Annexation talk over for now
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December 19, 2012 |
After a long and often bitter attempt to annex
over 70 parcels into the City of Bonners Ferry,
the attempt ended last night in a tie breaker.
The Bonners Ferry City Council approved the
Annexation Plan as well as the findings
supporting it, but did not adopt the ordinance
that would have put the plan into effect.
The annexation to incorporate 76 parcels of land
into the city was approved in the face of stiff
opposition by the owners of the majority of
those properties November 11, 2011, but was
challenged in court by 73 of them.
In October, First District Court Judge Jeff
Brudie ruled in favor of the litigants on a
technicality, forcing the city council to reopen
the process.
After listening to public comment at Tuesday
evening's city council meeting, much of it
rancorous, council members Rick Alonzo and Mike
Klaus voted "no," and members Connie Wells and
Tom Mayo voted "yes," putting the decision into
the hands of Bonners Ferry Mayor Dave Anderson,
who ended the process, for now, by voting "no."
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