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Nampa officials review Local Improvement District process after years-long construction timelines and delinquencies
Summary
City CFO Doug Ray Seed told the Council that the city’s Local Improvement District (LID) program is voluntary and useful but creates budget and collection risks when projects take years to complete. Staff will pursue internal changes and bring recommended ordinance or policy updates back to Council.
Nampa Chief Financial Officer Doug Ray Seed briefed the City Council at a special meeting on the city’s Local Improvement District (LID) program and outlined financial and operational concerns tied to long construction timelines and delinquencies.
Seed told council members that the LID program “provides property owners an economical way to pay for hookup or construction costs or upgrading various utilities and infrastructure” and that LIDs are now run on a voluntary basis. He said the city typically advances construction costs and later bills participating property owners through utility-billing processes once the LID is confirmed and the city authorizes billing.
The discussion matters to taxpayers and property owners because of the lag between construction and billing. Seed said the average interval from LID creation to confirmed billing is 3 years and 8 months; the shortest was 1 year, 1 month, and the longest about 8 years, 5 months. During that interval the city fronts money, and if staff does not complete confirmation and…
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