Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 7/6

A weekly snapshot of meetings throughout the county that could affect our daily lives. These include city council, county commissioner, and school board meetings, as well as any non-partisan, elected-position meetings that the public should be following. Any agenda topics called out are the ones I believe to be hot topics and could have a long-lasting effect on our community. If there is no agenda listed, it's most likely because it's farther out than the 24 hours advance notice they are required to give. I try to capture as many meetings as possible, but if you see something glaringly absent, please let me know. The purpose of this post is to give you a head's up about the meetings happening each week and give you an opportunity to attend in person. If you can't attend in person, most of the time the meetings will be available to view live online or after the fact, so that you may still feel up to date on the topics at hand. Starting to attend meetings, commenting on livestream threads, and emailing your representatives thoughts about the subjects they covered are all ways you can get involved in the local political process. Thanks!

Note: The meetings in red are those that are hot topic issues or have a wide-reaching impact on the community.

Monday 7/6

• 9:00am – Kootenai County Casualty Loss Exemption and Assessment Appeal Hearings, Agenda

• 1:00pm – Special Meeting Rathdrum City Council Workshop, Agenda

  • AGENDA TOPIC: Budget Workshop

• 1:30pm – Special Meeting Spirit Lake City Council Workshop, Agenda

  • AGENDA TOPIC: FY 26/27 Budget

• 5:30pm – Lakes Highway District, Agenda

  • AGENDA TOPIC: FY2026-2027 Budget

• 6:00pm – Lakeland Joint School District Policy Committee, Agenda

Tuesday 7/7

• 10:00am – Kootenai County Commissioners Status Update, Agenda

• 11:00am – Kootenai County Solid Waste, Agenda

• 2:00pm – Kootenai County Commissioners Business Meeting, Agenda

  • AGENDA TOPICS:

    • Public Hearing Notice: Resolution 2026-59 /Setting Fees to Recover Actual Cost Associated with Responding to Public Records Requests

    • Resolution 2026-73 / Declaration of Necessity and Authorization to Hire Counsel to Represent the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners

• 5:00pm – Post Falls City Council Workshop, Agenda

  • AGENDA TOPIC: 2027 Budget Workshop

• 5:00pm – Hayden Lake City Council, Agenda

  • PUBLIC HEARINGS:

    • 2859 E. Point Hayden Setback Variance

    • Consideration of the Repeal of Title 9, Chapter 9 of City Code on Short Term Rentals

• 6:00pm – Post Falls City Council, Agenda

  • PUBLIC HEARING: Pleasant View Meadows Annexation

• 6:00pm – Athol City Council, Agenda

• 6:00pm – CDA City Council, Agenda

  • AGENDA TOPICS:

    • Presentation – FY 24/25 Financial Statement Audit

    • Authorizing the levy of a special assessment in the amount of $29,600.00 against property located at 361 W. Mill Ave.

    • Adoption of a Budget Administration Policy and Revisions to Procurement Policies.

• 6:30pm – Spirit Lake Planning & Zoning Commission, Agenda

• 7:00pm – East Greenacres Irrigation District, No agenda listed

• 7:00pm – Hauser Lake Water Association, No agenda listed

Wednesday 7/8

• 10:00am – Kootenai County Human Resources - Alliant Benefits, Agenda

• 11:10am – Kootenai County Board of Equalization, Agenda

• 1:00pm – Kootenai County Assessment Appeal Hearings, Agenda

• 2:00pm – Hayden Arts Commission Workshop, Agenda

  • AGENDA TOPIC: 2026 Hayden Arts Showcase Event

• 3:00pm – Hayden Arts Commission, Agenda

• 5:00pm – Dalton Gardens Water Association, No agenda listed

• 5:30pm – Rathdrum City Council, No agenda listed

Thursday 7/9

• 10:00am – Northern Lakes Fire Commissioners, No agenda listed

• 10:00am – Friends of Tubbs Hill, No agenda listed

• 10:00am – Kootenai County Community Development, No agenda listed

• 1:00pm – Panhandle Health Board of Directors, No agenda listed

• 1:30pm – Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization, Agenda

• 6:00pm – Dalton Gardens Planning & Zoning, Agenda

  • PUBLIC HEARINGS:

    • Special use permit 20260111 at 5904 N 15th St

    • Special use permit 0260129 at 6270 N Government Way

    • Boundary line adjustment ordinance 293

    • Storage containers ordinance 295

    • Repeal short term ordinance 294

Friday 7/10

• No meetings scheduled.