# 10/6/26 Board of County Commissioners: Business Meeting

Kootenai County, Idaho Board of County Commissioners business meeting, October 6, 2026. The board approved payables of $899,843 and jury panel payments of $6,624. Procurement approvals included a bid award for the Garwood landowners’ Firewise hazard-treatment project (21.5 acres; the transcript identifies Aspect LLC in the motion, though the bidder name is unclear) and a $24,600 contract with Mountain View Forestry LLC for 20.5 acres of fuel treatment on the Lone Mountain project. The board also approved four specialty tires for the Ramsey Transfer Station at $25,426.28 and a replacement forklift at $87,965.80, both budgeted in FY2027. It approved renewals for the CallWorks 911 call-handling solution and an Idaho Military Division microwave repeater-site MOU, a Regence Blue Shield contract addendum concerning prescription dispensing fees, and a Resolute fee proposal for chiller and cooling-tower design at the Juvenile Justice Center. Lottery funds, with an approximate $250,000 balance, were recommended for the design services; the proposal amount was not stated.

The board approved a $2,000 tax-deed bid from the Mockler Family Trust for AIN 53635. A separate tax-deed item involving Sinclair was postponed pending a surveyor’s report on property ownership. Other approvals included a temporary, up-to-six-month conversion of an appraiser position to part-time, with anticipated salary and benefit savings, and the TY2026 L1 tax approval. No public comment was offered.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Public Safety
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure
**Published:** October 06, 2026

### Sources
- [10/6/26 Board of County Commissioners: Business Meeting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsYPLunGoco) - Kootenai County Idaho