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Nampa reallocates $183,200 to M&M Subdivision waterline upgrades, council approves task order
Summary
City council voted to move $183,200 from an undecumbered UPC well project to replace aging water lines in the M & M Subdivision and authorized a task order with JUB Engineers; staff said the city already owns the subdivision well and will evaluate future connection to the city system.
The Nampa City Council on a unanimous vote approved reallocating $183,200 from the UPC well project to fund waterline replacement work in the M & M Subdivision and authorized the public works director to sign a task order with JUB Engineers not to exceed that amount.
Council heard from John Spencer, engineering manager for the city’s Water and Irrigation Department, who said the UPC well project “we currently don't have any water rights to develop that well, and also we don't have a location for that well,” and that staff determined little progress could be made on the UPC well this year. He said the M & M Subdivision need has become more acute and the requested allocation would be more usefully spent there.
Spencer said the city already operates the well that serves the M & M Subdivision. “That well belongs to us. We purchased that. It is outside of the full system,” he said, describing it as part of a package the city bought from United Water in about 2005. He said the task order would address aging water mains, meter installation to aid bill collection and shut-offs, and options to connect the subdivision to the city system.
Council members pressed staff on fiscal and service impacts. Spencer confirmed the work would be paid from the enterprise fund and that the city already collects fees from those customers. He also said the upgrade would add meters and “help manage that bill collection to be able to shut the service off, that we can't do currently.” Mayor and council then moved, seconded and recorded a roll-call vote in favor of the reallocation.
The approved task order funds initial engineering/design and local construction planning; the item before council did not obligate additional construction dollars beyond the $183,200 reallocation. Staff said a future decision would be required if the city opts to fully extend the municipal distribution network to replace the out-of-system well service.
Council members did not direct immediate annexation of the subdivision; staff said the parcel is non-contiguous and not annexable at this time.
