Jerome County | minutes | meeting 2025-10-14 | Commissioners Meeting source: https://www.jeromecountyid.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_10142025-1564 Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Page 1 of 7 JEROME COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Tuesday, October 14, 2025 PRESENT: Ben Crouch, Chairman Charles Howell, Vice Chairman Art Watkins, Commissioner Ryan Treanor, Deputy Clerk Meeting convened at 9:00 am. Commissioner Watkins – Commissioner Watkins stated that he reviewed the material for the hearing. He attended the Jerome 20/20 meeting. There was a presentation from teachers at the College of Southern Idaho (CSI). Then he attended the Idaho Association of Counites (IAC) meeting. He attended the Snake River Canyon Parks meeting. They discussed the overlook project. There will be a contribution to the project from Ridley’s and Chobani. The archery range, rock crawling course, and the bricks for the overlook project were also discussed. Later he attended the ribbon cutting for the fiber internet in Hazelton. Then he attended a zoom meeting regarding the Valley Ag program. Commissioner Howell – Commissioner Howell stated that he attended the Magic Valley Planning Organization (MPO). He was voted to be the secretary during the meeting. There were discussions about expanding the highway districts for Filer and Kimberly. He also brought up the potential of expanding the highway district in Jerome. Then he attended the True West Beef tour. He spoke with some of the Commissioners in the Salmon area about some of their issues with solid waste. He had some discussions about Martha and Mary’s Pantry with constituents. Commissioner Crouch – Commissioner Crouch stated that he prepared for the public hearing. Then he attended the magistrate judge interviews. He also attended the tour with True West Beef. Later he attended the rural fire department breakfast and the presentation about fire prevention. Executive session – Acquiring Real Property Commissioner Howell moved to go into executive session per Idaho Code 74- 206(1)(c). Seconded by Commissioner Crouch. The motion passed with a unanimous roll call vote. Executive session began at 9:47 am and ended at 9:53 am. Maintenance Monthly Report Brent Culbertson was present. Brent gave a report on the maintenance department. He stated that they are building the equipment shed at the Sherriff’s office. He is waiting on the city for the permit for the new sign to put out at the Sherriff’s office. There are also some issues about the placement of the sign that Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Page 2 of 7 the city is still trying to figure out. There will be some repairs that will be done at the DMV during the upcoming week. Soon he will be working on seasonal work like draining sprinkler systems. Deputy Coroners Wage Discussion/Coroner Office Relocation Discussion Dan Chatterton and Cy Lootens were present. Dan stated that in this year’s budget he has enough money to increase his deputy coroners salary. He is looking for approval to be able to increase their pay. He is also wanting to see if there has been any discussion about moving the coroner’s office out to the brick building behind the Administration Offices Building. He is looking to move out there before the weather gets worse. In the future he would like to have a cooler attached to the garage where he could do examinations. The downstairs could be used for storage for the county of things that are non- essential or non-vital. Property Tax Discussion Melissa McClure and Tevian Kober were present. Melissa stated that she is here on behalf of her father. Her father paid off the house that he is living in. When she called in on the taxes, she found out that the home was behind on taxes. She thought it was covered through escrow before. She was told to contact the Commissioners regarding the interest and fees that have built up on the property. Tevian stated that the mortgage company did not remove the bank code before part of the taxes were sent out, and this would be why there were issues that led to the taxes being behind. She stated that she will be able to pay for the past due taxes later this week. Commissioner Crouch moved to remove the penalty, interest, and fees for the property as the home was paid off and not properly noticed to the mortgage company, parcel id RPJ07800010100. Seconded by Commissioner Howell. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Comp Time Payout and County Vehicle Purchase Kacie Buhler and Cy Lootens were present. Kacie stated she is looking to request a payout for two of her employees. She is looking to have both employees paid out under 40 hours of comp time. She included a new vehicle in this years budget for one of her employees. The current one has a lot of mechanical issues. She stated that there has been a new truck that they found that would be under the total budget that was set aside for the new vehicle. Meeting recessed at 11:37 am. Meeting reconvened at 1:15 pm. Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Page 3 of 7 New Snowplow for CAT, Tie Down Fees Marty Luhr and Julie DeWolfe Arroyo were present. Marty stated that they have started with hangar inspections. They are going well so far. The airport board wants to start tie down fees, they want to start at $5. The airport board has also decided to start using a tire on the CAT to use as a new snowplow. It allows for less ware and tare on the taxi lanes. He stated that the cost of the process would cost around $4,000. The Board suggested that Marty get a written bid on the amount of the installation. Marty is also looking to get a new radio installed on the truck. This way they can have a clearer way of hearing of traffic. The project for the runways should start in April, as the company did not want to put down pavement in October. Commissioner Crouch moved to approve the expenditure of the mobile radio to go in the new snowplow in the amount of $1,676.09. Seconded by Commissioner Howell. