Jerome County | minutes | meeting 2025-09-02 | Commissioners Meeting source: https://www.jeromecountyid.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_09022025-1550 Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Page 1 of 7 JEROME COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Tuesday, September 2, 2025 PRESENT: Ben Crouch, Chairman Charles Howell, Vice Chairman Art Watkins, Commissioner Ryan Treanor, Deputy Clerk Meeting convened at 9:00 am. Commissioner Reports Commissioner Watkins – Commissioner Watkins stated that he attended the Twin Falls planning and zoning workshop. He attended the REDS meeting. They went over the business plus operation face lift. Then he went to the jail to do a quarterly jail inspection. Commissioner Howell – Commissioner Howell stated that he attended the Twin Falls planning and zoning workshop. He then attended the Mid Snake River Water council. They are working to redefine the purpose of the group. There was also discussions on the financial situation of the board. He attended a meeting with civil science engineering that is in charge of the snake river canyon parks along with several park board members and Commissioner Watkins. There was a request to meet regarding the issues with the 4H sale committee and the fair board. There was a member involved with the incident that wanted to discuss the events but stay anonymous. In another matter he informed the Board that two buildings were destroyed at the Ifarm fire. Commissioner Crouch – Commissioner Crouch stated that he met with the Jerome 20/20 executive board. They made a decision regarding the hiring of the new head of Jerome 20/20. He attended the Digb4 board meeting. He attended the CSI ribbon cutting ceremony for the soccer fields. He has been working on the ribbon cutting for the new offices in the Jerome Administrations Offices Building. He took some calls regarding the Moonlight Recovery Center, and that it is back up and running. He has continued to work on the survey for Martha and Marys Pantry. He took phone calls from three constituents regarding complaints they had with the planning and zoning department. Jerome School District L2 Extension Cy Lootens and Tracee McKim were present. Cy stated that the Jerome School District is having an issue with obtaining some information on the school refund. They are still working on their L2 tax paperwork. With the delay in the other information the school had requested an extension on their L2 paperwork. The school was looking for a one week extension on the deadline for the paperwork. Commissioner Crouch moved to approve the signing of the L2 paperwork extension for all school districts in the county. Seconded by Commissioner Howell. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Page 2 of 7 NeoGov Software Purchase Discussion Matthew McGregor and Cy Lootens were present. Matthew stated that they have received an official quote for the NeoGov services. Cy stated that they have updated the agreement with the company and have received the quote to purchase the software. They both wanted to make sure that they are approved to go forward with the purchase before they paid the bill. Commissioner Watkins moved to accept the information presented on the NeoGov software and approve the purchase of the software in the amount of $59,346.60, for payroll and HR services. Seconded by Commissioner Crouch. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Cy stated that this will cover both HR and payroll. The other benefit is that they can have someone come and train on the system in person. Matthew stated that there is a representative in Meridian that can come once the software is rolled out to help with training individuals to use the new software. Matthew stated that the state of Idaho has reached out to see if the IT department wants to take on an apprentice. The state would cover the pay for the individual and to have the apprentice be part time. He stated that this individual would report to the state, but that the local IT would be an on site manager. This individual would also be able to work on the projects that the local IT is working on. Matthew stated that they will be starting to work on the rewiring project of the Jerome Administrations Office Building. He wants to make sure that they are approved to work on this project before starting since it will be an overtime project for the IT individuals involved. Matthew stated that he has also reached a large surplus of comp time of the past few months. He wanted to see what the Board thought he should do with the extra comp time. The Board suggested that they would like to pay him out, and see that he can try to not gain as much build up in the future if possible. Commissioner Crouch moved to approve the payout of Matthew’s overtime comp time as dictated by the manual. Seconded by Commissioner Howell. