How to show up in Canyon County

Surveillance is approved by people who hold public meetings any resident can attend. This page lists the bodies that do that in Canyon County, what we have confirmed about attending each one, and where each publishes its agendas.

We do not publish meeting dates. A schedule we cannot check often enough would eventually send someone to the wrong place on the wrong night. Each body below links to wherever it publishes its own agendas and schedule, and that is the copy to trust.

Countywide

Canyon County Board of County Commissioners
Watch this one

This is the body that approved the county's license plate reader purchase, the agreement putting the cameras on state highway structures, and the agreement sending the data to a server in another county. It sits most weekdays, so its agenda changes daily rather than weekly.

When

Open session meetings most weekdays. The Board's own agenda page says it typically holds open session meetings daily, with times set per item and described as advisory.

Where

Commissioners' meeting room, first floor of the County Courthouse, 1115 Albany Street, Caldwell

Remote

— not confirmed

Public comment

— not confirmed

Written comment

— not confirmed

Who to ask

Commissioners' Office, BOCC@canyoncounty.id.gov, 208-454-7507 (checked 17 Sept 2026)

Agendas are posted a day at a time and carry item text, not outcomes. The minutes are where votes are recorded, and they are published as one PDF per year on the Commissioners' minutes page.

Their agendas and schedule ↗

Confirmed · 17 Sept 2026

Caldwell

What we have documented in Caldwell

Caldwell City Council

The council that funds the police department whose plate reader and drone policies are the only published rules for either technology in this county.

When

First and third Monday, 6:00 PM, moving to Tuesday when the Monday is a holiday, with workshops and special meetings called as needed

Where

City Hall Council Chambers, 205 S 6th Ave, Caldwell

Remote

Meetings are streamed on the city's YouTube channel, youtube.com/@cityofcaldwell178

Public comment

The city publishes a registration form to speak at a public meeting, linked from its Council Meetings and Public Meetings pages.

Written comment

— not confirmed

Agendas and minutes are on the council's CivicClerk portal. Some agendas are also posted as PDFs on the city's own site, and the two sets do not always match.

Their agendas and schedule ↗

Confirmed · 17 Sept 2026

Nampa

What we have documented in Nampa

Nampa City Council
Watch this one

Both of this city's camera decisions, the agreement putting plate readers on 39 state-controlled intersections and the authorization to build a real time crime center, were approved on the consent agenda. Read the consent block, not only the discussion items.

When

First and third Monday, 6:00 PM, with special meetings called as needed

Where

Council Chambers, City Hall, 411 3rd Street South, Nampa

Remote

Meetings are streamed on the city's public meeting YouTube channel, youtube.com/@cityofnampapublicmeetings

Public comment

Residents may sign up to speak in person using the microphone control beside each meeting in the city's agenda system, where available.

Written comment

Written comments may be submitted using the comment control beside each meeting in the agenda system, where available.

The agenda system carries a separate Police category alongside the council's own, and the council packets run to hundreds of pages with the supporting documents attached in full.

Their agendas and schedule ↗ Their meetings page ↗

Confirmed · 17 Sept 2026

What this list does not cover yet

These are the bodies we have confirmed, not every body in the county. Canyon County has other commissions and committees, and other school and special districts, that we have not documented yet. Several of the county's own committees publish on the same county portal linked above.