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County resident Jerry Di Muro also joined the meeting. Commissioner Dinning moved
to amend today’s agenda for Chairman Smith said this change to the agenda is related matters already scheduled for that time. Mr. Gutshall said during
the December 2011 Boundary Area Transportation
Team (BATT) meeting, Don Davis with the Idaho
Transportation Department (ITD) said in addition
to the paving project in Bonners Ferry, he was
asked by Damon Allen, also of ITD, to get a list
of other concerns along the route from the City
of Bonners Ferry. Mr. Gutshall asked if that
includes the old north hill and walkway. Mr.
Gutshall said a couple of things City of Clerk Glenda Poston joined
the meeting at Mr. Gutshall spoke to Commissioners about Road and Bridge’s new shift during winter operations, which covers all weekend. Mr. Gutshall said there is no overtime involved and he has yet to see how this schedule will work. There will be two to three Road and Bridge employees working Thursday through Sunday and Monday night through Thursday night will be the nightshift. Chairman Smith said he felt
the meeting he and Mr. Gutshall had with
Boundary County School Superintendent, Dick
Conley, was good and he was impressed with the
Superintendent. Chairman Smith said the 9: Mr. Gutshall said he
purchased a brine plant, but it hasn’t been used
as Road and Bridge needs a platform and cover
for it. The City of Mr. Gutshall informed Commissioners he is already over budget on diesel. Mr. Gutshall said David
Evans and Associates is working on a new
construction estimate for one of the Trow Creek
Bridges. One of the bridges has a bad
sufficiency rating, but the other bridge’s
rating is good. Mr. Gutshall said
Commissioner Dinning moved
to sign the application for replacement of Mr. Gutshall said for all the years he thought the Deep Creek Bridges would be under construction he put in matching funds, but this year he didn’t put in matching funds and the bridges may actually be constructed. It’s possible this season that 7.34% of construction costs may be requested, but he doesn’t have it in his budget. Mr. Gutshall said he does have the cash in his budget so he may need to do a resolution. Mr. Gutshall said he still has funds sitting in ITD’s bank account for projects so he doesn’t see why they just can’t use those funds. Mr. Gutshall said he will contact ITD about use of those funds. Mr. Gutshall said the bridge near the refuge that he submitted for inclusion in the Forest Highway Project was not selected. This bridge doesn’t have a low enough sufficiency rating, according to Mr. Gutshall. Commissioner Kirby asked
Mr. Gutshall to keep pressing ITD for a turn bay
at Commissioner Kirby said he heard something about Highway 2 being raised two feet over the course of several years and how it affects the airport. Mr. Gutshall left the
meeting at Clerk Poston presented a resolution adopting new Commissioner Districts along with a new Commissioner District map. Clerk Poston said GIS Mapper Gary Falcon used data from the census to prepare the map. Commissioners and Clerk Poston reviewed each district’s population. Commissioner Dinning said this new map is clearer as it is better divided by the highway, the railroad tracks into Bonners Ferry, and Highway 1. The river divides Districts 2 and 3, according to Clerk Poston. Commissioner Kirby moved to adopt Resolution 2012-5. A resolution establishing Commissioner Districts. Commissioner Dinning second. Motion passed unanimously. Resolution 2012-5 reads as follows:
Resolution
2012-5
A Resolution
Establishing Commissioner Districts
WHEREAS, Idaho Code 31-704 requires the
board of commissioners to district their county
into three districts at the regular meeting in
January preceding any general election into
three districts, as nearly equal in population
as may be, to be known as county commissioners’
districts numbers one (1), two (2) and three
(3); and
NOW THEREFORE, upon motion duly made,
seconded, and unanimously carried,
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board of County
Commissioners, County of Boundary, State of
Idaho establish the following commissioner
districts based on the 2010 Census:
Boundary County
Commissioner Districts – 2012
District 1
Beginning at the
intersection of the Boundary-Bonner County Line
and the centerline of U.S. Highway 95 & 2;
thence northerly along the centerline of said
highway to the intersection with the centerline
of Pine Island Road; thence west along said
centerline to the east right of way line of the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad; thence
northerly along said right of way line to the
intersection with the centerline of U.S. Highway
95 & 2; thence northerly along said centerline
to the intersection with the centerline of State
Highway 1; thence northerly along said State
Highway centerline to the intersection with the
United States – Canada International Boundary
Line; thence west along said International
Boundary Line to the Idaho – Washington State
Boundary Line; thence south along said State
Boundary Line to the intersection with the
Boundary – Bonner County Line; thence east along
said County Line; thence south along said County
Line; thence east along said County Line to the
intersection with the centerline of U.S. Highway
95 & 2 and the place of beginning.
