Commissioner's Minutes 10-17-05

COMMISSIONERS MINUTES OCTOBER 17, 2005

The Elmore County Commissioners met in regular session on the above date in the Commissioner’s Room basement of the Elmore County Courthouse, 150 South 4^th East, Mountain Home, Idaho.

Present were Chairman Larry Rose, Commissioners Mary Egusquiza and Connie Cruser. Also present was Deputy Clerk Barbara Steele.

Jeff Berger appeared before the Commissioners to report on the repeaters. Marriage Mtn has been completed, there was a problem but it is working now. We have received the license from the FCC and the equipment is on order. Estimated completion date is November 1, 2005. Danskin Mountain is more complicated, it is also an historic site and any changes have to be considered by the historical committee. We have not received the license yet for it. Regarding Dog Mountain, the Forest Service will not be ready until next summer as a structure needs to be replaced. For Iron Mountain, we had the license but it needed to be modified and we expect to have it in the next four weeks, however, the snow closes down access to it.

Jeff Berger showed on the County map hanging in the Commissioners room how the coverage would be with all the repeaters working. Discussion followed on the contract that was just awarded to a company named EIS, based out of Nevada, for a CAD system for Elmore County for E911. Commissioner Egusquiza invited Mr. Berger to the November 1, 2005 E911 Board meeting at 10:00 a.m. here at the courthouse.

Motion to go into Executive Session pursuant to I.C. 67-2345(d) with Social Services Director Marianne Bate by Rose, second by Egusquiza.

ROSE - AYE

EGUSQUIZA - AYE

CRUSER - AYE Motion carried and so ordered.

A hearing was held on K-11-04-04. Present at the hearing were the three Commissioners, Social Services Director Marianne Bate, and Deputy Clerk Barbara Steele. Marianne Bate gave a brief overview of the case. Motion by Rose, second by Cruser, to deny for a final time due to five continuances requested by St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, this has been going on since November 18, 2004 and no further information has been received.

ROSE - AYE

EGUSQUIZA - AYE

CRUSER - AYE Motion carried and so ordered.

Regular session resumed.

Sheriff Rick Layher appeared before the Board to talk about the proposed animal shelter contract with the City of Mountain Home. Sheriff Layher had talked to Police Chief Tom Berry about it and the issue will stay on the agenda until resolved.

Discussion followed on the request to annex a piece of property into the Mountain Home Rural Fire District. The Commissioners had asked for an order of annexation which they would approve and would be recorded. The format of the request was questioned, and Deputy Clerk Steele was instructed to give the Prosecutor a copy of the documents for her review. The item will be placed on the agenda for October 24, 2005.

Chairman Rose read the Order Granting Petition and Fixing Boundaries of Proposed Fire Protection District:

BEFORE THE ELMORE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PETITION TO CREATE AND ORGANIZE A FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ELMORE COUNTY, IDAHO.

ORDER GRANTING PETITION AND FIXING BOUNDARIES OF PROPOSED FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

WHEREAS, on August 22, 2005, the Elmore County Board of Commissioners accepted a petition to create and organize a fire protection district, signed by at least twenty-five (25) holders of title to lands aggregating not less than one thousand (1,000) acres of contiguous territory in Elmore County, Idaho;

WHEREAS, the holders of title designated the proposed district as the “Pine-Featherville Fire District,” and

WHEREAS, the Elmore County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing on the 27^th day of September 2005.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, in accordance with I.C. §31-1404, the Elmore County Board of Commissioners does GRANT the petition without modification.

IT IS FURTHERMORE ORDERED that the boundaries of the proposed district are fixed as follows:

SEE EXHIBIT A (attached hereto and incorporated as if fully set forth herein)

IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that a map showing the boundaries of the proposed district as finally fixed (of which a copy is attached hereto as Exhibit B) shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners as required by I.C. § 31-1404.

APPROVAL OF ORDER

The Elmore County Board of County Commissioners hereby adopts and approved the order herein.

