Bonner County amends agenda, approves $325,904.69 in claims and accepts two Lilybrook grants

The Bonner County Board of Commissioners on July 8 amended its meeting agenda to continue a planning appeal, approved fiscal year 2025 claims totaling $325,904.69 and accepted two grants for the Lilybrook Family Justice Center, the board said at its regular business meeting.

The agenda amendment moved the administrative appeal VRP2021-0030 to July 15, 2025 at the appellant’s request. The board then adopted the amended agenda by roll call.

The changes preceded action on the consent agenda and payment of claims. The board approved the consent agenda, which included minutes, liquor licenses, catering permits, plats for final approval and one invoice over $5,000 for the sheriff’s office described in the meeting as a confidential item associated with mobile data computers. Separately, the board approved payment of FY25 claims in batch number 39 totaling $325,904.69.

Clerk staff summarized the largest items in the claims batch as about $70,000 for dust abatement, roughly $23,000 for road-and-bridge fuel and approximately $51,000 for a junior…