Bonner County Ambulance board approves $30,218.70 claims batch, names RAN signer and moves to executive session

Bonner County Ambulance Service District Board of Commissioners on Feb. 4 approved its consent agenda and an FY26 claims batch totaling $30,218.70, designated Chief Jeff Lindsay as the signer and Administrative Assistant Sarah Nixon as attester for a 2026 revenue anticipation note (RAN) through Columbia Bank, and then voted to enter executive session for personnel matters.

The meeting, called to order at 11:01 a.m., approved the consent agenda, which included the Jan. 21 meeting minutes and a State Insurance Fund invoice over $5,000 for $19,365. Unidentified Speaker (meeting host) moved to adopt the agenda “based on the information before us,” and the motion was seconded and passed on roll call.

Staff presented FY26 claims batch number 8, totaling $30,218.70, with the State Insurance Fund invoice identified as the largest bill. Commissioner Williams raised a procedural concern about a county department requesting direct payments and whether that department’s billing had been submitted in proper form; staff confirmed the questioned invoice was not included in the current batch and advised departments must submit invoices like any other vendor.

“Based on the information before us, I move to approve the payment of the FY26 BCASD claims in batch number 8, totaling $30,218.70,” the meeting host said when making the motion. The motion was seconded and passed on roll call, with Commissioners Dunphy and Williams recorded as saying “Yes.”

On a separate agenda item, Chief Jeff Lindsay presented a memo asking the board to designate signers for a 2026 revenue anticipation note through Columbia Bank. Lindsay said Columbia Bank requires both a signer and an attester and recommended the board name him as signer and Administrative Assistant Sarah Nixon as attester. “The memo before us is, designate revenue anticipation note or RAN signers,” Lindsay said.

Commissioners discussed whether a bank memo was sufficient or whether the board should adopt a formal resolution for clearer future record-keeping. Commissioner Williams suggested asking county legal (Nate) whether a resolution is preferable because resolutions are stored on the county website and make later records easier to find. Unidentified Speaker (meeting host) moved to designate Chief Jeff Lindsay as the RAN signer and Sarah Nixon as the attester; the motion was seconded and passed on roll call, with Commissioners Williams and Donkins recorded as saying “Yes.”

During miscellaneous business, staff and board members agreed to continue budget updates on a monthly cadence rather than at every meeting and raised the need for a memorandum of understanding to clarify communications and responsibilities between the clerk’s office and the EMS bookkeeper. Chief Lindsay said the district obtained its own insurance effective Feb. 1 and asked for staff patience while administrative details were smoothed out.

No members of the public spoke. The board then voted to go into executive session pursuant to “Idaho code 74 dash 2 0 6 1 b personnel” for personnel matters; the motion was seconded, the roll call carried, and the board entered executive session.

The board took all formal votes in public before recessing to executive session; there were no formal public actions recorded after the executive session motion. The board did not specify a next public meeting date in the transcript.