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Fusier said the department's revenue picture improved after a rate increase that took effect Jan. 1, but property-tax embedded fees for homeowners will not appear until the next property tax bill. She described the enterprise fund structure and explained a $935,138 interfund transfer to pay county-shared services such as IT, HR and sheriff patrols at rural sites.

The presentation detailed personnel requests for two new solid-waste technician positions to staff two seven-days-a-week rural operations: the new Wolf Lodge rural site and an \"express\" household drop-off area at the Ramsey Transfer Station. Fusier said the Ramsey express area has exceeded 200 visits per day since it opened May 1 and will be staffed seasonally April through October. She estimated loaded hiring costs at current pay step projections and said wage placement could vary by candidate experience.

On operations and capital, Fusier said the large portion of the B budget is hauling and fuel. She budgeted diesel at $3.50 per gallon on average for FY26 (down from $4.00 used in FY25 planning) and estimated a 3.2 percent increase overall driven in part by contract hauling increases. She called out a 346 percent increase in inspections and licensing driven by a new annual fee for the landfill's tier 1 gas-emissions permitting. Major capital requests include a landfill compactor budgeted at roughly $1,400,000 and approximately $4,000,000 for closure material and engineering to cover about 12 acres. Fusier also outlined routine capital needs such as transfer trailers, a forklift replacement and improvements at the Ramsey transfer station; she said many projects will be funded with FY25 carry-forward funds.

Commissioners provided consensus support to forward the department's packet to the auditors for their review and for the department to continue budget development. Fusier said she would bring the positions and any wage adjustments back to the board if hired at a higher step.

The presentation contained multiple clarifying details about revenue timing, the enterprise fund interfund charges, and the timing and justification for capital items. Commissioners asked follow-up questions about staffing coverage, compactor life-cycle and the Wolf Lodge site's fire-district status; Fusier said she would email confirmation about the fire district.

The board did not take a formal roll-call vote at the meeting; commissioners indicated assent and directed staff to proceed to the auditor review.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","5/7/2025 Board of County Commissioners: FY26 Budget - BOCC Departments","oneSentenceSummary","John Phillips, director of Kootenai County Solid Waste, presented the department's FY26 budget to the Board of County Commissioners on May 7, asking the board to forward the packet to the county auditors and outlining major operational and capital costs including hauling and fuel, two proposed new technician positions and a $1.4 million compactor request.","taxTitle","Kootenai County, Idaho","taxId",3567,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6570591,"Kootenai County transit department moves much of operations to FTA funding, cuts A and B budgets",279,1852000,2131000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3218405-919cc7a1e45f4a49fdc27c2d90cd0cc4&start=1852&end=2131","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3218405-919cc7a1e45f4a49fdc27c2d90cd0cc4/thumbnail_1852000.jpg","/articles/6570591/Kootenai-County/Idaho/Kootenai-County-transit-department-moves-much-of-operations-to-FTA-funding-cuts-A-and-B-budgets","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6570591-0e255fab60c473c4c0f3b5f9e2687461/orig.mp4?Expires=1771195526&Signature=oBzuNkNzfhQ5Q9YPanBKqeAdua9w488BnGGJKyEql-YsW5ad2A1ywNKTPn132SyRyV2CsxqdzgECI4yRc5HyZfqfdOiwZMAcyKyknZe6EzrliyTZJzrGecwz92cCg~Iv1eNe2yJ8AgXSWeoGJ-tk1JO4f-J4AkopCInEyQCN-jzf0sklE8rzXBSDtPsHpNutT38lQiuHIFN9F5ywNi85lPGx0ymecmfVHQWPL7HYfsJ2ileaMLEUYEDrqjYYYG627De8OT4Enmly35OBJ8lXa3dPvv3JQSVw9rXMGPSA04pinbcwRnDDdEZdVumtYIBGJK3BWCSTMy8908ldyGilnA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chad Ingle, transit director for Kootenai County, told commissioners the department's FY26 proposal largely moves salaries and eligible operating expenses onto Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding. Ingle said the plan eliminates the A-budget allocation and reduces the B-budget by about 73 percent; the B-budget items left are those the FTA will not fund.

Ingle said the department retained three small local line items in the B-budget: $750 for seminars and professional associations (to use as match for training grants), a modest local meetings/refreshments line to support workshops the FTA will not cover, and $2,000 for merit-system awards, which the FTA cannot underwrite. He also noted a $200 equipment-repair line for a county-rented printer and said the department does not plan a C (capital) budget for FY26.

Board members asked whether any matching funds would be required for grants; Ingle said the only remaining budgeted match is the seminars/professional associations line. He also said the department would use in-kind matches, including Kootenai Health and tribal partners and tracked legal time where appropriate, rather than asking again for a $200,000 emergency allocation the board had considered previously.

Commissioners had no objection to forwarding the department's materials to the auditors for inclusion in the county budget process.","Chad Ingle presented the transit department's FY26 budget plan to shift most personnel and operating costs to Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding, cutting the A-budget entirely and shrinking the B-budget to roughly $3,000, while retaining small local line items the FTA will not cover.","actionData","errors"]

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Kootenai County solid waste department details FY26 budget, requests two new technician positions

Kootenai County transit department moves much of operations to FTA funding, cuts A and B budgets