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Assessor litigation funding contested; commissioners to consider executive session before finalizing legal contingency
Summary
The assessor and budget staff debated whether to budget $140,000 for legal services in the assessor's FY26 budget. The assessor warned that the board had already contracted counsel and would need funds to pay invoices; commissioners proposed handling the matter as a contingency or in an executive session before the final budget.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho ' A dispute over the assessor's FY26 legal-services line prompted the Board of Commissioners on July 11 to schedule an executive-session update and to treat litigation expenses as contingent while they finalize the budget.
Budget staff reviewed the assessor's line items and said the assessor had budgeted $140,000 for legal services. Based on trend coding of invoices,…
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