Clearwater County Commissioners news
Deyo Reservoir and Wetlands
project update
Marge Kuchynka of Friends of
Deyo Reservoir met with the Clearwater County Board of Commissioners June 7 to
explain where the Deyo Reservoir and Wetlands project is in the funding process.
It was funded through this fiscal year’s Idaho Fish and Game budget to move
forward to construction this summer. The project will encompass 95 acres of land
donated by Mary Lou Deyo to the Fish and Game and funding of $1.4 million has
been allocated. The whole scope of the project has been worked through five
phases.
A pre-bid walk through took
place last week on the site. The plans for the site development were reviewed. A
bid for construction of a pavilion for use as a picnic site is now incorporated
in the project.
Thirty individuals
participated in the walk through for the construction site. The bid opening is
slated for June 10. The bid specs included 23 items with 12 items being
mandatory. There are options that could be dismissed out of the remaining 11
items. The costs of materials will determine the additional options. Fish and
Game and Fisheries have until June 21 for the final selection of the bid and
contractor. The contract will then be signed by June 30. Construction could
start as early as August.
2010 FY budget reopened
The Board held a public
hearing to re-open the 2010 FY budget to accept the unanticipated revenue and to
allocate the revenue to the corresponding expenses and to make needed
adjustments in budget amounts. The Road and Bridge budget is being reopened to
allocate funds for unanticipated revenue in the amount of $13,215 for the
payroll costs for work being done on the
The historical budget had
$7,500 in expense that was not paid out in the 2008-2009 FY but was carried over
into the 2009-2010 budget. The county elections budget needed additional funds
for mailing out voter registration cards to change the addresses from E911 rural
addressing. The Board approved Resolution
Ahsahka water improvement
Michelle Bly, Progressive
Engineering, and Sharon and Tim Barnett, Ahsahka Water and Sewer Board,
presented the Ahsahka water improvement project closeout documents for
ICDBG-08-II-07-PF. The final quarterly reports were submitted complying with the
civil rights requirements.
The closeout documents for
Progressive Engineering, work progress report, contractor invoices and budget
completion were examined. The Board approved the motion to authorize Chair Ebert
to sign the closeout documents for the Ahsahka water improvement project,
activity report, final performance report and the closeout agreement.
Request for funds
The final request for funds,
request no. 17, was presented. The funds are for grant administration and
contractor final invoices. Included are the ICDBG progress reports and
disbursement report. The motion to sign the final request for funds no. 17 for
the contract ICDBG-08-II-07-PF passed by unanimous vote.
Salary claims
Salary claims for the period of
April 18 to
Expense claims
The Board approved and signed
expense claims. The Board also approved and signed the closeout of 2006 Homeland
Security Grant Program (2006-GE-T6-0030) and acceptance of the 2010 Emergency
Management Performance Grant (2010-EP-E0-0056). The assessor’s request to cancel
$630.44 on RP37NO1E332413A for 2009 taxes was approved.
There were two executive
sessions held to discuss personnel, contract negotiations and indigent matters.
Present for the meeting were Chairman Don Ebert and Commissioner John Allen and
Commissioner Stan Leach.