Sandpoint Council approves amended agenda and consent calendar, moves into executive session

The Sandpoint City Council held three formal roll‑call votes during its Feb. 5 meeting.

The council unanimously approved an amendment to the published agenda so staff could add an executive‑session topic less than 48 hours before the meeting, citing Idaho Code §74‑2‑044(b). The motion to accept the amended agenda was recorded as moved by Councilor Joel Espiro and seconded by Councilor Justin ****; Council President Deb Rule, Councilors Joel Espiro, Justin ****, Kyle Schreiber, Pam Duquette and Rick Howarth all voted "yes." Mayor Jeremy Grimm announced the motion passed.

The council then approved the consent calendar by roll call. The clerk read the total bills and payroll amount: $2,572,290.30 (regular payables $1,463,637.37; payroll $1,100,889.70). The consent motion was moved by Council President Deb Rule and seconded by Councilor Joel Espiro; the roll call vote recorded all councilors voting "yes." Mayor Grimm announced the motion passed.

Later the council voted to convene an executive session under Idaho Code §74‑2‑061(c) (to acquire an interest in real property not owned by a public agency) and §74‑2‑061(d) (to consider records exempt from disclosure). The motion to enter executive session was moved and seconded (moved by [name recorded in transcript as masked], second by Councilor Kyle Schreiber in transcript) and the roll call again recorded unanimous "yes" votes from the councilors present. Mayor Grimm then closed the public meeting and asked members not participating to exit the room; remote recording and online attendance were ended for the executive session.

Recorded roll calls in the meeting transcript show unanimous council support for these procedural items; no final public actions on ordinances, contracts or rezoning were taken during the open portion of the meeting.