Council approves street tour license, goats ordinance, fairground purchase, brine system and paving change order

The Coeur d'Alene City Council on May 6 approved multiple administrative and legislative items, including a commercial recreational-transit agreement, an amendment to allow limited use of goats for weed abatement in homeowners association open space, the sale of a modular building to the North Idaho State Fair, purchase of a new salt‑brine production system, and a change order for additional street mill-and-inlay work.

Why it matters: the actions affect street use rules and downtown commercial activity, expand the city’s toolbox for wildfire fuel mitigation, move city property to a public fairboard partner, update winter road‑treatment capability, and accelerate pavement repairs on several arterial and neighborhood streets.

Key votes and motions - Recreational-transit agreement (Resolution 25-020): Council approved a letter of agreement allowing Keenan Johnson to operate a seasonal, electrically assisted recreational transit/trolley with both nonalcoholic scenic tours (8 a.m.–3 p.m.) and alcohol-permitted evening tours (1 p.m.–10:30 p.m.) that begin and end at Jeremiah Johnson Brewing. The council adopted the…