Bonner County approves $29,000 assessor service agreement contingent on interfund transfers

The Bonner County Board of Commissioners approved a one‑year service agreement with Value Base to support property-assessment modeling and reporting, and authorized interfund transfers to fund the purchase.

Assessor Dennis Singer told the board the Value Base service—priced at $29,000 annually—would integrate with the county’s existing systems to improve mass appraisal modeling, anomaly detection and public reporting. Funding was described as coming from unanticipated revenue generated by the sale of surplus assessor vehicles; the assessor asked that approval be contingent on completing two related interfund transfers.

The board voted to approve a resolution transferring $43,275 in proceeds from the sale of surplus vehicles into the assessor’s capital‑vehicles account (Fund 20), and then approved an interfund reallocation moving $29,000 from capital vehicles to miscellaneous expenditures within Fund 20 to pay for the Value Base agreement. Commissioner Domke and others discussed making the Value Base approval contingent on those transfers, and the motion passed.

During discussion the clerk and commissioners clarified statutory authority for budget adjustments; a commissioner corrected an earlier citation and noted the correct reference was to Idaho Code title 31. The motions were approved on roll call and staff were directed to finalize accounting entries and contract execution.

No public comment opposed the actions; auditing, risk and legal staff had previously reviewed the items, the assessor said. The board recorded the approvals as contingent and administrative follow‑up was assigned to the clerk and auditor.