Kootenai County commissioners approve coroner services, payables and a string of routine purchases
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Summary
On Feb. 17 the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners approved a short-term professional services agreement for coroner autopsies, certified an FTA indirect-cost election, approved payables of $2.12 million and authorized several equipment and lease actions.
Kootenai County commissioners on Feb. 17 approved a professional services agreement to secure autopsy services, certified a Federal Transit Administration indirect-cost election and signed off on routine payables and equipment purchases.
The board added an emergency professional services agreement to its agenda and then approved a contract with Dr. Ricciardo to provide autopsies after the county ended its relationship with the Spokane Medical Examiner on Jan. 31. Dr. Duke, presenting the item, said the county received three proposals and that Dr. Ricciardo “fulfilled and even exceeded our requests,” noting he is one of the few medical examiners nationally who is board-certified in pediatrics and is willing to travel from Spokane when available, which should reduce transportation and lodging costs.
Commissioners also approved payables for February 2026 totaling $2,119,415.91 and jury panel payments of $7,467.25.
Routine budgeted purchases and contract actions approved included a $50,718 purchase of ultrafiltration modules and reverse-osmosis elements for the landfill leachate treatment system, a $22,500 security barricade for jail housing areas, and funding for KCSO lobby hardening Phase 2 (a quoted $38,000 for ballistic doors and a bulletproof window). William Hunter secured approval to buy Motorola APX 6000 radios that were included in the 2026 budget to replace radios that can no longer be reprogrammed.
Parks and Waterways items approved included authorization to donate $2,500 in off-road-vehicle fund dollars to Friends of the North Idaho Trails as a grant match for an Independence Creek Trail rehabilitation grant; Nick Snyder told the board that if the grant is not awarded the money will not be expended. Snyder also reported the county was awarded $60,000 from Avista for the Carlin Bay dock replacement project and an additional $6,000 for hazardous-debris removal; the board approved accepting those funds.
The board approved two lease addenda with North Idaho Jet LLC that increase leased lot area and raise annual revenue, and approved a lease amendment with the U.S. Forest Service for an expanded lot (an increase of 130,600 square feet) producing an annual revenue increase the presenter gave as $25,778.49.
Chad Engel of the transit department asked the board to certify the county’s election to use the FTA de minimis indirect cost rate (up to 15 percent) for federal transit grants; the certification passed after a roll-call vote that included one recorded nay.
The board rejected a tax-deed bid for parcel AIN 189,480 after staff recommended rejecting a noncontiguous purchaser because structures are on the parcel.
All motions described above were made, seconded and carried as recorded on the meeting agenda.
The board took no public comment and adjourned at about 2:30 p.m.
