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1) Consent agenda — Approved
- Motion: Approve the consent agenda (routine items listed in packet).
- Moved: Councilor Forsman; Second: not specified in roll text.
- Vote: Voice/roll call recorded as all present in favor; motion carried.

2) Resolution 2025-14 — Accept public water utility and access easement from Twin City Foods Incorporated
- Motion: Accept public water utility and access easement and authorize mayor to sign.
- Presenter: Dustin Johnson, Public Works Director.
- Moved: Councilor Forsman; Second: Councilor Schroeder.
- Vote: Unanimous (roll call recorded: all councilors voted Aye). Outcome: Approved.
- Key detail: The easement documents dedicate a new water line; staff said the project is housekeeping for downtown water mains and is not itself redevelopment.

3) Resolution 2025-27 — Revise Utility Customer Service Policies and Procedures (June 2025 update)
- Motion: Approve updated utility customer service policies and procedures.
- Presenter: Dustin Johnson (Public Works Director) and Amy Gordon (City Treasurer).
- Moved: Councilor Schroeder; Second: Councilor Forsman.
- Vote: Unanimous (roll call recorded: all councilors voted Aye). Outcome: Approved.
- Key detail: Updates add electronic-pay and electronic-communication options; city staff said third-party vendors may be used as platforms but the city will retain customer data and will not provide contact information to outside parties for solicitations; credit-card fees remain absorbed by the city.

4) RFQ-25-012 — Award East Lewiston network analysis contract to Kittleson and Associates, Inc.
- Motion: Award RFQ-25-012 (East Lewiston network analysis, project TR073) to Kittleson & Associates, Inc. for $150,000 and authorize the mayor to sign the contract.
- Presenter: Luke Antonich, City Engineer.
- Moved: Councilor Schroeder; Second: not clearly specified in the transcript.
- Vote: Unanimous (roll call recorded: all councilors voted Aye). Outcome: Approved.
- Key detail: Project funds will support street/transportation network planning on Lewiston’s east side to guide future development and connectivity.

5) Ordinance 49-44 — Amend zoning code to add definition of preschool facility and allow preschools as permitted uses in specified zones (second and third readings combined)
- Motion: Dispense with multi-day reading, waive full third reading and adopt by title; then adopt ordinance 49-44.
- Presenter: Joel Plascon, City Planner.
- Moved: Councilor Spickelmeyer (to dispense and adopt); Second: Councilor Schroeder (procedural seconds noted in transcript).
- Vote: Roll-call approvals recorded; ordinance adopted. Outcome: Adopted.
- Key detail: Ordinance amends multiple Lewiston City Code sections to add preschool definitions and alter conditional/permitted use status across several zoning districts.

6) Ordinance 49-47 — Amend definition of dwelling and recreational vehicle (second and third readings combined)
- Motion: Dispense with multi-day reading, waive full third reading and adopt ordinance 49-47 by title; then adopt ordinance 49-47.
- Presenter: Joel Plascon, City Planner.
- Moved: Councilor Spickelmeyer; Second: Councilor Schroeder.
- Vote: Roll-call approvals recorded; ordinance adopted. Outcome: Adopted.
- Key detail: Ordinance updates city code definitions relating to dwelling and recreational-vehicle classifications.

7) Agenda topic added — Amend signage code to allow yard-sale exceptions
- Motion: Add agenda topic directing community development staff to pursue an amendment to the signage code to create exceptions for yard-sale signs.
- Moved: Councilor Klein; Second: Councilor Spickelmeyer.
- Vote: Voice vote in favor; motion carried.
- Key detail: Council directed staff to prepare code language and timing for a future agenda item.

Ending: These items complete the council’s formal actions for July 14 beyond two substantive items that received separate articles (the ambulance interagency agreement and the CDBG action plans). For details and staff contact information, see the meeting packet and staff presentations.
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Grant manager Melinda Rose presented both items, noting the 2024 amendment and the 2025 draft previously were posted for public comment and reviewed by a funding committee earlier in the summer. Rose said the city ran a 30-day comment period on the amended 2024 plan and described outreach for the CDBG program as including the city website, radio spots and other standard channels.

Why it matters: CDBG funds come from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and are typically used for projects serving low- and moderate-income (LMI) residents. The council’s approvals set which local projects will receive HUD-funded support in the current program year and formalize administrative spending the city will use to run the program.

Key program details and council questions: Rose explained LMI stands for low- to moderate-income. Councilors asked about administrative costs, and Rose said the city had allocated $30,000 for administration and planning in the draft plan; she noted HUD allows up to 15 percent of grant funds to be used for administration and that the $30,000 is in line with prior years’ practice. Councilor Speckelmeyer asked about a mobile-home/RV-park project previously funded: staff said the owner is the same (Sky View is the owner; Mountain View is the RV park), and described that 2024 funding paid for paving work (staff cited a $100,000 paving allocation in discussion) while proposed 2025 funding would be used for electrical improvements.

Rose said some prior project costs were high because environmental review for the site required an environmental assessment, which increased project expenses. She said CDBG-funded projects are selected through application, review and scoring processes the city follows each year.

Public hearing and votes: the council opened and closed the public hearings on the amended 2024 and the draft 2025 plans; no members of the public spoke during the hearings on July 14. Councilor Schroeder moved to approve the amended 2024 action plan; Councilor Forsman seconded and the motion carried by voice vote. Later, Councilor Forsman moved to approve the 2025 action plan; Councilor Schroeder seconded and that motion also carried by voice vote.

