Nampa leaders and fire district agree to finish annexation transition; staff to draft lease language and 10‑year notice

Nampa officials and the Nampa Fire District spent a workshop Wednesday reviewing the final steps left from the district's 2021 annexation, focusing on a plan to replace the district's administrative offices, the effect of the urban renewal tax increment on both budgets and a 10‑year notice for the district's training facility.

Chief Kirk Carpenter said the district cannot afford to buy or lease appropriate administrative space with only the $880,000 the city has identified from police‑growth impact fees and the district's reserves. "There is nowhere in the city of Nampa at $880,000 that would purchase administrative space for our admin," Carpenter said. He told council the district has about $2,000,000 in its own impact fees earmarked for administration but that those funds can only be applied to square footage above 7,200, a constraint built into the way the district's CIP was coded.

The meeting produced three staff directions rather than formal votes. Council members and district trustees agreed the city should give a 10‑year notice for the training facility lease so both parties have a known horizon to plan. Council also asked city staff and the fire district to draft and present a lease/tenure agreement to the council that would protect the fire station at the airport and clarify a purchase path; the council instructed the staff team to return with specific contract language the council can consider. Finally, councilmembers and the district agreed to reconvene the previously…