County almost makes fair audit vote

Kootenai County Commissioners nearly made an impromptu decision Thursday on whether to move forward with a forensic audit of the Kootenai County fairground’s finances. Near the end of a one-hour meeting scheduled to be a fair board update, the commissioners began deliberating and positioning themselves to vote on the matter. After Marc Eberlein said he opposed the audit and David Stewart made a motion in favor, an observer in the capacity-filled board room reminded the commissioners — before Dan Green weighed in — that making a decision on the audit wasn’t on the meeting agenda. The commissioners then pulled back and placed it on the agenda for Monday’s debriefing meeting/ Ryan Collingwood , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .