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- Tort budget adjustment (Resolution 2025‑42): The board moved $100,000 from the workers’ compensation line (024‑6120) to the tort deductible line (024‑6870) to cover claims. The motion passed on roll call; the transcript records “Motion carries.”

- FY25 claims batch No. 40: The board approved payment of claims totaling $578,952.30. The auditor highlighted large items including roughly $256,000 for crushed rock and about $228,000 for the county self‑insured medical expenses. Motion passed on roll call.

- Road and Bridge interest allocation (Resolution 2025‑43): The county created revenue line 0024710, “interest on investments,” and directed monthly accrual of interest from the road & bridge fund balance into that line beginning 08/01/2025. The road & bridge director said the money is intended to help fund future capital projects, including the East River Bridge Project, estimated at about $1 million and planned in roughly two years. The resolution passed on roll call.

- Airport disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) policy: The board authorized the chair to sign the county’s DBE policy statement required by 49 CFR part 26, confirming the county’s existing program and reporting processes for federally‑assisted airport projects. The action passed.

- Area of impact ordinances for Ponderay and Clark Fork: The board approved ordinances adopting amended area‑of‑impact maps for the cities of Ponderay and Clark Fork, correcting mapping discrepancies presented at the June 16 hearings. Both ordinances were approved and recorded as effective per the motion.

Each of the above actions was moved, seconded and approved by roll call; the meeting transcript records the motions as carried. Where staff noted funding or program details, commissioners asked clarifying questions and directed departments to complete necessary paperwork to implement the actions.

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Parks and Waterways Director Matt Zola told the board the award, combined with the match, would allow purchase of a $70,000 tow vehicle to support field maintenance and emergency response. Zola described the vehicle as a one‑ton crew‑cab pickup required because of the weight of the boat and trailer the county hauls. He told the board the department plans to buy a used one‑ton pickup “just a few years old” to stretch dollars while meeting weight requirements.

Under the approved resolution (2025‑44) the match will be $10,000 from Parks & Waterways’ FY25 budget and $11,000 from the county’s general fund contingency. Zola said the FY25 contingency account held roughly $395,000 and the $11,000 transfer would allow the department to begin shopping before October 1, 2025.

During public comment a member of the public asked whether used vehicles had been considered; Zola answered that used trucks were expected to provide better fiscal value and that the department planned for a low‑mileage, used one‑ton crew cab to meet weight requirements. The board also discussed timing options: accept the grant and start shopping now using contingency funds or accept the grant and wait until FY26 to fund purchase.

A motion to accept the grant and appropriate the matching funds passed on roll call; the transcript records the vote as “Yes. Vote carries.” The resolution directs the clerk and relevant departments to finalize the acceptance and to proceed with procurement under county purchasing rules.

Commissioners and staff said the vehicle is expected to improve operational efficiency by reducing the need to use two vehicles for site visits and by lowering fuel and maintenance costs over time.

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The decision came after a contested administrative appeal by Bill and Karen Ferguson, who sought to restore a previously allowed capacity of 12 people for their Priest Lake cabin. The board’s motion to affirm the planning director’s ruling adopted the staff memo and the required written reasons under Idaho law.

The appellants' attorney, Alan Miller, argued the Fergusons had property rights to use two nearby common areas for overflow parking and asked the board to interpret the county ordinance to permit the larger occupancy. “My clients have a property right in both the tennis court parking area and the overflow area for boat trailers,” Miller said during the hearing.

Karen Ferguson described the rental as family‑oriented and said the household has followed county rules. “For 4 years, we did not, we abided by every single Bonner County rule,” she told the commissioners, adding that short notice before renewal harmed her booking reputation.

Homeowners association members and nearby residents opposed the appeal. Terrell Black, a Huckleberry Bay resident and HOA board member, told commissioners, “Their grievance regarding this, as far as I’m concerned, is with the homeowners association, not with the county,” and urged the appellants to use HOA procedures to resolve the shared‑parking question.

In deliberations commissioners and staff focused on Bonner County Code provisions that require designated off‑street parking spaces tied to each parcel for calculating maximum occupancy. The planning staff and several commissioners said the common parking areas described by the appellants operate on a first‑come, first‑served basis and are not shown to provide “designated” spaces reserved for the Fergusons’ parcel. That lack of demonstrated designated parking was the principal basis for upholding the planning director’s calculation.

The board’s motion affirmed the planning director’s decision as rendered for project file VRP2021‑30 and adopted the staff analysis and reason statement required by Idaho Code 67‑6535. The motion carried on roll call; the transcript records the action as “Motion carries.”

The board noted that code changes or clarifying amendments could be pursued if stakeholders want different standards for shared parking to be recognized in future permit calculations. The Fergusons and some public speakers pointed to homeowners association governance as the venue to resolve shared‑parking rules; the commissioners said the county’s calculation must follow current county code and the evidence submitted for the permit.

No further appeal outcome or next procedural step was recorded at the hearing.

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