The Lewiston City Council on Dec. 9 approved a series of procurement and project actions, voting unanimously on most items and recording one recorded nay on a zoning statement. Councilors also directed staff to bring auction options for a city-owned property to a January work session.

The council approved a price proposal from Braun Northwest Inc. under the HGAC cooperative contract AM10-23 to purchase one ambulance for $277,805 and authorized staff to proceed with the purchase. Councilor Schroeder moved the purchase; Council President Klieberg seconded and the motion carried by roll call with all councilors voting aye.

Councilors approved a recent statement for ZNC 24-4 after a roll call vote that included one recorded no vote. Councilor Klein moved approval and Councilor Strickland seconded; Council President Klieberg registered a ‘‘nay’’ and the motion passed on the remaining aye votes.

The council adopted Resolution 2024-47 approving the 2024 City of Lewiston and Nez Perce County Emergency Operations Plan, which updates local continuity-of-government succession and acknowledges federal assistance available under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. The resolution passed on a unanimous roll call.

The council approved Resolution 2024-48, a state-local agreement for project number A024 Peren 607 M (as presented by staff) between the City of Lewiston and the Idaho Transportation Department, authorizing the mayor to sign the agreement.

Public Works Director Dustin Johnson presented a safety-improvement program for Eighth Street from Main Street toward Bridal Canyon. The corridor study and concept design were tabulated at $2,000,000; federal funding is expected to cover approximately 92.66% with the city responsible for an estimated 7.34% match (about $146,000) over the life of the project. The council approved the related local agreement (Resolution 2024-48) and a separate local agreement authorizing initial engineering services.

The council also approved a second supplemental agreement with Horrocks Engineers Inc. and the Idaho Transportation Department for the Snake River Avenue project (design updates, environmental work and bid packaging). The project is funded through federal MPO allocations and uses a similar 92.66% federal reimbursement rate; the council authorized the mayor to sign the agreement.

In public-works construction matters, the council approved change order number 2 for the WW052 wastewater treatment plant waterline extension in the amount of $74,189.94 with Cray Construction Inc., citing unanticipated road-base repairs, a previously unidentified process line on adjacent property and deficient tie-in infrastructure as contributors to the change order. The council confirmed that wastewater enterprise funds pay for wastewater-related projects and that enterprise funds are kept separate from other city funds.

The council approved task orders number 27 and 30 with JUB Engineers for the WW500 2019–2024 wastewater collection system improvements, aligning engineering oversight with work awarded in earlier contracts.

Finally, councilors moved to direct staff to bring options for auctioning the 5th and Bridal property to the Jan. 6 work session; the motion passed by voice vote. No ordinance adoptions or appointments were made Dec. 9.

Votes at a glance (selected actions):
- Ambulance purchase (HGAC AM10-23, Braun Northwest Inc.): motion to approve carried — result: approved; amount $277,805.
- ZNC 24-4 statement: motion to approve carried — result: approved (one recorded nay).
- Resolution 2024-47 (Emergency Operations Plan): approved (unanimous roll call).
- Resolution 2024-48 (IDT state-local agreement, project A024 Peren 607 M): approved (unanimous roll call).
- Horrocks Engineers second supplemental (Snake River Ave design): approved (unanimous roll call).
- Change order #2 (WW052 wastewater treatment plant waterline extension, Cray Construction Inc.): approved — $74,189.94 (unanimous roll call).
- Task orders #27 and #30 (JUB Engineers, WW500 improvements): approved (unanimous roll call).
- Direction to staff: bring auctioning options for 5th and Bridal property to Jan. 6 work session — approved by voice vote.

All listed motions and outcomes were recorded in the council minutes. Where a roll-call vote occurred, the clerk read each councilor's recorded vote for the public record.