FEBRUARY 2005 COMMISSIONERS MINUTES

FEBRUARY 7, 2005

Commissioners present – Jim Warnken, B.J. McCombs, & Judy Stang

·         NSC DUES DISCUSSION – NOEL WILLIAMS

Commissioners agree the County will pay Noel Williams $500 per month plus expenses until the end of June 2005 for consulting services and research of Forest Service projects etc.

·         Congressman Denny Rehberg Annual Check-up

Present: Kelly McQuiston

Committee assignments have changed for the 109th. Kelly stated that the progress has been very slow, they have not yet received their assignments.

·         R C & D Meeting

Present: Kit Sutherland (RC & D, Sharon Patterson (Extension Office), Kelly McQuiston (Rep. Rehberg), Becky Aaring (Superintendent St. Regis), Kevin Chamberlin( , and Jim DeBree, John Q., & Kurt Gelderman (RC & D Forestor), & Rob Harper (Forest Ranger).

Topics Discussed: TMDL, Debaugan, Timber Sale, etc. See Sharon Patterson for details. All the roads are done on the GIS mapping. Tim has a GPS for mapping new Subdivision. St. Regis will continue to be a resort area without starting the whole process all over. The commissioners are concerned about the district court bill regarding public defenders.

·         ATV Road

John Kelly came in to give his concerns regarding the Deep Creek Motorized Trail Development road use.

·         HRC Meeting

Present: Jim Morton and Rose Duncan

Commissioners endorsed two letters supporting the HRC’s application for a grant for HOME funds stating the County will certify the environmental review records for the homes of the participants that are located in Mineral County and a letter of support to Mayor Wood.

·         Tim Reed – Planner

Commissioners signed invoice for Plotter for Planning. ($5996.76)

The Commissioners adjourned.

February 8, 2005

Commissioners present: James Warnken, Judy Stang, & Bob McComb

·         GIS MAPPING REVIEW AND UPDATE

Present Jason McClees, Road Department, Tim Reed, Planning, Roni Phillips, 9-11 Services. Dylan Berg - MAPS

MAPS was in to go over unnamed roads to

 

 

·         LOAN BOARD MEETING – RV RESORT

Present: Neal & Grace Lightle - Principles, Connie Julaila – Owner, Sharon Patterson - Member, Kevin Chamberlin - Member, Jim DeBree - Member, Shaun Donovan – County Attorney, Toots Bricker – Treasurer

Neal (Rick) Lightle provided a written statement of collateral he would provide for the $65,000 commitment from the County. Mr. Lightle proposes to use property in Washington as temporary collateral for a $65,000 commitment until after construction which is when the loan will actually be used. The RV Resort is only looking for a commitment until the construction is completed. Shaun pointed out that the RV Resort will need to incur any loan expenses. Shaun expressed concerns about how to adequately judge what will actually happen compared to the projections. Shaun point out that the good points are a good business plan, a reasonable amount of money. The board agreed to sign the commitment using the land in Washington as collateral.

·         COUNTY ROAD DEPT.

Present: Jason McClees – Road Forman, Shawn Heyer – County Employee.

Shawn had some issues with his evaluation and came to clarify some things he had problems with.

 

February 23, 2005

Commissioners present: Judy Stang and James Warnken.

SPEED STUDY OF OLD I-10

Present: Doug Bailey – Dept. of Transportation (Helena), James Freyholtz – Dept. of Transportation (Missoula), Mark McDaniel – Mineral County Independent

Mr. Bailey explained what steps are involved in doing the speed study.

Judy asked questions about different areas.

Mr. Bailey stated that since I-90 there have not been any speed studies done in the St. Regis area around the Interstate.

The Dept. of Transportation will post temporary speed limits in the areas requested by Judy.

Engineering investigation and local comments are required to post permanent speed limits. If there is conflict the Dept. of Transportation will send a representative to mediate. The interim speed limits need to be close to what the permanent speed limit will be.

Doug Bailey will send a letter detailing the process required to get the interim speed limits posted. It would take about 12 months to get the speed limit changed. Check CTEP agreement to find out who maintains walkways.

FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM

Present: Tim Read – Sanitarian, Mark McDaniel – Mineral County Independent

Tim wants to apply for a food service program grant that will take a lot of extra work.

