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GIS manager seeks travel for leadership training, potential plotter replacement and a custom-map fee
Summary
Bannock County GIS manager requested funds for staff training including a one-time GIS Leadership Academy, attendance for a biennial conference hosted in Pocatello in 2026, $16,000 for a new plotter (if approved), and asked commissioners to consider an hourly or minimum fee for custom map production for outside customers.
Heather Studley, manager of Bannock County GIS, presented a mostly flat budget with several specific requests to commissioners: one-time training for herself at a GIS Leadership Academy, funds to send the team to a local biennial GIS conference (to be hosted in Pocatello in 2026), a capital request to replace an aging plotter (roughly estimated at $16,000), and consideration of a fee structure for custom maps provided to entities outside the county.
Studley said travel and education costs have risen and that her goal is…
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