District 2
Beginning at the
intersection of the centerline of State Highway
1 and the United States – Canada International
Boundary Line; thence east along said
International Boundary Line to the Idaho –
Montana State Boundary Line; thence south along
said State Boundary Line to the intersection
with the centerline of the Kootenai River;
thence westerly along the centerline of said
Kootenai River to the intersection with the
centerline of U.S. Highway 95 & 2; thence
northerly along said centerline to the
intersection with the centerline of State
Highway 1; thence northerly along said State
Highway centerline to the intersection with the
United States – Canada International Boundary
Line and the place of beginning.
District 3
Beginning at the
intersection of the Boundary-Bonner County line
and the centerline of U.S. Highway 95 & 2;
thence northerly along the centerline of said
highway to the intersection with the centerline
of Pine Island Road; thence west along said
centerline to the east right of way line of the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad; thence
northerly along said right of way line to the
intersection with the centerline of U.S. Highway
95 & 2; thence northerly along said centerline
to the intersection with the centerline of the
Kootenai River; thence easterly along the
centerline of said Kootenai River to the Idaho –
Montana State Boundary Line; thence south along
said State Boundary Line to the Boundary –
Bonner County Line; thence west along said
County Line to the intersection with the
centerline of U.S. Highway 95 & 2 and the place
of beginning.
DATED this 9th
day of January, 2012
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
s/____________________________
RONALD R. SMITH, Chairman
s/____________________________
DAN R. DINNING, Commissioner
s/____________________________
WALT KIRBY, Commissioner
ATTEST:
s/____________________________________________________
GLENDA POSTON, Clerk of the Board of
Recorded as
instrument #252851 Commissioner Dinning moved to adopt and sign the Commissioner District map. Commissioner Kirby second. Motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Dinning moved
to adopt Resolution 2012-6. Adopting polling
precincts and sites in
RESOLUTION 2012-6
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING POLLING SITES IN
WHEREAS, the Board of County
Commissioners, County of Boundary, State of
Idaho, has established seven polling sites
within the County, and
WHEREAS, currently those sites are the Bonners
Ferry Precinct, Copeland Precinct, Kootenai
Precinct, Moyie Springs Precinct, Naples
Precinct, North Bonners Ferry Precinct and the
Valley View Precinct, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County
Commissioners find it in the best interest of
the general public to combine the Bonners Ferry
Precinct and the Kootenai Precinct due to the
number of voters in each of those precincts in
order to save on time, personnel and funding,
and
NOW THEREFORE, upon motion duly made,
seconded, and unanimously carried,
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board of County
Commissioners,
PRECINCT
LOCATION
B.F./Kootenai Precinct
Exhibit Hall, Boundary
Copeland Precinct
Moyie Springs Precinct
North Bonners Ferry Precinct
Exhibit Hall, Boundary
Valley View Precinct
DATED this 9th day of January, 2012
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
s/_________________________
RONALD R. SMITH, Chairman
s/_________________________
DAN R. DINNING, Commissioner
s/_________________________
WALT KIRBY, Commissioner
ATTEST:
s/___________________________________________________
GLENDA POSTON,
Clerk of the Board of
Recorded as
instrument #252858 The only change made is combining the Bonners Ferry and Kootenai precincts. The logistics will not change. Clerk Poston said this change makes more sense since there is such as low turnout in the Bonners Ferry precinct. Clerk Poston said signs will clarify which line to vote in. Clerk Poston said her staff may expand the counting room at the Moyie Precinct. Those present discussed processes for declaring party affiliations and requesting specific party ballots and explained the absentee ballot application and party affiliation statement. Clerk Poston left the
meeting at Commissioner Dinning moved
