9/29/26 Board of County Commissioners: Business Meeting

Kootenai County Board of County Commissioners business meeting, September 29, 2026. The commissioners approved several procurement and funding items, including an extension of the City of St. Maries’ solid-waste billing-services agreement, a Summit Food Service LLC agreement for juvenile detention meals, a budgeted Parks and Waterways replacement vehicle, and a Peak One Administration agreement for FSA, DCA, and COBRA services, with an anticipated total budget impact under $1,000. They also approved annual juvenile-probation agreements for mentoring, chaplain services, and an alternative-to-suspension program, and authorized payment of an Elections Department invoice for watermarked blank ballot stock (the amount is unclear in the transcript). The board approved an airport snow-removal multitasking-equipment purchase from MB Companies Inc. for approximately $1.073 million and a lease-location addendum with the Idaho Department of Lands.

The board approved two Federal Transit Administration grants: $163,999 for fixed-route and paratransit vehicle preventive maintenance, with a $41,000 in-kind match from Kootenai Health and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe; and $1,056,810 for fixed-route, paratransit, non-fixed-route ADA operations, and training, with an in-kind match stated as $1,118,192. The commissioners also approved an Alta Science and Engineering contract amendment, not to exceed $93,000, for aquifer-related studies, together with an additional $84,724 fund allocation, bringing the FY27 total allocation to $156,241. Other actions included approval of a $29,000-plus ballot-stock invoice (exact figure garbled), higher-duty pay, and a facilities-maintenance agreement. A public commenter asked whether transit grant matching funds would require county taxpayer support; staff said the listed matches would be provided by Kootenai Health and the Tribe. No procurement-related policy change was identified.