10/13/26 Board of County Commissioners: Business Meeting

The October 13, 2026, Kootenai County Board of Commissioners business meeting approved payables totaling $3,832,455.44 and several procurement- and facilities-related items. The board approved an HVAC maintenance agreement with Divco Energy Control, an annual bulk paper order, a professional-services agreement with Sarah J. Martin Cultural Resource Services for the Post Falls Water Tower historic-register nomination, and a purchase of a jail tenant floor scrubber for $14,671 (below the $15,900 budgeted). It also approved FAA grant applications FAA-2026-6240.1 for $200,000 for a tower siting study and FAA-2026-6240.2 for $1.3 million for an environmental assessment; both were described as having no match requirement. The board approved an $8,000 Idaho State Historic Preservation CLG grant with an $8,000 match expected through staff hours, and directed the jail to begin with its existing equipment-repair budget for a walk-in cooler replacement. Other approvals included an addendum for use of the fairgrounds as an election polling place, two airport accounts-receivable write-offs, a Silverwood Scarywood law-enforcement services agreement reimbursing overtime and loaded benefits, and a resolution sending surplus sheriff’s vehicles to auction.

The board postponed a $37,521 smart-locker purchase for inmate property pending clarification of a related contract. During public comment, a resident proposed changes to solid-waste fees and transfer-station charges, including a lower property-tax fee, gate fees, and disposal charges for haulers; no board action on those proposals is recorded. The board also approved resolutions concerning destruction of jail classification records. No amounts were stated in the transcript for several approved agreements and write-offs.