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Cassia County Board of Commissioners
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, February L7, 2026
Cdssid County Courthouse . Commission Chombers
7459 Overlond Ave . Room 206 . Burley tD 83318
9:00 AM
The Cassia County Board of Commissioners met today at the place and time as posted by agenda
pursuant to ldaho Code $ 74-204 for Open Meetings Law.
ACTION AG NDA ITEMS
1) 9:03 AM Call to order
2) Pledge of Allegiance and prayer
3) 9:05 AM Roll call
Roll Call.
Present: Leonard M. Beck - Chair, Kent R. Searle - Member, Bob Kunau - Member, Sharene Ahlin - Deputy Clerk
(Not voting)
9:06 AM Mr. McMurray.ioined the meeting.
4) 9:06 AM Calendar, meetings, committee reports, and correspondence were reviewed
5) 9:17 AM Approve payables fot 2/1,7 /2026
9:18 AM Motion and Action: Approve payables in the amount of S 3L2,828.66 as presented on2/17/2026,
Moved by Bob Kunau - Member, Seconded by Kent R. Searle - Member. Motion passed unanimously.
6) 9:19 AM Approve minutes Ircm 2/9/2026
7\ 9:22 AM Approval of synopsis for August 2025, September 2025 and January 2026
9:23 AM Motion and Action: Approve synopsis for August 2025 as presented, Moved by Bob Kunau - Member,
Seconded by Kent R. Searle - Member. Motion passed unanimously.
9:23 AM Motion and Action: Approve synopsis for September 2025 as presented, Moved by Kent R. Searle -
Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion passed unanimously.
9:24 AM Motion and Action: Approve synopsis forJanuary 2026 as presented, Moved by Kent R. Searle -
Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion passed unanimously.
8) 9:25AMPersonnel Matters-Change of Status Requests
a) Mini Cassia Criminal Justice Center - Jakob Howell - Senior Detention Deputy - transfer
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9:19 AM Motion and Action: Approve minutes trom 2/912026 as presented, Moved by Kent R. Searle - Member,
Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion passed unanimously.
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Mini Cassia Criminal Justice Center - Destiny Teeter - Uncertified detention deputy - new hire
Sheriff's Dept - Benjamin Frank - Certified Patrol Deputy (city) - transfer
Sheriff's Dept - lin Moosman - Senior Patrol Deputy (city) transfer
9:28 AM Motion and Action: Approve change of status Requests as presented, Moved by Kent R. searle -
Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion passed unanimously.
9) Executive Session
L0:09 AM Motion and Action: Enter Executive Session pursuant to ldaho Code 5 74 206 (1) (b) to consider
personnel issues and ldaho Code 574-206 (1) (d) to consider records that are exempt from public disclosure,
Moved by Bob Kunau - Member, Seconded by Kent R. Searle - Member.
Vote: Motion carried by unanimous rollcall vote (summary: Yes = 3).
Yes: Kent R. Searle Member, Bob Kunau - Member, Leonard M. Beck - Chair.
11:03 AM Upon exit of Executive Session, the board took the matter under advisement
9:38 AM Motion and Action: Authorize the chair to sign the close-out document for the LRHIP program for the
Elba bridge and mag-chloride as presented, Moved by Bob Kunau - Member, Seconded by Kent R. Searle -
Member. Motion passed unanimously.
11) 9:48 AM Discuss and approve increased funding for Howell Canyon Road
a) Chair Beck discussed a recently attended meeting on the topic. There was discussion that an updated
contract may be forthcom ing.
b) The matter will be placed on the next agenda for further consideration.
12) 9:57 AM Discussion of train car project at the museum
a) Commissioner Kunau discussed that the train car at the museum needs to have the restoration
completed. He explained that a train car that could be used for parts for the restoration project is
located in Pasco, WA. The train car in Pasco could be donated to the museum, with the transport of that
car to be paid for by the county.
b) Kunau explained that there were improvements for the museum budgeted for in the FY2026 Physical
Facilities budget of approximately S51,000 and that he would recommend the use of those funds to
cover the transit and setup costs for the train car project instead of the other planned improvements for
the museum.
SCHEDUtED ACTION AGENDA ITEMS
13) 9:29 AM Consider reducing bed capacity at the Juvenile Detention Center - T. Bodily
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10) 9:36 AM Execute (LRHIP) Project Documentation Summary for Elba Bridge and Mag Chloride of Elba Road
pro.ject for County Road and Bridge
a) McM urray reviewed the documents fo r lhe 202L LRH lP project for the Elba bridge replacement.
b) The total LRHIP award was S100,000. lt was noted that the bridge replacement project had come in
under budget and that LHTAC had approved the use of the remaining award balance to fund the
purchase of mag-chloride. The total project cost was S101,498.35.
a) Trent Bodily discussed that their staffing levels have dropped over the last few months and noted that
they have not hired to fill the vacant positions.
b) He explained that 14 staff members were needed to operate a 16-bed facility. They have reduced staff
to 11 positions, which is sufficient to operate as an eight-bed facility.
c) He explained that the overall budget expenditures will be reduced to match the reduction in capacity of
the facility.