to reappoint John Cranor to the Planning and
Zoning Commission with a term to expire Commissioner tended to administrative duties. Mr. Pinkerton left the
meeting at
Chairman Smith reviewed
aloud the support letter for a District 1
Involuntary Hold Facility. Commissioner Dinning
questioned if by signing the letter, are
Commissioners obligating the County in this
grant. Commissioner Dinning questioned how many
people Commissioner Dinning moved to sign the letter of support for the proposed District 1 Involuntary Hold Facility. Commissioner Kirby second. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Di Muro left the meeting. Deputy Clerk Nancy Ryals
joined the meeting at Commissioner Dinning moved
to go into closed session under Idaho Code
#31-874. Commissioner Kirby second. Motion
passed unanimously. Commissioner Kirby moved to deny indigent application #2012-6 as per the Clerk’s recommendation. Commissioner Kirby second. Motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Dinning moved to adopt Resolution 2012-7. A resolution appointing a member to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Commissioner Kirby second. Motion passed unanimously. Resolution 2012-7 reads as follows:
RESOLUTION
APPOINTING MEMBER TO
PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO.
2012-7 WHEREAS,
Chapter 65 of Title 67 does empower Boundary
County to create a Planning and Zoning
Commission, and Chapter 3, Section 1 of the
Boundary County Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance
did establish such a commission; and WHEREAS,
member John Cranor, having been appointed WHEREAS; John
Cranor has expressed interest in and does
qualify to serve on the commission and does meet
the residency requirements set forth at Section
67-6504, IC; and WHEREAS, the
Board of County Commissioners are desirous of
appointing John Cranor to a full term as a
member of the Boundary County Planning and
Zoning Commission; and NOW,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of Regularly
passed and approved on this 9th day
of January, 2012. BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
s/______________________ RON SMITH,
CHAIR
s/_________________________ DAN DINNING,
COMMISSIONER
s/_________________________ WALT KIRBY,
COMMISSIONER ATTEST:
s/__________________________________ MICHELLE
ROHRWASSER, DEPUTY Clerk of the
Board of Recorded as instrument #252859 Commissioners reviewed claims for payment. Fund totals are as follows: Current Expense $65,769.26 Road & Bridge 65,241.65 Airport 4,019.06 District Court 2,913.31 Justice Fund 38,853.43 911 Funds 2,976.96 Health District 12,639.00 Hospital, Operation 69,000.00 Indigent & Charity 46,118.31 Parks and Recreation 10,792.87 Revaluation 678.83 Solid Waste 16,786.08 Tort 76,307.50 Veterans Memorial 533.29 Weeds 173.98 Restorium 19,666.55 Waterways 337.83 Juvenile Probation-Lottery 180.16 Hospital Supplemental Levy 5,114.23 Fire Mitigation Grant 15,957.88
TOTAL
$454,060.18 Citizens are invited to inspect detailed records on file in the Courthouse (individual claims & Commissioners’ allowance & warrant register record 2011). Commissioner Dinning moved to approve the minutes of January 2 & 3, 2011. Commissioner Kirby second. Motion passed unanimously. Commissioner Kirby asked Mr. Skeen how the recycle shelter is coming along and Mr. Skeen said it is done. Commissioners tended to administrative duties. Chairman Smith said today’s discussion on the Caribou critical habitat will be postponed until tomorrow at 10 a.m., at which time Commissioners will conduct a conference call with Shoshone County Commissioners on the same matter. Chairman Smith said he received a call from Panhandle State Bank Vice President, Dave Walter about financing for the wheel loader. The interest rate Panhandle Bank was offering was 3.4% and the rate from CAT Financial Services is 3.2%. Chairman Smith mentioned Mr. Walter said if the rate is the only difference, he would be able to match the rate of 3.2%. CAT Financial’s payments are only $17,580 and payments quoted by Panhandle State Bank are $69,650. Mr. Skeen said he spoke to Mr. Walter as well and Panhandle State Bank has a payoff in five years whereas CAT Financial will own the machine after five years in which the