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Kootenai County continues FY26 budget deliberations as staff outlines COLA and tax scenarios
Summary
County budget staff presented FY26 revenue and expenditure scenarios, removed City of Hayden revenue from the baseline and showed how different COLA (cost-of-living adjustment) choices affect the county's balanced position; commissioners set a tentative direction and scheduled further deliberations.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho ' At a July 11 meeting, the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners heard a staff summary of preliminary FY26 budget figures, including alternative cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) scenarios and a temporary removal of expected revenue from the City of Hayden while negotiations continue.
Budget staff member Brandy Falcon told the board the packet the commissioners received was a conservative version that excludes any revenue from a proposed Hayden law-enforcement contract. "For now, just to be on the safe side and conservative, I've removed Hayden revenues from the budget," Falcon said.…
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