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Kootenai County commissioners offer options to City of Hayden on contract staffing, question vehicle costs
Summary
After hearing a detailed cost review and public comment, the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners agreed to present options to the City of Hayden for funding contract law enforcement. Commissioners discussed overhead rates, vehicle acquisition and a potential lieutenant buyout; no formal vote to change the contract was taken.
Kootenai County commissioners on July 22 presented the City of Hayden with options to address a shortfall in the county's contract law-enforcement costs and discussed whether the county should be purchasing patrol vehicles for the city.
The topic was introduced during the board's business session as item 27, a status update on Hayden law enforcement contract options. A county commissioner who presented the options told the board the county has been working with the auditing department and the sheriff's office to identify costs the county incurs when providing contracted deputies. The presenter said the county's analysis shows the city's most recent offer still leaves the county “a little bit in the red.”
The discussion matters because the county currently buys vehicles and provides maintenance, fuel and insurance for deputies assigned to city contracts, costs the presenter said are not fully captured in the city's “loaded rate.” The presenter proposed three…
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