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Commissioners approve valuation adjustments and homeowner exemptions
Summary
The Kootenai County commissioners approved a valuation adjustment for AIN 351008 and an amended valuation/occupancy date for AIN 347910, and they approved grouped homeowner-exemption adjustments for items 3–8; no public comment was received.
The Kootenai County Board of Commissioners approved three property-tax items during a short meeting on May 13, 2026.
Commissioner Deborah Lyon Tembatore moved to approve a valuation adjustment for AIN 351008 (Addington) after the assessor’s chief deputy described a homeowner application with a corrected occupancy date of Aug. 10, 2025. Mike Rutledge, identified in the meeting as the assessor’s chief deputy, told the board the application changed the occupancy period from six months to five. "I move that we approve the valuation adjustment for AIN 351008 Addington as described by the chief executive assessment," Tembatore said. A second was recorded and the chair announced the motion carries.
The board then approved a second valuation adjustment, for AIN 347910. Rutledge described a corrected occupancy date initially given as Mar. 28, 2025 (amended from May 30, 2024) and later amended to Apr. 16, 2025; he also reported an amended assessed value of $340,850 for 2025 (the 2024 value was recorded as 0). Commissioner Tembatore moved approval: "I move that we approve the valuation adjustment for AIN 347910 ... amended to 340,850 for 2025." The motion was seconded and carried with the board answering "Aye."
Items 3 through 8 were considered together as grouped homeowner-exemption approvals. Commissioner Tembatore read the AINs individually and moved to apply the homeowner exemption for 2025 occupancy across the listed parcels. The assessor’s office confirmed the exemption application across those AINs; the motion was seconded and the board voted "Aye."
There was no public comment at either opportunity the board opened for it, and the chair adjourned the meeting at 11:14 a.m.
Votes at a glance - AIN 351008 (Addington): motion to approve valuation adjustment — approved (vote recorded as "Aye"; individual roll-call votes not specified in the transcript). - AIN 347910: motion to approve corrected occupancy/date and amended assessed value ($340,850 for 2025) — approved (vote recorded as "Aye"; individual roll-call votes not specified in the transcript). - Items 3–8 (grouped homeowner-exemption adjustments for several AINs): approved (vote recorded as "Aye"; individual roll-call votes not specified in the transcript).
What this means These actions update property assessments and apply homeowner-exemption status for the 2025 occupancy year for the parcels listed in the agenda. The transcript records motions, seconds, and that each motion carried; it does not provide a named roll-call or per-member tally in the record.
