Dealer Advisory Board to give annual report to board
The Idaho Transportation Board will consider an annual report from the Dealer Advisory Board (DAB) during its final monthly meeting of the year. The business meeting will be Wednesday in the Darrell V Manning boardroom and auditorium at Headquarters.
Dealers Advisory Board members are appointed by the governor to assist and advise the department on administration of the Idaho Dealer and Salesman Licensing Act. It also provides input on other motor-vehicle related programs that are administered by ITD’s Division of Motor Vehicles.
The 11-member DAB, composed of representatives from new- and used-vehicle dealerships, recreational-vehicle dealerships, and motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle dealers, meets at least three times annually.
Work continued the past year on the Idaho Consumer Asset Recovery Fund. The legislation provides an alternative to the dealer surety bond requirement for all licensed Idaho vehicle and vessel dealers. It increases consumer protection while controlling the costs to Idaho dealers.
Efforts to address concern of “curbstoners” are continuing. Curbstoners are unlicensed dealers or licensed dealers who operate away from their licensed location. Often they do not collect and remit taxes, do not pay income taxes and do not provide customers with protections such as manufacturer warranties or service to the vehicles they sell. The DAB is developing legislative proposals to eliminate those kinds of sales.
Other agenda items
Local Rural Highway Investment Program
The Local Rural Highway Investment Program was developed to help small cities (populations of less than 5,000), counties, and highway districts with their public highway and street infrastructure. The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) administers the $2.8 million program and provides an annual report to the transportation board.
Four kinds of projects are funded: construction, transportation plans, signs and emergencies. This year, LHTAC received 91 applications, totaling $6.8 million. It was able to fund 37 projects at a combined cost of $2.5 million, excluding emergency projects.
Some of the projects included reconstruction of Jefferson Avenue in St. Maries (sidewalks and American's with Disabilities Act ramps); a chipseal on Old Highway 7 and Reubens Road in District 2; the replacement of regulatory signs, street name signs and posts in Hagerman; and reconstruction of Center Street in Firth.
Policies
The board is progressing on its project to review and update every board policy. This month it will consider revisions to state-owned dwellings, use of the department’s facilities and equipment, official travel by employees, employee overtime and other time considerations and payment of professional organization dues.
Revisions to stand-alone administrative policies also are presented to the board for its information. This month, Enterprise Technology Services will present six technology-related policies.
Published 12-6-13