COMMISSION CHAIR FRED WARNER, JR.
COMMISSIONER TIM L. KERNS
COMMISSIONER CARL E. STIFF, M.D.
BAKER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
The Baker County Board of Commissioners met for the January 20, 2010 Commission
Session. Present were Commission Chair Fred Warner, Jr., Commissioner Carl E.
Stiff and Commissioner Tim L. Kerns.
2. Citizen’s Participation:
a. None
3. Review/Approval of Minutes:
Commissioner Stiff made a motion to approve the January 6, 2010 Commission
Session minutes and January 13, 2010 Commission Session minutes as presented.
Commissioner Kerns seconded the motion. Motion carried.
4. Additions to the Agenda:
a. Commissioner Warner handed out the Intergovernmental Agreement for the
creation of Eastern Oregon regional county organization and asked the
Commissioners to review the document for discussion at the February 3, 2010
meeting.
5. Scheduled Business:
a. Department Update: Veteran’s Department ~ Jane Chandler
Ms. Chandler reported 1,123 office visits in 2009, with 159 of those coming
from outside of Baker County. She has seen an influx of out-of-county visits
from Union, Wallowa and Grant counties due to staffing issues within those
counties. Ms. Chandler has been working to improve her outreach efforts within
Baker County by visiting hospitals, Mt. Valley, the American Legion and through
advertising. Ms. Chandler discussed the various clinics that she refers
veterans to noting that the new La Grande VA Clinic is no longer taking new
clients. She is now referring veterans to the Walla Walla or Boise
facilities. The Dept. of American Veterans (DAV) van is continuing to provide
transportation to Boise for veterans. Ms. Chandler reported that EOU now has a
veteran employment specialist, Brian Carpenter . Following 9/11 there have
been new educational bills that have become available to veterans to help pay
for books and tuition.
b. Contract Review Board
1. Baker County Juvenile Crime Prevention Plan: Staci Erickson and Judy
Barzee:
The Plan provides a look at the number and types of juvenile offenses in Baker
County as well as services and the funding available for prevention and
diversion programs for juveniles within the County. Ms. Erickson explained
that prevention funds are directed towards the low and medium risk offenders,
while diversion funds are used to prevent high risk offenders from going
further into the juvenile justice system. The lack of services including the
recently cut School Resource Officer will have a major effect on the
community. Ms. Barzee and Ms. Erickson reviewed the plan with the
Commissioners, noting that the majority of juvenile offenders are males and
property crimes are most common. Commissioner Kerns made a motion to adopt the
Juvenile Crime Prevention Plan. Commissioner Stiff seconded the motion.
Motion carried.
2. CCF Contract Awards
a. Foster Parent Appreciation and Retention Program: This program is funded by
non-State dollars. This will be the second year that this program has been
funded. Sandi Baer is the foster parent trainer. The contract is for the
period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011 and is not to exceed the sum of
$6,000.
b. School Site One Stop: This program is funded through State allocated
dollars and discretionary funds from CCF. The contract is for the period of
July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011 and is not to exceed the sum of $20,000.
c. Baker County CASA, Inc: The contract is for the period of July 1, 2009
through June 30, 2011 and is not to exceed the sum of $42,500.
d. Baker County Health Dept. Health Start: The Healthy Start program is now
regionalized. Amy Johnson from Wallowa County is now the program
administrator. The contract is for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30,
2011 and is not to exceed the sum of $37,374.
Commissioner Stiff made a motion to adopt the four CCF Contract Awards as
listed above. Commissioner Kerns seconded the motion. Motion carried.
3. Road Dept.: Purchase of a 1994 Kenworth Truck. Mr. Helgerson reported that
three quotes were received with a quote of $11,500 from Mittry Construction
Company for a 1994 Kenworth being the lowest bid. This truck will replace the
1976 10 yard dump truck. They will put the dump box from the Kenworth T300
truck they recently purchased, on this truck. They will sell the old truck
either locally or to GSA. Commissioner Warner made a motion to approve the
purchase of the 1994 Kenworth truck for $11,500. Commissioner Kerns seconded
the motion. Motion carried.
4. 911 Consolidated dispatch vehicle and communications compartment purchase
approval. Mr. Boyd reported that a grant of $64,750 was received from the
Department of Homeland Security to provide a National Incident Management
System (NIMS) Type II Mobile Communications Unit. The unit will serve all
public safety agencies in Baker County and will be available to neighboring
counties in the event of an incident. Mr. Boyd thinks that Search and Rescue
will use it the most. Neighboring counties will reimburse Baker County for
their use. Mr. Boyd is requesting approval of the following:
a. 2011 Ford F350 4WD Dually. Mr. Boyd reported that Gentry Ford/Powder River
Motors submitted the only bid of $29,735.32.
b. Specialized Communications Compartment. Due to the specialization required
in constructing the unit, there are limited companies in the nation that can
accomplish the project. They obtained bids and have chosen TriVan Truck Body
out of Ferndale, Washington for a bid quote of $25,950. Commissioner Kerns
suggested Mr. Boyd contact Dan Haberman out of Haines who constructs similar
compartments for the OTEC trucks to see if he could construct the compartment.
Mr. Boyd agreed to contact the gentleman. Commissioner Kerns made a motion to
approve the request for the purchase of the 2011 F350 pickup for a price of
$29,735.32 and the communications compartment from TriVan Truck Body for a
price of $25,950 contingent upon information received from Mr. Haberman.
Commissioner Stiff seconded the motion. Motion carried.
6. Documents to be Signed:
a. Resolution No. 2010-1001: 2008-2009 Audit Deficiencies and Proposed
Corrective Measures. Commissioner Stiff made a motion to adopt Resolution No.
2010-1001. Commissioner Kerns seconded the motion. Motion carried.
7. Ratification of Documents:
a. 2009-11 Partnership Agreement with the State Commission on Children &
Families. Ms. Barzee explained that by signing the agreement we are agreeing
that our local CCF will address child, youth and family issues by performing
work in the following five functions: Comprehensive, Community Planning and
Implementation, Policy Development, Community Mobilization, Sytem Development
and Service Delivery Improvements. Commissioner Stiff made a motion to ratify
the 2009-11 Partnership with the State CCF. Commissioner Kerns seconded.
Motion carried.
8. Other Business:
a. Comparison of Calendar
01/21/2010 Arrowrock Hydro Plant Tour
01/25/2010 Mayor’s Council in Huntington
02/03/2010 Commission Session
b. Bart Murray, Director of New Directions N.W., plans on retiring the end of
2010. The person who accepts the job will start mentoring with Bart for a year
before they take over.
c. Commissioner Warner reported that he met with State Senator Peter Courtney
to discuss Ash Grove. He has a meeting with Dick Pederson of DEQ next week to
further advocate for Ash Grove.
9. Adjourn
a. The January 20, 2010 Commission Session was adjourned at 11:00 a.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Heidi Martin, Executive Assistant
Baker County Board of Commissioners