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The Lewiston City Council held its regular meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The meeting featured extensive public comment concerning election integrity and allegations against a councilor, a detailed workshop on a proposed mobile home lot rent stabilization ordinance, and several routine administrative actions. All official votes were unanimous (7-0).
This agenda item functioned as a detailed policy workshop. The council reviewed a draft modeled on the City of Auburn's ordinance, a 12-point memo from the City Attorney (Mike Kerry), a late proposal from Boa Vita Communities, and recommendations from the Housing Committee (John Blaze, Craig Saddlemyer). The council debated and reached consensus on several policy decisions:
Key Outcome: The public hearing and first reading were continued to the November 17, 2026 meeting to incorporate the evening's consensus and the Boa Vita proposal.
All right. Hello, and welcome to our Tuesday evening council meeting. Uh thank you all for being here. Uh we have uh Ronnie Parody who lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you very much, Ronnie. I appreciate it. Madam Clerk, I believe we're ready to begin. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh all roll call votes for this meeting will begin with the counselor of Ward 7. I understand that we have minutes. You do at the October 6th meeting. I have a motion to accept the minutes. So vote. Counselor Chatham signed by Councillor Martel. Madam Clerk, please call the vote. Counselor for more at seven. Yes. Yes. Ward two? Yes. Ward three? Yes. Ward four. Abstain. I wasn't here. Thank you. Ward five. Yes. At word six. Yes. And Mr. Mayor. Yes. Motion passed by vote of seven to zero. Thank you very much, Madam Clerk. We are now up to public comment. Any member of the public may make comments regarding issues pertaining to Lucent City government. This period is reserved for non-agenda items. Public comment is also allowed during individual agenda items. And please indicate if you're a Lucy and resident because this is the business meeting of the city council. All questions should be directed to the mayor who has staff to follow up at a future time. It is illegal for the city council to allow comments related to personnel matters. All personnel complaints should be made directly to the city administration office. And one second before we begin. However, I am here because I'm concerned about electioneering at the polling place and the effect it can have on a voter's ability to make a free independent choice. Last week while I was greeting voters in the hallway, an interpreter who was with a voter turned to me and asked, Janet, are you a Democrat? I told him I could not discuss politics so close to the polls. He then pointed to the voter and said, I'll tell him to vote for Janet if you're a Democrat.