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. IT Purchases/Quotes for Camera System Matthew McGregor, Eli Bair, Tracee McKim, and Julie DeWolfe Arroyo were present. Matthew stated that they had previously brought forth some quotes for camera systems. The quote they have brought forward would mainly be for just installation. IT would be purchasing the cameras themselves to bring down overall costs. They are looking to contract with New Tech Security regarding this project. They have worked to have the cameras have multiple heads inside to where they get multiple views but are only paying for one camera contract. The cameras would also not connect to the internet, that way they can’t be remoted into. Commissioner Crouch moved to approve the security project in the administration offices building in the amount of $72,900.00. Seconded by Commissioner Watkins. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Matthew stated that he also received a quote for the extension office to be moved to the new phone system provider. The total would be a monthly total for the new system. The new system would be saving the county around $300 per month once the lines are moved over. HR Payroll Policies/Personnel Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Page 4 of 7 Jesse Vallez, Cy Lootens, Tracee McKim, and Julie DeWolfe Arroyo were present. Jesse stated that there have been some things brought forward regarding payroll. There have been some issues regarding how salaried employees comp time has been working. The issues have been around the use of comp time and PTO for employees who are on salary instead of hourly pay. She stated that the best way to resolve this issue would be to update the policy in the employee manual regarding this situation. Commissioner Crouch moved to go into executive session per Idaho Code 74- 206(1)(b) for personnel. Seconded by Commissioner Howell. The motion passed with a unanimous roll call vote. Executive session began at 2:23 pm and ended at 2:49 pm. Administration Offices Building Security Discussion Gary Taylor, Matthew McGregor, Eli Bair, Brent Culbertson, Julie DeWolfe Arroyo, Mark Swenson, Windy Jay, Nina Lagle, Sharde McMillan, Mario Umana, Marisella Aguirre, Troy Tolman, and Jerry Holton were present. The Board stated that they are looking to go over the security regarding the entrances to the building. The Board went over a list of questions with those present. The questions covered topics such as access points into the building, an after hour access procedure for employees, what times security would need to be present in the building, how security can be notified of after hour meetings/events, and how to allow access to employees for after hour or weekend use. The Board stated that after conversing with those present that they would keep all entrances open to the building, keep security present during working hours and later for special meetings/events, and that department heads can tell IT who would need after hour and weekend access to allow for them to have access to the building. Read and Approve Minutes Commissioner Howell moved to approve the minutes. Seconded by Commissioner Crouch. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Sign and Approve Claims Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Page 5 of 7 Commissioner Crouch moved to approve the claims as presented by staff. Seconded by Commissioner Watkins. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. To see an image of the report please see page 7 of the minutes. Indigent Matters Commissioner Watkins moved to approve the indigent claims as presented by staff. Seconded by Commissioner Crouch. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Legal Counsel Mike Seib and Shayne Nope were present. The Board wanted to ask for clarification on a records request that they received. The Board wanted some clarification on some of the verbiage that was used and what would all need to be sent. Mike stated that there are some fine lines for some of this and what would fall under that definition. He said that he can continue to review this and see what would fully need to be sent in response. The Board wanted to discuss the motion that they received to reopen the appeal hearing. The Board wanted to see how they should go about this process and what it would look like to reopen the hearing if they decided to. Mike stated that they can reopen it with the information that was given in the request to reopen the hearing. It would then be up to the Board to decide how it would be handled and when the next hearing would take place. He stated that it would also be up to them whether or not to reopen the hearing. The Board wanted to discuss the updating of the PTO and comp-time’s current policies. There will be several Tuesdays that they will be meeting to go over this and wanted to see if the legal counsel will be available. Mike stated that one of them should be able to make it for those meetings. Shayne stated that there is now liability on the airplane that is parked out at the airport. He has also created a lease for the EMS station and that it will be coming very soon for the Board to approve. He also noticed that there is another agreement between St Lukes and the ambulances for service so he is working to have that updated as well. Meeting adjourned at 5:03 pm. Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Page 6 of 7 ________________________ ______________________________ Ryan Treanor, Deputy Clerk A. Ben Crouch, Chairman ______________________________ Charles M. 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