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Bonner County Road and Bridge flags shrinking revenues, aging fleet and staffing pressures; director proposes $1.3M truck line item and apprenticeship program
Summary
Director Tom told commissioners the circuit-breaker credit (~$65,000) will be folded into the levy, reducing a visible revenue line; he warned of lost unanticipated revenues (~$1.8M) used for asphalt, described shortages of parts and aging trucks, proposed a $1.3M capital line for four heavy trucks, and recommended reviving a CDL apprenticeship program.
At the May 11 update, Tom said a change in state accounting means what had been shown separately as a circuit-breaker credit (about $65,000) will now be included in the levy and not tracked separately in the department's revenue lines. "That was always showed separate. So that's 65,000 that's gonna be gone," Tom said, adding that auditing confirmed the reduction is reflected in the levy rather than as a distinct line item.
Tom warned the department will also lose a stream of unanticipated revenue it had used for asphalt; he said past years' totals were roughly $1.8 million and that this year the comparable total was about $6.2 million versus $6.7 million previously. "When it gets over 75 horsepower that's required to have that, they take that out for the farming equipment," Tom…
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