Gooding County | minutes | meeting 2026-07-06 | Regular Session Board of County Commissioners source: https://www.goodingcounty.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07062026-894 REGULAR SESSION, JULY 6, 2026 Commissioner Bolduc opened the meeting at 10:00 a.m. Commissioner Buhler, Commissioner Eames, Prosecutor Misseldine, Mike Elliott, County Clerk Chad Hoeft and Chief Deputy Clerk Jackie Fuqua, were present. EXECUTIVE SESSION Commissioner Buhler moved to go into executive session pursuant IC§31-874 Indigent Matters. Commissioner Eames seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Eames-Yes, Buhler-Yes, Bolduc-Yes. The Board recessed the executive session at 10:12 a.m. Commissioner Eames made a motion to approve the negotiated pay off amount of $7,000 on case 99-2190, if paid within 30 days. Commissioner Buhler seconded the motion. Motion carried. Commissioner Eames made a motion to release county medical lien #200036 on case 03-4-2583. Commissioner Buhler seconded the motion. Motion carried. ENTERPRISE FLEET SALES AGREEMENT Commissioner Eames made a motion to have Commissioner Bolduc sign the Enterprise Fleet Vehicle Sales Agreement. Commissioner Buhler seconded the motion. Motion carried. PLANNING & ZONING POSITION Planning & Zoning Administrator Mike Kerswell will be leaving his position. Commissioner Bolduc says he has already had Human Resources post the job opening. Commissioner Eames would like to review past submitted applications as well. PRICE & DAYLEY FY2026 ENGAGEMENT LETTER Commissioner Eames made a motion to approve the FY2026 audit fee amount of $46,500 with Price, Dayley & Associates. Commissioner Buhler seconded the motion. Motion carried. SWEAR IN COUNTY TREASURER CYNTHIA SLIMAN Commissioner Bolduc administered the official oath to Cynthia Sliman as County Treasurer. HARRIS/COMPUTER ARTS AGREEMENT-FINISH SIGNING The Board finished signing the agreement where some signatures were missing previously. BROADBAND There was discussion concerning the monthly fee for Broadband. The amount was understood to be lower than $65 a month, but ETS says they never gave a quote to be lower but an estimate. The City of Gooding is very disappointed with the monthly amount saying there are no cost savings or discounts for them. Commissioner Bolduc asked Prosecutor Misseldine to draft a letter of disappointment to ETS for the higher monthly charge. Commissioner Bolduc recessed the regular meeting and opened the Ambulance District meeting at 10:40 a.m. AMBULANCE DISTRICT Director Kepler brought up the SIRCOMM billing that has the Ambulance District paying for the area QRU’s and Magic Valley Paramedics, who service the Buhl area in Gooding County. Commissioner Bolduc said the county pays them a flat rate to service that area. Kepler says they were only supposed to respond to houses in that area but now they respond to everything. He also states that Bliss QRU gets paid $2,100 and they don’t even respond to calls that often or when they do, they are second on the scene behind Gooding EMS. Kepler asked if there is anything that can be done about that. Commissioner Eames asked Kepler to contact SIRCOMM to get some answers and asked County Clerk Chad Hoeft to see where we are currently with payments and billings. Director Kepler says he and Barb Rivers were getting monthly $20 checks for cell phone service reimbursement but have not had one since last year. They have not been reimbursed for eleven months. The Board was disappointed it was let go for so long and would like for the reimbursements to be made by direct deposit and not by paper check. County Clerk Chad Hoeft will look into making these reimbursements direct deposit, unless there is no bank account. Commissioner Eames made a motion to reimburse Jon Kepler and Barb Rivers, $20 a month for eleven months, totaling $220 each. Commissioner Buhler seconded the motion. Motion carried. Commissioner Bolduc asked if the fire ambulances were ready to go and Director Kepler said yes, they’re just waiting to be called. They are getting used to the transport van and note that it gets better fuel mileage than the regular ambulances. They are making more transfers to Boise than Twin Falls. Commissioner Bolduc adjourned the Ambulance District meeting and resumed the regular session at 11:05 a.m. TRACEY MARTIN- COUNTY CREDIT CARDS Adult Probation Supervisor Tracey Martin and Juvenile Probation Supervisor Carol Johnson brought up a discussion concerning county credit cards. There have been instances, while attending training, when hotels cannot direct bill or there is an issue with the credit limit on the county card and they have had to pay with their personal card and get reimbursed. They asked why each department can’t have a card even if they don’t have an elected official over them. Commissioner Bolduc noted he thought it was unacceptable for them to use their personal cards. Prosecutor Misseldine suggested the subject is brought up during budget sessions to see how often each department might need to use a card or if they don’t use one at all, then a decision can be made whether the department needs a card or not. The Board asked the Clerk to look into raising limits on cards. PTO OVERAGES There was discussion over the requests for PTO overages. Prosecutor Misseldine suggests having an affidavit from each department head stating that they could not allow PTO due to understaff issues. Commissioner Eames made a motion to approve the requested balances of PTO for Walker, Smith, Hoffman, Cornett, Wert, Freeman, Delgadillo, Lahnum and Gilbert. Commissioner Buhler seconded the motion. Motion carried. GEORGE YERION- PLOT MAP AMENDMENT George Yerion presented an amendment on a plot map for the Board to sign that had already been approved by Planning & Zoning. Commissioner Eames made a motion to authorize signatures on the plot map for Fernandez Acres. Commissioner Buhler seconded the motion. Motion carried. EXECUTIVE SESSION Commissioner Buhler moved to go into executive session pursuant IC§74-206(f) Legal Matters, and to allow Mike Elliott to join. Commissioner Eames seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Eames-Yes, Buhler-Yes, Bolduc-Yes. The Board recessed the executive session at 12:07 p.m. MINUTES Commissioner Buhler moved to approve June 29, 2026, minutes. Commissioner Eames seconded the motion. Motion carried. BUDGET WORK SESSION There was discussion on how the process for budget work sessions are conducted. CORRESPONDENCE There was no correspondence today. PUBLIC COMMENT No public comments today. COMMITEE MEETING REPORTS There was no committee meeting to report on. Commissioner Bolduc adjourned the meeting at 12:25 p.m. /s/Mark E. Bolduc ________________ /s/Vern Eames____________ /s/Ron Buhler______________ Mark E. Bolduc, Chairman Vern Eames, Commissioner Ronald Buhler, Commissioner Attest: /s/ Chad Hoeft_____________ Chad Hoeft, Clerk