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Pocatello council approves grants, contracts and policy updates including investment adviser contract
Summary
Council approved a USDOT municipal services grant application, surplus sale, wellness app agreement, an airport lease, an urban‑renewal eligibility study, updated drug/alcohol testing policies, and a one‑year contract with Clearwater Advisor LLC to support city investments.
At its Sept. 4 meeting, the Pocatello City Council approved a slate of administrative items, including a USDOT grant application for a municipal services impact analysis, the sale of a seized vehicle, a wellness-app agreement for employees, an airport lease and the adoption of several policy updates.
Christine Howe, grants manager, said the U.S. Department of Transportation Rural and Tribal Assistance Pilot Program grant application is focused specifically on a municipal-services impact analysis for the Crest development at the airport; the grant request is for $750,000 and requires no local match. The council authorized submission and, if awarded, acceptance of the grant and mayoral signature on related documents.
The council approved a professional services agreement with Clearwater Advisor LLC to support the city’s investment and cash-management program. Finance staff told the council the one‑year contract is for a negotiated flat fee (staff cited approximately $22,000 for the first year); staff said the contract includes a 30‑day termination clause and that the adviser will provide separate reporting, cash‑flow forecasts and portfolio analytics to improve budgeting accuracy. Council members requested Clearwater attend a future work session before the city authorizes investments under the new arrangement; staff said a work session could be scheduled as early as October.
The council also approved termination and replacement of an airport lease and a new 30‑year lease at the airport with a $30,000-per-year rent subject to CPI adjustments and periodic rent review, accepted a Pocatello Development Authority eligibility study for a Historic Downtown urban renewal area, and adopted updated drug and alcohol testing policies for CDL‑required positions (citywide testing for all employees was discussed but not adopted).
Other approved items included declaring one police‑seized vehicle surplus and authorizing sale, approving an employee wellness app agreement with Wellable, and accepting staff recommendations on transit department drug-and-alcohol testing policies.
Council members said the items were vetted by staff and by standing committees where appropriate; several members emphasized transparency and requested regular reports and the opportunity to review investment companies the adviser proposes.
