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Votes at a glance: Lewiston City Council actions on licenses, property disposition, 9-1-1 site and appointments
Summary
A compact summary of formal votes taken at the Lewiston City Council meeting: multiple property dispositions, a business-license renewal for an addiction treatment clinic, authorization for a 9-1-1 dispatch center location and several other routine items; one high-profile ordinance (syringe service program) was tabled for further work.
At its meeting the Lewiston City Council took the following formal actions (roll-call outcomes as recorded):
- Consent agenda (three items: continuations related to 54 Knox Street condemnation/hearing and an appointment to the Lewiston Housing Authority Board of Commissioners) — Adopted by roll call, motion passed 7–0.
- Business license renewal for Merrimack River Medical Services Inc., an outpatient addiction treatment clinic at 18 Mollison Way — Approved subject to attached conditions, motion passed 7–0.
- Public hearing and adoption of general-assistance maximums for 2025–26 (see separate article) — Motion passed 6–0 with one abstention (Ward 6).
- Authorization to dispose of city-owned property: 40 Robinson Gardens — Motion passed 7–0.
- Authorization to dispose of city-owned property: 834 Main Street — Motion passed 7–0.
- Approval of recommended location for the new Lewiston-Auburn 9-1-1 communications dispatch center (committee recommended Auburn City Hall as host) — Motion passed 7–0.
- Authorization to use asset forfeiture funds to buy 94 Walther PDP pistols and to dispose of existing SIG P320 pistols — Motion passed 7–0 (see separate article for discussion).
- Syringe service program ordinance (proposed amendments to Chapter 22, Article 18): first-passage consideration and public hearing were discussed at length; council ultimately voted 4–3 to table further consideration and directed staff to prepare additional materials and a workshop.
Votes noted above correspond to formal motions recorded in the meeting minutes; some items included extended public comment or staff presentations. The council also scheduled follow-up work: staff were directed to return with clarified ordinance text, a moratorium draft and a staff report for a dedicated workshop before the next regular meeting.
Detailed item provenance (selected): see the actions list below.
