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Search-and-rescue donations, K-9 fund and animal-control costs discussed as separate funding streams
Summary
Commissioners reviewed donation accounts and separate funds used by search-and-rescue volunteers, discussed starting a K-9 sinking fund and considered funding needs for a county-run animal-control facility after Better Together withdrew.
Bonner County commissioners reviewed several community-focused, nonstandard funding streams during the sheriff's budget discussion, including volunteer search-and-rescue donations, K-9 funding and the county's emerging animal-control costs.
Search and rescue: Meeting participants explained that donations to search-and-rescue are held in a separate fund and are typically spent on volunteer equipment, drones and training rather than routine operational costs that the county absorbs. Commissioners said donations sometimes are…
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