11/10/26 Board of County Commissioners: Status Update

Kootenai County Board of County Commissioners status update meeting, November 10, 2026. The board discussed the ongoing Hayden law-enforcement contract negotiations, including county overhead calculations and a proposed reduction to 30% of loaded salary costs; a possible later increase to 35% and 40% was discussed but not settled. The draft contract is expected to bill overtime separately, and staff will continue refining the terms and methodology with Hayden. The Sheriff’s Office also presented PatrolFinder, a GPS-based tracking and reporting software proposal costing just under $42,000, with a 90-day trial and cancellation option. Commissioners discussed a possible Hayden pilot, auditing existing Motorola modules for potential savings, and returning with the contract for review. No contract award or purchase approval was made.

The board received the FY2026 fourth-quarter financial report: approximately $174 million in expenditures, or 86% of the amended budget, with about $20.1 million in unspent grant and project funds expected to roll into FY2027; property-tax collections totaled $69.7 million, or 101% of budget. Other discussion included advisory-board appointments and a public comment urging the county to leave the transit-bus system by July 4; no procurement action on transit was taken.