City of Soda Springs Recognized with City Achievement Award
Councilmembers Ryan Carpenter and Rod Worthington; City Director Alan Skinner; Mayor Austin Robinson; Councilmember Paul Gritton; Council President Mitch Hart.
The Association of Idaho Cities recently recognized The City of Soda Springs with a Garret Nancolas City Achievement Award at the June 20 awards banquet during the 77th Association of Idaho Cities Annual Conference in Boise, June 19-21, 2024.
According to the AIC “Creativity, innovation, and solutions-oriented leadership define Idaho city officials. The Garret Nancolas City Achievement Awards recognize the work of cities around Idaho that have implemented pioneering approaches to improve quality of life, address community challenges, and enhance service delivery in cost-effective ways. This year, awards were given in six categories: Community Engagement, Economic & Community Development, Parks & Recreation, Public Safety, Public Works & Transportation, and Youth Council.
The City of Soda Springs was recognized with a City Achievement Award in the Public Works & Transportation Category for its Hydro Plant Rebuild project. Originally constructed in 1955, the hydro plant is just downstream from Soda Springs’ Hooper Park and uses water from the Farmers Land and Irrigation storage reservoir to feed the turbine. The project included casting a copy of the turbine impeller, rewinding the generator, and replacing all the switchgear, and now the unit produces 1.1 million kWh of power annually.”
The award is a testament to the kinds of problem-solving and ingenuity that cities often employ to maximize the resources that they have, and improve the efficiency of their infrastructure.
AIC is an organization that dates back to 1947, and works with cities in a nonprofit capacity to provide education, training, and technical assistance to expand and deepen the abilities of city elected officials and their staffs.
