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Votes at a glance: Bonner County commissioners approve leases, payments, agreements and contracts
Summary
The Bonner County Board of Commissioners approved a series of administrative motions including an agenda change, routine claims, airport leases, an Avista fuel‑reduction grant, merchant‑services implementation and contracts for the sheriff’s office.
The Bonner County Board of Commissioners took multiple formal actions at its regular business meeting. Below are the items approved, with available details and meeting excerpts.
Agenda order change
- Action: Motion to amend the order of the agenda to move a community resource update ahead of the consent agenda. - Motion text (as read in the meeting): "I move to amend the order of the agenda by moving the community resource update to precede the consent agenda." - Outcome: Approved by roll call vote; chair authorized to sign administratively.
Consent agenda
- Action: Approval of the consent agenda as presented. - Noted consent items: Road & Bridge guardrail repair ($12,704.50), quarterly ISP user fee for jail ($18,762.50), technology Amazon purchases ($5,567.95), among other routine items. - Outcome: Approved by roll call vote.
Claims batch (Batch #27)
- Action: Payment of FY25 claims batch number 27 totaling $1,351,966.96. Clerk Rosedale identified large items including a $128,000 health district quarterly payment (required by statute), an $870,000 loan payment for solid waste and a $176,000 self‑insured medical bill. - Outcome: Approved by roll call vote.
Airport leases
- Priest River Airport Shelter No. 2 lease - Term: One year beginning 05/01/2025. - Annual rent: $3,000; Director Shuck recommended entering the lease. - Outcome: Approved; chair authorized to sign administratively.
- Sandpoint Airport Lot 29 lease amendment (rent credit) - Purpose: Rent credit agreement reimbursing the lessee for a water main line and hydrant installed at the lessee’s cost ($23,111). - Outcome: Approved; chair authorized to sign administratively.
Avista fuel‑reduction agreement
- Action: Approve a reimbursable general services agreement with Avista for $100,000 to support hazardous fuel treatments on private lands and associated administrative costs; Bonner County to be reimbursed by Avista for allowable expenditures. - Presenter: Bob Howard, Director of Emergency Management. - Outcome: Approved by roll call vote.
Merchant‑services attestation (Recorder)
- Action: Recorder requested signature on a merchant attestation to implement Tyler Payments with Chase Bank as merchant processor; Attorney Wilson reviewed and approved terms. A public question elicited the fee rate: 3.5 percent; fee charged to customers. - Outcome: Chair authorized to sign the attestation.
Sheriff’s Office background‑check software
- Action: Approve renewal agreement with Miller Mendel for pre‑employment background investigation software at an estimated $4,440 in year one (includes $1,800 start‑up) based on 30 backgrounds per year; annual cost will be adjusted by usage. - Outcome: Approved by roll call vote.
Treasurer‑Auditor quarterly reports
- Action: Acceptance of the Bonner County Treasurer‑Auditor joint quarterly report for FY2024 fourth quarter ending 09/30/2024; ending balance reported $44,177,958.44. - Action: Acceptance of the Bonner County Treasurer‑Auditor joint quarterly report for FY2025 first quarter ending 12/30/2024; ending balance reported $33,131,267.17. Treasurer clarified a portion of reported balances are pass‑through funds for other taxing districts and are not all available for county operations. - Outcome: Both reports accepted by roll call vote.
Sagle Creek access agreement
- Action: Approval of an access agreement and recorded legal description for a turnaround area with landowner Twila Miller (see separate article for details). - Outcome: Approved and directed to record the legal documents.
How the board voted
The meeting recorded roll‑call votes for these motions and recorded affirmative responses; the clerk completed roll calls for each item. The meeting transcript records the motions and that each passed by roll call, though a complete name‑by‑name tally was not provided in every instance in the transcript excerpt.
Provenance: meeting excerpts supporting each approved motion are available in the transcript and have been attached to the meeting record.
Notes: All items above were presented as administrative or contractual actions; the board authorized the chair to sign documents administratively where noted. No ordinances or resolutions creating new county law were adopted at this session.
