Minutes of the October 15, 2024 meeting of the Bonner County Republican Central Committee .
Bonner County Republican Central Committee Regular Monthly Meeting
October 15th, 2024
Ponderay Events Center
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Roll Call
5. Collection of venue fee offerings. Announce email sign-ups/outreach.
6. Approval of Agenda
7. Approval of minutes for the special meeting of September 17, 2024.
8. Approval of regular meeting minutes of September 17, 2024
9. Elected official reports: State, county, local government.
10. LD2 Chair or vice chair report.
11. PC Reports/Announcements
12. Report of The Chair
13. Poll watcher deadlines
14. Report regarding recording equipment for meetings and other events.
15. RCV efforts.
16. Committee reports:
i) Bylaws committee
ii) Elections committee
iii) Executive committee
iv) Fundraising committee
v) Rules and resolutions committee
vi) Search committee
17. Republican Party Officers:
a. LD1 Chair – Cornel Rasor
b. Treasurer’s Report – Kathy Nash
c. State Committeeman – Dan Vaniman
d. State Committeewoman – Julie Lynn
e. State Youth Committeewoman – Hannah Herndon
18. Republican Clubs
a. BCRWI
19. Executive session to discuss nature of the BCRCC.
20. Unfinished Business
21. New Business
22. Adjournment
Roll Call: 1834 Hrs. 27 BCRCC members present, 3 Proxies. Quorum.
Agenda approved with unanimous consent.
Minutes Approved of both Special and Regular Meetings by unanimous consent.
16 I) Bylaws:
D. Vaniman proposed a change to section 4, Mike Nielsen seconded. Motion carried.
T. Bokowy made a motion to reject “excuse for absence”,R. Rudd seconded, Motion Carried.
Sean Morgan made a motion to amend Section 5, “for a third absence”, R. Rudd seconded. Motion Carried.
Grace Bauer made a motion to strike Section 7, parts 1,2 and 3. T. Bokowy seconded. Motion failed.
3) Executive Committee met and approved the expenditure of $10,000.00 for slate cards and texts for upcoming General Election. Executive Committee action ratified by voice vote.
v) Rules and Resolutions committee brought ID GOP Rules changes authored by Scott Herndon. T. Bokowy made a motion to add language to Article 1 re delegate selection for the convention giving elected PC’s a right of first refusal to be delegates to the convention. G. Bauer seconded. Motion failed.
D. Vaniman made a motion to change the word “individually” to “separately” in Article 1(2). K. Dodd seconded. Motion carried.
Vote on amended ID GOP rules changes passed by voice vote. Rule change will be submitted for the ID GOP Winter meeting. Rules change approved by BCRCC as follows:
Idaho GOP Suggested Rules Changes.
Author: Scott Herndon
Passed by the Bonner County Republican Central Committee on 10/15/2024
ARTICLE IV: THE COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Section 13: Representation and voting by proxy shall be allowed at County Central Committee meetings except in counties that have established a system of appointing or electing Alternate Precinct Committeemen, in which case proxies shall not be permitted. The use of proxies when no Alternate system is established shall comply with the requirements of Article XXI. Proxies shall not be allowed for the election of Central Committee Officers, election of delegates to the State Convention, and nomination selection of nominees to fill county vacancies. Fifty-one percent (51%) of the Precinct Committeemen from within the county shall constitute a quorum, unless county by-laws designate a different quorum percentage.
Article V. Filling Board of County Commissioners Vacancies.
Section 2: At the meeting of the County Central Committee for the purpose of recommending to the Governor three (3) nominees to fill a vacancy on a board of county commissioners, only Precinct Committeemen shall be entitled to nominate candidates and vote. In the event of a tie vote, the County Chairman may cast the tiebreaker vote unless the County Chairman is also a Precinct Committeeman. In such an event then the County Vice Chairman may cast the tiebreaker vote unless the County Vice Chairman is also a Precinct Committeeman. If such a situation should occur, then the Committee may proceed with whatever means of breaking the tie that is agreed upon to be acceptable by a majority of the Committee. All nominees must reside within the County district where the vacancy exists. All Precinct Committeemen may vote for three (3) candidates in preferential order.
Section 3: The County Chairman shall submit the names of three (3) nominees to the Governor within two (2) days of their selection. Said nominees shall be listed in order of preference by a manner determined by the County Central Committee.
ARTICLE VI: FILLING COUNTY VACANCIES OTHER THAN COMMISSIONERS
Section 2: At the meeting of the County Central Committee for the purpose of recommending to the Board of County Commissioners three (3) nominees to fill such vacancy, only the Precinct Committeeman shall be entitled to nominate candidates and vote. In the event of a tie vote, the County Chairman may cast the tiebreaker vote unless the County Chairman is also a Precinct Committeeman. In such an event then the County Vice Chairman may cast the tiebreaker vote unless the County Vice Chairman is also a Precinct Committeeman. If such a situation should occur, then the Committee may proceed with whatever means of breaking the tie that is agreed upon to be acceptable by a majority of the Committee. All nominees must reside within the County or otherwise satisfy any residency requirement under Idaho law. All Precinct Committeemen may vote for three (3) candidates in preferential order.
Section 3: The County Chairman shall submit the names of the three (3) nominees to the Board of County Commissioners within two (2) days of their selection. Said nominees shall be listed in order of the number of votes received preference by a manner determined by the County Central Committee.
ARTICLE I: LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT DELEGATE SELECTION MEETING
Section 1: (a) Each legislative district shall use the following rules to elect delegates to the state convention:
(1) Any nominee for the legislative district Chair position may appoint a witness to the counting of a secret paper ballot for the legislative district Chair position. The newly elected legislative district Chair shall conduct the election of delegates and alternate delegates to the state convention.
(2) Each delegate/alternate position will be considered one at a time separately and not as part of a slate, with nominations from the floor.
(3) Each nominee for each position will be given 2 minutes to speak. A person may only give one such 2-minute speech regardless of the number of times they are nominated for a delegate/alternate position.
(4) After nomination and nomination speeches, each position will be voted on by secret ballot. A single ballot process may be used to vote on all of the positions.
K. Dodd made a motion to enter executive session. Seconded by Nathan Thomas.
Anne Chamberlain made a motion to end executive session. T. Bokowy seconded. Motion carried.
Mike Nielsen made a motion to adjourn. Mike Fife seconded. Motion carried.