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BOCC Oct 14 2025 Regular Meeting FREMONT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Present for the meeting was: Commissioners Blair Dance, Rick Hill, and Mark Chandler Also attended by: Deputy Clerk Kim Fletcher, and Civil Attorney Blake Hall Commissioner Dance called the meeting to order and welcomed those in attendance. Hedrick Fire Protection RE: Fire Extinguisher Bid Follow-up – action item Mr. Trainor returned with a pricing sheet for the Commissioners to review for the county fire extinguishers. He discussed their pricing structure and why it is the way it is, and how it is arranged according to our scheduling. Several of our departments need their extinguishers done at different times of the year, which makes it difficult to price in a way that is more consolidated. Commissioners would like to figure out a way to consolidate the inspections. We will need to find out a number of extinguishers we have in the county, as well as the number of buildings we have. They asked if Hedrick’s would be able to do all of our extinguishers in a day. Mr. Trainor wasn’t sure that would be possible, but he did feel it could be broken up into the north end and south end, we would just need to find out the locations of all of them to compare to the records they have from Firewise. Commissioners told him we will try to find out our numbers and get that information back to him. Planning and Building Planners Sara Bowersox and Jacob Farnes RE: Wilford Estates Subdivision – action item; Cave Falls Lodge Subdivision – action item; Lamont Farms Subdivision – action item; Stone Acres Subdivision – action item Ms. Bowersox presented application #25-058 for Wilford Estates Subdivision along with Findings of Facts, Conclusions of Law and Decision. Commissioner Chandler made a motion to approve application #25-058 for Danny Draper – Final Plat – 26-lot Subdivision - Wilford Estates Phase 1 along with Findings of Facts, Conclusions of Law and Decision. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Ms. Bowersox presented application #25-043 for Cave Falls Lodge Subdivision along with Findings of Facts, Conclusions of Law and Decision. Commissioner Chandler made a motion to approve application #25-043 for Dave and April Munson - Cave Falls Lodge Division #1 1-lot Short Plat along with Findings of Facts, Conclusions of Law and Decision. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Ms. Bowersox presented application #24-091 for Lamont Farms Subdivision along with Findings of Facts, Conclusions of Law and Decision. Commissioner Hill made a motion to approve application #24-091 for Gina and Darren Cox – Lamont Farms Major Plat Amendment along with Findings of Facts, Conclusions of Law and Decision. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Mr. Farnes presented application #24-079 for Stone Acres Subdivision along with Findings of Facts, Conclusions of Law and Decision. Commissioner Hill made a motion to approve application #24-079 for Eric Pauly – Minor Plat Amendment – Stone Family Estates – 1st Amended Plat along with Findings of Facts, Conclusions of Law and Decision. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Park & Rec Director Greg Grant RE: Shop Door Changes for Groomer Hoist – action item; Golf Course Storage Shed – action item Mr. Grant discussed the changes that would need to be made to the shop door for the groomer hoist. He presented a quote from The Door Man for the total amount of $12,115.09 for the materials and work to adjust the door. This is fairly urgent; Island Park received 4 inches of snow this last weekend. They do have the funding in their contingency. Commissioner Hill made a motion to approve the invoice from The Door Man for a door for the snowmobile shop in the amount of $12,115.09 to come from their contingency fund. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Mr. Grant discussed purchasing a storage shed for the golf course. He’s talked with Commissioner Chandler, who has asked them to move forward in looking into a storage shed for personal storage for private golf carts. They would like to lease spots in the shed for those personal carts and use our shed for storage of our equipment. Commissioner Chandler feels the personal golf carts should be stored elsewhere during the winter and our equipment should be stored in our sheds at the golf course. Mr. Grant discussed their board meeting. Their Board is against this move and feel our equipment could be stored at the stud mill. He disagrees, because every time he goes out to the golf course, he sees our very expensive lawn mowers out in the open to the elements. He feels they should be covered, and there is no reason to haul them back and forth from the stud mill to the golf course when they are needed. Commissioner Dance differed to Commissioner Chandler’s preference. Commissioner Hill feels it should be ok to accommodate everyone, but agrees if we have the buildings, they should be utilized by the county. The discussion came back to the door for the shed, which would be replaced for $1300 with a bid from The Door Man. Commissioner Chandler made a motion to accept the bid from The Door Man to put a larger door on the storage shed in the amount of $1300 from the Parks and Recreation Golf Fund. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Commissioner Chandler made a motion to have a policy change for the shed rental that it be seasonal in order to be able to store the county’s equipment from November 1 to March 31. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Treasurer Lori Beard RE: Credit Card Approval – action item Ms. Beard requested approval for a credit card for Colter Cannon in the Sheriff’s Office with a credit limit of $6000. Commissioner Dance made a motion to approve the request for a credit card for Sgt Colter Cannon in the Sheriff’s Office with a credit limit of $6000. