City of Melba

05/14/2025

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Date change notice, spread the word!

SEWER CLEANING & INSPECTIONS
Integrity Inspections have been contracted to do maintenance cleaning and inspections on the City’s sewer collection system. There will be crews working in your area and you may experience a surge of water in your toilets. Please cover your toilets with saran-wrap or plastic, keep the lid closed, and place a couple towels around your toilet in case water comes into your home. If you have water backup out of your toilet you may have a problem with your sewer service and should have it inspected.
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Due to scheduling conflicts, Integrity Inspections work crews will now be in your area to do this work during the week of

>>>>>May 21 - 23, 2025

01/03/2025

A note from J&M Sanitation:

CHRISTMAS TREE REMOVAL
*We at J&M Sanitation would like to take a moment to thank our customers for the opportunity to serve you and give some helpful tips in regard to the services we provide.
• Christmas trees can be placed at the curb on your service day, January 16th, 2025, for pick up.
• Please leave 3 feet of distance between your regular trash and the Christmas tree.
• Remove all lights, ornaments and stands
• Do not place trees in bags or cans, a separate truck will come by to collect the tree on this day at no additional charge.
*We ask that all customers please have trash within 2 ft of the curb by 7:00 in the morning to ensure pick-up.
*Extra trash carts are available from J&M Sanitation for $2.10 each. These carts have wheels, lids, handles and are 95 gallons in capacity, or equivalent to three small cans. Please call our office @ 208-922-3313 for details.
*Trash carts are the property of J&M Sanitation, they need to stay at the residence they are delivered to.
*Thank you, our valued customers, for your understanding and participation.

04/16/2021

The City of Melba is seeking citizens having a interest in working on the Melba Planning and Zoning Commission. Members are appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council to serve a three-year (3-year) term. There is one (1) vacancy on the Commission. We are looking for a City representative; eligible applicants shall have lived in Melba City limits at least two (2) years; and shall maintain residency during their service on the Commission. Interested citizens may contact Melba City Hall at 208-495-2722 or email cityclerk@cityofmelba .org

04/16/2021

Melba City Clean Up Day is Saturday, April 24, 2021.

A collection site will be established in the lot behind the City Park. You may drop items off between 9 am and 3 pm. Saturday, April 24, 2021. There will be crews there to assist you.

You may also contact Melba City Hall to be placed on a list for pick up of larger items such as furniture and/or appliances. Items for pick up must be at curb side or in the alley.

We are also in need of volunteers with pickups and/or trailers, or if you just want to get out and help with general clean up please join us for a Continental Breakfast at the Senior Center 8 am to 9 am.
Contact Melba City Hall for more information 208-495-2722 or
email [email protected]

08/10/2020

Tonight’s city council meeting will be in the tower theater. Social distancing will be practiced and masks are strongly recommended to be worn!

05/22/2020

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 22, 2020

Idaho rolls out new COVID-19 testing strategy to protect lives, preserve healthcare capacity, rebound economy

Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced today that the Testing Task Force assembled one month ago has completed its recommendations.

“A strong economic rebound can only occur with a combination of efforts, and expanded and targeted testing is a big part of our strategy,” Governor Little said. “We have an impressive team of very capable local clinical and laboratory and research experts from across the state helping us navigate this crisis, and I sincerely appreciate their help.”

The task force’s full report is available at https://rebound.idaho.gov/stages-of-reopening/.

The Testing Task Force’s recommendations include:

Who should be tested and how often. Testing across all groups of people should be expanded. This will include testing of both symptomatic and some asymptomatic people based on priority level. The task force proposed five testing priority levels based on testing need. Priority 1 represents people with the highest need for testing (such as healthcare workers, residents of nursing homes, and others) and priority 5 represents those with the lowest need.

Investment in local testing capacity must be significantly increased.

Expansion of molecular diagnostic testing now, which in combination with proven public health practices such as tracing, physical distancing, enhanced sanitation, hand hygiene, and instructing ill people to stay home to protect others, will help stop the spread of COVID-19. Molecular diagnostic tests identify the presence of the virus and tell us who is infected. Knowing who has the virus is the most important information we need to reduce disease transmission.

A limited use of serologic (antibody) testing, which detects human antibodies to the virus. The presence of antibodies tells us who has been exposed to the virus in the past, but that does not guarantee they will be protected from re-infection. There will be important public health uses for serology testing, but at a later point in the response.

“The takeaway message from these recommendations is that we will need to build incredible testing capacity plus the ability to respond to all of those results with appropriate clinical and public health follow-up care, if we hope to provide widescale and repeated testing for all Idahoans who may need to be tested,” said Dr. Christopher Ball, Chief of the Idaho Bureau of Laboratories and co-chair of the Testing Task Force.

The task force also noted:

Testing for COVID-19 is not a strategy that stands alone; it informs public health prevention strategies and risk mitigation efforts.