ROLL CALL

COMMISSIONER ROSE VOTED Yea

COMMISSIONER EGUSQUIZA VOTED Yea

COMMISSIONER CRUSER VOTED Yea

ATTEST: /S/ Gail L. Best, Clerk of the Courts

Exhibit A: Proposed Legal Description for the Pine-Featherville District

Township 1 North, Range 9 East, Boise Meridian, Elmore County, Idaho Sections 1, 11-14, 23 & 24: All of said sections

Township 2 North, Range 9 East, Boise Meridian, Elmore County, Idaho Section 36: All of said sections

Township 1 North, Range 10 East, Boise Meridian, Elmore County, Idaho Sections 5-7 & 18: All of said sections

Township 2 North, Range 10 East, Boise Meridian, Elmore County, Idaho Sections 4-8, 18 & 19, & 29-32: All of said sections

Township 3 North, Range 10 East, Boise Meridian, Elmore County, Idaho Sections 3, 9 & 10, 15 & 16, 21 & 22, 27 & 28, & 32-34: All of said sections.

Exhibit B - Map

Motion by Rose, second by Egusquiza to approve the Order Granting Petition and Fixing Boundaries of Proposed Fire Protection District.

ROSE - AYE

EGUSQUIZA - AYE

CRUSER - AYE Motion carried and so ordered.

Motion by Egusquiza, second by Cruser to adjourn to attend an Economic Development Announcement by Governor Dirk Kempthorne at Optimist Park with lunch to follow.

ROSE - AYE

EGUSQUIZA - AYE

CRUSER - AYE Motion carried and so ordered.

At 1:30 p.m. the Commissioners met with Rose Plympton who gave a report on a tax class she has recently attended. She gave the Commissioners some literature on the meeting. Different states and how they assess property was discussed. Treasurer Plympton stated the class was very well put together. The investment of jail bond funds was discussed and the Commissioners asked Ms. Plympton to come back at 3:00 p.m. when the construction of the jail would be discussed.

A short recess was called.

Regular session resumed.

Commissioner Cruser gave a brief update on Community Health. Mental health and Substance abuse was the main concern at a meeting she had attended for the Mountain Home area. There are funds available for rural mental health but at this time it seems that Ada County is receiving all of the funds.

Commissioner Cruser also gave an update on Sage Resources. A strategic plan for the County was discussed. There is no strategic plan for Elmore County at this time and Commissioner Cruser will do some research to see if any funding would be available for projects for example courthouse space, and just general growth in Elmore County.

The Commissioners gave a briefing on the Economic Development Announcement they attended at Optimist Park. A new company called Marathon Cheese will be opening a cheese packaging plant. It will employ approximately 250-500 people. Stan Scott donated 40 acres of land and the company will receive incentives for locating in Idaho.

On the November 7th agenda at 4:00 p.m. there will be a report on the Mitigation Plan.

Vivian Garcia from the Election Department, came down and asked the Commissioners who would be the contact person for the Pine-Featherville Fire District election. Commissioner Egusquiza replied Larry Barrett and gave her his phone number for Nampa, a phone number for Pine and his email address. Ms. Garcia said she needed to get together with Gail to see how the election would be run, whether the ballots would be hand counted or if we would use our machine to count them. The Commissioners said they thought hand counting would be fine, there were not that many registered voters in Pine.

Chief Deputy Merrilee Hiler appeared before the Board to explain two resolutions transferring funds in various budgets. The Fair budget has been overdrawn due to extra repairs on the fair grounds and our auditing firm will be phoned to see how to handle it.

The next agenda item was to meet with Russ Morehead from Conrad & Associates and Walt Femling from Rocky Mountain Corrections regarding building the jail. Rose Plympton was also present, and a time line will be given to her on the building of the jail so she can invest the bond money accordingly. Walt Femling handed the Commissioners a report showing an estimate of expenditures and revenue of operational costs once the jail is complete. A total of 25 staff have been recommended. Each page was reviewed with the Commissioners.

Russ Morehead spoke to the Commissioners about the construction of the jail. The easement for the sewer line and the problems associated with it are even more complicated. There are also fiber optic lines, running under American Legion, at the same depth as the storm sewer which interrupt gravity flow. One solution discussed was to raise the building height which would result in an additional $170,000. Moving the building closer to 8^th Street seemed to be a better solution, the building would not have to be elevated saving money, nor would not need a sewage pump which was another alternative if the elevation option was not chosen. Russ Morehead will research the building location change and Dan Collins, Plant Facilities Manager, will also be contacted.

