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MINIDOKA COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING MINUTES November 17, 2025 The meeting was opened with the recital of the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer at 9:29 AM. Present for this meeting were: Commissioner Orton, Commissioner Koyle, Commissioner Schaeffer, Prosecutor Stevenson, Clerk Page, Deputy Clerk Yates, and Deputy Clerk Ramsey. Public present: Randy Sneddon, Travis Lammers, Rick Parker, John Remsberg, Michele McFarlane, Jeff McCurdy, Kelly Anthon, Bayley Maughan, and Leslie Garner Juvenile Probation Director Tate addressed the Board. Commissioner Schaeffer moved to accept the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections Passthrough of State funds agreement, with a second voiced by Commissioner Koyle. Motion carried. Commissioner Schaeffer moved to approve claims and payroll as presented, with a second voiced by Commissioner Koyle. Motion carried. Commissioner Koyle moved to approve the minutes from November 10, 2025, with a second voiced by Commissioner Schaeffer. Motion carried. Commissioner Koyle moved to approve the alcoholic beverage license for DG Retail LLC, doing business as Dollar General #30057, with a second voiced by Commissioner Schaeffer. Motion carried. Commissioner Koyle moved to request a fee waiver for fiscal year 2026 from Frontier Community Resources, with a second voiced by Commissioner Schaeffer. Motion carried. A discussion was held on the fee waivers notice received from Southern Idaho Solid Waste. Item was tabled for more information. GIS Official Stephens and Assessor West addressed the Board regarding requests for the costs of annual vs monthly GIS reporting. Official Stephens will get more information and come back to the Board. Deputy Clerk Lopez addressed the Board. Commissioner Koyle moved to approve 7 certificates of residency, with a second voiced by Commissioner Schaeffer. Motion carried. ICRMP Fraud webinar was viewed. Travis Lammers and Randy Sneddon presented the 2026 fair board budget, along with the budget totals from the last 4 years. Rick Parker and John Remsberg addressed the Board regarding the museum’s use of more property and moving the OHV course to the south of the property. It will need to be fenced, and there is a mainline that will need to be taken care of. A letter to the fair board and museum will be created. Mr. Remsberg will call Dr. Hansen and let him know to move forward with the project. Jeff McCurdy and Dr. Michele McFarlane with Frontier Community Resource presented their annual report for Board review. Kelly Anthon, Leslie Garner, and Bayley Maughan from the City of Rupert addressed the Board to review the proposed Revenue Allocation Area #2 with the Board. Commissioner Koyle moved to approve the eligibility study for RAA #2 and resolution #2025-11-17a directing the Minidoka County Urban Renewal Area board to create a plan, with a second voiced by Commissioner Schaeffer. Motion carried. Commissioner Schaeffer moved to enter into executive session pursuant to I.C.74-206 (1)(b) & (1)(f), with a second voiced by Commissioner Koyle. Motion carried. Roll call vote was taken, Commissioner Orton voted aye; Commissioner Schaeffer voted aye; and Commissioner Koyle voted aye. Motion carried. Tenure of the session was personnel and to meet with legal counsel. Commissioner Orton shared with the Board that the main reason for updating the Minidoka Memorial Hospital Bylaws is that they are not functioning as they should be, so some changes needed to be made. Commissioner Koyle moved to approve the Minidoka Memorial Bylaw changes with the one change at 2.3(c), allowing the County Commissioner to have a voting right, with a second voiced by Commissioner Schaeffer. Motion carried. Public Present for the public hearing: Jerome Fagaldefeg, Tiffany Warr, Anne Taylor, Chris Endres, Chris Hadlen, Todd Wall, Jane Wall, Lind Garner, James Norman Bodily, Mark Newcomb, Thomas Griswold, Tammy Jones, Kelly Anthon, Brett Boyer, Spencer McArthur, Paul Ross. 1:15 PM, Commissioner Orton opened the public hearing and welcomed everyone and also shared the rules for the public hearing. He also shared with the public that an area of impact will not change county codes and does not annex land area into the city limits. Commissioner Orton turned it over to Building and Zoning Official Nay for an explanation of the area of impact and then turned it over to Spencer McArthur from the City of Burley. 1:20 PM Commissioner Orton opened the hearing up for public comments in favor of, with no comments, opened it up for neutral public comments, with no comments, opened it up for any opposed comments, with no comments. With no questions to answer regarding comments, Commissioner Orton turned it over for deliberation. 