The Pocatello City Council on Dec. 12 approved a series of routine and substantive items including grant applications, procurement awards, ARPA funding obligations, a land purchase and an ordinance vacating a public easement. Several items were passed unanimously by roll call; a small number drew individual no votes noted below.

Votes at a glance (motions passed unless otherwise noted):

- Consent Agenda (Agenda item 3: items A–E). Action: Approved on a single motion. Motion by Council President Lyric; second by Council Member Cheatham. Roll call completed; details of each consent sub-item appear in the agenda packet.

- Assistance to Firefighters Grant application (Agenda item 7). Action: Approved to submit the FY2024 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (FEMA) application for $73,200 with a required local match of $6,654.55. Motion by Council President Lyric; second by Council Member Paulson. Roll call approval recorded.

- US EPA SWIFR grant application (Agenda item 8). Action: Approved to submit application for $4,950,000 to expand recycling infrastructure and implement a commercial cardboard recycling program. Motion by Council Member Cheatham; second by Council President Lyric. Roll call approval recorded.

- Airport Title VI Plan adoption (Agenda item 9). Action: Adopted as required by FAA for federal grant assurances. Motion by Council Member Cheatham; second by Council President Lyric. Roll call approval recorded.

- ARPA fund obligations (Agenda item 10). Action: Approved six obligations funded by American Rescue Plan Act dollars, including $45,000 for Legacy Park improvements; $70,000 for Mountain View Cemetery Road improvements; $45,000 for First Avenue stormwater paving; $48,450 for engineering professional services on High Line Road; $31,574.61 for Mountain View Cemetery waterline replacement; and $49,869 for Legacy Park playground equipment. Motion moved and seconded; roll call approval recorded.

- Piggyback bid acceptance for concrete services (Agenda item 11). Action: Approved piggyback contract pricing with M and S Development and Construction LLC for FY2025 concrete services, total $208,235.71, funded by ARPA. Motion moved and seconded; roll call approval recorded.

- Ross Park Aquatic Complex procurement (Agenda item 12). Action: Awarded three bids: Securecoin Lockers ($80,206) for locker replacements; MasterCraft Pool and Spa ($193,698.20) for lazy-river flotation upgrades; MasterCraft Pool and Spa ($126,899.40) for kiddie pool flotation upgrades. Funding from ARPA. Motion by Council Member Mansfield; second by Council Member Mangum. Council Member Cheatham recorded a recorded “no” vote; other members voted yes.

- 2025 Water Department materials bids (Agenda item 13). Action: Awarded multiple lots to lowest responsive bidders (total $743,791.41) to Core and Main LP, Ferguson Water Works and Xena USA. Motion by Council President Lyric; second by Council Member Cheatham. Roll call approval recorded.

- Mountain View Cemetery sprinkler system (Agenda item 14). Action: Awarded phase 1 automated sprinkler system to American Yards Inc., total $190,350, funded by ARPA. Motion by Council Member Mansfield; second by Council Member Paulson. Council Member Cheatham recorded a recorded “no” vote; other members voted yes.

- Land acquisition from the estate of Kathleen Brennan (Agenda item 15). Action: Approved purchase of land adjacent to Sacagawea Park and the city water department for $432,881.75, including closing costs, funded by ARPA. Motion by Council Member Nichols; second by Council Member Mansfield. Roll call approval recorded.

- Ordinance vacating a 30-foot access and utility easement (Agenda item 16). Action: Final passage adopted. Motion by Council Member Mansfield; second by Council Member Mangum. Roll call approval recorded.

- Other: Items from the audience included public comment urging the city to advocate to School District 25 to keep Washington Elementary open; the council took no action during the meeting on that request.

Where the transcript provided explicit roll-call tallies, those tallies are reflected above; where the transcript presented only a roll-call with affirmative responses, the item is marked approved and the meeting minutes and agenda packet provide the full administrative record.

Not all motions listed full roll-call tallies in the audible transcript; council staff confirmed funding sources in the agenda descriptions (for example, numerous procurement and capital items were funded through ARPA and several grant applications cited the federal funding sources).