RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, LEWIS COUNTY, IDAHO March Term First Day March 07, 2016 The Board of Lewis County Commissioners met in regular session with Greg Johnson, Chairman, Carroll Keith, Don Davis Members and Alesia Winner, Clerk. Commissioner Johnson moved and Commissioner Keith seconded with all in favor of the last meeting minutes. Tom Scott, Janitor met with the Board to discuss the need for a new vacuum. Commissioner Davis moved to approve the purchase of a shark vacuum for around $300.00. Commissioner Johnson seconded with all in favor. 9:05 a.m. - Commissioner Johnson moved to go into executive session per I.C. 74-206(b). Commissioner Keith seconded the motion. Also present was Zachary Pall and Jason Davis. Roll call: Johnson- aye, Keith - aye, Davis - aye. 9:47a.m. - regular session resumed. Joanne Remacle met with the Board regarding the Camas Club. She now has possession of the property and is requesting to have the penalty and interest waved since she was not in possession of the property. She will be paying the taxes through June. Commissioner Davis moved to wave the fees if the bill is brought current today. Commissioner Keith seconded with all in favor. Kathy Hedberg, Lewiston Morning Tribune, Mike Ponozzo and Skip Brandt, Idaho County Commissioner joined the meeting. Skip Brandt and the Board discussed a joint or multiple county solid waste disposal project. A cooperative joint powers agreement was also discussed. Auditor's quarterly was reviewed by the Board. 10:47 a.m. - Commissioner Johnson moved to go into executive session per I.C. 74-206(b). Commissioner Keith seconded the motion. Also present was Zachary Pall, Jason Davis and Ken Hart. Roll call: Johnson - aye, Keith - aye, Davis - aye. 11:40 a.m. - regular session resumed. 11:43 a.m. - Commissioner Johnson moved to go into executive session per I.C. 74-206 (1)(d). Commissioner Keith seconded the motion. Also present was Michelle Lyons, Social Services Director. Roll call: Johnson - aye, Keith - aye, Davis - aye.
11:46 a.m. - regular session resumed. Michelle Lyons, Social Service Director met with application #2016-08 She submitted the Clerk s Statement of Findings. Based on the findings Commissioner Johnson moved to deny #2016-08 based on lack of cooperation. Liens for case #2016-14, #2016-15 and #2016-16 were signed. Lien on case #2007-04 released, Commissioner Keith seconded with all in favor. Pauline Malone, Treasurer met with the Board. Discussed was the Zion's cash back reward the split will be 85% justice fund and 15% current expense. Monthly reports were submitted. Overdue solid waste notices were discussed. Pauline had received a phone call from Sarah Ridley's daughter and the taxes will be paid within the 14 months. She made contact with the Attorney for Trombetta's and told them tax deed had been taken. Brian Brokop, Sheriff met with the Board to discuss the freezer compressor in the jail. The compressor has gone out. The quote for repair is $1,468.00. The Sheriff is unsure if the quote covers replacement and moving the unit. He submitted a quote to repair the explorer that is currently in Lewiston for $6,070.50. Commissioner Davis moved to approve the $1,468.00 to move the compressor outside and replace it and deny the repair bill for the explorer. Commissioner Johnson seconded with all in favor. Meeting adjourned until March 14, 2016 Attest: /S/ /S/ Alesia Winner, Clerk Greg Johnson, Chairman
RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, LEWIS COUNTY, IDAHO March Term Second Day March 14, 2016 The Board of Lewis County Commissioners met in regular session with Greg Johnson, Chairman, Carroll Keith, Don Davis Members and Alesia Winner, Clerk. Commissioner Davis moved and Commissioner Keith seconded with all in favor of the last meeting minutes. Jason Davis, Chief Deputy met with the Board and discussed a grant to replace the Intox machine in the jail. Also discussed were comp time and vacation time caps. Bob West, Emergency Manager met with the Board discussion was held regarding the Cascadia Rising exercise and social media. He also talked about a training he will be attending Situational Awareness in April. 09:23 a.m. - Commissioner Johnson moved to go into executive session per I.C. 74-206(b). Commissioner Keith seconded the motion. Also present Zachary Pall and Jason Davis. Roll call: Johnson aye, Keith aye, Davis aye. 09:40 a.m. - regular session resumed. Canvass of the March 8, 2016 election: In Favor Against Kamiah Jt. School Dist. # 304 East Kamiah 38 30 West Kamiah 157 115 Idaho County 187 227 382 372 Culdesac Jt. School Dist. # 342 Reubens 0 0 Slickpoo 2 4 2 4 Orofino Jt. School Dist. #171 West Kamiah 0 0 Mohler 0 1 0 1 Republican and Constitution Parties Presidential Candidate results attached.
