Commissioners hold executive session on KCSO helicopter insurance, then direct staff to proceed

Kootenai County commissioners moved into executive session Oct. 7 to consider Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) helicopter insurance quotes and returned with direction for staff to proceed.

The item was placed on the agenda after a local insurance agent emailed the board offering to provide quotes related to helicopter insurance. Commissioners discussed that multiple brokers can produce differing estimates and that the county’s broker of record, John Getty, had been working on obtaining quotes. County staff referred to a forthcoming executive-session discussion and moved to convene behind closed doors under the statutory citation read at the meeting.

Commissioner Duncan moved that the board enter executive session “pursuant to Idaho code 70 four-two thousand and 61 D,” and a second was recorded. Commissioners voted and the session proceeded. After the executive session the board reconvened and Commissioner Duncan moved that “we exit executive session with staff to proceed as discussed.” The motion carried with commissioners voting in the affirmative.

No additional public details or formal contract awards were announced after the executive session. The meeting record shows the board instructed staff to proceed as discussed during the closed session; staff and legal counsel were identified as potential attendees during the executive-session planning.

Next steps: staff will follow up and implement the direction given in executive session; commissioners did not specify a public contract award at the Oct. 7 meeting.