Fremont County | minutes | meeting 2025-08-18 | BOCC Aug 18 2025 Regular Meeting source: https://fremont.municipalcodeonline.com/book/content?type=minutes&name=BOCC_Aug_18_2025_Regular_Meeting BOCC Aug 18 2025 Regular Meeting FREMONT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING MINUTES August 18, 2025 Present for the meeting was: Commissioners Blair Dance, Rick Hill, and Mark Chandler Also attended by: Clerk Abbie Mace and Civil Attorney Blake Hall Commissioner Dance called the meeting to order and welcomed those in attendance. Commissioners RE: Tax Deed Auction – action item Commissioners conducted the tax deed sale in the Courthouse foyer. Joe Pinnock was the high bidder at $2,000.00 on Parcel #3 RPS0173068011C. Parcels #1 and #2 were redeemed last week. Commissioner Dance made a motion to sell the parcel #3 RPS0173068011C to Joe Pinnock for $2,000.00. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Commissioner Hill made a motion to sign the County Deed involving the Tax Deeded Sale of Parcel #3 RPS0173068011C to Joe Pinnock. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. 5C Director Kyle Gould RE: Contract Signature – action item Mr. Gould presented a contract for medical services contract with CorrMD Solutions LLC. Commissioner Chandler made a motion to approve the contract for medical services at the 5 County Detention with CorrMD Solutions LLC. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Commissioners RE: Executive Session IC 74-206(1)(f) – action item Commissioner Dance made a motion to go into executive session pursuant to IC 74-206(1)(f) To communicate with legal counsel for the public agency to discuss the legal ramifications of and legal options for pending litigation, or controversies not yet being litigated but imminently likely to be litigated. The mere presence of legal counsel at an executive session does not satisfy this requirement; at 9:41a.m. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with Commissioner Dance voting “Aye”, Commissioner Hill voting “Aye”, and Commissioner Chandler voting “Aye”. Commissioner Dance declared the meeting open at 10:47 a.m. Miscellaneous Commissioner Hill made a motion to approve the claims for August 18, 2025 as presented. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Commissioner Hill made a motion to approve the minutes from August 11, 2025 as amended. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Commissioner Hill made a motion to approve the Junior College Application for the College of Eastern Idaho Fall 2025-Spring 2026 academic year for Jaynie Pinnock and Kassidy Leavitt., and the Fall 2025 academic year for Jocelyn Arvayo, and for the College of Southern Idaho Fall 2025-Spring 2026 academic year for Averi Quayle. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Commissioner Chandler made a motion to approve the 2025-2026 Retail Alcoholic Beverage License for: #5 Squirrel Creek Elk Ranch Inc. #6 Henry’s Fork Lodge #7 Connie’s #8 Jackson’s #72 #9 Henry’s Lake Station #10 Dave’s Jubilee #11 Saint Agony Brewing LLC #12 Saint Agony Brewing LLC #13 Idaho Dunes RV #14 Angler’s Lodge #15 Albi’s Golf #16 Ashton Quick Stop Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Clerk Mace LID lien releases for our LIDs in Mack’s in and Last Chance. Commissioner Hill made a motion to release the Local Improvement District LID Lien’s on 2002-1 and 2004-1 as listed. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Clerk Mace presented a letter from the Sugar-Salem school district, requesting a time extension to certify their L2 for their tax levy. Commissioner Hill made a motion to extend the request of Sugar-Salem School District L-2 submittal to September 15, 2025. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Commissioner Dance discussed the EIPH Press Release. We had a foreign visitor that had measles that stayed with a host family in the East Idaho Health District. One of the family members has contracted measles. It is the first contracted measles case since 1991. Commissioners signed a disaster declaration for the Sand Creek Fire. Emergency Manager Keith Richey gave the commissioners an update on the Sand Creek Fire. The Sawtooth Hotshots were the ones that stopped the growth of the fire. It is at 851 acres. Commissioner Dance had made a verbal 24-hour disaster declaration on Friday when the fire began. There is no need to extend the Disaster Declaration. Mr. Richey also reported a fire in Island Park last night from lightening. There is a vehicle pulling a dozer that is on fire in the Ashton area currently. They discussed the concerns of citizens that were not able to help with the fire. Mr. Richey updated them on the Horn Fire in Madison County, Montana. There is no concern for our county. He let them know of an app that can be downloaded to get accurate fire information called Watch Duty Application. Clerk Mace presented the Sales Agreement for the replacement of the Election ExpressVote Machines. Commissioner Chandler made a motion to purchase the new ExpressVote Machines in the amount of $211,890.00. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Commissioner Hill made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 11:22 a.m. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. There being no further business to come before the board the meeting was adjourned. _________________________________ Blair Dance, Chairman Fremont County Commissioner Attest: _____________________________ Abbie Mace, Clerk HISTORY Recorded by Min. 609557 Regular Commissioner Meeting 08-18-2025 on 9/2/2025