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Kootenai County staff recommend FY26 funding for aquifer projects; parcel fee to stay at $5.74 for one more year
Summary
During a FY26 budget review, board members discussed a recommended package of external and internal projects for the aquifer program totaling roughly $839,947, including eight outside requests the staff recommended funding; staff recommended holding the parcel fee at $5.74 for another year and noted a public hearing scheduled for June 18.
County board members reviewed fiscal 2026 budget proposals for the county aquifer program and staff recommended funding a slate of projects that would draw on fund balance while holding the parcel fee at its current level for one more year.
Nisha Miani presented a review of revenues and expenses for 2020–2024 and described current projects and requests for FY26. Miani said parcel-fee revenue has been the primary revenue source (about $425,000) and that BNSF contributes about $100,000. She said overall revenues for the period ran roughly in the mid five-hundred-thousand-dollar range and that 2024 expenditures were $381,000. Miani reported the fund balance is about…
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