BOARD OF
SKAMANIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Meeting
for Week of May 29, 2006
No meeting was held on Monday, May 29, 2006 in observance
of Memorial Day. The Board met in
executive session regarding personnel from 9:35 a.m. until 9:55 a.m., with no
action taken on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 with Commissioners Paul Pearce, Chair,
James D. Richardson, and Albert E. McKee present.
The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May
30, 2006 at the Commissioner’s Meeting Room, 240 NW Vancouver Avenue in
Stevenson, with Commissioners Paul Pearce, Chair, James D. Richardson, and
Albert E. McKee present, opening with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Commissioner
McKee moved, seconded by Commissioner Richardson and motion carried unanimously
to approve the Consent Agenda as follows:
1. Minutes of May 22, 2006.
2. Contract with IKON Office
Solutions to provide copier leasing and support for nine copy machines
replacing contract approved on April 24, 2006.
3. Purchase agreement with New
Horizons Computer Learning Center to provide computer program application
training courses for Counseling Center staff.
4. Contract amendment #1 with
Miller-Nash, LLP changing the term to ongoing for development and
implementation of a compliance strategy for the Health Insurance Portability
Accountability Act federal requirements for the Counseling Center.
5. Contract with Auto
Additions, Inc to accessorize six new Sheriff’s vehicles with required
equipment.
6. Personnel Committee’s
recommendation of exceptional qualification at Step C of Range 18 for Susan
Muth for vacant Mental Health Therapist position.
The Board reviewed the Personnel Committee’s
recommendation for a new classification description and salary range for the
Senior Chemical Dependency Counselor position.
The Personnel Committee recommended a lower point count factor rating
for II. Supervision and V. Authority for a total point count factor rating of
528, with the salary at Range 17.
Commissioners’ staff, upon review per direction of the Board, recommended
changes to the job description and a point count factor rating of 566, as
proposed by the Interim Counseling Center Director. Commissioner Richardson moved, seconded by
Commissioner McKee and motion carried unanimously to approve a point count
factor rating of 566 at Range 18 for the Senior Chemical Dependency Counselor
position.
Larry
Douglass, County Road Superintendent advised of engine failure in vehicle #111
a 1989 10-yard Mack dump truck, scheduled for replacement in 2007, advised the
truck was not worth fixing, and requested authorization to order a new truck. Commissioner Richardson moved, seconded by
Commissioner McKee and motion carried unanimously to authorize Public Works to
move forward with a call for bids to replace the truck.
Tod LeFevre, Public Works Director/County Engineer reported on Public
Works, Solid Waste, engineering, surveying/right of way, and bridges.
The Board discussed safety concerns regarding parking issues at Wind
River Boat Launch along Old Hatchery Road from the boat ramp to State Road
14. Commissioner McKee moved, seconded
by Commissioner Richardson and motion carried unanimously to direct Public
Works to move forward with the process to impose a 200-foot no parking zone
along Old Hatchery Road.
The Board met in executive session regarding personnel and litigation
from 10:25 a.m. until 10:35 a.m., with no action taken.
The
meeting recessed at 10:35 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2006 and reconvened at 11:35
a.m. the same date, with Commissioners Pearce and Richardson present.
The
Board participated in a 2007 pre-submittal budget workshop with the County
Clerk, with no action taken.
The
meeting recessed at 12:10 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2006 and reconvened at 1:35
p.m. the same date, with Commissioners Pearce and Richardson present.
The
Board participated in a 2007 pre-submittal budget workshop with the Sheriff,
Central Services, WSU Cooperative Extension, and Juvenile Departments, with no
action taken.
The
meeting recessed at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2006 and reconvened at 10:05
a.m. Thursday, June 1, 2006, with Commissioners Pearce and Richardson present.
Commissioner Richardson moved, seconded by Commissioner Pearce and
motion carried to approve vouchers for the period ending June 1, 2006 in the
total amount of $93,790.72.
Commissioner Richardson moved, seconded by Commissioner Pearce and
motion carried to appoint Christopher Lanz to serve as a member of the Criminal
Justice Treatment Account Planning Committee.
Commissioner Richardson moved, seconded by Commissioner Pearce and
motion carried to acknowledge receipt of an email letter from the American
Cancer Fund for Children, Inc. requesting a proclamation recognizing Childhood
Cancer Awareness Week in Skamania County during the week of July 3-10,
2006. Commissioner Richardson advised he
would request additional information from a local contact.
Commissioner Richardson moved, seconded by Commissioner Pearce and
motion carried to acknowledge receipt of a letter from the Sheriff regarding
the current status of the Sheriff’s Office fleet. Sheriff Dave Brown requested to retain
vehicle #723 to be available for use by reserve deputies or when needed in the
patrol fleet, and to retain vehicle #709 for use in the patrol fleet for the
remainder of this year, due to increase in road deputy staffing in 2006. Commissioner Richardson moved, seconded by
Commissioner Pearce and motion carried to approve the Sheriff’s request.
The
meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 1, 2006.
BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
SKAMANIA
COUNTY, WASHINGTON