The proposed Idaho Center transfer hit another roadblock this week.
And it means the College of Western Idaho will need to wait at least until December before voting on the controversial acquisition.
A divided Nampa City Council voted Friday to hold a public hearing on the no-cash transfer, with outgoing Mayor Debbie Kling breaking a 3-3 deadlock, Haadiya Tariq of the Idaho Press reported.
The City Council had voted in October to turn over the 100-acre center complex — which includes a 12,200-seat multipurpose indoor arena, an outdoor amphitheater and a horse park. But an open meetings complaint against the City Council, referred to the Twin Falls County prosecutor’s office, has brought the process to a halt.
Twin Falls County Prosecutor Grant Loebs concluded that the closed meetings “did not result in a secret decision,” Tariq reported. Still, the city will hold a Dec. 1 public hearing to discuss the transfer and take testimony.
With the city pressing the reset button, the CWI board of trustees won’t take up the issue at its regular monthly meeting, scheduled for Thursday. CWI won’t act unless and until the City Council votes to transfer the complex, spokesman Ashley Smith said.
