clerk Poston left the meeting at 11:20 a.m.
Commissioners tended to administrative duties.
Commissioner Pinkerton moved to deny the request
for an extension of time to pay 2009 taxes for
parcel #RP60N01W244050A. Commissioner Kirby
second. Motion passed unanimously.
Commissioner Pinkerton moved to approve the
minutes of June 3 & 4, 2013. Commissioner Kirby
second. Motion passed unanimously.
Commissioners recessed for lunch at noon.
1:30 p.m., Commissioners reconvened for the
afternoon session with Chairman Dinning,
Commissioner Pinkerton, Commissioner Kirby, and
Deputy Clerk Michelle Rohrwasser.
1:30 p.m., Rob Tenas and Kyle
Flory with Kyle and Rob
Productions joined the meeting to provide a
status update on the
Boundary
County documentary. Mr. Flory
presented Commissioners with information for
on-camera interviews and mentioned he and Mr.
Tenas have been talking with various people and
asking for these interviews for the documentary.
Those present reviewed names for possible
on-camera interviews. A week by week timeline
was also included to the three month mark. Mr.
Tenas spoke of focusing on balance and of the
correlation of everything involved based on the
main focal points. Seeing how everything is
connected to balance makes it so that balance
will be a part in the documentary’s title.
Mr. Flory said he and Mr. Tenas spoke to Gary
Aitken Jr. who suggested they put on a
demonstration before the Tribal Council prior to
requesting any funding.
The meeting with Mr. Tenas and Mr. Flory ended
at 2:00 p.m.
Commissioner Pinkerton moved to sign the 1st
Amendment to Addendum A to the Service Level
Agreement for Electronic Transaction and Access
for Electronic Payments at Point of Sale to the
Boundary County Assessor. Commissioner Kirby
second. Motion passed unanimously.
There being no further business, the meeting
adjourned at 2:40 p.m.
/s/
DAN R.
DINNING, Chairman
ATTEST:
/s/
GLENDA POSTON, Clerk
By: Michelle Rohrwasser, Deputy Clerk
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