Chief Deputy Merrilee Hiler spoke to the Board regarding expenditures over $3,000.00 in any department. A memo will be go out to Department Heads and Elected Officials stating that any items over $3,000 would need pre-approval from the Commissioners.

Katrina Welch appeared during the public portion of the meeting to check with the Commissioners regarding any job openings with the County and to discuss her application she submitted at the Extension Office. She also wanted to clarify that November 1^st was the official day the office was closing. She told the Board that they were still taking new cases and wondered when that would stop. Commissioner Egusquiza stated she hadn’t checked with the Extension office to see what stage they were at with their hiring. Ms. Welch stated she was discouraged at this point and is worried about future employment.

Chairman Rose read Resolution No. 369-05 into the record:

RESOLUTION NO. 369-05

A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE BUDGET OF VARIOUS AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE ELMORE COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE CONTINUED FUNDING AND ADJUST FOR CHANGES IN SPENDING PRIORITIES:

WHEREAS, The Board of Commissioners of Elmore County has the authority and duty under Article XVIII, Section 6 of the Idaho Constitution and Title 31, Chapter 6 of the Idaho Code to provide the funding operation of the government of Elmore County and to account for the expenditure of those funds; and

WHEREAS, The Board considered this adjustment to the County budget during its regular public meeting of October 17, 2005, and the need to amend the County budget has been satisfactorily demonstrated to the Board of Commissioners.

IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED:

1. That $2,305.02 of the Domestic Violence fund in line item 134.334.00.098 be transferred to the Domestic Violence Trust Fund line item 664.864.00.098.00.

That this Resolution shall have effect immediately upon its passage.

PASSED, at the regular meeting of the Elmore County Board of Commissioners, County of Elmore, State of Idaho, held on the 17^th day of October, 2005 upon which roll call vote was duly taken and said Resolution duly passed by a unanimous vote.

ELMORE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

/s/ Larry E. Rose, Chairman

/s/ Mary Egusquiza, Commissioner

/s/ Connie Cruser, Commissioner

ATTEST: /s/Gail L. Best, Clerk

Motion by Rose, second by Cruser, to approve and sign resolution No. 369-05.

ROSE - AYE

EGUSQUIZA - AYE

CRUSER - AYE Motion carried and so ordered.

Chairman Rose read Resolution No. 370-05 into the record:

RESOLUTION NO. 370-05

WHEREAS, The County of Elmore, acting through its Board of County Commissioners, has budgeted certain monies to the Grants Budget.

WHEREAS, An unanticipated increase in revenue from donations was received from various sources and additional donations are anticipated prior to year end of FY 2005.

WHEREAS, It is necessary to open the existing Grants Budget to increase it by the unanticipated revenue already received and expected.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Elmore County Board of Commissioners in lawful meeting assembled as follows:

1. Line Item 134.434.02.089 of the Domestic Violence Fund be increased in the amount of $1,886.33.

Said Line Item increase is necessary to deal with unanticipated revenue.

DATED this 17^th day of October, 2005.

ELMORE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

/s/ LARRY E. ROSE, Chairman

/s/ MARY EGUSQUIZA, Commissioner

/s/ CONNIE CRUSER, Commissioner

ATTEST: /s/ GAIL L. BEST, Clerk

Motion by Rose, second by Egusquiza, to approve and sign Resolution 370-05.

ROSE - AYE

EGUSQUIZA - AYE

CRUSER - AYE Motion carried and so ordered.

Discussion followed on the Growth and Development E911 employee changes. Information received from BDPA, the County’s salary survey Company, was given to the Commissioners for the classification of the job. Bonnie Sharp from the Growth and Development Department was absent for the day and the issue will be put on the next agenda for discussion.

Motion by Rose, second by Cruser, to go into Executive Session pursuant to I.C. 67-2345(d).

ROSE - AYE

EGUSQUIZA - AYE

Regular session resumed. No action was taken as a result of the Executive Session.

The E911 employee position was briefly discussed again. Board member Vicki Smith recommended Traci Lefever for the position. Traci Lefever currently works in the Growth and Development Department working a ½ day for E911 and ½ day for Growth and Development. Discussion followed on employees salaries when they change positions.