The following is a news release from the city of Pocatello. At Thursday’s Pocatello City Council meeting, the City Council voted to direct City staff to prepare an ordinance that repeals the City’s face covering ordinance. Under Idaho law, an ordinance can only be repealed by another ordinance. The face covering ordinance remains in effect […]
Pocatello welcomes new financial officer Jim Krueger
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)-The city of Pocatello has installed Jim Krueger as the city’s new Chief Financial Officer.
Kreuger has 34 years of experience in similar jobs as former Director of Administrative Services in Coronado, California, City Administrator, Clerk, and Finance Director in Garden City, Idaho, and similar positions in Lodi, California, Bend and Sutherlin, Oregon. He has also taught Business Management and Accounting courses for Southern Oregon and Ventura Community College.
“Everything I have heard about the Mayor, City Councilmembers, department heads and the City staff is very encouraging to me and I look forward to working together with them to provide excellent service to the citizens of Pocatello,” said Jim. “I am looking forward to meeting the Mayor and City Councilmembers in-person, getting to know each one of them better, and learning of what they believe are the most pressing financial challen
Pocatello City Council votes for continuation of mask mandate
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POCATELLO The Pocatello City Council voted to uphold a mask mandate during its meeting Thursday night.
“We do listen to all the voices, and all the comments that people make and we take them seriously,” councilwoman Linda Leeuwrik said. “But we have to weigh all of those and do the best we can, or what we believe is the best for the city.”
Councilwoman Claudia Ortega expanded on her colleague’s comments, adding that she realizes half of the city’s residents will be upset about the decision no matter which way she and her fellow council members vote.
Jim Johnston
In contrast to what Teresa McKnight, the CEO of Regional Economic Development for Eastern Idaho, or REDI, told the Pocatello City Council during a quarterly update in November, itâs not high property taxes but rather prospective sellers massively inflating the value of their properties thatâs served as a larger impediment to growth in the Gate City, Jim Johnston, the interim CEO of Bannock Development Corp., recently told the Pocatello City Council during a meeting at City Hall.
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âOn July 24 we had a site visit from a company who looked at some wonderful locations,â Johnston told the City Council. âThe site (this company) liked the best was not a property that was listed but one we were introduced to. (The sellers) initially wanted $2,000 per acre for that property, but when this company expressed an interest in it, they shot that price up to $40,000 an acre. Now, it is not our tax structure that keeps people fro
POCATELLO â Work is currently underway to prevent a local hotel from becoming blighted while also providing much-needed housing, adult supervision and workforce training services for elderly veterans in the region.
A Chicago-based real estate investment and development company, Lockwood Development Partners LLC, after obtaining a contract-based conditional use permit from the Pocatello City Council last month, is forging ahead with plans to turn the Clarion Inn on Bench Road into a 125-unit apartment complex for veterans over age 55, complete with an on-site adult daycare and a workforce training and education center.
âWe are very excited,â Dan McNulty, an architect and principal investor with Lockwood Development Partners, told the Pocatello City Council during a Nov. 19 meeting. âEverybody is struggling in this pandemic, but really, we are doing two things with this project â weâre helping out vets and weâre saving a lot of aspects of the hospit