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Monday, November 24, 2025
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JEROME COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Monday, November 24, 2025
PRESENT: Ben Crouch, Chairman
Charles Howell, Vice Chairman
Ryan Treanor, Deputy Clerk
Commissioner Watkins was absent.
Meeting convened at 9:00 am.
Commissioner Reports
Commissioner Howell – Commissioner Howell stated that he attended the southern Idaho solid
waste meeting. There was a discussion regarding staffing. Twin Falls County did a survey on
their solid waste waiver fees which they also reviewed during the meeting. Then he attended the
legislative update for the health district. He attended the Idaho Association of Counties (IAC)
open meeting law meeting. Later he attended the Business Plus meeting. There was a discussion
regarding the Frontier Community Resources and the REDS board. There was a presentation
regarding managing your financial resources. Then he attended the SIRCOMM meeting. They
discussed the addition of a new mass paging system inside of SIRCOMM as well as how staffing
is going.
Commissioner Crouch – Commissioner Crouch stated that he talked with Jake from ETS
regarding the spray paint on the sidewalks in front of the Administration Offices building. He
attended the South Central Public Health legislative reception. There were presentations from the
different departments about their projects and issues they face. Then he attended the IAC
meetings. He also attended the republican central committee meeting. There were discussions
during the meeting about things that could be done for the 250th anniversary of the founding of
the country and the Declaration of Independence. Later he attended the airport meeting. They
discussed the city impact area and how it is getting closer to the boundary of the airport.
Frontier Community Resources Update
Jeff Mccurdy, Michelle McFarland, and Jerry Holton were present.
Jeff stated he is the president of Frontier Community Resources. They have come to provide
some updates on items they have been working on. They have received a lot of inquiries about
their name change. There were some realignments to regions in the area so that led to a change to
the board’s name. He stated that they are still looking to provide the same level of service that
they have been able to bring to the area. During the previous year they were able to continue to
fund loans for businesses in the area. They have completed 35 loans for businesses in Jerome
County. He stated that the board has also been working on updating their comprehensive
economic development strategy. There will be several meetings held to receive public comment
on their new strategy. They have continued to help communities with economic development
programs. He stated that their board has also just helped the city of Hazelton to receive a grant to
install permanent bathrooms into their city park.
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He stated that they have been awarded with funds to help with contamination issues and help
homeowners with issues that come from this. There was a celebration of the 50th anniversary of
their board. They brought a guest speaker in for the celebration. They announced a new smiles
grant during the celebration to be able to bring new fun ideas to communities in the area.
Juvenile Probation Monthly Report
Mario Umana was present.
Mario gave a report on the juvenile probation department. He stated that they have a total of 72
juveniles on probation. There were 7 new cases during the previous month and two cases that
were closed. They received a total of $656.00 in fees over the previous month. He stated that
there were a few juveniles who were caught during the last month after they committed a lot of
vandalism.
Commissioner Howell moved to approve the expenditure of airflights to probation
Idaho Youth Challenge Academy for two probation officers in the amount of
$1,200. Seconded by Commissioner Crouch. The motion passed with a
unanimous vote.
Resolution to Recycle, IT Purchases
Matthew McGregor, Cy Lootens, and Eli Bair were present.
Matthew stated that the power transfer went well. There were no major issues that came up
during the transfer and the start up today with everyone back. He brought a resolution to the
Board regarding recycling old broken computers, printers, and a server. He is looking to have the
broken items taken to CSI for their students to be able to work on.
Commissioner Crouch moved to approve resolution 2025-77 for county outdated
computing devices and related equipment. Seconded by Commissioner Howell.
The motion passed with a unanimous vote.
Discussion: The items will be donated to CSI for students to be able to work on
and practice with.
He has also brought a quote forward for new computers. The quote is for a total of 10 new
computers. He is waiting to get a quote from another provider to see if they can beat the prices
and stated he would like to get approval for the current total just in case it is the cheapest option.
Commissioner Howell moved to approve the expenditure of new computers not to
exceed $10,597.00. Seconded by Commissioner Crouch. The motion passed
with a unanimous vote.
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He stated that they have almost finished updating the computers at the sheriff’s office. One of the
main reasons they have had to update these computers was due to an issue of them overheating.
He also wanted to discuss the tinting of their office window. There was a discussion of this
previously, but he was not sure if it was approved before. He also stated that the new extension
office phone system has been put into place. It will allow their office to dial other offices easier
and vice versa. He also wanted to discuss the old phone numbers that the IT department is
holding onto for a monthly fee. Some of the older numbers are no longer being used and he
wanted some clarification on what to do with them. The Board suggested that they can get rid of
some of the older ones (324 numbers) and keep all of the numbers that begin with (644) in case
of new employees.
Meeting recessed at 11:46 am.
Meeting reconvened at 1:18 pm.
Refuse Cancelations
Nina Lagle and Windy Jay were present.
Nina stated that they found 15 parcels that were charged a refuse land fee. It is already being
charged to them another way so they were being double charged. These would just need to be
canceled to prevent them from being double billed.
