Jerome County | minutes | meeting 2025-11-24 | Commissioners Meeting source: https://www.jeromecountyid.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_11242025-1578 Monday, November 24, 2025 Page 1 of 6 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. Monday, November 24, 2025 Page 2 of 6 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. Monday, November 24, 2025 Page 3 of 6 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 Monday, November 24, 2025 Page 4 of 6 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 Monday, November 24, 2025 Page 5 of 6 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 ‘|| 1