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Kootenai County Solid Waste projects $12.8M operating request; seeks two new technician positions
Summary
John Phillips, Solid Waste director, and finance manager Angela Fusier presented a $12.84 million FY26 budget to the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners, driven largely by hauling, fuel and major landfill capital needs and requesting two new solid-waste technician positions to staff new seven‑day sites.
John Phillips, Solid Waste director, and Angela Fusier, the department’s business and finance manager, presented the Solid Waste Department’s proposed FY26 budget to the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners on May 7.
Fusier said the department’s combined A/B/C request totals $12,835,814, with about $7.25 million of that attributable to fuel and hauling contracts. She told the board that recent rate increases already implemented this year are beginning to show in operating revenue but that the property-tax portion of the solid waste fee will not show up until the next tax billing cycle.
“People will be kind of going back and forth between…
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