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Finance director seeks board direction on KCSO contract overhead method; requests March 1 deadline for partner agencies
Summary
Finance Director Brandy Falcon presented FY27 personnel-loaded cost estimates and proposed overhead percentages for sheriff’s office contracts, asking the board whether to keep the directed percentages and to provide contract numbers to partner agencies no later than March 1; the board asked to continue the item for full-board discussion.
Finance Director Brandy Falcon briefed commissioners on Jan. 30 about proposed overhead methodology for Kootenai County Sheriff's Office contracts in FY27 and requested direction on the percentages staff used for estimating contract increases.
Falcon explained that school districts operate on a different fiscal year, which makes timing important, and said she needs to supply contracting agencies with budget numbers "no later than March 1," especially to accommodate the schools’ budgeting cycle. Falcon told the board she calculated FY27 personnel-loaded costs as averages for classifications (for example, average patrol deputy and lieutenant) and included overtime in the estimates. She said the figures shown reflect the overhead percentages the board previously directed staff to use.
Board members discussed whether to present the numbers to agencies as a take-it-or-leave-it proposal or to negotiate, and asked that the full board — including Commissioner Eberlein when available — consider the item. The board agreed to return the item to the next status update so all commissioners can weigh in before agency numbers are finalized.
Falcon said she will provide additional detail and meet with commissioners as needed before the next status update to ensure agencies receive timely FY27 figures.
