67-8203(24) “Public facilities” means:
(a) Water supply production, treatment, storage and distribution facilities;
(b) Wastewater collection, treatment and disposal facilities;
(c) Roads, streets and bridges, including rights-of-way, traffic signals, landscaping and any local components of state or federal highways;
(d) Storm water collection, retention, detention, treatment and disposal facilities, flood control facilities, and bank and shore protection and enhancement improvements;
(e) Parks, open space and recreation areas, and related capital improvements; and
(f) Public safety facilities, including law enforcement, fire, emergency medical and rescue and street lighting facilities.


Sure seems like schools should be on this list as a public facility.

The Idaho Code states that the purpose of impact fees is to ensure that adequate public facilities are available to serve new growth and development. Based on the current situation in Boise, many would agree that the current impact fee structure and expenditure is failing this stated purpose of the law.

Kootenae County in their ordinance list the sheriff’s department, county jail and EMS systems as participating Districts and County Departments. I have not looked at amounts collected and the ordinances cover all construction in the county’s.

The city of Nampa in addition to a major revision about a year ago is looking to implement impact fees for wastewater. In fast growing counties, in my opinion it is an under utilized method to fund growth but it is becoming the “hot topic”. Just make sure not all of the impact fee committees are dominated by self serving developers. In addition an inflationary adjustment should automatically be added yearly to account for rising costs.

Hmm, sounds like this is not being done and it needs to double from $25 to $50 a day. Judges should make this mandatory at sentencing and it should be enforced and paid to the jail or rather the sheriff. Housing should also apply to those who bond/bail out whether it was just 20 minutes or the weekend, etc.

If Judges worry about the overcrowded docket they should bring back the lay judges Idaho once had.

Also the judges need a 2 day weekend and 3 days on holidays to rest up but jailers and police are on duty 24/7. As a result their is a backup of people to be processed on Monday. Night court and a judge on duty could help alleviate the bulge in admissions but Sen. Lakey doesn’t seem a bit concerned.
As to the cost of housing most jails are near $100/day but the State only pays $65 to reimburse the county.–Probably should take some of them up to the Statehouse and lock them in over the weekend.

EDITOR NOTE–They just turned out one for their own didn’t they?

Then we determine the compulsions that drives our own criminal sect. Find the best and just solutions for OUR OWN.

Remember, that guy Timmy Kinner had only recently arrived, before he stabbed that poor girl on State St. LA created him and WE suffer the consequences.

And in the famous words about “those people”:
“When [California] sends its people, they’re not sending their best.
They’re sending people that have a lot of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

It’s no wonder our prisons and jails are full. Blame the Californians!
(ha! again)