Carey, ID
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CareyID averageUS Census ACS
Median home value
$209,200 Typical home value $507,867 +4.8% yr/yr · +26.1% 5-yr
Development activity
20257 housing units ($1.7M)
Upcoming
Tue Sep 1, 2026 · 19:00
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carey
📄 From the agenda
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AGENDA
CAREY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING / PUBLIC HEARING
September 1, 2026, at 7:00 PM
Carey City Hall, 20482 Main St., Carey, Idaho
TEAMS MEETING
Meeting ID: 290 975 869 150 25
Passcode: ag3pj24E
1.
OPENING
2.
APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS (Action Item)
a.
Minutes Pending Approval August 4, 2026 (Regular Meeting)
3.
NEW BUSINESS
4.
DISCUSSION (Action may be taken or directed to future agendas)
a.
City of Carey Zoning & Subdivision Regulations Update, Scope of Work with Great West
Engineering
b.
Directing our zoning growth, considering zoning district options, and how our zoning districts
can better serve the city
i.
Surrounding Municipality Zoning Code & Regulation Examples
c.
Shipping Container Ordinance Possibility: Architectural Standards, Main Street Corridor
5.
ADJOURN (Action Item)
Please note that at any time during the meeting, the Commission may change the order of items
listed on this agenda.
Mon Sep 21, 2026 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Oct 6, 2026 · 19:00
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carey
Mon Oct 19, 2026 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Nov 3, 2026 · 19:00
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carey
Mon Nov 16, 2026 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Dec 1, 2026 · 19:00
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carey
Mon Dec 21, 2026 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Jan 5, 2027 · 19:00
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carey
Mon Jan 18, 2027 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Feb 2, 2027 · 19:00
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carey
Mon Feb 15, 2027 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Mar 2, 2027 · 19:00
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carey
Mon Mar 15, 2027 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Apr 6, 2027 · 19:00
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carey
Mon Apr 19, 2027 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue May 4, 2027 · 19:00
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carey
Mon May 17, 2027 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Jun 1, 2027 · 19:00
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carey
Mon Jun 21, 2027 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Jul 6, 2027 · 19:00
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carey
Mon Jul 19, 2027 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Aug 3, 2027 · 19:00
Planning and Zoning Commission
Carey
Mon Aug 16, 2027 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Mon Sep 20, 2027 · 19:00
City Council
20482 N. Main St., Carey
Recent meetings
Fri Jul 31, 2026 · 03:00
City Council
Carey City Council to hold regular meeting on July 31, 2026
The agenda consists of procedural boilerplate and standard administrative items. No specific policy decisions, contracts, or public hearings are listed.
- Approval of minutes
- Review of Finance Report
- Payment of bills
proceduralfinancecity-council
Carey
📄 From the agenda
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AGENDA
CAREY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
July 31, 2026, at 3:00 AM
Carey City Hall, 20482 Main St., Carey, Idaho
TEAMS MEETING
Meeting ID:
Passcode:
1. NEW SECTION add a paragraph here.
a. New Item
2. OPENING
a. Call to Order
b. Pledge of Allegiance
c. Roll Call
d. Announcements
i. Council meetings will be livestreamed through Zoom. Active online participation during
the meeting will be limited to scheduled visitors and presenters.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT (Items not on the agenda; limit of 3 minutes; issues may be considered
for discussion on a future agenda. Please keep comments on point and respectful.)
4. PRESENTATION
5. MATTERS FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, & STAFF (Council members may provide
community-related announcements and updates. This Item is informational only; no deliberation or
action will occur.)
a. Mayor and Council Reports
6. CONSENT AGENDA (All Action Items - The Council is asked to approve the following listed
items by a single vote, except for any items that a Councilmember asks to be removed from the
Consent Agenda and considered separately. Public comment will not be taken.)
a. Minutes pending approval of
b. Finance Report
i. Month DD, 20YY Finance Report
ii. Pay the Month 20YY bills
7. PUBLIC HEARING (All Action Items - Public comment will be taken.)
8. NEW BUSINESS (All Action Items - Public comment will not be taken, unless otherwise
indicated.)
Page 1 of 2
9. WORK SESSION (Items listed in this section of the agenda are …
Fri Jul 31, 2026 · 18:00
General
Carey
Tue Jul 28, 2026 · 18:00
General
✓ Decided: Carey City Council meeting records no substantive decisions
The meeting was called to order and adjourned with no substantive business decided. The record contains a motion to amend the consent agenda that carried unanimously, but no specific items were approved.
- Motion to amend consent agenda carried unanimously
Carey
📄 From the minutes
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MEETING MINUTES
CAREY CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
July 28, 2026, at 6:00 PM
Carey City Hall, 20482 Main St., Carey, Idaho
1. OPENING
This is a text field.
a. Call to Order
The Regular Meeting Council Meeting was called to order at 6:03 PM by Mayor Logan
Davis
b. Pledge of Allegiance
Mayor Logan Davis recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
c. Roll Call
Roll call was taken by the Clerk.
Present: Clerk / Treasurer Dawn Shotswell
City Administrator Troy Butzlaff
Amy Douglass
Zac Manning
Mayor Logan Davis
Absent: City Council Cody Baird
d. Announcements
i. Council meetings will be livestreamed through Zoom. Active online participation during
the meeting will be limited to scheduled visitors and presenters.
10. ADJOURN (Action Item)
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2.45 p.m.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT (Items not on the agenda; limit of 3 minutes; issues may be considered
for discussion on a future agenda. Please keep comments on point and respectful.)
a. The Wheels on the Bus Lyrics
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Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All through the town
The wipers on the bus go “Swish, swish, swish,
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish”
The wipers on the bus go “Swish, swish, swish”
All through the town.
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All thro …
Tue Jul 28, 2026 · 00:00
City Council
Carey
Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00
General
Carey
Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00
General
Carey
Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00
General
Carey
Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00
General
Carey
Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00
General
Carey
Fri Jul 10, 2026 · 23:00
City Council
Carey
Fri Jul 10, 2026 · 23:00
City Council
Carey
💰 Federal awards (top 4 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.
🌐 County-level context (Blaine County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities1 (2019)
Business establishments1,688 (13,208 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$1,352/mo (2025)
Adults with low literacy19.4% (low numeracy 29% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
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Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
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