Powder River Examiner -

April 29, 2019

Commissioners met for their weekly meeting with Donna Giacometto, Lee Randall, and Rod Schaffer present.

No public comment was received at this time.

Consent agenda – Rod moved, Donna seconded this motion, all in favor, motion carried. Consent agenda approved.

Maint. Supervisor, Marty Drane, met with board. He informed the board of termite damage found in the courthouse building. Bug Out Pest Control was recently here and confirmed the damage. Drane presented a quote for termite remediation, it was $9000. No final decision was made as to proceed or wait on this expense. He will be putting LED lights in the new light poles. Larry and Bruce are still putting sheet rock up in the bath area at the Manor. The board discussed moving Marty’s meeting time to bi-weekly with a longer block of time; all agreed to move forward with this change. The tin installation at the indoor arena still needs to be finished. Discussion was held regarding the procurement policy. The community garden well was discussed, and Marty will do some re-wiring and discussion was held regarding some kind of well house for the garden.

Road Supervisor, Teel Mullanix, met with board for his weekly meeting. He informed the board he is trying to add the Cemetery Road to the disaster plan. He is working on MDT paperwork. Discussion was held regarding the weather and bridges. Mullanix reported he will be looking at an excavator and will report back to the board. He spoke with the sign guy and they will be up as soon as the weather cooperates. They discussed the crusher and possibly moving it to the Clarys pit if he cannot get it on the forest. Teel informed the board the state needs $750,000 in damages to qualify for MDT financial disaster assistance in our entire district. County has not been informed of FEMA’s final report.

The board discussed the proposal from Cory Wilhelm, Dowl, to be the landfill SWPP Administrator. Donna motioned to accept the proposal from Cory, for $8400/year to be Powder River County’s SWPP Administrator, with the help of Powder River County landfill employees in the quarterly reporting. Rod seconded this motion, all in favor, motion passed. This will begin the in 2019-20 budget year.

Darold Zimmer met with board to discuss the current litigation.

The board then went in to a closed meeting.

Ross Stalcup, County Auditor, met with the board to discuss the personal property tax issue.

Nursing Home Administrator, Cheri Stachey, met with board. Stachey reported CMS sent out quarterly evaluations. The Manor is at a 5-star ranking for January 1 through March 31. She reported her and Nancy Trent are looking at continued education. Medline offers a new service, Medline University, that would replace Relias. No final decision was made to move forward with Medline University. Cheri asked for clarification on the invitation for bids on meals and wheels and congregate meals. The board asked about the med aide position. Discussion was held regarding the pay scale for the med aide. Stachey stated she presented the board with med aide paperwork. The board does not have this paperwork. She will resend it. Stachey reported her and Julie Russell are working on educating C.N.A.’s. Discussion was held regarding helping financially getting C.N.A.’s education classes. No decision was made. 21 residents reported.

Rod Schaffer reported on his phone call with KLJ Engineering Firm. The board needs to decide if they want to loan out the invested airport money. KLJ reported the payback time frame would begin in 2020. No decision was made.

Pat Phillippi, County Treasurer, presented a letter to Joe Wolter, to be signed by the commission. Wolter has requested to be taken off the personal property tax roll. Commission signed the letter. Discussion was held about the glitch in the system. Phillippi informed board she is mailing out mobile home taxes today.

Landfill employees, Ben Patten and Clinton Watters, were in to visit with the board. The board explained the SWPP process and the new requirements by DEQ. The pay schedule was briefly discussed. Ben is the manager, but they both put in 50-50 of the work load. The board approved the employees to start looking for small buildings to replace the current office at the landfill. Discussion was held about the upcoming fee changes. Ben left the meeting. The board and Clinton discussed his wages.

Public hearing began for the discussion/finalization/vote on the procurement policy. No public comment was heard. Resolution 2019-28, a Resolution by the Board of County Commissioner, creating a purchase and procurement policy, was presented to the board to review. Rod motioned to approve Resolution 2019-28 to establish a procurement policy. Donna seconded the motion, all in favor, motion passed.

No public comment was heard at this time.

Meeting adjourned.