Ending: With council approval, staff will finalize the amended 2024 plan and submit the adopted 2025 action plan to HUD for the program year beginning in early August, and will proceed with the projects and administrative tasks identified in the plans.","Councilors on July 14 approved an amended 2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan and approved the draft 2025 action plan after a staff presentation and brief Q&A. The plans allocate HUD CDBG funds for projects the grants committee recommended; staff described outreach steps and program administration costs.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6655563,"Lewiston approves new interagency ambulance agreement with Nez Perce County, adopts standardized fee formula",1452,1270000,2722000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5386439-eaa18257637d0e11b962cddb19b9b2b1&start=1270&end=2722","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5386439-eaa18257637d0e11b962cddb19b9b2b1/thumbnail_1270000.jpg","/articles/6655563/Lewiston-City/Nez-Perce-County/Idaho/Lewiston-approves-new-interagency-ambulance-agreement-with-Nez-Perce-County-adopts-standardized-fee-formula","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6655563-b77cbf8bf4b2bfd2b148574737f5232a/orig.mp4?Expires=1770445454&Signature=VOo7siIBxe1TSShPZCbp8hESpMFEwS8sdozFhxUQiOpA7r2wGc43vvM87Ku3dmaaG50RKHhLensewqWxeUz8tRnbY1FlWXIinAs7-lIX4WYIuTSSzShm3fQUCuQBM9DKi3rdmObtGJ-Jm~zaMdGsn7PqRmeUqoqvgnIu7uZNlaQfEmb5~Htl05wbee5KbCEIXeB5sr2R5M77Tk7gBwyxkphJfBiEihZe7wRA7Z0iZjN4E1DAnbvfgkPblfJPKdhfx22RW207iyzgCbcvjg6OU7zKmk3RcsQ-HIxz-4X~veZkux6a9dSlwoYuErn2pbGn1ulryD5WyY1cVyUwolVGZw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lewiston City Council on July 14 approved Resolution 2025-32 authorizing the mayor to sign a new interagency ambulance agreement with Nez Perce County that establishes an updated, audited formula for county payments and standardizes per-response charges.

The agreement replaces an older, hard-to-reconstruct payment approach that the city and fire chief said relied on undocumented historical calculations. “We sat down with the county commissioners … and we worked on putting together a new formula that wasn't based on things in the past,” Fire Chief Greg Reitmeier told the council, describing the new approach as “an objective standard that's verified and it's audited by a third party.”

Why it matters: city staff said the new formula is meant to better align county payments with the city’s actual costs for ambulance response and transport. Under the revised structure the city will retain ambulance transport revenue it bills (previously, portions had been returned to the county), and will charge a standardized per-trip fee to the county for county calls. Chief Reitmeier told councilors the change should bring in “about half a million dollars, annually” to help sustain current staffing and coverage levels.

What the agreement changes: chief staff outlined three components used to set the new rate: (1) an objectively audited transport cost based on the city’s Medicaid reimbursement (“GMT”) submissions; (2) a calculation for out-of-service or standby time that includes equipment depreciation (the chief used a $40,000 straight-line, 10-year example for a rescue tool); and (3) removal of special flat fees for jail transports and folding those trips into the standard per-response charge. The chief said the city also will stop remitting collected transport fees to the county and instead keep revenue it collects through ambulance billing.

Council debate focused on fairness and the dollar amounts. Councilor Spickelmeyer said the per-call numbers “seem very, very low” compared with the city’s broader fire budget. The chief acknowledged the figure is not a precise, consultant-level cost-center study but said the formula represents a significant improvement over the previous, undocumented method. He added that if calls grow substantially in the future the city would need to revisit coverage and staffing.

Jail transports: staff said the earlier flat fee paid by the jail worked out to roughly $94 per transport in 2024 for 52 jail transports, which the chief and mayor described as far below actual costs. The new agreement will charge the county the standard per-trip rate for jail transports rather than a reduced flat fee.

Vote: Councilor Schroeder moved to approve Resolution 2025-32; Councilor Wright seconded. The roll call was: Council President Klieberg — Aye; Councilor Wright — Aye; Councilor Forsman — Aye; Councilor Schroeder — Aye; Councilor Klein — Nay; Councilor Spickelmeyer — Nay. The motion carried 4-2.

Next steps and implications: the resolution authorizes the mayor to sign the interagency agreement. Chief Reitmeier and the mayor said the change should stabilize revenue used for the city’s EMS operations; they also said it should prompt county-level discussion about alternative local emergency-response options and cost-sharing. The council and chief noted that a future review could be needed if call volumes or response-time impacts change.

Excerpted council direction and staff notes: staff said the new contract sets year-by-year rates (not arrears), will be adjusted quarterly to actual runs, and will be audited. The chief said the city currently records several hundred county runs annually (665 county responses in fiscal 2024 were cited in staff remarks) and that the city’s EMS revenue mix is roughly $3.5 million, with the county contracts contributing a material portion of that funding.

Acknowledgments: the item was presented by Fire Chief Greg Reitmeier; legal review was completed by city attorneys before the contract was presented to county commissioners and then to the council.

Ending: The signed agreement will go into effect when executed by the mayor and county commissioners; staff indicated ongoing quarterly tracking and audits will follow to apply the new formula.","The Lewiston City Council on July 14 approved Resolution 2025-32 authorizing an interagency agreement with Nez Perce County that sets a new, audited formula for county ambulance payments, keeps transport revenue for the city, and establishes a per-response charge for jail and county calls. The measure passed 4-2.","actionData","errors"]

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