Lewiston City Council workshop and regular meeting June 7, 2016 Lewiston City Hall Police patrol union deal What happened: Councilors approved two labor contracts with the Lewiston Police Department patrol officers union, capping 20 months of labor negotiations. What it means: The contracts cover four fiscal years, 2014-15 to 2017-18.The first contract gives a retroactive cost-of-living pay […]
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Lewiston City Council Workshop and regular meeting May 17, 2016 Lewiston City Hall Beer and pups What it means: What goes together better than craft beer and playful puppies? That seems to be the thought behind organizers of the Great Falls Brew Fest and sponsoring group the Androscoggin County Humane Society as they plan to […]
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What You Need to Know: Lewiston City Council
Lewiston City Council regular meeting April 19, 2016 Lewiston City Hall Lewiston budget What it means: The city has room in its fund balance to reduce annual debt a bit more, according to the city’s Finance Committee. What happened: Lewiston’s Finance Committee is a group of five, including two city councilors and two former councilors, tasked […]
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What You Need to Know: Lewiston City Council
Lewiston City Council regular meeting April 5, 2016 Lewiston City Hall False alarms What it means: False fire alarms can be time-consuming and expensive, so the city wants the alarm owners to pay for them. What happened: The city currently charges $55 for the first false alarm and $90 for the second. That fee continues to […]
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What You Need to Know: Auburn City Council April 4, 2016
Auburn City Council regular meeting April 4, 2016 Auburn Hall Block Grant budget What it means: The city will spend $200,000 for a job-creating commercial loan program, $325,000 to improve downtown housing stock, almost $6,000 for parks and community gardens and $101,000 to help people out of poverty, all pieces of the proposed Community Development […]