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Bonner County emergency management to standardize volunteer background checks, review county ownership of remote Blue Lake facility
Summary
Emergency management staff asked commissioners to standardize volunteer background checks and to review whether the county should continue owning and maintaining the remote Blue Lake facility the county uses as a polling place and occasional emergency staging area.
Bonner County emergency management staff asked commissioners to clarify standards for volunteer background checks and to review the county’s ownership and management role for a remote community facility in Blue Lake that the county uses as an occasional polling and emergency operations site.
At the budget review, emergency management staff explained the program pays roughly $35 per volunteer background check through a contract the county uses and that some volunteers present concealed‑carry permits in lieu of a county background report. Commissioners and staff agreed this leads to inconsistent screening because a concealed‑carry renewal does not always include the…
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