County would re-lease after five years. Mr. Skeen said CAT Financial will buy the machine back and that is why their quote is cheaper. Panhandle State Bank can compare as long as CAT Financial will honor the guaranteed buyback after five years through another finance company. Chairman Smith said if that is the deal, would Mr. Skeen want to go finance through Panhandle State Bank. Mr. Skeen said he has no issues with who he finances with. Chairman Smith said he doesn’t want it to appear that the County is accepting financing through Panhandle State Bank because he and Mr. Walter are friends. Chairman Smith said he looks at this matter as it is dealing with a local bank. Mr. Skeen asked for clarification on Panhandle State Bank offering a fixed 3.2% rate. Commissioners spoke to
Panhandle State Bank Vice President Dave Walter
via telephone at Chairman Smith reviewed the financing terms with Mr. Walter for accuracy. Mr. Walter confirmed that his bank could honor annual payments of $17,558 as CAT Financial had also offered. Commissioner Dinning said if Panhandle State Bank offered a rate of 3.2% and CAT Financial Services will guarantee the buy back, would the annual payment be same as CAT’s offer. Mr. Walter said yes, with annual payments of $17558, the County is still paying some of the principal balance down and the County will end up getting a bit of money back is CAT buys back at $272,000. It was said a request has been made to CAT Financial Services if they will buy back the wheel loader if it is financed through Panhandle State Bank. Commissioner Kirby said in another lease situation, CAT Financial supplied the contract with the exception of the financing, which Panhandle State Bank supplied. Mr. Walter said he thinks the CAT Financial’s guarantee is more so tied to warranty work. The telephone call with Mr. Walter ended. Mr. Skeen said he will wait to see what CAT Financial comes back with. The meeting with Mr. Skeen
ended at There being no further
business, the meeting recessed until tomorrow at
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Boundary Volunteer Ambulance (BVA) Chief Ken Baker, BVA Administrative staff member Edna Runyan, BVA Emergency Medical Technicians Vicky Hamilton and John Minden, BVA Attorney Brian Woods, Boundary Community Hospital Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Perkins, and Clerk Glenda Poston joined the meeting to discuss information on forming a proposed Ambulance District. Chairman Smith said if the
County decides to form an ambulance district it
would be the County that determines who the
governing board will consist of. Commissioners
would have direct decision making and Attorney
Woods said absolutely. Attorney Woods said not
only would Commissioners have the ability to say
they chose not to continue funding BVA and would
prefer to look for another service provider, but
Commissioners will also have more of a direct
ability in the day to day functioning of BVA by
being able to appoint someone to the BVA Board.
Chairman Smith said he thought there would be no
BVA Board unless the County put one together.
Attorney Woods said the County would be
completely in charge of funds and he explained
how the process works. Attorney Woods suggested
BVA state in their by-laws that Commissioners
have the right to appoint a person to the
ambulance district board of directors. When the
district has a board of directors meeting for
themselves, the County’s appointed could also
attend. Chairman Smith said the County is
ultimately responsible for funds and if
Commissioners don’t like what is going on, they
can ultimately do away with the contract with
BVA. Attorney Woods said another thought is to
allow Commissioner Dinning said
educating the community as to what this proposed
district is about is not necessarily the
Commissioners’ role, but education would help
dispel any rumors. Chairman Smith said that is
what the Commissioners’ public hearing will be
about. Attorney Woods anticipates a certain
structure such as funds come to the County who
then determines spending so there is a
contractual relationship. It was said BVA would
be responsible for actual spending. Currently
BVA is a non-profit organization that is
available for the welfare of the general public.
