Kootenai Co., Spokane Share Ideas

What if:

• Kootenai County’s free Citylink bus system connected with Spokane Transit Authority routes to allow commuters to travel back and forth across the state line?
• Spokane County could ease its landfill needs by shipping some of its waste to Kootenai County’s Fighting Creek Landfill?
• Law enforcement in the two counties established a regional pay structure so Kootenai County didn’t regularly lose officers to Spokane County’s higher salaries?

Realistic or not, those were some of the ideas tossed on the table Monday during the first joint meeting of Spokane and Kootenai counties’ boards of commissioners.

Question: I’d be willing to give up studded tires to drive to Spokane Airport if Spokane County would limit the amount of visitors it allows to pack our waterfront. Can you think of any other sweet deals the two counties could make?