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Board approves package of contracts, grants, leases and two fire‑district annexations
Summary
At its April 7 meeting the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners approved a set of routine bids and professional services agreements (including an asphalt contract and landfill study), authorized grant and equipment fund transfers, approved pathology backup services, accepted airport lease‑related actions, and approved two fire‑district annexations.
Kootenai County commissioners approved a cluster of routine procurement, funding and land‑use actions on April 7, ranging from a $268,000 asphalt bid for the Centennial Trail to administrative lease estoppels at the county airport and two fire‑district annexations.
Nick Snyder, director of Parks and Waterways, told the board the county received two bids for the Centennial Trail asphalt replacement and "Poe Asphalt [was] the responsive lowest bidder at $268,000," and he recommended awarding the contract to Poe Asphalt. John Phillips, Solid Waste director, asked the board to approve a grading and stormwater plan for the Ramsey Transfer Station demo pit with Jacobs Project Management for $26,920 and separately to approve a 2026 life‑cycle analysis for the Fighting Creek Landfill with Jacobs for $24,720; both items were approved after brief presentation.
In other procurement and service approvals, Dr. Duke Johnson of the coroner's office said the county issued an RFP to secure backup forensic pathology coverage and received a…
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