Post Falls staff reports $5.2 million in impact fees collected for FY2024; spending, balances summarized
October 15, 2025 | Post Falls, Kootenai County, Idaho
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A Planner I for the City of Post Falls presented the fiscal year 2023–2024 development impact fee report and reviewed how the city collected and spent impact fees used to finance public capital facilities for new development. The planner said the report is informational and required for any Idaho governmental entity that collects impact fees; no action was required of the commission at the meeting.
According to the presentation, the fiscal year 2024 impact‑fee collections totaled approximately $5,200,000 and expenditures for the year totaled about $3,500,000, paid toward roads, parks and public safety projects intended to mitigate growth-related impacts. The presenter described example projects funded in fiscal year 2024 as including the Pulleyne and Spokane roundabout (roughly $2.3 million for roads), a parks land acquisition (about $1.9 million), a public‑safety land acquisition (just under $1.0 million), park contracts and professional services (about $1.0 million), and Black Bay Park (about $1.7 million). The report also shows police‑related expenditures in the public safety category.
The presenter explained that impact fees must be used only for system improvement costs that create additional capacity for new growth and that fees are generally spent on a first‑in, first‑out basis within eight years of collection unless the governmental entity documents a reasonable cause and an anticipated date for later use. The presentation included a summary table that showed an ending fund balance presented in two places as roughly $16.0 million and $16.4 million; the presenter displayed both figures in different slides, and staff did not reconcile that difference during the discussion at the meeting.
Commissioners asked for clarification about what land purchases were included in the prior fiscal year’s land acquisitions. The Community Development Director explained that parks and public works jointly purchased about 15 acres on Hargrave, with roughly 5 acres assigned to parks and 10 acres to public works; the director added that the police department had purchased land adjacent to an existing facility for a parking‑lot expansion. The presenter and directors noted that the impact fee committee members — the Planning and Zoning Commission acting in that capacity — were reviewing the report prior to City Council consideration.
No vote was taken on the impact fee report; the presentation was informational and will be forwarded to City Council for further review.
According to the presentation, the fiscal year 2024 impact‑fee collections totaled approximately $5,200,000 and expenditures for the year totaled about $3,500,000, paid toward roads, parks and public safety projects intended to mitigate growth-related impacts. The presenter described example projects funded in fiscal year 2024 as including the Pulleyne and Spokane roundabout (roughly $2.3 million for roads), a parks land acquisition (about $1.9 million), a public‑safety land acquisition (just under $1.0 million), park contracts and professional services (about $1.0 million), and Black Bay Park (about $1.7 million). The report also shows police‑related expenditures in the public safety category.
The presenter explained that impact fees must be used only for system improvement costs that create additional capacity for new growth and that fees are generally spent on a first‑in, first‑out basis within eight years of collection unless the governmental entity documents a reasonable cause and an anticipated date for later use. The presentation included a summary table that showed an ending fund balance presented in two places as roughly $16.0 million and $16.4 million; the presenter displayed both figures in different slides, and staff did not reconcile that difference during the discussion at the meeting.
Commissioners asked for clarification about what land purchases were included in the prior fiscal year’s land acquisitions. The Community Development Director explained that parks and public works jointly purchased about 15 acres on Hargrave, with roughly 5 acres assigned to parks and 10 acres to public works; the director added that the police department had purchased land adjacent to an existing facility for a parking‑lot expansion. The presenter and directors noted that the impact fee committee members — the Planning and Zoning Commission acting in that capacity — were reviewing the report prior to City Council consideration.
No vote was taken on the impact fee report; the presentation was informational and will be forwarded to City Council for further review.
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