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Council adopts FY26 water, sewer and stormwater appropriations and $18.6M CIP bond order; some councilors pressed for smaller, more frequent rate increases
Summary
Council approved capital bonding and enterprise budget resolves that included sewer and stormwater rate increases; staff said sewer residential bills would rise about $99 annually and stormwater from $60 to $76 per year; some councilors urged smoother, more frequent rate adjustments rather than multi-year jumps.
The Lewiston City Council approved several fiscal items affecting utility payers on Tuesday, including adoption of the FY2026 Capital Improvement Bond Issue Order and the water, sewer and stormwater budgets.
Council adopted the FY2026 public-improvement bond order authorizing issuance of $18,608,628 for the Capital Improvement Program. During discussion staff said the initial request had been approximately $21.9 million and had been reduced to roughly $18.6 million. The…
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