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. GIS Monthly Report Mark Reyes was present. Mark gave a presentation on the GIS department. He stated that he has continued to work on updating information on county maps. He has also worked on updating the county addresses through the last month. He met with Bill Bridges about helping to move the tractor, so they can Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Page 3 of 7 use the tractor to scrape the ground for a project. During the last month he met with the city of Jerome to go over addressing issues. Proclamation for CSI’s 60th Anniversary Chris Bragg was present. The Board stated that they are excited to be involved with the 60th anniversary of the College of Southern Idaho (CSI). The Board read a resolution regarding the history of CSI. Commissioner Crouch moved to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the College of Southern Idaho by signing the document drafted. Seconded by Commissioner Watkins. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Chris stated that he appreciates the continued support of Jerome County. He really appreciates the local opportunity of CSI and the opportunity he had to go to CSI after graduating from Jerome High School. He appreciates the opportunity now to work with the college and the upcoming events and projects that CSI has going on. He is also very excited for their new building that is being constructed across the street from the Jerome Administration Offices Building. Fair and County Separation Mike Seib, Jesse Vallez, and Amanda Worthington were present. Mike stated that Commissioner Howell had reached out to see what Mike would be presenting on. He has gone over the separation of the two groups in the past. He stated that there is a fair employee who is sending in claims for workers comp. Jesse stated that she is not sure how this should works for fair employees and how to go through this process because the employee is with the fair instead of the county. She wants to know where the liability falls and if this is something that HR should be going over. Mike stated that this individual is also bringing up the potential of lawsuits if the claims are not accepted. He stated that the county needs to make things clearer that there is a separation between the two groups of the county and the fair. Meeting recessed at 12:10 pm. Meeting reconvened at 1:36 pm. Executive Session 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. Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Page 4 of 7 Executive session began at 1:37 pm and ended at 1:54 pm. Emergency Sick Leave Time Donation for Sherriff Employee Sheriff George Oppedyk was present. George stated that he sent the Board an email. He has an employee who has had some major health issues over the last year. He has some other employees who are willing to donate some of their extra emergency sick leave time to help the other employee. Commissioner Crouch moved to approve the donation of extended sick leave time on behalf of the sheriffs office on behalf of one employee to another in the amount of 90 hours. Seconded by Commissioner Watkins. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Note: The Board wanted to mention that they appreciate employees looking out for one another. Building Security Discussion Sheriff George Oppedyk, Matthew McGregor, Assessor Mark Swenson, Troy Tolman, Marisela Aguirre, Cory Kehrer, Dean Dekruyf, and Cy Lootens were present. Cory stated that they had been approved for the purchase of the walk through metal detector. He has also heard that they will be having both machines checked soon to make sure they function properly. The Board wanted to discuss any meetings that would take place after hours. Cory stated that they can be there for after-hour meetings too if they are notified of them in advance. There was a discussion regarding weapons that would be brought in by individuals and how that would be handled. Sheriff George Oppedyk stated that it would be handled just as it is at the annex, that they would be asked to go back out to their cars and put them in their cars. The Board asked questions regarding entrance and exits with the new security machines. George stated that this would follow the entrance and exits at the annex. If any other door is opened then an alarm will sound, and that everyone will be required to come in through the back entrance with security. He also confirmed that employees would also have to go through security just as the annex building does. Tax Cancelation Mark Swenson was present. Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Page 5 of 7 Mark stated that his office received an address update in 2023. With this update the assessors office policy is to remove the home owners exemption for the home. The address that should have been changed was a different house owned by the same individuals. Commissioner Howell moved to approve the cancelation of tax value, for David J Rice and Leigh Ann Culver-Rice due to a mailing error, in the amount of $1,626.18. Seconded by Commissioner Crouch. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Note: This is regarding parcel number RPJ13700800100. 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 7 of the minutes. Legal Counsel Mike Seib was present. The Board wanted to ask questions about prejudicing in advance of an appeal hearing. Mike stated that if there is anything that they have learned about the appeal in advance to have it mentioned at the start of the hearing. This way everything will be included on the record and to make sure that it is available to the public to know. The Board also wanted to discuss an upcoming appeal hearing and the rules regarding times. Mike stated that the planning and zoning would work with the individual to find a date. He stated that there was a date agreed upon and then they worked to change the times. He stated that there would be no issue in this and that the appellant would not need to be at the meeting if they are unable to make the meeting after they agreed to the date. He also stated that with the time out as far as it is the appellant should have time to make adjustments to be available. The Board would not need to do anything to change the hearing as it has been officially scheduled and publicized. Mike further stated that someone else could attend on behalf of the appellant if necessary in the worst-case scenario. Read and Approve Minutes Commissioner Crouch moved to accept the minutes from 8/25 with the suggested adjustments. Seconded by Commissioner Watkins. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Subdivision Participation & Release Form Tuesday, September 2, 2025 Page 6 of 7 Commissioner Crouch moved to sign and accept the paperwork for the most recent opioid settlement. Seconded by Commissioner Howell. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Garbage Services Discussion Commissioner Howell moved to retain Western Waste Services based on the information that the Board has received. Seconded by Commissioner Crouch. The motion passed with a unanimous vote. Meeting adjourned at 4:06 pm. ________________________ ______________________________ Ryan Treanor, Deputy Clerk A. Ben Crouch, Chairman ______________________________ Charles M. Howell, Commissioner ______________________________ Art Watkins, Commissioner BUDGET TOTALS DEPARTMENT PAYROLL ACCT PAY GRAND TOTAL 1/CLERK $40,350.92 | $ 328.51 |$ 40,679.43 2|ASSESSOR $8,182.21 | 3 422.44 | $ 8,604.65 3/TREASURER $7,241.96 $ 7,241.96 4|HUMAN RESOURCES ~—s{$_3,115.38 $ 3,115.38 S|COMMISSIONERS |S 7,500.00|$ 900.00 |$__8, 400.00 | 6ICORONER CCS (981.53 450.00[$ 1,411.53 10|BUILDING & GROUNDS MAli[ $__ 8,479.46 11/EMERGENCY MANAGEMEN] $__2,000.00 | $ 481.66 |$ 2,481.66 13|EXTENSION AGENT | $3,562.50 | 14|DATAPROCESSING _—|$__—7.552.00|$ _—8,193.81|$ _ 15,745.81 | 15|ELECTIONS | $ : $ ee Cee 1O|GENERAL [5 —rapooet [sara 1s — open 18|GENERAL $ 19,980.64 | $ 9,702.11 29,682.75 2 22|GIS $ 2,078.30 $ 2,078.30 SOVETERANS = | ——__1s_—p000| sooo 00 30|/VETERANS 1,000.00 | $ 1,000.00 aSHERIFF [$84,067.55 § 14,170.01 |S 00,158.00 | 5|/SHERIFF-DETENTION $ 83,444.50 | $ 7,975.98 | $ 91,420.48 glADULT PROBATION [$9727 38s —-ag020{s —10 160.80 7|PROSECUTOR $ 32,133.76 | $ 58.29 | $ 32,192.05 S|PUBLIC DEFENDERS —— a 9|JUVENILE PROBATION | $_11,906.20|$ 331.45 [$12,037.65 | TG|GENERAL JUSTICE [$46,387.15 |$ 4,496.06 |$ 50,883.21, [DISTRICT COURT |§__8,075.97| _6593.84|§ 14,609.81. £A| 69 7|FAIR $ 10,064.43 10,064.43 s|CAPTTAL FAR 11|HEALTH DISTRICT : 20/REVALUATION $ 12,803.56 | $ 71.26 12,874.82 a 24(TORT z 29|AMBULANCE $ 50.00 50.00 3e|WATERWAYS BOARD 38|WATERWAYS SHERIFF | ee 41/BOND REDEMPTION es ee ee 48|AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN 1 6A) 69) 69) 49/44) 49 ub Total $ _37,782.55|$ 37,882.89 |$ 75,665.44 GRAND TOTAL —_—i| $-431,024.05|$ 89,987.88 |$ 521,011.93