Minidoka County | minutes | meeting 2025-11-17 | County Commission Meeting
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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

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