LAWRENCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING – January 4 ...

PICTOMETRY ADDENDUM AGREEMENT: Bruce Outka and Brett Runge gave an update onthe Pictometry Addendum Agreement. The City of Whitewood and Spearfish have signed theagreement and Deadwood is discussing this evening. Runge is meeting with the City of Lead nextweek.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Paul Thomson, Emergency Management Director updated theBoard on the Safety Training Compliance for 2011.INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT / MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE:PARTICIPATING AGREEMENT: Moved-Seconded (Flanagan-Ewing) to approve andauthorize the Chairman to sign the Participating Agreement between the Lawrence County InvasiveSpecies Management and the USDA Forest Service. Motion Carried.INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT: the Board reviewed the Lawrence CountyMountain Pine Beetle Contractor Agreement and Fee Schedule.SEASONAL EMPLOYEES: Moved-Seconded (Ewing-Flanagan) to advertise for SeasonalEmployees for Mountain Pine Beetle work. Motion Carried.SPEARFISH CANYON FOUNDATION DONATION: Mr. Miles Kennedy and Karl Burkefrom the Spearfish Canyon Foundation presented a check to Lawrence County from the SpearfishCanyon Foundation for $25,000 for the fight against Mountain Pine Beetles in Spearfish Canyon.Kennedy stated they have committed $125,000 for this project.PERSONNEL:EXECUTIVE SESSION: 9:33 a.m. Moved-Seconded (Ewing-Sleep) to go into executive sessionwith Dave Heck for personnel issues. Motion Carried. 9:42 a.m. the Board opened for regularbusiness with no action taken.BILLS:Moved-Seconded (Ewing-Weisenberg) to remove the Jack Ken Howell, Jr. claim for payment in theamount of $16,435.00 for court reporting services on the Briley W. Piper trial. Motion Carried. TheBoard discussed the billing procedures for transcriptions. The Board stated this is not personalagainst the Judicial System but against the laws pertaining to this trial.Moved-Seconded (Flanagan-Ewing) to approve payment of the following payroll and voucherslisted below for expenditures for insurance, professional services, publications, rentals, supplies,repairs, maintenance, travel, conference fees, utilities, furniture and equipment drawn on the properfunds and various departments with the exception of the Jack Ken Howell, Jr. claim for payment inthe amount of $16,435.00 for court reporting services on the Briley W. Piper trial. Motion Carried.Payroll: Comm-$5,452.56; Aud-$7,717.43; Treas-$7,655.03; States Atty-$12,363.60; Pub Def-$9,681.34; Gen Govt Bldg-$7,226.88; Equal-$12,579.30; Deeds-$8,311.82; Vso-$1,183.90; Disp-