County livestreams board meetings
Bonner County commissioner business meetings are being live streamed on the county's YouTube channel.
(Screen shot via YOUTUBE.COM)
SANDPOINT — Bonner County has installed a new camera system which allows county commission board meetings to be streamed live on YouTube.
The cameras and the live stream made their debut on Tuesday. The live stream can be viewed on the county's YouTube channel (https://bit.ly/3pmnGzq).
The commission took up a variety of matters on Tuesday, including approving an agreement between the Bonner County Jail and the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho to house tribal inmates. The county will receive $90 per day per inmate and each party has can terminate the agreement with 30 days notice.
The board also approved a contract with Clean Harbors to dispose household hazardous waste collected at the Clark Fork, Colburn, Dickensheet, Dufort and Idaho Hill collection sites.
Household hazardous waste can include paints, solvents, PCB lighting ballasts, intact fluorescent light bulbs, mercury and antifreeze. More information about household hazardous waste and when it is collected can be found here: https://bit.ly/2K10N4v.
Bonner County is also seeking $50,000 in grants from a federal Resource Advisory Committee. Split into two $25,000 phases covering 2021 through 2023, the grants would be used to pay for winter trail maintenance, in addition to spreading awareness of the state's snowmobile registration program.
"This would allow for additional labor and maintenance on the four groomers as well as education and enforcement of snowmobile stickers," Parks & Recreation Director Nate Demmons said.
The grants' local matches would come from snowmobile registration fees collected in Bonner County, Demons added.
The board also signed off on an annual statistical report to the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections that is required to receive continued funding from the state.
One of the notable stats which caught the attention of Justice Services Director Ron Stultz was a snapshot from Dec. 30, 2020, in which the county had no youthful offenders in a diversion program.
"What that indicates to me is that the cases we’re seeing are more severe," Stultz told commissioners.
Keith Kinnaird can be reached at kkinnaird@bonnercountydailybee.com or followed on Twitter @KeithDailyBee.