Kootenai County commissioners approve routine contracts, purchases and lease actions at July 1 meeting

Kootenai County commissioners on July 1 approved a series of routine contracts, purchases and lease actions during their business meeting, voting unanimously on each motion unless noted.

Key approvals included: a $68,697 quote from Coeur d'Alene Paving for a 3-inch overlay and repairs to the main entrance at Finding Creek Landfill; acceptance of a $700,000 grant from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation for replacement of a county boat garage (the board-approved motion referenced a county cash match, described in the meeting as $300,000 from county fund balance with additional match from KCSO vessel/boat launch resources); approval of juvenile services contracts and state community-based alternative services and substance use disorder funding (transcript figures: $28,981 served 24 juveniles for mental-health funding and $153,564 served 92 juveniles through the third quarter); and acceptance of a credit change order reducing the Veil Pod project contract by $10,100 after switching specified plumbing from copper to PVC.

The airport consolidated two related items: termination of a ground lease (AAL-2020-994) following a…