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Council approves minutes, payables, wage plan, ITD agreement, trail bid and ordinance in brief votes
Summary
At its Sept. 15 meeting the Soda Springs City Council approved meeting minutes, payables, a fiscal‑year 2026 wage plan with a 3.5% cost‑of‑living adjustment, authorized an Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) agreement, awarded a low bid for a trail project and adopted Ordinance No. 717 rezoning a parcel.
The Soda Springs City Council in a series of short motions on Sept. 15 approved routine minutes and payables, adopted the city’s fiscal‑year 2026 wage plan with a 3.5% cost‑of‑living increase, authorized the mayor to sign an agreement with the Idaho Transportation Department and accepted the low bid for a local trail project. The council also adopted Ordinance No. 717 to change zoning for a parcel identified in the ordinance.
Why it matters: The wage plan affects city employees and the budget for FY2026; the ITD agreement and trail bid commit the city to construction timing and potential matching or pay‑as‑billed charges; zoning changes affect property use in the industrial/residential fringe near SOTA Mobile Homes and Mandy Creek Church.
Key outcomes
- Minutes (dated 09/03/2025) — motion to accept; vote: all in favor. No dissent recorded.
- Payables (09/01–09/15/2025) — motion to approve payables; vote: all in favor. No dissent recorded.
- Wage plan, FY2026 — council adopted an employee wage plan that includes a 3.5% cost‑of‑living adjustment. Council discussion noted that department heads and the mayor may also bring forward merit increases at their discretion. Motion passed on voice vote with all in favor.
- ITD agreement — council authorized the mayor to sign the revised Idaho Transportation Department agreement concerning maintenance/repairs and project work described in the agreement (references in the meeting included “Highway 30/Second South” and an updated engineer’s estimate). The council specifically approved language that requires payment only up to the engineer’s estimate and moved the required city payment timing to no more than 30 days before construction start. Motion passed on voice vote with all in favor.
- Trail project low bid — the council accepted the low bid from Smith Construction (identified in the record as the low cost bid) for the Beatty/Baker Creek Road to Second Bridge trail section, with caveats to finalize details with the contractor. Motion passed on roll call: all in favor.
- Ordinance No. 717 — Council adopted Ordinance No. 717, described in the meeting as “amending the zoning map” for a parcel (referenced as 41 South Third East) and changing zoning “from R‑2 to Seaboard” as read by title. The planning and zoning commission had recommended approval. Roll‑call votes recorded in the transcript list Councilmen Hart, Griffin, Carpenter and Worthenburg as voting aye; the motion carried.
Formal actions and vote records are summarized in the meeting minutes and in the actions[] array attached to this article for audit and follow‑up.
No items were tabled or failed during the business portion that led into the executive session.
