Any Potential DF Development is a Ways Out
On Monday, December 2nd, the Adams County Commissioners met for their first time this month. They will have a somewhat different schedule for the month of December and will be meeting again on the 16th and 30th.
The commissioners heard an update from Meredith Fisher, with Planning and Zoning. Fisher met with a representative from DF Development about the proposed new development on Red Ridge. She was also able to get a copy of the plan that was put to Valley County for concept approval. The only place where Adams County was mentioned in the plan was in one table that said 4850 acres of clustered development in Adams County was 16% of the total plan. The construction will be in several phases and the final year of construction is estimated to be 2034. Fisher said they would have to do a subdivision, which means providing services like roads, power, and a perc test for every lot for septic. She expressed to the representative that the county’s biggest concern, if they do move forward, is even if they do put in those services it would be straining already overburdened county services such as Road and Bridge and EMS. She told them to be aware of that and come with some solutions as to how the cost of those things would not be passed on to the taxpayers who are already in the county.
A Mesa resident came in to discuss plowing their road. The county has been plowing their road in the past, although it is private, and they realized they need to get liability waivers from the other landowners in order to continue doing so. The commissioners were concerned about the possibility of damaging a fence and did not want to be held liable. The resident who came in said he would get the other residents to sign the waiver.
Steve Shelton, with Solid Waste, said he looked at the rock truck at the auction, and he thought they should pass. It looked like it would need a lot of work, would need a lot of money put into it, and might be hard to get parts for. Jerry Mills is finished with the weed department for the season and will now be splitting his time between the landfill and the recycling center.
Adam Balderson, with Road and Bridge, said he hasn’t heard back from CAT yet. They received one applicant for the open Road and Bridge position, but they don’t have a CDL, which was a requirement on the job posting. Balderson said it is more difficult to get a CDL now. “At this rate, we’re going to be out of truck drivers nationwide,” Balderson said. He also told the commissioners the standpipe should be done being built today. Clerk Sherry Ward said he would be getting something about the contents of the buildings and what’s inside them. She said they don’t have a good idea how to value contents for the ICRMP insurance and need to update it.
Sheriff Ryan Zollman arrived. The commissioners asked him who owned the building they were using as a boatshed. Zollman said that they owned the building, but it was on Idaho Powers land. Clerk Ward also wanted an idea of the value and contents of that building. After that Zollman told the commissioners there are 19 state inmates and 4 county.
County Coroner, Susan Warner, arrived later with Meadows Valley Fire Chief, Doug Buys, to talk to the commissioners about the powerhead for the gurney. Buys said the ambulance they are donating is set up with the rail and floor, but it is manual. The autoload system allows one person to be able to do it by themselves. For some reason right now Warner has one autoload system with a different brand gurney, and they won’t match up. In order to make them work the gurney needs a new headworks, which are usually over $30,000, or over $50,000 installed. Buys said he could do the installation himself, and he has calls out to different departments all over the state and there is a possibility they may get one donated, however, it is not a sure thing yet. Otherwise the cheapest one he could find on eBay was $15,000. The commissioners said they hoped to get lucky with a donated one, but if not, they were interested in the next cheapest option.
After this the commissioners approved the bid for drywall at the Exhibit Hall, worked out some details about the transition to Council Computers, and approved several local liquor licenses.
