Votes at a glance: Kootenai County Board of Commissioners actions, May 6, 2025

The Kootenai County Board of Commissioners took the following formal actions during its May 6, 2025 business meeting. This list records motions, movers/seconds where on the record, and vote outcomes as read during the meeting. Where the transcript did not supply a full motion text or names for every role, entries note the available on-the-record language.

- Approve meeting minutes for items 1 through 6. Motion moved and seconded; Commissioners recorded unanimous approval (Aye).

- Approve consent calendar (items 7–12). Motion moved and seconded; unanimous approval (Aye).

- Approve payables for the week of April 28–May 2, 2025 in the amount of $1,662,621.91. Motion moved and seconded; unanimous approval (Aye).

- Acknowledge receipt of sealed bids for Bid No. 2025-02 (Tubbs Hill Hazard Wildland Fuels Treatment) and refer bids to OEM and county legal for review. Motion carried unanimously.

- Approve use of opioid settlement funds for DARE instructor training, total $24,085.72. Motion carried unanimously.

- Approve Grant Amendment No. 23 (identified in the record as 23 NONE002) — amended subrecipient agreement for North Kootenai Water and Sewer District with Idaho Office of Emergency Management; change to performance period only (award unchanged). Motion carried unanimously.

- Approve Kootenai County Public Transportation FY26 program of projects and submit to KMPO (total $4,635,758; federal assistance $2,844,500; local match $1,791,258). Motion carried (2–1); one commissioner recorded a Nay.

- Approve agreement amendment with Area Agency on Aging (FTA 5310 match reduction). Motion carried (2–1); one commissioner recorded a Nay in the vote recorded on the transcript.

- Public hearing: 2025 airport fees — end testimony and enter deliberations; approve 2025 airport fees as listed. Motion carried unanimously. Adopt Resolution 2025-36 to formalize the fees. Motion carried unanimously.

- Approve airport vehicle purchase (seven Chevy 2500 utility vehicles) and the transfer of $723,372 from airport fund balance to cover procurement and upfitting. Motion carried unanimously.

- Approve lease termination AAL-2005-050 (Vector Aviation LLC) and approve ground lease AAL-2025-1200 (Planehanger LLC). Motion carried unanimously.

- Approve replacement sonar system for the sheriff's vessel (purchase $84,277.23) with $40,000 donation toward the purchase; remaining balance split between vessel account and Justice Fund contingency. Motion carried unanimously.

- Approve a 12-month lease agreement with Lakes Highway District for boat launch maintenance at Bayview Boat Launch (Lower Twin Lake) and Maiden Rock on Spirit Lake; board approved the one-year lease as signed by Lakes Highway District. Motion carried unanimously.

- Ratify agreement for construction materials engineering and testing services for the gel pods project with Buttinger and Associates (ratification of previously approved agreement). Motion carried unanimously.

- Approve a 10-year memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the Aquifer Protection District and the Bureau of Reclamation for five weather stations; Aquifer Protection District contributes $3,400/year. Motion carried unanimously.

- Approve renewal agreement with Schwartz Law Office PC for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) legal services at $105,000 per year. Motion carried unanimously.

- Approve janitorial contract (Above and Beyond Janitorial Inc.) for the State of Idaho Public Defender office at 1450 Northwest Boulevard for approximately $18,000/year (reduced to 3 days/week). Motion carried unanimously.

- Approve Eastside Fire District annexation for five parcels (property owners and contiguous to current district); motion carried unanimously.

- Approve fund balance appropriation of $52,936.59 to cover prior-year P-card charges in Specialty Court and related corrective accounting; motion carried unanimously.

- Approve Resolution 2025-43 (FY25 surplus fund balance allocation) to formalize surplus allocations previously made. Motion carried unanimously.

- Approve Resolution 2025-44 to eliminate Fund 40 (indigent fund) and transfer the remaining balance ($77,578.66) to the General Fund as of FY24 year-end. Motion carried unanimously.

Several items were routine or ministerial and were approved with unanimous votes. Items that require follow-up (procurement award, disposition of retired vehicles, returned grants or grant agreements) were referred to staff for future action.