Tension over confidential file access may be easing
Bonner County commissioners listen during a past business meeting. Previously high tensions between county officials, including commissioners, Bonner County Sheriff Daryl Wheeler and Bonner County Prosecutor Louis Marshall over confidential file access remain seem to be diminishing.
(File photo/CAROLINE LOBSINGER)
SANDPOINT — Previously high tensions between Bonner County elected officials may be diminishing as discussions regarding confidential file access remain ongoing.
The situation began in a Feb. 6 email by Deputy Prosecutor Scott Bauer to IT Director Jacob Storms, with multiple other elected officials copied on the email. In the correspondence, Bauer claimed there was prior communication between Sheriff Daryl Wheeler and Storms regarding Bauer’s concerns with “inaccurate and incomplete email productions to the public” as it pertained to public records requests.
Bauer alleged that he had proposed a “standard operating procedure” to ensure accurate responses to public records requests through the Google Vault system, which the county uses to store most, if not all, of its records.
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