At a regularly scheduled Bonner County Board of Commissioners meeting, the board took a series of formal actions on routine and program items: payments and claims, retiree recognitions, a cooperative weed cost-share application, an airport hangar lease, an EMS transport contract, and appointments to the county EMS advisory council.

Key outcomes

- Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda, which included Road & Bridge equipment purchases and several confidential expense items. A motion to approve the consent agenda passed by roll call.

- FY25 county claims (Batch 13): Commissioners approved payment of fiscal-year-25 county claims in batch number 13 totaling $828,730.30; the motion passed on roll call.

- FY25 EMS claims (Batch 13): The ambulance district claims payment, batch number 13 totaling $1,004.78, was approved by the board acting in its ambulance-district capacity.

- FY24 county indigent expense report: The board approved the county indigent expense report for fiscal year 2024 for submission to the Public Defense Commission.

- Retirements / Resolution 24-90 and 24-91: The board approved two resolutions authorizing the Bonner County Sheriffs Office to award retired service handguns, badges, and retired ID cards to (1) Detention Deputy Donald Ault (retired Dec. 3, 2024) and (2) Patrol Sergeant Christopher Bell (retiring Jan. 29, 2025). Both resolutions passed by roll call vote.

- Selkirk Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA): The board approved the 2025 Selkirk CWMA cost-share application and annual operating plan requesting $15,336 from the Idaho State Department of Agriculture; approximately $7,600 of the award would benefit Bonner County. The board also approved the Selkirk CWMA 2024 end-of-year report for submission to ISDA.

- Airport hangar lease: The board authorized a one-year lease for Hangar 12 at Priest River Airport at an initial annual rate of $6,000 (with a one-year option); the chair was authorized to sign administratively.

- EMS transport contract with Kootenay County: The board approved a contract for emergency and nonemergency medical transport services with Kootenay County Emergency Medical Services System, with a fiscal-year cost of $9,285.45 (monthly installments of $773.79). Legal reviewed the contract and an amendment was noted for terms in Northern Water County.

- EMS advisory council appointments: The board appointed Jeff Lindsay (chief), Mary Campbell, Gavin Gilchrist, Marion Martin, Dr. Douglas Dixon, Dmitri Borisov, Janine Shepherd, and Commissioner Korn to two-year terms on the Bonner County EMS advisory council (Jan. 1, 2025Jan. 1, 2027); the motion passed.

Votes and procedurals: Where the record shows roll-call results, the article notes that motions passed by roll call; individual roll-call statements in the transcript are recorded in the action entries below. Several items were presented by department staff (Road & Bridge, Noxious Weeds, Airport, EMS, Human Resources) and carried on majority votes.

The meeting also included an extended public and commissioner discussion on the sheriffs resignation item; that motion failed and is summarized in a separate article.

Below are the primary formal actions recorded in the minutes.