BVA has a total of 35 volunteers and out of
that, approximately 8 to 10 are active
volunteers. Volunteerism is fewer and they get
burned out. BVA ends up relying on very few
volunteers and they get burned out in that
situation. It was said four or five is a more
accurate number for active volunteers. One
reason for the low turnout is the organization
can’t pay the volunteers other than in a
situation when transporting patients to the
hospital and that has become a real problem for
BVA. BVA has been around since 1965 and it is a
membership corporation. BVA is not a public
benefit organization and all assets don’t belong
to the public as a whole, but instead controlled
by the association’s members. Membership
requirements are set in the by-laws of the
corporation and a person must be a licensed
emergency medical technician (EMT) to be
eligible for membership. All five board of
directors are appointed by their membership.
There are currently five board members and they
proposed the board membership increase from five
to seven. The board members would appoint four
new members and the three others to be appointed
by someone else. Ken Baker was mentioned as
President of the Association and two other
support staff members were mentioned. BVA
averages 800 calls per year and it is the only
ambulance service in the County so they are
covering from Chairman Smith questioned if there would be proper personnel if a helicopter was flown in. Mr. Baker said in the past medical personnel from Sandpoint or other places would be utilized. It was said the request is to create an ambulance service and to tax the public. Attorney Woods said a reasonable question is if there another way to get this done and the PowerPoint slides will show what the other options are and why they don’t work. In terms of what they do and why the County ought to provide BVA with funds is that BVA also conducts rope and water rescues and stands by at community events. Attorney Woods discussed staff and mentioned there are currently five ambulance units. If BVA went out of business, it would be up to board of directors to determine where the assets should go, according to Attorney Woods. County resident Jerry Di Muro joined the meeting. Attorney Woods said BVA has
two rescue units that are 12 and 15 years old
and there is no permanent home. The County has
provided a place for the units in the Attorney Woods said an ambulance district is needed for better patient outcomes and to better serve the community and in order to do that, additional revenues are needed. Attorney Woods said Attorney Woods said the
helicopter and fixed wing involves getting
something in the air from EMT John Minden said
Medstar established quite a few helicopters in Commissioner Dinning asked if the Hospital has statistics for multi-person incidents. Mr. Perkins said statistically the Hospital will see a tremendous swing in transports done by BVA and Medstar. Attorney Woods said nurses are also a possibility to accompany a patient from A to B. People will ask why nurses don’t do that and there are a number of responses. It sounds good in theory, but not in application. There are staffing issues and you can’t pull a nurse off the hospital floor. That causes a reliability and dependability issue as far as finding another nurse that is not currently on shift at the hospital to sit on an ambulance to go with a patient. It is not doable. Mr. Perkins said liability wise the Hospital insurance carrier would not allow a nurse to go in the ambulance as liability is huge as there would be no control as a hospital. Chairman Smith mentioned using a memorandum of understanding in extreme emergencies. Mr. Perkins said another reason is that the Hospital has to have a certain number of staff at all times and there is someone on call for the Hospital’s circumstances. The Hospital could have a need for additional nurses so the nursing pool can’t be reduced if there is a surge in patients. Paramedics can also answer
a majority of the calls when they’re not in
training. The thought is to hire three or four
paramedics and they are not inexpensive. Attorney Woods said it is a lot of money that the proposed district would be asking for the 2013 budget and what BVA hopes to do before the budget hearing is to have budgets ready. The bottom line is there are details to support the budget for payroll. A vast majority of expenditures is payroll and there has to be a contract, a doctor, and billing expenses. There is a training figure in budget, but that is going to be higher than what it will actually be as that budget can be reduced by using a paramedic. The proposed district will need new ambulance units as the current units are old and have been discarded by other facilities and refitted by BVA. Attorney Woods said this tells you BVA has been