9:35 AM Motion and Action: Approve reducing the bed capacity of the Juvenile Detention Center to eight beds
as presented, Moved by Kent R. Searle - Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion passed
una nimously.
14) 9:39 AM Consider request to purchase two law enforcement vehicles with trade-ins - Sheriff
a) Lieutenant Michael Phillips explained that they would like to purchase two Dodge Durango vehicles,
noting that they wish to trade in two 20L8 Dodge Chargers.
b) There was discussion that the Board wanted to consider the Enterprise Fleet program further before
purchasing any vehicles.
c) Sheriff Thompson expressed concern that the Enterprlse Fleet program proposal would cost more than
the county currently spends when purchasing vehicles outright.
d) Matter to be placed on the next meeting agenda for further consideration.
15) 10:04 AM Sign final plat for Sage Valley Subdivision
10:08 AM Motion and Action: Authorize the cha ir to sign the final plat for the Sage Valley Subdivision as
presented, Moved by Kent R. Searle - Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau Member. Motion passed unanimously
16) 11:03 AM Construction project status report and items for consideration - Gary Jones Construction
a) Chad Gill from Gary Jones Construction provided an update on the project.
b) He explained that the backfilling of the project has been underway. The next step in the process will
include compaction testing, to be followed by grading of the lot around the building site.
17) 11:20 AM Consider quote for transition from Google to Microsoft Email Migrations through Eminent
TechnicalSolutions (ETS) for Cassia County
a) There was discussion that Commissioner Kunau had looked into the Microsoft licensing, noting that
software was available for purchase that would be valid for a five-year period at a lesser price. Kunau
explained that the software updates would not be available after the five-year period.
b) The various software licensing options were discussed, and l.T. Director Ean Pigford explained that the
Microsoft 365 will include all updates to the software.
11:25 AM Motion and Action: Approve the transition from Google to Microsoft for the county as presented,
Moved by Kent R. Searle - Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member.
c) Kunau discussed that he did not feel that there was any different security improvement if the county
were to just change to dual authentication on the GooBle service.
d) Kunau stressed that malware could still be a problem with the Microsoft Office software.
Motion passed una nimously.
cASStA COUNTY COMMTSSTON
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Tuesday, February L7 ,2026
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1L:30 AM Motion and Action: Authorize the chair's signature on the project quote EM-3936 in the amount of
540,520.00, Moved by Kent R. Searle - Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion passed
unanimously.
1L:32 AM Motion and Action: Authorize the chair to sign project quote EM-3937 in the amount of 537,262.00
for the annual Sheriff and Criminal Justice Center as presented, Moved by Kent R. Searle - Member, Seconded
by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion passed unanimously.
18) 11:33 AM Adjourn
11:33 AM Motion and Action: Adjourn, Moved by Bob Kunau - Member, Seconded by Kent R. Searle - Member
Motion passed unanimously.
CASSIA COUNTY COMMISSION
SPECIAL SESSION
Tuesday, February t7, 2026
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APPROVED
Leonard M. Beck, Chair
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE BOARD:
Sharene Ahlin
CASSIA COUNTY COMMISSION
SPECIAL SESS!ON
Tuesday, February L7, 2026
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0211312026 14:06:21 FN502WBS STEPHANIE HITT
CASSIA COI.INTY
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BOTH UNPAID CLAIMS & DEMANDS GENERALGOVERNMENT FUNDS
* UNAPPROVED DEMANDS APPEAR IN ACTUALS AND ALSO AS AN INVOICE
Fund
GENERAL FUND (CURRENT EXPENSE)
ROAD & BRIDGE
DISTRICT COURT
JUSTICE FUND
IVI-C MISDEMEANOR PROBATION
SNOWMOBILE
PHYSICAL FACILITIES
PREVENTIVE HEALTH FUND
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND
WIDOW'S BENEFIT FUND
37% OF FISCAL YEAR ELAPSED
Budget
Actual
Demand/Claims Budset
7o Budset
Amt
Remaining RemainTng
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AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT THEREOF IN THE COUNTY TREASURY.
AppRovEDFoRDrsrRrBUroNASoF i:
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5,093,499.00
712,150.00
399,326.00
15,639,677.00
1,390,000.00
37,620.00
12,531,140.00
277,OOO.O0
4,295,615.00
5,000.00
'1,807,901.87
116,303.15
143,541.36
5,299,165.94
491,897 .O2
62,233.81
947,840.68
92,142.20
1,392,338.35
't,356.70
TotalAmount Paid
4,585.26
1,O79.42
4,395.94
26,468.62
1,190.93
130.64
211,848.22
23,035.55
39,611.38
482.70
3,285,597.13
595,846.85
255,784.64
10,340,511 .06
898,102.98
-24,613.81
11 ,583,299.32
184,857.80
2,903,276.65
3,643.30
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67%
680k
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WE, THE CASSIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, BEING DULY SWORN DO HEREBY CERTIFY AND DECLARE THAT
WE HAVE REVIEWED THE DEMANDS ENUMERATED AND REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING REGISTER, AND THAT THE SAME ARE
TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE ACCURATE AND ARE JUST CLAIMS AGAINST THE COUNTY, AND THAT THERE ARE FUNDS
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