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Cossio County Courthouse . Commission Chambers
7459 Overlond Ave . Room 206 . Burley lD 83378
1:30 PM
The Cassia County Board of Commissioners met today at the place and time as posted by agenda pursuant to
ldaho Code 5 74-204 for Open Meetings Law.
ACTION AGENDA ITEMS
1) 1:30 PM Call to order
2) Pledge of Allegiance and prayer
3) 1:31 PM Roll call
Roll Call.
Present: Leonard M. Beck - Chair, Kent R. Searle - Member, Bob Kunau - Member, Kerry McMurray - Assistant to
Board (Not voting), McCord Larsen - County Attorney (Not voting), Sharene Ahlin - Deputy Clerk (Not voting)
Minidoka County Present: Jared Orton - Minidoka Commissioner, Dan Schaeffer - Minidoka Commissioner,
Tonya Page - Minidoka Clerk, Lance Stevenson - Minidoka Prosecutor, Sheryl Koyle - Minidoka Commissioner
Others present: Jarrod Thompson - Cassia Sheriff, Shannon Taylor - MCCJC Lieutenant, Chuck Driscoll -
Veterans Service Officer, Theresa Forthun - Cassia Chief Deputy Clerk, Michelle Wallace - Cassia Deputy Auditor,
and Trevor Reno.
4) 3:13 PM Calendar, meetings, committee reports, and correspondence were reviewed.
The Fair Board has invited the representatives from the Chamber of Commerce to meet at fairgrounds on
6/L8/2O26 at noon, to be followed with a lunch. The Board members will be invited. Prosecutor Larsen
suggested that the luncheon be noticed as a meeting.
5) 3:lSPMPersonnel Matters - Change of Status Requests
a) CCSO - Christopher Overlin - Certified Patrol Deputy (city) - transfer
b) Clerk - Kelsey lones - Elections Director - promotion
3:19 PM Motion and Action: Approve Change of Status Requests as presented, Moved by Kent R. Searle -
Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion passed unanimously.
6) 2:49 PM Executive Sessions
2:49 PM Motion and Action: Enter Executive Session pursuant to ldaho Code 5 74-206 (1) (b) to consider
personnel issues and ldaho Code 974-206 (1) (f) to communicate with legal counsel regarding pending /
im minently-likely litigation Moved by Kent R. Searle - Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member.
Vote: Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote (summary: Yes = 3).
Yes: Kent R. Searle - Member, Bob Kunau - Member, Leonard M. Beck - Chair.
3:13 PM Upon exit of Executive Session, the board took the matter under advisement
lnstrument # 2026003258
BURLEY, cASSl,a' IOAHO
a-21-2026
04:06:03 PM
No. of P4es: 5
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Cassia County Board of Commissioners
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, June 11, 2026
CASSIA COUNTY COMMISSION
sPECtAt SESsrON
Thursday, June LL,2026
SCHEDULED ACTION 46ENOA ITEMS
7) 1:32 PM FY2027 Joint Budget meeting with Minidoka County Commissioners
a) Mini-Cassia Veterans Service Officer Contract - Chuck Driscoll
i) Deputy Auditor Michelle Wallace reviewed the budget and proposed changes for FY2027.
The overall budget increase was noted to be 53,550.00. The increase includes a new printer.
ii) VSO Driscoll noted that he was able to purchase a printer. The budget figures will be revised to
reflect that cha nge.
1:49 PM Motion and Action: Approve the tentative budget for the FY2027 VSO Budget with Cassia County's half
to be 536,247.00 as presented Moved by Kent R. Searle - Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion
passed unanimously.
iii) Minidoka County passed a similar motion to approve the tentative budget.
b) 1:51 PM Mini-Cassia Public Defender
i) Wallace reviewed the proposed FY2027 budget, noting that the utility costs have been reduced as
the new office is more efficient.
ii) The total proposed budget is $8,000.00 less than the FY2026 budget.
iii) lt was noted that Minidoka had not included the public defender budget on their agenda, so they
could not take action on that matter at this time.
iv) The total proposed budget is 523,500.00.
2:01 PM Motion and Action: Approve the tentative budget for the FY2027 Mini-Cassia Public Defender Budget
in the amount of $23,500.00, which represents the entire budget to be shared between the counties. Moved by
Kent R. Searle - Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion passed unanimously.
c) 2:02 PM Mini-Cassia Criminal Justice Center - CCSO & Lt. Shannon Taylor
i) Wallace reviewed the proposed changes for the Board.
ii) A new ruling has mandated that the county jails can only charge 50.02 per minute for phone calls.
This has resulted in a significant reduction of revenues from 58,000.00 to 59,000.00 per month to
approximately S1,800.00 per quarter. Sheriff Thompson suggested that letters be drafted to
lawmakers on the matter to see if the matter could be remedied.
iii) Revenue sources were reviewed, Minidoka requested that the interest on the trust balance be
itemized as a revenue source.
iv) The various expenses were discussed. The overall change in the expense budget was noted to be a
5180,780.00 increase. Jared Orton requested a percentage of change year to year to see if
something is tracking out of line and would require additional review.
v) Minidoka passed a motion to approve the proposed FY2027 budget for the Mini-Cassia Criminal
Justice Center.
2:43 PM Motion and Action: Approve the FY2027 proposed tentative budget for the Mini Cassia Jail of
55,804,240.00, with Cassia County's portion of S1,372,904.00 as presented, Moved by Kent R. Searle - Member,
Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion passed unanimously.
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8) 3:20 PM Adjourn
3:20 PM Motion and Action: Adiourn, Moved by Bob Kunau - Member, Seconded by Kent R. Searle - Member
Motion passed una nimously.
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APPROVED:
Leona rd M. Beck, Chair
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