Pocatello council approves publication of tentative FY2026 budget, fee schedule and 1% foregone

The Pocatello City Council voted to publish the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget, a tentative fee schedule and a 1% foregone notice after staff presented updated revenue estimates and recommended adjustments.

Anne Nichols, Pocatello chief of staff, and Chantelle Macy, budget manager, told the council the packet reflects changes since the June 10 work session including updated recreation revenue, revised golf capital estimates, removal of expected summer concert-series revenue and corrections to several fee lines. “We did include those in there,” Nichols said referring to cemetery endowment fees that had been omitted in earlier drafts.

The memo also incorporated an updated L2 form from the state that added $94,916 to the city’s operating base (including a $6,532 adjustment for a 3% calculation from three highest-budget years, $72,947 for new construction and $15,437 for a 1% O&M addition), and a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) decision that required the city to increase general-fund expenditures…