County dissolves all waterways committees for one year
Bonner County Commissioners dissolved all county Waterways Committees for one year and assigned duties to the county engineer. The move followed a Sandpoint meeting about dredging Sand Creek Channel and a city jetty plan, with funding prospects discussed and EPA objections noted.
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Bonner
Daily Bee
Lake Pend Oreille
Leo Hadley
Bromgard
SCS
State Waterways
Bonner County
Vermeer
Sand Creek
Washington, D.C
Environmental Protection Agency
Hadley
EPA
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
Waterways Committee
Waterways
Bill Wyatt
Wyatt
County mulls shifting landfill fees to population basis
With funds running short for solid waste disposal, the Bonner County Commission weighs a change from a two mill levy to a population based assessment for county landfills. Panhandle Health District 1 officials note Sandpoint now pays about 8 704 annually while county costs exceed 14 000. Under census figures a Sandpoint resident could pay about 3 10 monthly, via yearly property tax collection.
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Board of County Commissioners
Ken Lustig
Panhandle Health District 1
Sandpoint
Lustig
Bureau of the Census
Bonner County
Snowy roads blamed as multiple crashes reported
A 28 year old Los Angeles man injured when his van hit a logging truck on upper Pack River Road. Driver Ronald Meade and truck driver William Earl Kahn of Bonners Ferry involved. Slick road conditions cited. Kahn uninjured. A separate collision two miles south of Sandpoint on U S 95 injured 34 year old Ethel Perry riding with Gerald Buck. Payne slowed in zero visibility. all northbound. A city car mishap at Boyer and Alder involved a 17 year old. no injuries.
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Los Angeles
Pack River
Ronald Meade
William Earl Kahn
Bonners Ferry
Kahn
Sandpoint
U.S. 95
Ethel Perry
Gerald Buck
Ross Payne
Payne
Boyer
Alder
City County Plan Joint Planning Membership
City and county planning bodies agreed to mutual non voting representation with a city planner attending county meetings and a county planner attending city meetings. The arrangement aims to reduce poor planning by cross sharing expertise amid praise from council members and notes of the Indian Ridge development as an example.
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County Planning and Zoning Commission
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Ozzie Valliers
Bud
Benoit
City Planning Commission
Thad Hunt
Indian Ridge
Here
Hunt
Andrus Sees Little Hope For Kindergarten
Gov. Cecil D. Andrus voiced dwindling optimism for state funded public kindergartens amid opposition in Idaho’s Republican led Legislature. He noted political opposition, while proposing to redirect surplus toward highway work and defending public school funding levels as the debate continues.
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Jay Shelledy
Boise
Cecil D. Andrus
Idaho
Andrus
Daily Bee
Board of Education
Lewiston Hill
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Rodney Kenworthy
Stephen Hoadley
Brandon Moon
Richard Bates
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