Kootenai County officials will consider a proposal to suspend impact fees temporarily based on such a recommendation from its impact fee advisory committee, according to a story in the Coeur d'Alene Press.

One developer described the fees as a "brick wall" preventing him and others from doing business in the county.

One Kootenai commissioner said the intent of the fees was not to impede business or force people to leave the area, so he is willing to consider a suspension of the fees, at least until the economy in the county improves.