Dennis Engelhardt chosen as new Bonner County assessor

In what was called a close race by Commissioner Steve Bradshaw, Dennis Engelhardt was selected as the new Bonner County assessor during a special Thursday commissioners meeting.

“For me, previous experience was kind of the scale-tipper on that,” Bradshaw said.

The commissioner said that while he thinks the assessor’s office would have benefited from either Engelhardt or Tom Brown as assessor, there were a few small things he noticed during Tuesday’s interviews that led him to lean toward voting for Engelhardt.

Engelhardt won in a 2-1 vote, with Commissioner Asia Williams voting no because she said the residents in District 2 voiced greater approval for Brown.

The new assessor will be sworn in at 9 a.m. Monday, June 5, at the Bonner County Administration Building at 1500 U.S. 2 in Sandpoint.