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Kootenai County commissioners discuss CityLink intergovernmental agreement; no decision made
Summary
County commissioners reviewed a draft intergovernmental agreement to give cities a formal advisory role over CityLink, heard tribal and city presentations on costs and operations, and agreed to take the proposal under further consideration; no vote occurred.
Kootenai County commissioners on Dec. 10 reviewed a draft intergovernmental agreement that would give participating cities and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe a formal advisory role on CityLink transit operations, but they made no decision and asked for more detailed cost data.
The discussion, led by Commissioner Duncan and Tyrell Stevenson, legislative director for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, focused on governance options — a joint powers agreement (JPA) versus a binding intergovernmental agreement — and on the program's finances. Stevenson told the board that for fiscal year 2024 the tribe received $276,000 in reimbursements and that "the amount that the Coeur d'Alene tribe expended to operate CityLink North was about $700,000, and then we received 276,000 in reimbursement, meaning that the Coeur d'Alene…
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