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Lewiston council tentatively agrees to tap $1.95M from reserves, seeks spending cuts and staffing controls
Summary
Councilors at an April 23 workshop gave administration a tentative consensus to reduce the city's recommended fund-balance target from 10% to 9% (freeing about $1.95 million) to blunt tax increases, and directed staff to return with options to cut overtime and to propose controls on refilling vacated positions.
At a budget workshop on April 23 the Lewiston City Council signaled preliminary approval to reduce the finance director's recommended general fund reserve from 10% to 9% to free roughly $1.95 million to lower the coming tax levy, while insisting that any use of reserves be paired with spending reductions or replenishment plans.
Director Roy told the council that lowering the reserve to 9% would make about $1.95 million available and that the finance recommendation is to keep a 10% reserve for stability; she…
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