GEM COUNTY RECREATION DISTRICT
BOARD MINUTES
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
October 8, 2014

Wayne Rexford called the meeting to order at 4:33 PM. Board Members present: Wayne Rexford, Pat Petrie & Roger Bennie. Staff present: Abra Dodson. City Councilman Gordon Petrie was also in attendance.

MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING:

The minutes were approved for the September meeting as emailed.

TREASURER/STATE POOL REPORT:

Bennie presented the Treasurer/State Pool Report for the month of August. Bennie moved to pay the monthly bills for August. Petrie seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. The bills paid in the month of September totaled $19,255.53.

REPORTS:

DIRECTOR’S REPORT

-  The Board looked at the Director’s Report for the months of July/August. See attached report for more information.

POOL REPORT

-  There was no pool report at this time. The board requested that the pool wrap up report be ready to present at the November board meeting.

OLD BUSINESS:

EXECUTIVE SESSION

-  At 5:00pm the Board went into Executive session under Idaho code 67-2345 (1) B “personnel”. At 5:10pm the Board came out of executive session.

PERSONNEL POLICY

-  The board requested Dodson send them the most current draft for them to review before the November meeting. Petrie moved to table the ratification of the updated policy until the November meeting, Bennie seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS:

ISLAND RESERVATIONS

-  Dodson expressed concerns about continuing to take reservations for the Island. She explained that it has become cumbersome for the public because any new events have to be approved by the County Commissioners before it can be put on the calendar. The board tabled making a decision on this until we can meet with the County Commissioners to discuss how to best move forward.

LEGAL REPRESENTATION

-  A decision on whether we are going to change legal Council was tabled until we can contact local attorneys. Gordon Petrie offered to speak to Jake Sweeten to see whether or not he would be able to represent us and the City of “Emmett at the same time. Gordon also suggested that we need to ask potential legal representation what experience they have with public employment law.

ITEMS FROM THE BOARD:

-  Lan Smith was in contact with Rexford about setting up a meeting to discuss this issue. We will get a meeting set.

-  Petrie mentioned that the windows need to be cleaned.

PUBLIC INPUT:

-  Gordon Petrie attended the Department of Labor session on Personnel Policies and gave the board a recap of what he learned. He also gave the board copies of the handouts he received at the training.

Adjournment

Bennie moved to adjourn the meeting. Petrie seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. The meeting adjourned at 5:30 pm.

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Roger Bennie Date

Secretary/Treasurer