Bonner County Ambulance commissioners adopt a task-list approach to track the district's transition work

The board opened a procedural discussion to create a single task list to track the district's transition work and outstanding items. The chair outlined a draft project-management table that lists task name, status, priority, deadline, assignee and percent-complete and asked staff and members of the public to propose additions by email before the next meeting.

Why it matters: Commissioners and staff said a centralized task list will keep the board and public informed about progress on insurance separation, staffing, contracts/MOUs with the county, vehicle-title transfers and other administrative items necessary for the district to operate independently.

Highlights from the proposal: staff said the draft will be refined in a series of workshop-style agenda items over the next one or two meetings; the treasurer's office will be added to the task list where accounting, auditing or cash-flow items are required; the board asked staff to bring fee-schedule and rate items to a public hearing as appropriate.

Public comment and next steps: the treasurer and other staff confirmed they had sent informational notes to staff; commissioners asked staff to produce the first fleshed-out task list for the next meeting to allow prioritization. The chair asked that all suggested tasks be emailed to staff in advance so the workshop can efficiently incorporate public and staff feedback.

Ending: The board approved using a task-list format to track work items and scheduled focused workshop time at upcoming meetings to develop and prioritize the list.