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Bonner County commissioners to review swapping day-after-Thanksgiving for Juneteenth after staff raise operational concerns
Summary
Commissioners discussed whether to make the day after Thanksgiving a countywide holiday and possibly swap it with Juneteenth or other floating holidays. Officials flagged tax-collection timing, court-calendar requirements and staffing equity as constraints; a commissioner said they will investigate options this week.
Bonner County commissioners discussed changing the county holiday calendar — including whether to make the day after Thanksgiving a day off and to swap that day with Juneteenth or other floating holidays — and asked staff to research options and constraints.
The issue surfaced in a broader administrative discussion about department scheduling and the county’s budget calendar. Commissioner Corn asked whether the group wanted to “look into seeing what it would take to go ahead and change this” so a decision could be made before Thanksgiving. The board agreed the change needed review rather than an immediate vote.
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