doing good work with limited resources, historically. BVA has literally patched together older ambulances. The proposed district will want to rotate a new ambulance at a cost of $225,000 and keep them at a five year rotation. A fly car is also needed as currently personally owned vehicles are being used. Other expenses consist of patient care, supplies, administrative expenses, maintenance, fuel, repairs, insurance, then land and buildings. BVA does have a facility now in the Extension Office, but ultimately they would like to move to a world in which they had their own facility, according to Attorney Woods. Attorney Woods said South Boundary Fire District has a station that cost $345,000 and BVA would put a station loan a promissory note. Attorney Woods discussed future possible revenues including grant estimates and other savings earned by changing a few practices. Also discussed was the issue of uninsured people. Commissioner Dinning said
having Those present discussed the hours an ambulance district office will be staffed. Attorney Woods said BVA is asking for the .04%. Chairman Smith said bottom line is it is the responsibility of the County to provide ambulance service so Commissioners know something has to be done. Chairman Smith said his only concern is what service is provided has to be right so it works and is successful for the community. Whatever board is put together, they’ll have people looking over their shoulder as there needs to be a guarantee that the service works. Salaries for nurses and paramedics were briefly discussed and Mr. Perkins said a hospital nurse usually makes more than a paramedic. Chairman Smith said Commissioners will let BVA know when the public hearing will be held. Attorney Woods said if between now and then Commissioners still have questions they can contact him. Chairman Smith briefly explained the public hearing process. The meeting with BVA ended
at Chairman Smith reviewed the
draft letter on Caribou Commissioners had
written to request public hearings and to extend
the comment period. Chairman Smith said last
night’s Kootenai Valley Resource Initiative
(KVRI) meeting got heated, but went well. Far
more people attended the KVRI meeting than
Chairman Smith said he thought would. Chairman
Smith said Commissioner Kirby said he
felt the people against the critical habitat
weren’t heard by the Department of Fish and
Game. There will be a whole bunch of angry
people, according to Commissioner Kirby. The
people sense these professionals that were at
the KVRI meeting don’t hear them. Chairman Smith
said he told them we’re not going to go away. It
was said right behind the Caribou issue is the
Canadian Lynx and wolverine. Commissioner
Yergler said he has attended a couple classes on
coordination. Commissioner Dinning said the
phone call from the Justice Department forced
the agency to listen, but did it force them to
adopt and accept the position the Commissioners
were advocating for. Commissioner Yergler said
had that not gone through, the ranchers would
have gone out of business and this is to do with
the Commissioners will send
their letter today and issue a press release to
discuss what they’re doing as they did with the
Jeremy Hill case. Chairman Smith said when
Commissioners get notification of when a hearing
will be they’ll issue another press release.
Chairman Smith said he met with the school
superintendent and brought up holding meetings
in the auditorium and the superintendent said
that would be fine. Commissioner Dinning asked
about needing to prepare comments before an
economic analysis is done so the county needs to
list impacts. Shoshone County Commissioners
questioned where the best location to get
information was and Chairman Smith said the
local ranger station is also doing a local
analysis so hopefully Commissioners will know
the results before the public hearing. Shoshone
County Commissioners said they are more than
willing to help The telephone call with the
Shoshone County Commissioners ended at Ms. Capurso said she has a coordination workbook that is two years old, but that it could be helpful. Commissioner Dinning said the numbers presented were correct. This is being implemented by a federal judge’s order. The Department of Fish and Game has gone 25 years without the matter of critical habit. Fish and Game did not do this intentionally and then they were sued. Had the lawsuit not occurred, we still would not be looking at critical habitat for a long time, according to Commissioner Dinning. Commissioner Dinning asked how Fish and Wildlife can justify critical habitat for an animal that doesn’t live in that area. Mr. Di Muro said if Fish and Wildlife wins this, what is to stop them from saying we need to designate a space for the woolly mammoth. Ms. Capurso said she has a good relationship with the other four northern counties and could get them on board. Commissioner Dinning mentioned getting the other counties educated on this issue. Ms. Capurso mentioned working together with other counties and Commissioner Dinning said this district works and sticks together better than the other districts. Commissioner Dinning said last night’s KVRI meeting was not the official public hearing. Planning and Zoning Administrator Mike Weland joined the meeting. Ms. Capurso and Mr. Di Muro
