Sandpoint Council Approves Budget with Minor Contested Shifts
Sandpoint city budget for 1977 passed 4 to 1 with Emma Lou Hook voting no. The council rejected shifting 25 000 from revenue sharing to fund city hall heating and delayed decisions on base salaries while promising a firm estimate on heating costs within 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Moe
City of
Sandpoint
Gene Holt
Bud Benoit
David Easton
Ed Bjitzman
Steve Klatt
City Hall
Eitzman
Emma Lou Hook
Easton
Larry Sterling
Sterling
Hook
Harold Huff
Fidelity Trust
Budge’t
A.J Skubi
Mountain Home Construction Company
Pinewood Annex
Farmin Edho
Roger Hanson
Skubi
Hanlon
Sparse turnout at Bonner County budget hearing draws questions
Bonner County commissioners reviewed a nine month 2.7 million plus budget with about sixteen citizens attending. Sheriff Guthrie cited rising operating costs and aging fleet while noting plans to buy four patrol cars and radios with federal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Dalen
Wrier
Bonner County
Mae Deets
Jim Brockway
Harold Anselmo
Henry Samuels
Michael Guthrie
Sheriff's Office
Guthrie
Alice Nelson
Nelson
Sandpoint Woman Escapes Injury After Truck Skids Off Road
Sheryl Arin Tyler, 25, of Sandpoint escaped injury when the pickup she drove rolled off Dover Highway near Olive Street at about 6 p.m. Friday. The vehicle sustained $7,000 damage and Tyler was cited for driving under the influence.
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Sheryl Arin Tyler
Sandpoint
Dover
Olive St
Tyler
Correction: sheriff department salaries rise in 1977
The Daily Bee corrects a previous 92 percent figure. Correction states salaries in the sheriff's department will rise about 15 percent in 1977. Field deputies get roughly 7.61 percent and clerical staff receive similar increases to other courthouse employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Department
Daily Bee
Mike Guthrie
the Bee
PP&L Urges 10 Percent Electricity Cutback
Pacific Power & Light and regional utilities urge voluntary 10 percent reductions in electric use due to low Northwest snowpack and drought. Don Frisbee says saved electricity preserves water for next fall and reduces risk of mandatory curtailment. Utilities emphasize residential hot water use and lighting as key targets across all customer classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Power & Light Company
Northwest
Pp&l
Don C. Frisbee
Frisbee
Northwest Power Pool
Bonneville Power Administration
Pacific
Dale
Dale Addington
Addington
Pacific Power
County asks extra funds for Forest Service garbage contract
Bonner County commissioners urge the Sandpoint District to boost payments for garbage disposal costs. They cite taxpayer burden from pack in pack out policy and cite Samonen campground waste. Ranger Jerry Stern says the FS will handle refuse this year via contractor and plans a new contract with dumping at an approved site.
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Sandpoint
Forester
Cliff Wylie
Wade Brown
Public Safety Committee
Alpine Motors
Cly
City
Twon
Fairgrounds
Lions Club
Jack Leckner
Larry Comer
Brockway
Ray Davis
Bonner County
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service
Samonen
Jerry Stern
Sternn
The
Stern
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Benoit
Planning and Zoning Commission
Doug Ward
Ward
Klatt
Council
Planning and
Sendpoint
George Wilkinson
Joe Haynes
Wukinson
Haynes
Wilkinson
Bée
Dennis Benda
State Tax Commission
Benda
Gary Finney
Public Defender’s Office
Anselmo
State Office
le Fair
Swift
North Fork
Lewis River
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