Boise City Council - Evening Session

At its September 30, 2026 evening session, the Boise City Council approved the consent agenda, including a collective labor agreement with the firefighters’ union, with wage and management provisions and a grant-supported three-year pilot for four-person staffing at three stations—nine additional firefighters. The consent agenda also authorized spending from a Safe Streets for All grant for safety work on Fairview Avenue, included a library grant, more than $10 million in annual public-transit investment, and $1.4 million for Liberty Park improvements. Council also approved Ordinance 38-26, changing a property’s zoning classification from R-1A to R-2.

The main hearing concerned ACHD’s appeal of the Planning and Zoning Commission’s denial of a Boise River system permit for the Ecker Road Bridge replacement. The project is fully funded for the bridge through the Local Highway Technical Assistance Council’s bridge program, with the city funding the Greenbelt underpass; ACHD said it had received a bid and was awaiting notice to proceed. After discussion of construction staging, tree and habitat impacts, safety, and mitigation, the council approved the appeal with conditions, including consideration of alternative staging, a tree inventory and preservation/mitigation program, and replacement mitigation. The substitute motion carried 5–1; no new contract award was recorded.