Recordings of City Council meetings: the City of Lewiston's YouTube channel (opens in new tab).

What was decided

The Council heard public comment on youth gun violence and public safety, then approved traffic schedule changes, several property dispositions, a water rate increase, multiple outdoor event permits, and first or final passage of several ordinance amendments. It also approved a credit enhancement agreement for Martel School Apartments Phase III and voted 4-3 to postpone the Eco Hospitality Consultants letter of intent for more review.

Decisions recorded

• Approved an amendment to the Traffic Schedule creating Sections 55 and 56 for parking prohibitions on trash collection days, 7-0. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved removing two police-only parking spots at 292 Bates Street from the Traffic Schedule, 7-0. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved a municipal quitclaim deed releasing the City's interest in 38 Larrabee Road, 7-0. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved the disposition of 71 Brigham Street to Doreen and Joseph Valecko and Adam Rivard for $4,000, 7-0. p. 4page 4 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved the disposition of 1 Carver Street to Doreen and Joseph Valecko and Adam Rivard for $4,000, 7-0. p. 4page 4 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved the disposition of 9 Ceres Avenue to Aron Epps for $500, 7-0.
• Appointed Brian O'Malley and Walter Shostak to the Lewiston-Auburn Transit Committee for three-year terms, 7-0. p. 5page 5 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved accepting transfer of forfeiture funds from several court cases into the Drug Enforcement Program account, 7-0. p. 5page 5 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Accepted the City Clerk's report on verified signatures for the petition to amend the Syringe Service Program ordinance, 7-0. p. 6page 6 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Voted to send the Syringe Service Program ordinance amendments to a citizen referendum on the November 2026 ballot, 7-0. p. 6page 6 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved amendments to Policy Manual 69 raising water rates, effective August 17, 26, 7-0. p. 6page 6 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Granted an Outdoor Entertainment Permit for the L/A Balloon Festival at Simard-Payne Park on August 14-21, 7-0. p. 7page 7 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Granted an Outdoor Entertainment Permit for the Fiddlers' Rendezvous at Kennedy Park on August 9, 7-0.
• Granted an Outdoor Entertainment Permit for the Arise Lewiston event at Kennedy Park on July 18, 7-0.
• Granted an Outdoor Entertainment Permit for the Outreach in the Park event at Kennedy Park on July 25 and August 22, 7-0.
• Gave final passage to an amendment adding access times for the South Lewiston Little League Field, 7-0. p. 9page 9 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Gave first passage to creating Chapter 23 'Residential Rental Properties' and continued the public hearing to the next meeting, 7-0. p. 9page 9 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Gave first passage to removing the Rental Registration section from Chapter 18 and continued the public hearing, 7-0. p. 9page 9 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Gave first passage to removing the public hearing requirement for Outdoor Entertainment Permits and continued the public hearing, 7-0. p. 10page 10 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Gave first passage to removing the list of city parks from the Business License ordinance and continued the public hearing, 7-0. p. 10page 10 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Gave first passage to changes for the No Name Pond Conservation Overlay District and continued the public hearing, 7-0. p. 11page 11 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Adopted an order authorizing the City Administrator to execute a credit enhancement agreement for Martel School Apartments Phase III, 7-0. p. 11page 11 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Voted 4-3 to postpone the Letter of Intent with Eco Hospitality Consultants to allow more time to address Council concerns. p. 12page 12 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Council reached consensus to direct city staff to develop recommendations addressing concerns about social service event permits in city parks. p. 12page 12 of the minutes (opens in new tab)

The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Minutes posted on the city website (PDF, 184 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 5, 2026.

Agenda

Agenda not recorded here. It may be in the city's Archive Center (opens in new tab).

Terms used here

first passage

The City Council's first vote on an ordinance or an amendment to one. It takes effect only after a second vote, final passage, at a later meeting.

credit enhancement agreement

An agreement, under a tax increment financing (TIF) district, in which the city or town returns part of a development's new property tax to its owner.

executive session

A part of a public meeting closed to the public. Maine's Freedom of Access Act (1 M.R.S. § 405) allows it only for specific reasons, such as lawsuits, real estate, contracts, or personnel matters.

M.R.S.A.

Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, the state's laws.

quitclaim deed

A deed in which the city or town gives up whatever claim it has to a property, such as one it took for unpaid taxes.

TIF

Tax increment financing: a district where some of the new property tax from development is set aside, for public projects or for the development itself.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting is known from its minutes in the City of Lewiston Archive Center (opens in new tab). First recorded by Lewiston Publick on October 5, 2026.