The Board discussed the surplus property and having an auction. The Board requested Jason Davis to get a full inventory. Shelley Ponozzo, P&Z met with the Board regarding a property the Wyatt property in Bethman. Also present Zachary Pall Prosecutor. She has received several calls regarding a female subject staying in one of the structures. There are no sanitation facilities on the property. Zach and Shelley will continue to work on this matter and keep the Board updated. Monthly claims were reviewed in the amount of $41,102.92. Commissioner Johnson moved to approve. Commissioner Keith seconded with all in favor. 11:02 a.m. - Commissioner Johnson moved to go into executive session per I.C. 74-206 (1)(d). Commissioner Keith seconded the motion. Also present was Michelle Lyons, Social Services Director. Roll call: Johnson - aye, Keith - aye, Davis - aye. 11:06 a.m. - regular session resumed. Michelle Lyons, Social Service Director met with application #2016-11 She submitted the Clerk s Statement of Findings. Based on the findings Commissioner Davis moved to suspend #2016-11 based on a pending Social Security case. Liens for case #2016-03, #2016-01 were released. Commissioner Keith seconded with all in favor. Commissioner Keith moved to deny Extension Office claim in the amount of $670.00. Commissioner Johnson seconded with all in favor. The Board reviewed the following reports: Assessor report of motor vehicle fees $20,909.17, Assessor report of misc. fees, $1,074.20, Sheriff's report for Revenue & Non Revenue $2,131.12, Sheriff's Office report of Driver's License $1,814.50. Brian Brokop, Sheriff called in to advise the Board of the additional bid for the jail freezer. The amount was twice as much. Meeting adjourned until March 21, 2016. Attest: /S/ /S/ Alesia Winner, Clerk Greg Johnson, Chairman
RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, LEWIS COUNTY, IDAHO March Term Third Day March 21, 2016 The Board of Lewis County Commissioners met in regular session with Greg Johnson, Chairman, Carroll Keith, Don Davis Members and Vicki Gifford, Deputy Clerk. Commissioner Johnson moved and Commissioner Keith seconded with all in favor of the last meeting minutes. Jason Davis, Chief Deputy met with the Board to discuss the vehicles that we have and ones that we can get rid of. He suggests keeping the newer vehicles, the 2008-2009 Charger s & 2005-2006 Durango s that just had some work done on them. Jason Davis also talked to a Doctor from U of I about Sabbaticals. The Commissioners said they may be at a point to create a policy for persons taking a Sabbatical since the University doesn't have a one. Jason brought in a $3,000.00 check for a donation to the K-9 fund. Zachary Pall, Prosecutor met with the Board to discuss prisoners having access to the Law Library. Zachary talked about public defenders contract, he says we can pay out of Justice, Current Expense & Indigent funds. Currently we are paying out of Dist. Court fund. He also talked about HB 505 regarding setting up contracts for the Public Defense Attorney. Bob West, Emergency Manager met with the Board to discuss First Step Internet. He stated Simplot has a direct line of sight and would like to add their internet equipment to our internet tower. The Commissioners requested Bob to schedule a meet with First Step to discuss this. Bob is also putting together an exercise for the EOC along with Dave Hasz the date set for the exercise is April 18. The Board designated precinct and polling place for the May 17, 2016 Primary Election as follows: Nezperce Precinct 01 Eller Building West Kamiah Precinct 02 Emergency Services Building East Kamiah Precinct 03 Emergency Services Building Craigmont Precinct 04 City Hall Winchester Precinct 05 Craig Mountain Senior Center Reubens Precinct 06 mail Mohler Precinct 07 mail Slickpoo Precinct 08 mail The Board also renewed the following precincts as All Mail Ballot precincts: Mohler, Reubens and Slickpoo. Commissioner Johnson moved to approve with Commissioners Keith and Davis. All in favor - aye.
