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Kootenai County solid waste department details FY26 budget, requests two new technician positions
Summary
John Phillips, director of Kootenai County Solid Waste, presented the department's FY26 budget to the Board of County Commissioners on May 7, asking the board to forward the packet to the county auditors and outlining major operational and capital costs including hauling and fuel, two proposed new technician positions and a $1.4 million compactor request.
John Phillips, director of Kootenai County Solid Waste, and Angela Fusier, the department's business and finance manager, presented the department's proposed FY26 budget at the May 7 Board of County Commissioners meeting. The department requested an overall B-budget of $12,835,814, with fuel and hauling accounting for $7,250,204 of that total. Phillips and Fusier asked the board to forward the budget to the auditors for review.
Fusier said the department's revenue picture improved after a rate increase that took effect Jan. 1, but property-tax embedded fees for homeowners will not appear until the next property tax bill. She described the enterprise fund structure and explained a $935,138 interfund transfer to pay…
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