Nampa Council Approves Change Order and Emergency Culvert Work, Authorizes Multiple Public‑works Contracts
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Summary
The Nampa City Council approved a Knife River change order for Phillips Canal work and authorized emergency and planned public‑works contracts, including a $250,000 budget reallocation for an emergency culvert replacement and task orders for sewer and irrigation projects. Council recorded unanimous votes on the items that were brought forward.
The Nampa City Council on Tuesday approved a series of public‑works contracts and an emergency budget reallocation intended to keep planned infrastructure projects on schedule and repair unplanned damage.
Council authorized a change order with Knife River for Phillips Canal work in the amount of $122,088.95. The motion passed on a roll‑call vote called by the clerk.
The council then approved an emergency budget reallocation of $250,000 to pay for replacement work on the Elijah Drain culvert at Pine and Lincoln and authorized the mayor and public‑works director to sign a task order for the culvert rehabilitation. City staff said the work will be paid by moving existing budget authority between projects rather than increasing the overall FY26 budget; a formal budget amendment will follow. "Part of that will come out of irrigation. Part of that will come out of streets," Crystal (city staff) said, describing how costs would be shared. Staff discussed using contingency funds first; the record included two on‑the‑record contingency figures (one speaker referenced $800,000; finance staff referred to $600,000), a discrepancy staff said they would clarify in follow‑up.
Council also approved a task order with Keller Associates for the Bridal Sewer Trunk Project not to exceed $521,000 and authorized an annual irrigation replacement contract with La Riviere, Inc., not to exceed $739,761. John Spencer, director of water resources, told the council the sewer project is on budget and that finance will continue to track multi‑year funding sources by year.
The approvals were framed by staff as necessary to keep multi‑year, multi‑source projects on schedule and to respond to an unplanned emergency. Mayor and council members repeatedly emphasized the city’s intent to avoid a net increase to the overall adopted budget by reallocating existing project authority, with formal amendments to follow for transparency.
Council recorded roll‑call approval on each item.
What happens next: staff said the culvert work and the other contracts will proceed and that a formal FY26 budget amendment will return to council to record the transfers and any contingency draws.