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Ms. Beard requested approval for a credit card for our Emergency Management Coordinator Keith Richey with a credit limit of $5000. Commissioner Dance made a motion to approve the request for a credit card for our Emergency Management Coordinator Keith Richey with a credit limit of $5000. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Andy Bradbury Rexburg Free Clinic RE: Zoning Application Fee Waiver – action item Mr. Bradbury is with the Rexburg Free Clinic and they volunteer their time to treat people. They have been in the old school building on main street in Rexburg for many years. The building has been sold, and they have to be out by next June. There is a property in Fremont County on the Salem Highway he would like to purchase but it isn’t zoned properly and would need to be rezoned. He would like to know if the application fee could be waived because they are a not-for profit organization, and they don’t really have a budget, and there is a chance P&Z won’t consider it and the money would be wasted if it was spent. Planning and Building Administrator Tom Cluff explained how the application process for P&Z works and what they consider when an application is submitted. Mr. Bradbury described the building he has found and how it would be utilized, the work they would do to try to help people. They don’t do a lot of fundraising. Their focus is on helping people at no charge by volunteers. Commissioners all agreed that they appreciate the work Mr. Bradbury and his volunteers do, and would like to support him and his volunteers so they can continue their work. If this is how they can help, for now, they would like to do it. Commissioner Hill made a motion to waive the rezone application fee for the Rexburg Free Clinic. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Commissioners RE: Executive Session IC 74-206(1)(c) – action item Commissioner Dance made a motion to go into executive session pursuant to IC 74-206(1)(c) To acquire an interest in real property which is not owned by a public agency; at 10:53 a.m. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with Commissioner Dance voting “Aye”, Commissioner Hill voting “Aye”, and Commissioner Chandler voting “Aye”. Commissioner Dance declared the meeting open at 11:25 a.m. Elections Clerk Bonita Sutton RE: L&A for Elections Equipment – action item Commissioners attended the L&A test for the Elections Equipment in the Clerk’s Office. Miscellaneous Commissioner Hill made a motion to approve the claims for October 14, 2025 as presented. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Commissioner Hill made a motion to approve the minutes from October 6, 2025 as presented. Commissioner Chandler seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Commissioner Chandler discussed how the quagga mussels are all over the Pacific NW, as well as Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah, and they are becoming becoming a real concern. He contacted the Henry’s Fork Foundation and had a discussion with Jack McLaren, who has some ideas. They will be having a meeting in November to discuss with Utah how they are trying to keep them out of Bear Lake. He is working with our Parks and Rec Director as well to try to come up with a plan for our waterways and they will both be attending this meeting in November. He also met with Aaron Dalling with the Fremont-Madison Irrigation District who would also like to be involved in dealing with this issue. The current discussions involve where the money and time dealing with this would be best spent and how to handle it. Commissioner Dance stated a big issue we had dealing with this before was certain conflicts with the Department of Ag, who is running the program now, which has clearly gone downhill because they haven’t been dealing with it appropriately. When our Weed Management Director Bryce Fowler was doing the boat washes, it was difficult, but he had a fairly good handle on the issue until it came down to replacing one part he needed and the Department of Ag would not help him. Commissioner Chandler stated they are trying to decide how aggressive we need to be about the issue, how much money should be put into it, and where the funds need to go. Commissioner Hill feels we need to be much more aggressive than the state is about the issue. Commissioner Dance agrees, and feels the state needs to allow us to be aggressive about it without micromanaging the counties that are trying to handle it. Deputy Clerk Kim Fletcher presented Resolution 2026-03 to move excess funds into the sewer system capital line from Last Chance LID and Last Chance Line Extension LID. Commissioner Dance made a motion to adopt Resolution 2026-03 for the purpose of moving excess funds into the sewer system capital from Last Chance LID and the Last chance Line Extension LID, due to the complete payoff of the loan obligation, having money still being paid to Fremont county by the property owners for their obligation. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. Commissioner Chandler made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 12:12 p.m. Commissioner Hill seconded the motion. A full voice vote was heard with all commissioners voting in favor. There being no further business to come before the board the meeting was adjourned. _________________________________ Blair Dance, Chairman Fremont County Commissioner Attest: _____________________________ Abbie Mace, Clerk HISTORY Recorded by Min. 610368 Regular Commissioner Meeting 10-14-2025 on 10/27/2025
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