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County ratifies coroner services agreement, approves higher-duty pay and clears emergency permit for autopsy lab

Kootenai County Board of Commissioners · February 25, 2026
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Summary

The board ratified a professional services agreement for coroner services, approved a $1.25-an-hour retroactive higher-duty pay for a death investigator acting as an autopsy assistant, and approved an emergency building-permit payment of $17,629.63 to keep the new coroner autopsy lab construction on schedule.

Kootenai County commissioners ratified a professional services agreement for coroner services and approved higher-duty pay Feb. 24 as the county brings an autopsy lab online.

County staff said the coroner's office already used contracted services and conducted its first autopsy Thursday. A coroner office official (S9) said the office is…

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