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Lewiston council outlines capital projects, year-end budget gains and cemetery plans
Summary
Council members reviewed upcoming capital projects — ballroom floor replacement, sports court sealing, chip seal and cemetery sprinkler/addition — noted about $164,000 more in FY24 tax revenue than budgeted and discussed using the cemetery perpetual care fund for cemetery capital work.
Speaker 1, presiding official, told the council the city faces several near-term capital projects and reported FY24 year-end budget highlights. “We ended up bringing in about a hundred and $64,000 more in taxes, general use and sales tax, than we budgeted for,” Speaker 1 said, adding the city will circulate budget adjustments for review.
The council identified priorities that include replacing the ballroom floor, sealing the sports court and chip-seal work on roads. Speaker 1 said sealing the sports court is “ballpark $56,000, I think, is what Fiz told me he needed budgeted for it,” and that capital-account funds are available for some projects.
Council members also discussed the cemetery. Speaker 1 reported the Perpetual Care Fund balance at the end of FY24 as $122,371 and proposed transferring $15,000 from that fund to cover an overrun from last year’s cemetery expenses so the perpetual fund remains self-sustaining. “We pulled last year, we went $15,000 over on our cemetery budget expenses,” Speaker 1 said, and proposed repaying that amount from the perpetual fund in a balance-adjustment next month.
On streets, Speaker 1 said the city will budget $65,000 in capital projects for chip seal next year in addition to the $60,000 currently budgeted in general fund allocations, noting recent work was limited by available funds. The council agreed to add park, event and grant project planning to next month’s agenda and to solicit departmental proposals for the upcoming wraps-tax grant cycle.
The meeting included logistical notes about a potential restroom near the sports court: Speaker 1 described a fenced parcel behind the post office with a sewer hookup as a possible location for an ADA-accessible restroom to serve park users and events. Bids for a cemetery sprinkler system and addition were still pending at the meeting.
The council did not take final votes on capital project approvals during this session; members asked staff to provide bids and detailed cost estimates next month and to circulate budget adjustment documents prior to the next meeting.
