Ada County commissioners used their Dec. 2 meeting to approve a series of routine resolutions and administrative actions spanning procurement lists, surplus property disposals, employee benefits and land‑use approvals.

The board adopted Resolution 31 50, an update consolidating Ada County's pre‑approved list for professional architectural, engineering, testing and land surveying services. County staff described a formal RFQ process that evaluated several dozen proposals and selected top firms for each category; "we evaluated the group of them and then selected, kind of the top 5 in each category," a staff member said during the hearing. The board closed the public hearing and approved the resolution.

On surplus property, the board opened and closed a hearing on Resolution 31 51 to authorize sale of county personal property. A commissioner asked staff to coordinate with Interfaith Sanctuary so the nonprofit could review surplus furniture, electronics and possibly a surplus vehicle for donation; procurement staff said they will meet with sanctuary representatives and consider donations on upcoming surplus cycles. The board approved the resolution with that direction to staff.

The board also approved Resolution 31 52, adopting an amended and restated Ada County deferred compensation plan; staff said the changes reflect updates to federal and state practice and that the HR office periodically reviews the plan to keep it current.

Separately, commissioners approved a conveyance of surplus Motorola radios from the Sheriff's Office to the College of Western Idaho for educational use under Resolution 31 53. Commissioners described an existing relationship between the sheriff's office and the college and characterized the transfer as appropriate for training purposes.

On property tax matters, the assessor recommended and the board approved a property tax exemption for River Valley Ministries for parcel numbers R7777807126 and R7777807145 (noted in the meeting as 63‑602B). Assessor staff said the parcels met qualification criteria after staff discovered an application that had been misplaced; the board approved the exemption and thanked staff for correcting the oversight.

Development Services presented and the board approved the final plat for Joint Fairview Cemetery (project 201900111‑S), a one‑acre cemetery layout with roughly 580 lots including traditional burial plots, garden niches and columbarium niches; staff confirmed statutory plotting requirements were met. The board also approved an agreement with Expo Idaho for the Idaho Gem Club gem and mineral show, 14 other agreements listed on the meeting agenda, and the indigent services weekly summary dated 12/02/2025.

Votes at a glance: all listed resolutions and routine items were approved by voice vote; specific roll‑call tallies were not recorded in the transcript. Several items included explicit direction to staff — for example, procurement was asked to coordinate with Interfaith Sanctuary regarding surplus donations and the assessor was asked to continue timely processing of exemptions.

What happens next: staff will follow up on procurement donation coordination, finalize conveyance logistics for the radios and implement changes to the deferred compensation plan per HR timelines. Several of the approvals will require chair signature on documents authorized at the meeting.