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Council adopts updated water, wastewater and electric construction standards; staff say changes increase flexibility
Summary
The Lebanon City Council suspended rules and adopted ordinances updating water/wastewater (2025-06) and electric (2025-07) construction standards. Utilities staff said the changes codify modern materials and make standards more developer friendly; council approved both ordinances by voice vote after unanimous motions to suspend rules.
The Lebanon City Council on Jan. 27 adopted ordinances 2025‑06 and 2025‑07 to update construction standards for water/wastewater and electric systems, respectively, after the council unanimously voted to suspend the rules and move both ordinances to second reading the same night.
Ordinance 2025‑06 revises the city’s water and wastewater construction standards, superseding prior ordinances 95‑07 and 2020‑04 and directing the utility to maintain publicly accessible copies of the new standards. Jeff Jacob, attorney for Lebanon Utilities, told the council the update codifies recent practices and new allowable materials, and is meant to make the standards “a little more user friendly” for developers and builders. He said the Board of Public Works and the Utility Service Board previously discussed and unanimously recommended the changes.
Ryan Ottinger, water/wastewater operations manager, explained the…
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