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Council adopts 35-year franchise with Kootenai Electric Cooperative, keeps 5% fee dedicated to roadway maintenance
Summary
The council approved a new 35-year franchise ordinance with Kootenai Electric Cooperative (KEC) under terms that mirror the city’s earlier, expired agreement: a 5% franchise fee on gross operating revenue, with the extra 2% dedicated to roadway maintenance.
The Coeur d'Alene City Council approved a 35-year franchise agreement with Kootenai Electric Cooperative (KEC) that renews long-standing terms dating back to a 1978 agreement, including a 5% franchise fee on KEC’s gross operating revenue.
City staff explained the prior agreement’s history and the legal basis for the 5% fee. The original 25-year grant dated to 1978; the city raised the fee to 5% in 1993 and later extended the term to 35 years. The previous 35-year term expired in 2013 without formal renewal, but KEC continued to pay the…
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