Kootenai County commissioners approve contracts, grants and airport sale; authorize payment of court attorney fees

Kootenai County commissioners on Sept. 16, 2025 approved a series of contracts, grants and budget actions at their regularly scheduled business meeting in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, including a household hazardous-waste disposal contract, a recreational-trail grant, a $322,710 Joint Chiefs wildfire mitigation award and closing documents for a roughly $2.1 million airport property sale to the City of Hayden.

The meeting also included approval of an employee-assistance provider change, several leases and purchases at the county airport, funding for an ADA-ramp replacement on the county campus and a resolution to pay $102,434.49 in attorney fees tied to Idaho Supreme Court docket 51332.

Why it matters: The approvals advance several county infrastructure and public-safety priorities — trail repairs, wildfire mitigation and airport improvements — and move county property and legal obligations toward completion. Several items commit county funds or require matching funds and scheduling to meet grant deadlines.

The board voted unanimously on most items. John Phillips, director of Solid Waste, told commissioners the county solicited bids and awarded the hazardous-waste transport and disposal contract to Advanced Chemical Transport LLC: "the solid waste department requests and recommends entering into agreement with Advanced Chemical Transport LLC for the collection and disposal of household hazardous waste as written." The contract term approved runs from Oct. 1, 2025, through Sept. 30, 2028, with three optional one-year extensions.

Nick Snyder, director of Parks and Waterways, presented a nonexclusive license and right-of-entry easement with Intermax Networks to allow fiber installation across county property in Athol, saying, "The proposed project is gonna provide high speed Internet to the residents in the Atholl area." The board approved the easement.

The board approved a Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant agreement (RT26-1-28-3) with the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation for…