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Kootenai County approves appraiser promotions and $2,610 back pay after assessor raises wage‑study concerns
Summary
The Kootenai County Board of Commissioners approved two position conversions from residential appraiser 2 to 3 and authorized $2,610 in back pay for a commercial appraiser. Assessor Kovacs used public comment to question the timing of a 2025 wage study and cited a 2022 wage study result for the assessor position.
Kootenai County commissioners approved two position conversions promoting residential appraisers from level 2 to level 3 and authorized $2,610 in back pay for a commercial appraiser on March 20, 2025.
The actions came after public comment from Assessor Kovacs, who asked why a county wage study began before departments completed updated job descriptions and noted earlier wage‑study findings. "The wage study concluded in 2022 ... that the assessor salary ... should be $103,844," Kovacs said during public comment, adding that in 2022 the board "cut the salary to $45,000." Kovacs framed those remarks as a matter of record and said HR told the assessor's office the 2025 wage study began in December 2024 and that HR expects to receive the results by next week.
The board then took up two related personnel items from the Assessor's Office. Troy Steiner of the Assessor's Office…
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