Well-executed risk mitigation efforts will achieve both reductions in disease transmission and a successfully reopened economy.

Lastly, a robust approach to educating the public, businesses, industry, schools, and others must be a critical part of the enhanced public health prevention strategies required to effectively mitigate COVID-19 transmission risk.

Participants of the Testing Task Force include:

Co-chairs

Dr. Christopher Ball (Director, Idaho Bureau of Laboratories)
Dr. Jim Souza (Chief Medical Officer, St. Luke’s Health System)

State and Local Public Health

Division of Public Health:
Dr. Christine Hahn (Public Health Medical Director and State Epidemiologist)
Dr. Kris Carter (Career Epidemiology Field Officer – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Dr. Carolyn Bridges (Consultant)
Elke Shaw-Tulloch (Division Administrator, State Health Official)

Local Public Health District:
Maggie Mann (Director, Southeastern Idaho Public Health)

Healthcare

Boise Veterans Administration Medical Center:
Dr. Andrew Wilper (Chief of Staff)

Kootenai Health:
Dr. Karen Cabell (Chief Physician Executive)

Saint Alphonsus Health System:
Dr. Steven Nemerson (Chief Clinical Officer)
Dr. Patrice Burgess (Systems Contact for Testing)

St. Luke's Health System:
Dr. Matthew Burtelow (Boise Pathology Group, St. Luke’s Treasure Valley Medical Executive Committee)
Dr. Sky Blue (infectious disease physician, Sawtooth Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, St. Luke’s Infection Prevention Committee)

Idaho Emergency Responders Health Center
Dr. Rob Hilvers

Retail Pharmacy
Albertsons Corporation: Rob Geddes, Director of Pharmacy and Regulatory Affairs

Community Organization
Crush the Curve: Mike Boren

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NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Marissa Morrison Hyer, Press Secretary
208-943-1686 or [email protected]
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View the Stay Healthy Order for Stage 2 here. Business Protocols for Opening Includes protocols for general businesses and more specific protocols for daycares, youth activities, places of worship, restaurants, […]

05/05/2020

MELBA CITY HALL
IS OPEN REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS
8:00 AM TO 12:00 NOON
1:00 PM TO 3:00 PM
MONDAY THRU FRIDAY
THE LOBBY IS OPEN

Thank you for your patience and support during the lobby closure, we appreciate your efforts during this unprecedented time.

For the health & safety of City Staff and yours we will be practicing these recommended protocols:
​• Engage in physical distancing of at least six feet
​• Wear face coverings in public places
​• Stay home if sick
​• Practice good hand hygiene
​• Cover coughs and sneezes
​• Disinfect surfaces and objects regularly
If there is a customer in the lobby, please wait outside the door until their business is complete before you enter.
We will continue to encourage you to pay the utility bill with our online payment option on our website at www.cityofmelba.org. Please remember there is a user fee of 3% plus $1 that is charged by Access Idaho, our third-party vendor, the City does not receive any portion of the fee; or take advantage of your financial institution’s “bill pay” options, they are usually available for no charge to account holders. You may also pay with cash, check or money order.

Hello and welcome to the City of Melba’s new website, and more importantly the City of Melba. Thank you for allowing me to serve the city as mayor.

04/29/2020

04/28/2020

Thank you to The mystery pastry drop off gal. Very neat thing you are doing. Thanks for making our community great!!!

04/23/2020

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 23, 2020

Idaho Rebounds: Gov. Little outlines new plans in path to prosperity

Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little announced new plans today to help Idaho rebound from the economic impacts of coronavirus.

“Idaho will be better positioned for a strong economic rebound because of the difficult changes we are making in the short-term,” Governor Little said. “Like everyone, I want our economy back up and running as soon as possible, but we simply cannot open everything all at once and reverse the good work we have done collectively over the past month to slow the spread of coronavirus. We have a plan to reopen our economy in stages, consistent with direction from the President.”

The Governor’s Office created Rebound.Idaho.Gov, a new online resource for Idahoans to track the state’s progress in reopening the state’s economy in stages to ensure a strong economic comeback.

The plan will occur over four stages and sets forth specific criteria for Idaho to meet before moving into each of the four stages, as well as business protocols that must be followed for certain business to open up in the various stages.

The Governor also announced the creation of his Economic Rebound Advisory Committee, made up of business leaders across the state. The group will provide recommendations that work to rebuild employee and consumer confidence, provide for business stability and growth, and eventually business promotion and attraction.

“The Governor’s Economic Rebound Advisory Committee will provide recommendations for actions that support and drive the success of the safe reopening of our economy and related interests within the state,” said Darrel Anderson, Idaho Power CEO and Economic Rebound Advisory Committee leading member.

Idaho is still under a statewide stay-home order until April 30. Governor Little will make an announcement next week about whether Idaho has met the criteria to enter into the next stage of reopening.

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Stages of Reopening Resources for Business Advisory Committee