Kootenai County commissioners approve holiday schedule, pay and hiring items; move to executive session on separation

The Kootenai County Board of Commissioners on May 7 approved several routine personnel and administrative items:

- Holiday schedule: The board approved the annual holiday selection, moving the juvenile reversion selection to the day after Thanksgiving for the department that requested the change. Michelle McCarthy presented the item and the board voted to approve it.

- IT overlap pay: Grant Kinsey (information technology) requested overlap pay and a June hiring date for a senior application systems manager who will retire; the board approved overlap pay beginning in June to provide training and knowledge transfer.

- Juvenile diversion overlap hire: Staff requested shifting salary savings from a terminal budget into the juvenile diversion budget to immediately hire an identified county employee to replace an impending retirement and an employee on medical leave; the board approved the fund shift and overlap payment.

- Planning pay-grade adjustment: The planning department requested increasing the pay step for a newly hired part-time commercial plans examiner to reflect certifications and experience; the board approved the grade/step increase and asked staff to monitor fee levels that support the position.

- Executive session: The board voted to convene an executive session on a human-resources separation matter.

Votes and motion details were recorded in the meeting minutes as motions carrying; the public-discussion record did not include full roll-call vote tallies tied to named commissioners for each item in the transcript excerpts provided.