Commissioners Proceedings

September 21, 2021

Commissioners met for their weekly meeting with Lee Randall, Donna Giacometto, and John Olson present.

The meeting was called to order. No public comment was received at this time. Consent agenda was approved.

Marty Drane, Maintenance Supervisor, met with the board. Drane reported the crew is still working on the courthouse lawn and the pool will be covered soon. Discussion was also held on the lining of the pool. It was decided to wait a year before making a final decision. The board then informed Drane of the upcoming changes of the policy and procedures for rental of county facilities.

Molly Lloyd, County Superintendent, met with board to present FY22 school budgets. She reported there will be no mills for travel and transportation. Commissioner Randall signed the budgets.

Raymond Ragsdale stopped in to discuss the county’s fire restriction stage.

Shane Copps, EMS Director, met with the board. Copps stated he is struggling with the on-call schedule. Billing is going well; Medicaid is in progress and the licensing is done. There was an issue with the Treasurer’s office and Pinter Billing. The Treasurer had an ACH charge to the county’s checking account that she had not approved. After research it was found that Copps had signed the ACH approval. Commission informed Copps the Treasurer should be signing these ACH’s in the future. Copps then reported there is an issue with VA billing and the county’s DUNS number. Copps will contact Vikki Klemm, Clinic Business office, and find out how she does her VA billing. Copps then presented information from Centron, a billing collection agency, for past due accounts. Grant funding for a new ambulance was then discussed. Copps presented information on a demo ambulance that is available December 2021-January 2022. Cost is $206,000.00.

No public comment was heard at this time.

Meeting adjourned.

September 27, 2021

Commissioners met for their weekly meeting with Lee Randall, and John Olson present. Donna Giacometto was attending the MACO conference.

The meeting was called to order. No public comment was received at this time. Consent agenda was approved.

Teel Mullanix met with the board. He stated gravel hauling at Beaver Creek is finished and no gravel will need to be crushed. He is moving the crew to Crow Creek. Cattle guards on the forest were then discussed. Commissioners stated they have heard complaints on the cattle guards and discussion was then held on how to resolve this issue. Mowing will begin when the weather cools off.

The board reviewed and signed the FY21-22 budget document and approved for the Clerk and Recorder to upload them to Local Government Services.

A Zoom meeting began at 10:00 a.m. with Rita Harden, Senior Director, Cynde Jo Gatlin, Clerk and Recorder, Nancy Gaskill, Deputy Clerk, Commissioners, Heather Handran, Aging Coordinator and Linda Wolfe. Handran updated the meeting the funding available for the aging program from ARPA Aging Grant.

Nathan Schroht, KLJ Engineer, met with board to discuss the airport capital improvement plan and to discuss the project status of the hangar project.

The board then signed the FY21-22 Department of Livestock contract for predator control.

Sean Hill, Medical Administrator, met with the board. Hill presented the audit report from the cost report. Discussion then continued onto the CMS mandated vaccinations; the fine from CMS has been dropped to $19,500.00 and the Provider Relief Program report was discussed. He stated the kitchen is still short staffed. Hill presented a quote for removal of the popcorn ceiling, $38,500.00. Discussion was held on contract tracing for the county and how to proceed. No final decision was made. The bathroom is still not finished. The contingency plan for mandated vaccination was then discussed; no plan was made at this time. Hill has rented an apartment from Paul Mobley for locum nurses and C.N.A.’s. The board asked Hill to keep the $5/hour call in to call in hours only.

Raymond Ragsdale, Fire Chief, met with board to discuss fire restrictions. No changes in the current restrictions at this time.

The board signed a lease agreement between the county and Pete Wenzel to rent his house for October, November and December for the EMS department.

The board signed the FY22 Junk Vehicle contract.

No public comment was heard at this time. Meeting adjourned.

September 30, 2021

Commissioners met for their weekly meeting with Lee Randall and John Olson present. Donna Giacometto was absent as she was attending the MACO conference.

The meeting was called to order. No public comment was received at this time. Consent agenda was approved.

Cynde Jo Gatlin, Clerk & Recorder, presented a letter to the board to cancel the general municipal election.

The board reviewed payroll timesheets.

Rita Harden, Aging Director, met with board to present the ARPA Aging budget amendment. Discussion was held and it was stated there is no county match at this time. The board approved Harden to submit the budget to the state, and the budget amendment will be done after the contract is provided to the county.

During the day claims were reviewed and approved for payment of various county departmental expenses as submitted by the Clerk & Recorder’s office.

EMT’s pay was discussed and tabled until the next meeting.

The board reviewed and discussed the RAC priority list presented by Mary Rumph, RAC board member. The board needs to prioritize the RAC grant funds that are available.

No public comment was heard at this time.

Meeting adjourned.