Liquor License # 21 for Palenque Mexican Restaurant was approved by the Board. 10:56 a.m. - Commissioner Johnson moved to go into executive session per I.C. 74-206 (1)(d). Commissioner Keith seconded the motion. Also present was Michelle Lyons, Social Services Director. Roll call: Johnson - aye, Keith - aye, Davis - aye. 11:04a.m. - regular session resumed. Michelle Lyons, Social Service Director met with applications #2016-12 & #2016-14 & #2016-15 & #2016-16. She submitted the Clerk s Statement of Findings. Based on the Clerk's Statement of Findings Commissioner Keith moved to deny #2016-12, suspend #2016-14, approve #2016-15 and deny #2016-16. Commissioner Johnson seconded with all in favor. Appeal hearing for #2016-08 is set for May 23, 2016 at 11:00 am. Mid-month claims were reviewed in the amount of $11,909.65. Commissioner Keith moved to approve with Commissioner Davis seconded with all in favor. Zachary Pall, Prosecutor and Shelley Ponozzo, P&Z/Web & PIO met with the Board to update them on the Wyatt property. Shelley Ponozzo, P&Z/Web & PIO, met with the Board to discuss Conditional Use - Resolution #2016-5 & #2016-6. Commissioner Davis moved to approve #2016-5 with Commissioner Keith seconding. All in favor. Commissioner Johnson moved to approve #2016-6 with Commissioner Keith seconding. All in favor. Ken Hart, Extension Office met with the Board to discuss the confusion of the Sabbatical. Annual Conference is in Moscow and he will present how to apply for Sabbaticals. National Risk Management Conference is in Texas. It is about Professional Farm Co-Op Development Centers. The use of the County vehicle by the Extension office was discussed. The Board approved both the Annual & the National Risk Management Conferences. Chip Haight, Weed Supervisor met with the Board regarding a claim for a Weed Spraying License. The Claim has been suspended per the Board. Chip is looking into getting this taken care of by another means. Acceptance letter for cost shares with Clearwater Weed Management was signed by the Board. Commissioner Johnson moved to approve with Commissioner Davis seconding. All in favor. Adjourned until March 28, 2016 Attest: /S/ /S/ Vicki Gifford, Chief Deputy Clerk Greg Johnson, Chairman
RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, LEWIS COUNTY, IDAHO March Term Fourth Day March 28, 2016 The Board of Lewis County Commissioners met in regular session with Greg Johnson, Chairman, Carroll Keith, Don Davis Members and Alesia Winner Clerk. Also present Justin McLeod. Commissioner Davis moved and Commissioner Johnson seconded with all in favor of the last meeting minutes. Alesia Winner, Clerk advised the Board on the cost of repairs on the AutoMark voting machines. The Board decided to postpone the repairs until a later time. Joe Savory with First Step Internet met with the Board regarding usage of the antenna for Simplot and internet service for the county. Also present was Bob West Emergency Manager and Jason Davis, Chief Deputy. The Board is in favor of the use if first step would assist Bob and Jason with the mobile date use for the Sheriff's Office. Perry Larson with the Lewis County Fair Board met with the Board regarding repairs to the Eller Building roof. The bid is $18,900.00. He is requesting for the county to possibly cover some of the cost since the county uses the building for elections if the State possibly had any funds available to use. Tom Scott, Janitor met with the Board regarding repairing the water fountain by the Prosecutor's Office he is unable to repair it. Discussion was held regarding replacement verses bottled water. The Board will check into options and make a decision. Jason Davis, Chief Deputy discussed the vehicle list he is waiting for the Sheriff to make a decision. He also discussed the K-9 donation he received. He would like to get an additional K-9 with those funds. The Sheriff's Office has another certified handler. Discussion was held regarding need and timing. The Board agreed to the purchase and would like to see a 2 year commitment from the handler. Bob West, Emergency Manager discussed with the Board regarding his cell phone. The county phone is no longer working. He would like to use his smart phone and just get a $20.00 dollar reimbursement. He also discussed the wages for his position regarding the excess grant funds at the end of the grant cycle. Commissioner Davis moved to approve paying $20.00 to the Emergency Manager and PIO towards phones and cancel the other lines. Commissioner Johnson seconded with all in favor. Bob also gave the Board a draft copy of the MOU between the County and Tribal Emergency Management and ARES Dist. 2 groups. The Board requested that Bob give a copy of it to the prosecutor for his approval.
Commissioner Johnson gave the Board an update on Ida-Lew and a current position open with them. 10:39 a.m. - Commissioner Johnson moved to go into executive session per I.C. 74-206 (1)(d). Commissioner Keith seconded the motion. Also present was Alesia Winner, Clerk. Roll call: Johnson - aye, Keith - aye, Davis - aye. 10:42 a.m. - regular session resumed. Alesia Winner, Clerk met with applications #2016-13. She submitted the Clerk s Statement of Findings. Based on the Clerk s Statement of Findings Commissioner Keith moved to deny #2016-13 based on lack of cooperation. Commissioner Johnson seconded with all in favor. Zachary Pall, Prosecutor met with the Board to discuss the Public Safety Agreement. There are a couple items that he has concerns with. He would like a few things changed or taken out he will work up the changes on the trade agreement to define what they are talking about. Zach gave the Board a copy of the draft MOU. Debbie and Tia Trombetta met with the Board to discuss the tax lien put on their property. They would like to make payments. The Board is willing to work with the Trombetta's but it has to be paid in the 14 month period. Meeting adjourned until April 4, 2016 Attest: /S/ /S/ Alesia Winner, Clerk Greg Johnson, Chairman