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Bonner County Ambulance Service District approves up to $500,000 revenue note, joins IIIA for employee health coverage
Summary
The Bonner County Ambulance Service District Board approved a resolution authorizing a revenue anticipation note (not to exceed $500,000) with a corrected maturity date, approved payment of FY26 claims batch #6, and voted to join the Idaho Independent Intergovernmental Authority for employee medical benefits effective Feb. 1, 2026.
The Bonner County Ambulance Service District Board voted Jan. 7 to authorize a revenue anticipation note of up to $500,000 and to join the Idaho Independent Intergovernmental Authority (IIIA) for employee medical benefits.
Speaker 5 presented a resolution authorizing the $500,000 note from Columbia Bank, saying the funds would be deposited into the EMS bank account. District Attorney Bill (Speaker 1), who had reviewed the paperwork before the meeting, noted a correction to the resolution’s maturity date. “On the top of page 2 of the resolution in section 3 on the second line, it says the note shall mature on 09/30/2025 … and it should be 09/30/2026,” Speaker 1 said. The board moved to approve the RAN with the corrected maturity date and to allow the chair to sign administratively; the motion passed on roll call.
The board also approved payment of fiscal year 2026 claims in batch number 6 totaling $46,326.61. Speaker 3 summarized the bills, noting the largest item was an AT&T Mobility charge that turned out to be a duplicate billing and was being cleaned up. “The claims batch number 6 totaling $46,326.61,” Speaker 3 stated when presenting the bills; Speaker 4 moved to approve the payment and Speaker 2 seconded. The motion passed on roll call.
On employee health coverage, Speaker 5 recommended the board sign a joint powers agreement to join IIIA — an intergovernmental pooling arrangement that Speaker 1 described as an authorized contract vehicle under Idaho law and a way for governments to reduce administrative costs and premiums. Speaker 4 moved to sign the agreement providing BCASD with medical benefits beginning Feb. 1, 2026; Speaker 2 seconded and the motion passed.
The RAN was presented as a not-to-exceed authorization; board members clarified that the district may not borrow the full $500,000. District counsel (Speaker 1) offered to issue a formal attorney’s opinion after receiving the executed documents. The motions and outcomes recorded in the meeting are: approval of the agenda and consent agenda, payment of claims batch #6, approval of the $500,000 revenue anticipation note with corrected maturity date and administrative signature authority for the chair, and approval to join IIIA for employee medical benefits effective Feb. 1, 2026.
The board did not identify additional conditions attached to the approvals during the meeting. Executed documents and the attorney’s written opinion were requested to finalize the RAN paperwork.