left the meeting at Those present discussed terms of Planning and Zoning Commission members that have expired. Commissioners and Mr. Weland briefly discussed the process of discussing areas of impact between the City and County. Mr. Weland left the meeting
at Commissioners tended to administrative duties. Commissioner Dinning left the meeting to tend to other matters. Mr. Wolcott said he forwarded his budget ahead of time for Commissioners’ review and approval before renewing the contract. Mr. Wolcott said he will send the contract to Commissioners for approval. Commissioners have approved the budget to go into the contract. Chairman Smith spoke of the importance of having a good grant administrator. Mr. Wolcott thanked Chairman Smith for his involvement in the Fire Safe Program. Commissioners recessed for lunch. Solid Waste Superintendent Claine Skeen and Panhandle State Bank Vice President Dave Walter joined the meeting to discuss financing on the wheel loader for the Solid Waste Department. Chairman Smith recapped he prior discussion on financing terms. Commissioners wanted to know for certain what the monthly payments will be and what the outcome will be at the end of the five year term. Mr. Walter said his lease rate is 3.2% and the annual payment is $17,558. The only difference is Panhandle Bank takes the first payment at closing or on delivery. The payments are and the lease balance after payments are made is $254,000. The lease buy back from Western States/CAT will be $272,000. Mr. Skeen said he is fine with terms so far. Mr. Walter said the reason for the first payment is so when the last payment is made, there will be less to the buy back. There will be six payments in total and the ending difference will go back towards credit for the next machine. Mr. Skeen said rather than five years with CAT finance it will be six years, but there will be a certain amount of equity for the next leased machine. Mr. Skeen said he will receive a letter from CAT approving the lease arrangement. Mr. Skeen said CAT’s terms did say guaranteed buyback of $272,000 and that was prior to financing. Mr. Skeen said originally financing was not apples to apples in the fact of lease versus ownership at the end of the five year term. Commissioner Kirby moved to
rescind the prior motion made on Commissioner Kirby moved to approve financing of a Caterpillar Wheel Loader, Model #980K, Stock #G024443, Serial #0W7K00526 for the Solid Waste Department through Panhandle State Bank as presented by Bank Vice President Dave Walter and as approved by the County’s civil attorney. Chairman Smith yielded the chair to second. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Skeen and Mr. Walter
left the meeting at Chairman Smith updated Blue Sky Broadcasting News Reporter Mike Brown on their discussion on Caribou Critical Habitat. Commissioners tended to administrative duties. Those present discussed paperwork the prior Search and Rescue Commander had been working on requiring the County’s EIN number. The paperwork was completed and will be mailed. Chief Deputy Clerk Tracie Isaac left the meeting. Deputy Clerk Chris Wolfe joined the meeting. Chairman Smith discussed
the process of keeping track of inventory for
Search and Rescue. Clerk Poston clarified that
she’s thinking Chairman Smith wants to make sure
the proper people know where the equipment is
stored. Chairman Smith said he wants to know
when an entity no longer has the item that is on
their inventory list and to list what happened
to that item. That way it is marked off the
inventory list. Chairman Smith said he thought
the expansion of the Planning and Zoning Administrator Mike Weland joined the meeting at Commissioners’ request. Chairman Smith informed Mr. Weland of the process of working with Mr. Girod to go over the inventory. Clerk Poston mentioned it would be helpful if Mr. Weland resurrected the photos he took of the items. Deputy Clerk Chris Wolfe informed those present of the need to update the registration and invasive species stickers for Search and Rescue equipment that requires it. Deputy Clerk Chris Wolfe
left the meeting at There being no further
business, the meeting adjourned at
/s/ RONALD R. SMITH, Chairman ATTEST: /s/ GLENDA POSTON, Clerk By: Michelle Rohrwasser, Deputy
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