CITY COUNCIL:
As a previously elected Nampa Councilman, Hogaboam was chosen by his peers to serve as a liaison for the library, for police contract negotiations, and as an alternate for COMPASS. Hogaboam advocated strongly for public safety, prioritized keeping library square clean, advocated for ordinances to empower law enforcement to combat human trafficking, and supported impact fee revisions to ensure that growth helped support its impact on law enforcement, transportation, and parks.
- He supported keeping the city’s golf courses as golf courses or open, green space, opposing any potential rezone to uses that would have strained existing infrastructure. (This position eventually led to the sale of the land from the state to the city as golf courses, a transaction negotiated during his future role as chief of staff.)
CHIEF OF STAFF:
As chief of staff (COS) in Nampa for Mayor Debbie Kling for nearly four years up through most of 2023, Hogaboam was assigned with diverse responsibilities, including department supervision over the Clerk’s Office, Citizen Support, Code/Community Relations, Risk Management, Policy Analysis, Legislative Affairs, Citizen Boards/Commissions, and Facilities, among many other assigned projects and tasks.
As the risk management coordinator, Hogaboam helped implement city-wide risk-avoidance training and was able to realize over $100K in annual savings for achieving benchmarks for performance discounts and reductions in the city’s claims. ICRMP (the city’s insurer) approved a direct relationship with the city, entrusting Hogaboam with access to claims’ management and asset tracking. Hogaboam met regularly with ICRMP and implemented new training protocols throughout the city to ensure improved safety and reduction of claims. In recognition of the city’s performance and culture, ICRMP recognized Nampa for exceptional performance in risk management in 2022 with their first-ever Excellence in Risk Management Award. These collective efforts helped save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in reduced claims and premium discounts.
- Directed the city’s risk management program, overseeing liability, property, and assisting on workers’ compensation exposures.
- Conducted risk assessments.
- Developed and implemented city-wide safety policies and training programs to reduce incidents and claims.
- Incident review and coordination with legal counsel on claims and litigation matters.
- Policy Development & Implementation.
- Interdepartmental Collaboration.
- Data Analysis & Risk Reporting.
- Negotiated outcomes to help improve recruitment and retention.
- Advocated strongly for dispatchers to be recognized under the “Rule of 80” employee class for retirement.
Hogaboam served as the lead negotiator for the collective bargaining agreements with the Nampa Police Association. He supported both the addition of needed personnel and increased wages to support recruitment and retention. He negotiated contracts for all years as COS. He helped foster respectful dialogue and healthy morale.
Nampa’s designated ADA coordinator, Hogaboam helped guide the city’s transition plan update, reinforcing a commitment to accessibility for Nampa’s citizens. He helped advance key capital projects that improved access to public facilities—including City Hall and local parks—and ensured municipal services better served residents with disabilities.
In partnership with AARP, Hogaboam helped conduct a livability assessment, spotlighting areas for improvement and enhancing citywide accessibility for all citizens.
“Accessibility isn’t a box to check—it’s a promise to every resident that they belong. As mayor, I’m committed to ensuring that our public spaces and city services reflect the accessibility and dignity that every individual deserves.”
— Rick Hogaboam
Hogaboam was one of three trustees on the Nampa Employee Health Trust, as approved by the Department of Insurance, helping oversee employee health benefits and finances.
- Helped steward millions of dollars on behalf of Nampa’s employees.
- Was able to enhance employee benefits while maintaining solvency in the trust fund.
- Reduced budget liabilities associated with compensated time off.
- Helped add short-term leave benefit.
- Supported the employee wellness program, providing incentives for healthy habits.
Member of the Airport Business Plan Group (strategic planning for the Nampa Municipal Airport). Focused on long-term viability and helped guide a new capital plan to ensure the airport remains competitive and solvent.
Member of the Transportation Advisory Group (strategic planning for Public Works’s transportation projects). The group provided feedback and guidance on traffic mitigation and improved efficiency and safety.
Member of the Alcohol Review Committee, helping hold license-holders within the city accountable for enhanced server training standards (and other standards established in ordinance) for the safe and responsible serving of alcohol within the city. These efforts helped enhance safety by providing an additional mechanism for corrective action when needed to maintain a safe community. Worked closely with Nampa PD on this project.
Hogaboam helped lead government affairs and policy advocacy on behalf of the city.
