Urban Renewal Agency seeks applicants

POST FALLS - The Post Falls Urban Renewal Agency is accepting applications to fill a seat on its volunteer board. Applications will be accepted through the close of business on Wednesday.

Those interested in applying can contact the URA office in the upstairs of the chamber of commerce building, call 777-8151, email [email protected] or visit www.pfura.com for an application.

Applicants must be residents of Kootenai County.

Interviews are anticipated for Feb. 7 and Feb. 10. Interviews will be conducted by two board members and Executive Director Tom Lien. A selection will be made during the regular commission meeting in February.

The URA is seeking to fill the seat formerly held by Bobbi Rollins, who died last month at 70. Urban renewal colleagues said Rollins was diagnosed with cancer and had undergone treatment.

Rollins was appointed to the urban renewal commission in October 2006 and served as chairwoman for the past four years. Her term ends in December 2017.

The Post Falls City Council recently re-appointed Jerry Baltzell to the urban renewal board for another five-year term. Also appointed to the board as new commissioners for five-year terms were Len Crosby and Paula Rehrmann, both of Post Falls.

Baltzell was elected chairman of the board; Samantha Babich, vice chairwoman; and Larry Carstensen, treasurer.