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Bonner County commissioners to trial quarterly coordination meetings, keep monthly written updates
Summary
After debate over staff time and meeting value, commissioners agreed to trial quarterly in-person coordination meetings focused on budgets and training while retaining monthly written updates and asking departments to propose three metrics each.
The Bonner County Board of Commissioners agreed verbally to trial a new meeting cadence, shifting broader in-person coordination meetings to a quarterly schedule while keeping monthly written updates from departments.
The change followed a sustained discussion about efficiency and public optics. "There's too many meetings and we're not getting work done," one commissioner said, arguing for blocked "focus time" to complete substantive work rather than attending frequent full-staff coordination sessions. Director Holmgren favored a quarterly trial focused…
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