Building Inspector Contract with City of Midvale
Monday, March 18th, the Adams County Commissioners met at the Adams County Courthouse. First on the agenda for the day was a meeting with Kody WIlliams, the county building inspector, who had just returned from Colorado for training. He said it was a good training and he received his certification. He might like to go back next year to continue more training. The new truck they purchased from Canyon County has been in the shop and is waiting on plates. It started having issues on the way back from the valley, but it turned out to be a recall issue that was never fixed. Commissioner Daren Ward was concerned and said he would mention to Canyon County that it had problems on the way home. Williams said he doesn’t think they tried to sell them a lemon, it had just been sitting in their yard for a while. He also wanted to ask the commissioners about the situation with contracts from the city of Midvale. Adams County had drawn up a contract to aid the city while there was not a building inspector in Washington County some years ago. However, he was confused as it seems they have not been paid for jobs in Midvale since 2020. They usually only have one of two jobs a year down there, but they are supposed to be paid in the quarter after the work. Currently they are working on a project at the school. Since Washington County does have a building inspector again, he was wondering if they should just terminate the contract after they finish the jobs they are working on. Williams also wondered if he should seek payment for what they have already done or just let it go. Commissioner Joe Iveson thought they should send them a bill, but apparently there has not been good recording for the projects in Midvale and it would take some time to figure out what they actually owe them. Williams said he’d like to finish up the job that they have and he doesn’t want to leave them without a building inspector, but they should have access to one now and it doesn’t make a lot of sense to continue the contract. The commissioners said to send Midvale an email and see if they are going to get back to him, but they should definitely pursue getting reimbursed. While they were on the subject, Clerk, Sherry Ward, mentioned that the City of New Meadows does not always pay them promptly either, and Williams might want to check up on that.
Steve Shelton, with solid waste, said he was contacted by the school about old bus tires, and he wanted to know if they should give the school a break on disposing of them. He said no one realizes the county has to pay to get rid of tires too. The commissioners thought he should charge the school cost to dispose of them. He also wanted to check in about renting the D8 for the landfill. Clerk Sherry Ward said it is the same process to rent or lease as to buy, and they need to get three bids. Shelton was wondering if they might be able to use it even sooner than he had originally thought.
After this, Prosecutor Chris Boyd stopped in to give some advice about contracts.
Adam Balderson, with Road and Bridge, said things are going well with Road and Bridge. They are working on Fruitvale Glendale Rd. right now. Commissioner Purdy asked if anyone would be chip sealing in New Meadows this year. Balderson said it is all in the Council area. They will be crushing gravel for Middle Fork Rd sometime this summer and he has to do some mag chloride by Circle C for logging. Balderson was also wondering who the sand in the yard belongs to. The sandbags are all weather damaged now. He was told it’s Homeland Security’s, for floods. People call about wanting to use the sand but he doesn’t really know who it even belongs to or what to say.
Sheriff Ryan Zollman said there were 22 state inmates, one county, but the county inmate was actually sentenced in Valley County so they were getting paid for him. They moved the power for the soda machine and disconnected the broken heater, it went well. Commissioner Ward asked about their vehicle from Canyon County. Zollman said they haven’t received it yet. Canyon County was still fixing some rust issues. He said the one they got four years ago has been great.
At the end of the day the commissioners consulted with prosecuting attorney Chris Boyd in an executive session.
