Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln County  

Agenda for December 30, 2008

 

 

9:00 Call to order and Pledge of Allegiance

 

 

 

1.      Approve payroll and expense vouchers

2.      Approve the minutes from the December 19th meeting

3.      Discuss scheduling interviews for the bookmobile and the wheelchair accessible van driver positions

4.      County Commissioners’ reports

5.      County Administrator’s report

6.      Old business

a.  Act on an appointment to the Rocky Mountain Rail Authority

7.      New business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Board of Lincoln County Commissioners met at 9:00 a.m. on December 30, 2008.  The following attended:  Chairman Ted Lyons, Commissioner Gary Beedy, County Administrator Roxie Devers and Clerk to the Board Corinne M. Lengel.  Commissioner Steve Burgess was absent and excused.

 

Chairman Lyons called the meeting to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance, and then Mr. Beedy made a motion to approve the minutes from the meeting held on December 19, 2008, as submitted.   Mr. Lyons seconded the motion, which carried.

 

The Board discussed scheduling interviews for the bookmobile and wheelchair accessible van driver positions, but decided it would be best to have the library department head look them over to see who she would recommend they interview.  Ms. Devers suggested that the bookmobile board members might like to conduct the interviews based on Ms. Zipperer’s opinion, and then the bus driver interviews could be done after a bookmobile driver was chosen.

 

Mr. Beedy reported that he attended the Lincoln County Economic Development meeting on December 22, and on the Twenty-fourth he met with the District Three road crew for a holiday luncheon.  Mr. Lyons said he’d had lunch with his road crew members that day, as well.

 

Ms. Devers reported that she’d spoken with Yuma Weed Coordinator Fred Raish who told her that he had never done anything regarding a plan to search out black-footed ferrets in his county, as Shaun Deeney had indicated when he last met with the Board.  Fred told her that the only plan he had developed was what chemicals would be used on the prairie dogs.  Apparently, environmentalists have considered adding the black-tailed prairie dog to the endangered species list.

 

Ms. Devers also informed the Board that janitor Nova Waite has been cleared by her doctor to return to work without restrictions as of January 1, 2009.

 

County Attorney Stan Kimble had sent an e-mail to Ms. Devers regarding agreements he’d been working on concerning the proposed CCI Tax Assessment and Tax Collections System that the assessor and treasurer will present for signature at tomorrow’s commissioner meeting.  Also, Mr. Kimble learned that Elbert County actually recorded the Decree concerning the boundary dispute that Rob Raines spoke to them about at the last meeting, so he felt it was important to review the Decree prior to sending a letter to The Norris Corporation.  Hedlund Abstract is in the process of obtaining a copy of the Decree from the Elbert County Abstract office, but Mr. Kimble did not believe that he would have it in time for the Wednesday meeting.  The Board decided that if he did not, he would not need to attend.

 

Ms. Devers asked if a decision had been made regarding an appointment to the Rocky Mountain Rail Authority, but Mr. Lyons had not spoken with Scott Ravenkamp.  It was decided that a commissioner should be the designee so that a name could be submitted along with the check for the dues, and Mr. Beedy volunteered.  Mr. Lyons phoned Scott Ravenkamp who agreed that it would be a good idea to have a commissioner on the committee, but wanted to be able to have someone from the CARR committee attend meetings if that was still acceptable.

 

Mr. Beedy made a motion to appoint himself as the commissioner designee to the Rocky Mountain Rail Authority, with CARR having an alternate position if they were so inclined to appoint someone.  Mr. Lyons seconded the motion, which carried.

 

Mr. Beedy made a motion to cancel Road & Bridge check #10103 in the amount of $626.40, written to Andersen Farms on November 25, 2008, as it was written to the wrong vendor.  Mr. Lyons seconded the motion, which carried.

 

Mr. Beedy commented that he would like to find out how much the dues are to join the NACO organization, as he was appointed to the National Transportation Steering Committee at the CCI conference, and if he is elected chairman again next year, he would like to attend the conference in Washington.  CCI will pay for it if the county belongs to NACO.  Ms. Devers said she would look to see if she could find out how much the dues are.

 

Mr. Lyons said he’d received a call from Mick Jaques who told him that the water heater at the landfill started leaking.  Mr. Lyons told him to get a new one.

 

The Board approved the December payroll and expense vouchers for the month and then, with no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on December 31, 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

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                    Corinne M. Lengel, Clerk to the Board                                      Ted Lyons, Chairman