Fire commissioner works for free
KAYE THORNBRUGH | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 5 months AGO
Kaye Thornbrugh is a second-generation Kootenai County resident who has been with the Coeur d’Alene Press for six years. She primarily covers Kootenai County’s government, as well as law enforcement, the legal system and North Idaho College. | April 29, 2022 1:00 AM
HAYDEN — A Northern Lakes Fire Commissioner has been working for free.
Public records obtained by The Press show that Douglas Duncan has taken no wages or benefits since he took office in January.
The other four commissioners were paid between $600 and $1,000 between January and April 27. They also received medical and vision benefits, while Duncan did not.
Duncan, who was elected to the Subdistrict 5 seat last November, told The Press his reasons for refusing pay and benefits are “personal.” He declined to elaborate further.
“I’m not in it for the money,” he said Thursday.
Duncan is the husband of Kootenai County Commissioner Leslie Duncan, who is running unopposed in the May 17 Republican primary.
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