Where

27 Pine Street, Lewiston, ME 04240

Location from the city calendar. The posted agenda is the official notice; check it if the two differ.

How to take part

• Attend in person at 27 Pine Street, Lewiston, ME 04240.
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What's on the agenda

The council will hold public hearings and votes on ordinance changes covering mobile home park rent stabilization, curbside trash pickup for owner-occupied mixed-use properties, and special amusement permits, plus a property sale, a purchase agreement extension, and board appointments.

Agenda items

• Executive Session to discuss acquisition or disposition of Real Estate (prejudice to competitive bargaining position)
• Order: Authorizing Acceptance of Funds from the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety
• Order: Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed for Real Estate at 304 East Avenue
• Authorization to accept transfer of forfeiture funds ($18,168, State of Maine vs. Abdirahman S. Mohamud, Docket ANDCD-CR-2019-03094)
• Order: Approving Disposition of 35 Beechwood Avenue (sale to Brandon Lopez for $1,500)
• Public Hearing and First Passage: amendment to Residential Rental Property Ordinance regulating mobile home park lot rent increases
• Public Hearing and First Passage: amendment to Solid Waste Ordinance authorizing curbside collection for certain owner-occupied mixed-use properties
• Public Hearing and Final Passage: amendment to Amusements and Entertainment Ordinance on approvals for new Special Amusement permits

Show 7 more items

• Order: Authorizing City Administrator to Execute Extension of Purchase and Sale Agreement with Hebert Development for 55 Old Lisbon Road
• Appointment to the Housing Committee (Jeffrey Padham)
• Appointment to Lewiston-Auburn Community Forestry Board (Benjamin Thorne)
• Appointment to Lewiston Housing Authority Board of Commissioners (Jonathan Hussey)
• Public Comment period (if needed)
• Reports and Updates
• Any Other Business

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

Agenda posted on the city website (PDF, 11.0 MB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 16, 2026.

Terms used here

consent agenda

Routine items, marked with an asterisk on the City Council's agenda, voted on together in one motion unless a councilor or a resident asks to take one up separately.

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.

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.

Maine Revised Statutes, the state's laws.

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.

All the terms in the glossary

Changes since posting

• October 16, 2026Start time changed from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM.

Source

This meeting on the City of Lewiston calendar (opens in new tab). First recorded by Lewiston Publick on October 5, 2026.