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City Hall 3-10-08 7:00pm The regular meeting of the Riggins
City Council was called to order by Council President Glenna McClure in the
absence of Mayor Crump. Council
present were Anderson, Barnard, Friend and McClure.
Deputy Clerk Susan Long was also present recording the minutes, in the
absence of June Whitten. Guests
present included Richelle Barger, Curt Brimacomb, Jonny Wilson, Jen Kozlowski,
and Charlie Amell. The minutes of the previous meeting
were presented. Council members were
individually polled and all confirmed they had read the minutes of the previous
meeting. There were no additions or
corrections, and the minutes were approved as presented. The financial statement was read
detailing $16,850.92 bills paid after the February meeting, bringing the total
February 2008 disbursements to $70,798.88. Bills
in the amount of $49,964.45 were then presented for payment.
After review, motion was made by Anderson, seconded by Barnard to approve
the financial statement and allow the bills.
Voting yea, Anderson, Barnard, Friend and McClure.
A copy of the financial statement is attached and hereby made a part of
this record. Council President McClure thanked all
the guests for coming. Richelle Barger visited with the
Council about the surplus playground equipment, the Lewis-Clark Early Childhood
program is getting rid of. She would
like the Council to revisit their decision and look into the liability insurance
and a possible place to put it. The
Council will revisit this discussion at the end of the meeting. Idaho County Deputy Jonny Wilson gave
the following police report for February 2008:
There were 7 citations in the city and 12 in the area; 51 calls in the
Riggins office, 21 of those within the City.
There were 7 accidents, 2 threats, 2 thefts, 1 death, 1 domestic and 4
medical emergencies. At this time Charlie Amell gave the
following project reports: (1)
The skidsteer the
City ordered was delivered today. (2)
Mike and Connie
Kennedy will be leaving April 1st and Charlie would
like to hire Kelly Hinkley in their place.
The Council approved. (3)
Water will be
turned in to the ditch the end of April or the first of May. (4)
JUB engineers will
be visiting Wednesday March 12th w/Charlie. Jonny Wilson and Curt Brimacomb gave
the following CCC reports: (1)
CRATE—working
on view of solid waste issue and an implementation plan. (2)
CCGC(Gun
Club)—they have developed a land team to locate land for this project.
They have a possible location on the Old Pollock Road on Dave and Aaron
Wilson’s property, currently being used as a gravel pit by DEBCO. (3)
CABS—they are
submitting the grant on Friday by 5pm for a new bus.
The total amount they are asking for is $67,605.00.
Bus, radio, EDS system. The
CABS board will be working on training for drivers. (4)
CCC—has partnered
with the school district to revamp the basketball courts, located on Main Street
at the Grade school. Getting new
lights, the lines painted, etc. They
are currently getting estimates for the repairs. (5)
704 (Fourth of
July)—the fire Marshall has denied fireworks for the celebration.
They are planning a boat parade, rubber duck race, strong man
competition, pie baking contest, water balloon toss, rock-climbing wall,
Jacob’s ladder, slide. (6)
Farmer’s
Market—will be meeting in the grass at the Confluence on March 17th. NEW BUSINESS: The deputy clerk read the Excessive
Force Policy, Resolution No. 08-02. Barnard
made a motion to pass and approve the resolution and Friend seconded.
Voting yea, Anderson, Barnard, Friend, McClure.
No nays. Arbor Day—Councilor McClure read the
Arbor Day proclamation. Arbor Day
will be Monday May 5th. Anderson
made a motion to accept the proclamation, Barnard seconded.
Voting yea, Anderson, Barnard, Friend, McClure.
No nays. Charlie will consult
the recent tree study for suggested species of trees to plant.
Councilor Barnard will check with the Reggar Tree Farm to see if they
will donate any trees. Deputy City Clerk Susan Long brought
up the current mileage reimbursement for the city is only 20 cents a mile.
The current state reimbursement is 50.5 cents.
Anderson made a motion to raise the mileage reimbursement to 40 cents a
mile and the Council will revisit this in one year.
Barnard seconded. Voting yea,
Barnard, Anderson, Friend, McClure. No
nays. This will take effect March
11, 2008. The Council discussed taking over the
Food Bank as the fiscal agent. Ace
Barton will continue to distribute the food.
The Council will revisit this request at the April 2008 meeting. The Council discussed if they would
like to implement Councilor Barnard’s Riggins Beautification Project proposal.
The project would be for 6 months and would have a sign that would be
moved monthly to the property or business that had won for that month.
A committee would have to be formed to judge the houses, property and
businesses and choose. Council
decided to present this project to the Chamber of Commerce and revisit it at the
April 2008 meeting. Jack Kappas is doing a Spring river
cleanup on April 5th. The Council discussed getting new
chairs for the Council Chambers as 2 of theirs have been broken recently.
Glenna will be getting bids on chairs, and color, types, fabric etc…
Discussion will be continued at the April 2008 meeting. Councilor Anderson had the prices for
the speed signs. $5,850.00 for the
sign with the digital display that the message can be changed including the
pole, solar panel and batteries. It
is approximately $1500.00 less for the other sign without the solar panel.
Discussion will be continued at the April 2008 meeting. Councilor Anderson reported that
Tucker Construction stayed within their boundaries and did a great job on fixing
the storage area in the Emergency Services Building. Staff Reports: Charlie Amell reported that the
Chamber of Commerce snowflake lights were currently being stored in the City
building. Charlie would like to
approach the Chamber about putting up a building to house their lights and signs
on the City property. Currently
things are being stored in more than one location.
Charlie has a location to construct the building.
This will be put on the agenda for April 2008 meeting. At this time the Council revisited the
request from Richelle Barger on the playground equipment.
They will get measurements, and more information on moving this equipment
for the April 2008 meeting. Barnard
made a motion to continue discussion at the April 2008 meeting and Friend
seconded. Voting yea, Barnard,
Friend, Anderson, McClure. No nays. There being no further business, the
meeting was adjourned. _______________________________
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Council President
Deputy City Clerk
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