1:21 PM, Commissioner Kole moved to approve the area of impact map with the City of Burley, & Ordinance #2025-11-17a, with a second voiced by Commissioner Schaeffer. Motion carried. Commissioner Orton closed the public hearing at 1:22 PM. 1:23 PM, Commissioner Orton opened the public hearing for the area of impact with the City of Heyburn. Commissioner Orton turned it over to Building and Zoning Official Nay for an explanation of the area of impact. 1:24 PM, the hearing was turned over to Paul Ross from the City of Heyburn. 1:25 PM, Commissioner Orton opened the hearing up for public comments in favor of, with no comments, opened it up for neutral public comments, with no comments, opened it up for any opposed comments, with no comments. With no questions to answer regarding comments, Commissioner Orton turned it over for deliberation. 1:25 PM, Commissioner Schaeffer moved to approve the area of impact with the City of Heyburn, map, with a second voiced by Commissioner Koyle. Motion carried. Commissioner Orton closed the public hearing at 1:25 PM. 1:26 PM, Commissioner Orton opened the public hearing for the area of impact with the City of Paul. Commissioner Orton turned it over to Building and Zoning Official Nay for an explanation of the area of impact. 1:27 PM, Commissioner Orton opened the hearing up for public comments in favor of, with no comments, opened it up for neutral public comments, with no comments, opened it up for any opposed comments, with no comments. With no questions to answer regarding comments, Commissioner Orton turned it over for deliberation. 1:27 PM, Commissioner Koyle moved to approve the area of impact Ordinance #2025-11-17b, and the map for the City of Paul, with a second voiced by Commissioner Schaeffer. Motion carried. Commissioner Orton closed the public hearing at 1:28 PM. 1:30 PM, Commissioner Orton opened the public hearing for the City of Rupert area of impact. He then turned the hearing over to Building and Zoning Official Nay to explain the changes proposed. The hearing was turned over to Kelly Anthon from the City of Rupert at 1:31 PM for a review of the proposed changes. 1:34 PM, Commissioner Orton opened the hearing up for any public comment in favor of, John Remsberg addressed the hearing and shared information on population growth and planning for it, also discussed that setbacks are necessary to provide for road transportation. Commissioner Orton opened the hearing up for neutral public comments. James Norman Bodily addressed the hearing opposing the area of impact, and he is concerned that annexations will occur, will be down the road, but will be coming soon. Chris Haddley also addressed the hearing opposing the area of impact and wanting to know why we need an area of impact if nothing changes. He also shared that a before map would help. Todd Wall addressed the Board asking them to please vote no. There were no neutral comments. 1:42 PM, Commissioner Orton turned the hearing back to Kelly Anthon from the City of Rupert for a rebuttal on the comments. He stated that the intent for the area of impact is for studies on water and streets and it will guide engineers as a tool for the studies. Commissioner Orton asked Official Nay a question on growth, Official Nay answered that the area of impact allows the cities to comment on zoning allocations. Tom Griswold from the public also asked Official Nay why there was not a map of the old area of impact. Comment was given that agreed it would have been nice. It was suggested from the public that the north boundary be moved to 200 north from 300 north, City of Rupert was fine with the change. 1:50 PM, Commissioner Orton closed the public hearing for deliberations for the City of Rupert area of impact. Commissioner Koyle proposed that we do what the public would like. Commissioner Schaeffer moved to approve ordinance #2025-11-17c with a map of the northern boundary to be dropped down to 200 North, with a second voiced by Commissioner Koyle. Motion carried. Commissioner Orton closed the public hearing at 1:51 PM. Paul Ross with the City of Minidoka addressed the Board on the area of impact and ordinance for the City of Minidoka. Commissioner Koyle moved to approve the area of impact ordinance for the City of Minidoka #2025-11-17d, with a second voiced by Commissioner Orton. Motion carried. Rick Nay shared a resolution for building permit fees. A discussion followed. Commissioner Koyle moved to approve resolution #2025-11-17b regarding the building permit fees, with a second voiced by Commissioner Schaeffer. Motion carried. Deputy Clerk Yates to follow up with the City of Rupert on Southern Idaho Solid Waste waiver. Correspondence letters were not addressed. Commissioner Schaeffer reported on the fair board meeting. Commissioner Orton reported on Public Health meeting in Blaine County; Legislative reception on Wednesday at 11:00 AM; District IV luncheon on Tuesday at 11:30 AM. Prosecutor Stevenson gave an update on upcoming cases. Adjourned the meeting at 2:38 PM. Creator of this day’s minutes: Deputy Clerk Ramsey. Jared Orton, Chairman Cs County Clerk Page
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