Other Kootenai County departments are facing potentially sizable cuts, and staff is weighing the possible impacts.

County Clerk Cliff Hayes has said all the funding for the Parks Department, about $200,000, could be recommended for the chopping block.

Nick Snyder, Parks and Waterways director, said he is still providing information to the county commissioners to help with their eventual decision.

"I can tell you it would have a significantly adverse effect on parks," Snyder said of axing the department's funding.

The loss would specifically affect the 19 boat launches managed by the county, he said, as well as the 10 upland parks and six miles of Centennial Trail the Parks Department maintains.

Just how big the impact would be, he said, depends on how much funding remains in the end.

That goes for staff cuts, too, he added.

"There are salaries as well as maintenance moneys intermingled in those funds," Snyder said. "I'm confident that the county commissioners will take this information, examine it closely, and make a decision that makes sense."

Hayes and other department heads are also considering trimming county funding for the North Idaho Fair and Rodeo from about $100,000 to roughly $30,000.

The fair board will wait to react until the clerk makes his official budget proposal to the commissioners, said Chelsea Rosenberger, sponsorship and special events coordinator for the fair and rodeo.

"Obviously we are concerned," she said. "We won't be taking any action until we know what's being proposed."

This past year, the fair and rodeo received $90,000 from the county, Rosenberger said, which was only about 9 percent of the fair's total budget.

The majority of the fair's capital is earned from ticket sales and other dollars taken in during the five-day fair, she explained, as well as community sponsorships and donations.

"It will have an impact," Rosenberger said of losing county funding. "We're just not sure how large of an impact."