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Board denies United Presbyterian Church’s request to waive small fees after misdirected mail
Summary
The Kootenai County Board of Commissioners denied a church’s request to forgive roughly $66.88 in fees and penalties after staff found the church’s bills had been mailed to a physical address rather than its PO box for several years; staff said statute does not allow waivers for not receiving a bill unless the county erred.
Judy Stark, clerk for the United Presbyterian Church of Spirit Lake, told the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 12, 2025, that the church had not received tax bills for several years because they were mailed to the congregation’s physical street address rather than its post office box. "We have paid $93 and something for several years...it appears that we did not in the last 3 years since '22 ... that we didn't seem to have…
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