Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 8/17

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 8/17

• 10:30am – Special Meeting Harrison City Council, Agenda

  • AGENDA TOPICS:

    • Appoint Russell Riberich to the City Council

    • Appoint Angela Schultz to the City Council

• 4:30pm – Special Meeting Kootenai County Fire & Rescue, Agenda

• 5:00pm – Special Meeting Kootenai Joint School District Board of Trustees, Agenda

• 5:00pm – Timberlake Lake Fire District, Agenda

• 6:00pm – Timberlake Fire District Budget Hearing, Agenda

  • PUBLIC HEARING: 2026-2027 Fiscal Year Budget

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

• 6:00pm – Hauser Lake Fire District, Agenda

  • PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed Budget for FY26-27

• 6:30pm – Spirit Lake Historical Preservation Commission, Agenda

Tuesday 8/18

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

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

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

  • PUBLIC HEARINGS:

    • Beck and Baugh Right of Way Vacation

    • Signal Point Vista Annexation

    • Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2027

    • Fees for Fiscal Year FY 2027

• 6:00pm – Athol City Council, Agenda

• 6:00pm- CDA City Council, Agenda

  • AGENDA TOPIC: Council discussion regarding Appropriations for FY 26-27

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

Wednesday 8/19

• 2:00pm – Spirit Lake City Council Workshop, Agenda

• 3:30pm – Kootenai County Historic Preservation Commission, Agenda

• 4:00pm – Kootenai County Aquifer Protection District Advisory Board, Agenda

• 5:30pm – Rathdrum Planning & Zoning Commission, Agenda

  • AGENDA TOPIC: Consideration of the Future Land Use Map and Land Use Designation components of the Comprehensive Plan.

• 6:00pm – Post Falls Highway District Board of Commissioners, Agenda

  • PUBLIC HEARING: FY2027 Budget Hearing

• 6:30pm – Remington Water District, No agenda listed

Thursday 8/20

• 9:00am – Post Falls Urban Renewal Agency, Agenda

  • PUBLIC HEARING: FY 2027 Agency Annual Budget

• 10:00am – Kootenai County Human Resources, No agenda listed

• 2:00pm – Community Library Network Board of Trustees, No agenda listed

• 4:00pm – Hayden Joint Historic Preservation Commission and Parks, Recreation, & Community Forestry Commission, No agenda listed

• 6:00pm – Kootenai County Community Development, Agenda

  • PUBLIC HEARING: CUP26-0007 Northern Lakes Fire District 4

Friday 8/21

• 8:00am – CDA Urban Forestry Commission, No agenda listed