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Kootenai County considers converting vacant Planner II position into long‑range planning role
Summary
County staff told commissioners a decline in short‑term permitting work and ongoing consultant costs for the comprehensive plan make converting a budgeted, vacant Planner II to a long‑range planner a viable option; commissioners asked staff to return with a business item in three to four months.
Kootenai County officials said Jan. 23 that they may convert a budgeted, vacant Planner II position into a long‑range planner to handle comprehensive planning work now performed by contractors.
David Callahan, director of community development, told the Board of County Commissioners the department has not filled the Planner II vacancy because demand for current‑planning work has dropped, but that economic shifts — including migration tied to wildfires in California — could change the workload quickly. "We haven't filled it, because we haven't found the right person yet. But it's also the case that we've noticed a pretty significant drop in current…
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