Commissioner Crouch moved to approve the letter of cancelation for the attached
15 parcels that were charged an additional $76 refuse fee and have it removed
from the charges, parcel numbers are RPJ13701260040, RP08S16E282250,
RPJ13701350140, RPE2167019003A, RPJ13700270020, RPE2167016002A,
RPJ13700290130, RP08S16E329307, RPJ1370232002A, RPJ1370013008A,
RPJ1370146003A, RPJ1370068024A, RP07S16E369250, RPJ17750050300,
and RPJ1370150007A. Seconded by Commissioner Howell. The motion passed
with a unanimous vote.
Executive Session for Potential Land Acquisition
Commissioner Howell moved to go into executive session per Idaho Code 74-
206(1)(c) for acquiring real property. Seconded by Commissioner Crouch. The
motion passed with a unanimous roll call vote.
Executive session started at 1:32 pm and ended at 1:36 pm.
Fifth District Public Defender Annual Report
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Benjamin Anderson and Cy Lootens were present.
Ben stated that he is the Idaho Fifth District Lead Public Defender. He wanted to come to speak
with the Board and update them on the year since the state took over the public defense duties for
Idaho. He asked if the commissioners had any concerns or issues in the last year. There is a new
office for the public defender in Jerome, for Jerome County. Previously public defenders were
coming from Twin Falls to work in Jerome County. He wanted to state that he has been very
impressed with the county employees that he has worked with.
Old Jail TVs
Troy Tolman was present.
Troy stated that the jail had to update their Direct TV. Once they did that there were some of the
older TVs that were not compatible. The TVs still work but they didn’t want to throw them
away.
Commissioner Howell moved to declare two TVs at the sheriff’s office of no value
due to their age and suggest to donate them to employees with a donation to the
dog fund. Seconded by Commissioner Crouch. The motion passed with a
unanimous vote.
Legal Counsel
Mike Seib and Cy Lootens were present.
Read and Approve Minutes
Commissioner Crouch moved to approve the minutes. Seconded by
Commissioner Howell. The motion passed with a unanimous vote.
Sign and Approve Claims
Commissioner Howell moved to approve the claims as presented by staff.
Seconded by Commissioner Crouch. The motion passed with a unanimous vote.
To see an image of the report please see page 6 of the minutes.
Indigent Matters
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Commissioner Crouch moved to approve the indigent claims as presented by
staff. Seconded by Commissioner Howell. The motion passed with a unanimous
vote.
Meeting convened at 3:07 pm.
________________________
______________________________
Ryan Treanor, Deputy Clerk
A. Ben Crouch, Chairman
______________________________
Charles M. Howell, Commissioner
______________________________
Art Watkins, Commissioner
BUDGET TOTALS
DEPARTMENT
LERK
REASURER
4)/HUMAN RESOURCES
PAYROLL ACCT PAY
43,501.04
9,434.60
GRAND TOTAL
$ L "
$ a "
5
6
COMMISSIONERS
CORONER
$
$ 3,302.30
$ 7,950.00 238.11
10|/BUILDING & GROUNDS MAI
EMERGENCY MANAGEMEN
XTENSION AGENT
DATA PROCESSING
ELECTIONS
16|CHARITY
$
$ _1,019.22[$ 2,557.00
ee
$ .676.
$3,302.30
$3,576.22
$12,649.63
[$d
$
18
21
GENERAL
PLANNING & ZONING
$ 23,122.66 13,296.73
$ 36,419.39
GIS
29|GENERAL FUND RESERVE
30|/VETERANS
ub Total (Genera
$ 14,489.78 | $ 208.07
$ = 2,202.80
5 _135,578.4 4,802.08
$ 2,202.80
$
60,380.5
HERIFF-DETENTION
ADULT PROBATION
PROSECUTOR
> ‘. 96 |) 3 6 0
$ 94,928.03 | $ 5,540.19
c a
oD.
|S 125,486.65 |
100,468.22
19,265.44
33,843.95
!
PUBLIC DEFENDERS
JUVENILE PROBATION
$ 33,843.95
$ 12,619.70
19.50
4A) £9
$ 13,039.20
GENERAL JUSTICE
Sub Total (Justice Fund
VETERANS MEMORIAL
DISTRICT COURT
FAIR
CAPITAL FAIR
$ 10.448.00 8817.44
10,671.08
4
$ 290,852.57 61,698 90
.00 | $
.70 | $
$ 49,776.93 | 3
57 | $
902.10
$ 12,190.22 3703.27
$ 8,087.63
$ 60,448.01
$ 352,551.47
15,893.49
8,087.63
11|/HEALTH DISTRICT
ELECTION CONSOLIDATIO!
4A) 69
oo
=
20|/REVALUATION
SOLID WASTE
4A) 69) 64/69
2,346.75
15,928.81
AMBULANCE
$ 2,346.75
$ 15,669.83 | $ 258.98
It
WATERWAYS BOARD po
38
39
WATERWAYS SHERIFF | |
BROADBAND GRANT FUNDS
41|BOND REDEMPTION
48|/AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
Sub Total
$ 43,196.53 43,443.25
$
$
$ 469,627.53 129,944.23 | $
86,639.78
599,571.76
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