Kootenai County commissioners approve tax adjustment for parcel AIN 01/7265

The Kootenai County Board of Commissioners voted May 13 to approve a staff request to adjust property taxes for parcel AIN 01/7265 after staff said a homeowners' exemption and the full PTR benefit were omitted from the 2025 annual roll.

Mike Rutledge, chief deputy in the assessor’s office, told the board that the property had the homeowners' exemption but was missing the full PTR benefit of $1,500 on the annual roll. “The actual situation was, they had homeowners exemption on the property. What they were missing was the PTR benefit of the full 1,500,” Rutledge said, explaining that the omission occurred because part of the property was recorded as a shop and had only a partial exemption reflected on the roll.

The adjustment approved by the board applies the full PTR benefit to the 2025 roll for the parcel, which staff said reduces the taxpayer’s obligation. According to the motion language read on the record, the total tax due after the PTR benefit is applied will be $114.36, plus a $98 solid-waste fee. The Chair moved to approve the adjustment and the board carried the motion by voice; no roll-call tally was recorded in the meeting transcript.

Board materials and the on-record discussion noted the action was limited to correcting the 2025 annual roll and did not change 2024 assessments or bills. The record uses the parcel identifier AIN 01/7265; an alternative identifier (AIN 127265) also appears in the transcript and is recorded in the meeting notes.

After the vote, the Chair reopened the public-comment period; no members of the public spoke and the board proceeded to other business.

The board did not record a roll-call vote in the transcript; the action was approved by voice vote and is recorded as carried. Staff indicated the adjustment was an administrative correction to reflect exemptions and benefits already applicable to the property.