- Oversaw legislative interns.
- Helped coordinate communications and meetings with staff from our federal delegation on items of interest and concern within the federal-municipal relationship.
- Coordinated legislative advocacy on behalf of city via memos, meetings, and testimony before the legislature.
- Advocated for property tax reform.
- Helped facilitate support for the strategic initiatives grant, which secured millions of dollars for transportation improvements in Nampa.
- Supported law enforcement legislative priorities on human trafficking, fentanyl, and improved benefits for dispatchers.
Hogaboam was a member of the Position Control Committee (with the city’s HR and Finance directors).
- Reviewed all budgetary/personnel adjustments on a weekly basis to ensure budgetary controls and alignment with strategic goals.
- Reviewed market analysis and compensation grades within the city.
- Implemented a new approval process for all employee travel and training expenses, encouraging more cost-effective alternatives for employee training.
Hogaboam was a member of the budget-planning group, reviewing departmental request, budget narratives, capital requests, and personnel request as part of the multi-million dollar annual budget process.
Hogaboam advised Mayor Kling and represented the Office of the Mayor at various local and regional events. Provided policy and informational support for the city council. Worked on various assigned projects related to strategic planning and performance management. Frequent speaker at service clubs and other public events, mostly educating stakeholders on budgetary and legislative details.
Oversaw citizen advisory committees. Worked closely with department liaisons and citizen committees to ensure advancement of policy priorities within the city, including everything from impact fees to venue management. Helped ensure that all committees were filled with qualified members of the community with a healthy culture of informed deliberation for decisions and recommendations.
While supervising the clerk’s department, the city improved transparency and efficiency of city business.
- Supported the implementation of new agenda management software for city council and various committee agendas, minutes, etc. (This also included syncing the agenda with video archives for improved navigation for users to items of interest.)
- Supported the transition of the clerk’s office licensing responsibilities to a software platform that combined and consolidated data for more efficient processing across various departments. (This also simplifies licensing and renewals for the customers within the city.)
While supervising code enforcement/community relations, the city achieved near-perfect voluntary compliance rates.
Supervised the City Council District Committee to help establish six council districts in compliance with statute.
Facilitated the transition of the ownership and management of the Hispanic Cultural Center.
Worked closely with the Mayor’s Teen Council, helping provide instruction on civics. Oversaw the internship program in the Mayor’s Office, which helped provide valuable experience for youth, assisting them with scholarships and employment opportunities.
COUNTY CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT:
The role of the elected clerk of the district court consists of various duties established both in Idaho’s Constitution and statute. It’s a diverse role with heavy emphasis on everything from finances to judicial administration. Hogaboam is currently responsible for supervising the following:
- Court Operations. The clerk of the district court performs duties prescribed in the Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure (a volume of the Idaho Code) and in the rules and practices of the court (1-1001). The clerk or a deputy must attend in person every term of the district court in the county (1-1002). In many counties in Idaho, the clerk of the district court designates deputies to handle the duties and responsibilities of the district court, to include making entries, collects fees, and acting as the clerical arm of the court.
- Auditor. The Auditor acts as the County Budget and Accounting Officer. Responsibilities include compiling the budget requests and submitting the budget to the Board of County Commissioners, recording appropriations made to county agencies, the outstanding liabilities against these appropriations and the expenditures made against the appropriations; keeping accounting records on the revenues, expenditures and balances in each county fund. The Auditor also prepares and remits warrant/checks to employees, vendors, and other persons entitled to payment. All moneys received by various county offices are recorded in financial records.
- Elections. The Clerk is the Chief Elections Officer for the county. The staff registers voters, maintains a database of registered voters, and conducts county, state and national elections.
- Recorder/Passports. The recorder is responsible for recording, filing, and indexing a large number of documents. The recorder procures these documents as the business of his/her office requires. The recorder has custody of, and must keep all books, records, maps, and papers deposited in his/her office (31-2401). These documents are essential for many types of legal transactions and are frequently referred to by attorneys, title companies, real estate brokers, and other in the county. The Recorder collects fees for recording and providing copies of legal documents.