He will talk to the commissioners when they are all present. There is 7500.00 in the grant. Tim will present a budget for the project on Monday, February 28, 2005. The actual grant money will not be received until June of 2005.

DORCY & WHITNEY – CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Present: Shaun Donovan – County Attorney

 

BUDGETARY AUTHORITY RESOLUTION NO. 02-23-05

Commissioners approved Resolution for the appropriation of grant monies received from the State of Montana for WIC (Women, Infant, and Children.)

Whereas: the State of Montana has appropriated Sixteen Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty Dollars ($16,960.00) for fund 2971 WIC.

 

February 25, 2005

Commissioners present: Judy Stang, James Warnken, & B.J. McComb. The commissioners conducted a special session. the purpose of the special session was to act on county business that the commissioners were not able to act on while at the MACO conference.

MINERAL COUNTY ROAD FOREMAN – JASON MCCLEES

Present: Jason McClees – Road Foreman

The commissioners approved Jason’s request to pay Wally Zimmer $15.00 per hour for working part time this summer. Mr. Zimmer does not get benefits or overtime pay.

Jason requests that any new employees have a 12 month probation period due to the nature of the work.

SANITARIAN – TIM READ

Present: Tim Read – Sanitarian

Mr. Read presented the preliminary budget for a grant from Homeland Security through the Mineral County Health Nurse Dept. that would require the Sanitarian to collect added information at food service preparation establishments in Mineral County. The grant amount is $75,000.00.

ST. REGIS PARK ANNUAL PERMIT

Commissioners approved and signed annual permit for the use of Forest Service Land in St. Regis park.

ADVISORY GROUP MAPS

The commissioners approved $87.75 for maps for advisory group.

SHAWN R. HEYER RESIGNATION

Commissioners received letter of resignation from County Road Maintenance employee Shawn R. Heyer.

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PROTOCAL

The Commissioners signed a preparedness grant proposal for the Mineral County Health Nurse Dept. to review communicable disease protocol.

MINERAL COUNTY RESOURCE ADVISORY GROUP

Dennis Hildebrand came in and presented 1908 maps of Mineral County on paper and on CD. Dennis requested that he be reimbursed for the $105.40 cost of having the maps copied.

FEBRUARY 28, 2005

Commissioners present: Judy Stang, James Warnken, & B.J. McComb. The commissioners conducted the following business:

WARM SPRINGS UNVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT

Present: Sharon Gull – Clerk of District Court Gordon Hendrick – Representative

John Q. – Clarkfork Chronicle

Sharon is questioning the bill for a person that was involuntarily detained at MSH. Mineral County has received a bill for the pre-commitment costs. Sharon needs to know what fund to charge it to, and if Mineral County is responsible for the bill.

Sharon can’t find any of the cases that the County Attorney referenced. Sharon is going to talk to John Erikson about it. The patient was detained but not committed to warm springs.

The commissioners decided not to pay the bill until commissioner McComb talks to the Mental Health Board.

DAVIS SURVEY – TIM READ

Present: Tim Read – Sanitarian, John Q. – Clarkfork Chronicle

Tim will make sure that easements are kept on any resurveys of Jim Davis’ properties concerning the Hiawatha Trail.

BUDGET & REVENUE REPORTS FOR JANUARY 2005

Kathy Jasper brought in budget and revenue reports for January 2005.

BUDGET AUTHORITY RESOLUTION #2-28-05

The commissioners passed a resolution for the appropriation of grant monies received from the State Of Montana for local law enforcement to purchase a radar and video unit. The grant amount is for $5073.00 and will be added to Public Safety fund #2300.

REAL PROPERTY CHANGES:

Present Anthony Francisco, Department of Revenue. The commissioners approved the removal of a mobile home belong to Alan Efert from the tax records. The mobile home was destroyed in a fire.

CLAIMS AND PAYROLL: the commissioners reviewed claims for the month of February. There were no additions or corrections to the claims.

MAPS BILL

The commissioners approved a bill from MAPS for $2665.45. Title III funds.

COUNTY ATTY LEGAL ASST. POSITION FILLED

Present: Shaun Donovan – County Attorney

Thais Park was awarded the legal assistant position. She began on 2/28/05 at $8.00 per hour with a 12 month probation period with evaluations being done periodically.

The commissioners adjourned.