Author: Michelle

The Board met for their regular board meeting on February 27th. This meeting approved the financials, bills, and minutes. It included updates on the construction progress and the WECRD is getting the gas lines, sewer lines, communication lines, and electrical lines in place before the 18th St. road project is complete. The Board approved the purchase of a Conditional Use Permit and the posting/notice required for the public hearing. The WECRD is looking to purchase a new laptop for construction […]

The City has begun construction on 18th St. and as they worked their way to our property it has created some hurdles. WECRD needs to get the gas lines, water lines, and sewer lines into the ground before the road is capped and finished. The City also began digging a retention pond on the property that was not in the most recent agreed upon spot. This made WECRD and their design team scramble to change the site plan to fit […]

January 8, 2019 – The Board and staff interviewed the Ewing Company, ESI, and the Wright Brothers for the CM/GC Services contract. All three companies were impressive and the Board had a tough decision to make. After deliberating for quite some time they agreed to hire the Wright Brothers. A formal notice will be published once we have a signed contract with them.

LCA presented an overview of the indoor pool facility to the board, staff, and community members. LCA reviewed the findings from the site survey that was conducted and they will be able to coordinate their design plans using what was already done to the land previously. (Such as fire hydrants, wells, water valves, etc.) The building plans are beginning to get detailed and the board and staff will continue to work closely with LCA and WTI on getting the plans […]

The WECRD had a regular scheduled board meeting November 28th. At this meeting the auditor presented their finding from the audit for the year ended September 30, 2018. Zwygart John & Associates audited the financial statements of the governmental activities and the fund information of the WECRD.  They encountered no problems and the WECRD is in compliance according to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. They board approved the financial report, bills list, and minutes from the previous meetings. They discussed the […]

Jim and Karen Bird donated $1,000 to the WECRD indoor pool project. We truly appreciate their support and generosity.  Jim Steelsmith and Floyd Beck presented a check to the WECRD in the amount of $2,000 for the project on behalf of the Elmore County Realtors Association. Thank you for supporting the WECRD indoor pool project.  Donations can be accepted in person at the WECRD office, through the mail, or even online. Please contact the office at 208-580-2377 if you have […]

WECRD board, staff and the Foundation met with LCA and WTI on Wednesday November 14th to discuss the schematic pool design. LCA added family locker rooms, an upper mezzanine for storage, and more office space to the previous plan. They also redesigned the layout of the rooms and made the flow of the building better. WTI added details to the pools and presented three concepts for the leisure pool.  After discussion on the plans the board agreed one design had […]

Western Elmore County Recreation District (“WECRD”) is seeking responses from licensed Idaho Public Works Construction Managers (CMs) and licensed Idaho Public Works Contractors, in good standing, to provide their qualifications to perform certain construction manager services (“CM Services) in accordance with Idaho Code, §54-4501, et. seq., as determined by the WECRD. The WECRD intends to construct this project using the Construction Manager\General Contractor (CM/GC) delivery process. Responses should address the proposer’s specific qualifications for this particular project described below. The […]

WECRD met with LCA and WTI on October 23rd about the indoor pool facility. WTI gave a presentation about all the various features that can be put into the pools we are designing. (WTI Presentation) Some features are practical and beneficial to our facility and WECRD will look into those features and the budgetary confinements when making decisions. WECRD with the help of LCA and WTI is moving into the ‘Schematic Phase’ of the project. This phase takes approximately 4-6 […]

On September 26, 2018 the Board met to discuss the contract with LCA Architects. Larry Ashcraft, WECRD attorney, guided the board through the contract and had questions as well. The Board was not able to answer his questions at that time and would either look into it or ask Nate Turner at their meeting. The board tabled signing the contract until they meet with Nate, LCA Architects. That meeting will be October 3, 2018 at 10:00am. President Dan Gillies and […]