- Clerk of the board of county commissioners (31-707). As clerk of the commissioners, the duties of this position include the following (31-708): Recording all proceeding of the board; Recording the vote of each member on any question; Signing all orders made and warrants issued by the board of county commissioners for the payment of money; Preserving and filing all accounts acted upon by the board; Preserving and filing all petitions and recording the action of the board on these petitions and application; Recording all orders levying taxes; Clerks (or their deputies) prepare the agenda for meetings of the county commissioners and attend the meeting to ensure accurate record-keeping of proceedings.
- The County Assistance Office provides adult legal guardianship services through the Board of Community Guardians, financial assistance for cremation expenses, and information of local resources & programs.
In Hogaboam’s time as clerk, he’s successfully added more polling locations, increasing the number of polling locations from 21 in 2022 to 45 locations in 2024 in his first year as clerk, based on strong and intentional networking and the successful recruitment of new locations and hundreds of poll-workers to be able to fully staff this expansive operation. This collective effort between Hogaboam and the committed elections staff helped improve efficiency. The elections office also conducted multiple recounts with consistent outcomes and also underwent their first state audit in 2024. Hogaboam deployed added options for voting, including a printed paper ballot for hand-marking for voters preferring that method. He also activated increased security protocols and worked with local legislators on legislation to update security protocols. Hogaboam also worked with local law enforcement and added many back-up locations as part of elections emergency planning protocols. Hogaboam also worked with Disability Rights of Idaho in reviewing an accessibility audit and deploying improved resources to improve accessibility for the public.
Hogaboam was also noted by the county’s external auditors for implementing quarterly budget reports and other protocols that improved statutory compliance as well as enhance transparency. He also directed forensic reviews of the county’s finances and was able to resolve prior discrepancies that affected various entities. He’s also emphasized improved efficiency and financial stewardship as clerk, giving up his highest compensated position to save the county money by taking on more work himself. He’s supervised the implementation of various projects to help serve the public more efficiently, including the addition of payment options to improve convenience for the public, the addition of more remote processing options for citizens to prevent unnecessary trips to the county building, the streamlining of licensing renewals, and improvements among many other administrative processes. In two successive budgets, Hogaboam requested cuts in financial impact to the county’s taxpayers for his divisions (in aggregate), while simultaneously adding and improving services and processes. He rolls up his sleeves and gets to work, always looking for improvement in service to the public.
SUBSTITUTE STATE SENATOR:
- Hogaboam served briefly as a substitute Idaho State Senator in the 2021 session for Sen. Todd Lakey.
EDUCATION:
- Master’s in Public Administration from Corban University (recognized as top graduate in his class) with coursework that focused on public sector personnel management, finances, and policy research, among other relevant disciplines.
- Executive Leadership Certificate from Cornell University with focused coursework on leadership, project management, human resources, and negotiation (earned credits from the Human Resources Certification Institute and the Project Management Institute).
- Professional Writing Certificate from the University of Texas
- Non-profit Management Certificate from the University of the Pacific
- Graduate coursework in leadership from Regent University
- U.S. Election Assistance Commission Certificates:
- Poll Worker Training
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Communicating Elections with the Public
- Emergency Management Institute Certificates:
- Incident Command System
- Incident Command System for Initial Response
- National Incident Management System
- National Response Framework
- Criminal Justice Information System:
- CJIS Security Training
- CJIS Security Awareness Certification
- Idaho State Tax Commission workshops:
- Budget and Levy Workshop
- Board of Equalization Training
- Idaho State Police, Alcohol Beverage Control Bureau: Certificate in Alcohol Awareness Training
- Nampa Chamber of Commerce Leadership Nampa program
- Strong Towns Academy (Continuing education credits from American Institute of Certified Planners)
- Constitution Certificate from Hillsdale College
- Lean Six Sigma
AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS:
- “Gift of Health” Award from the Idaho Press in recognition for helping evacuate (and provide support) for an assisted living facility that was on fire.
- Distinguished Graduate Award from Corban University as nominated by and voted on by faculty based on academic performance, competence as a thinker, effective communicator, and involved citizenship.
- Nominated and installed by elected county officials from ten counties as the vice-chair for District 3 of the Idaho Association of Counties (ADA, ADAMS, BOISE, CANYON, ELMORE, GEM, OWYHEE, PAYETTE, VALLEY, WASHINGTON).
- Excellence in Risk Management Award awarded to Nampa in 2022 from ICRMP while Hogaboam supervised risk Management for the city.
