Lisa Bridal, countywide planner, told the council she is circulating a survey to learn how county planning can better serve Cache County communities and described services including GIS, trail planning, annexation and zoning assistance.

Council members reported continued mosquito abatement after positive West Nile findings across the valley and urged horse owners to vaccinate; a councilmember warned of a recent neuroinvasive human case to underscore the health risk.

The chair reported the landowner has agreed to sell a parcel for a sewer expansion, a purchase agreement is in legal review, and the council is awaiting a USDA funding decision; a mid-November finalization timeline was cited if funding and due diligence proceed.

Council members said USDA officials told the city to meet upcoming milestones or risk losing sewer project funding; the city has contracted a land agent to locate property while weighing engineering options including evaporation versus costly land application.

A county official presented a voucher-style plan to collect $4 million in county fire and EMS taxes and return funds to cities based on taxable value. Lewiston officials welcomed potential funds but pressed the county on staffing, training access and whether apparatus and mutual-aid arrangements would remain in place.

At its March 17 meeting the Lewiston City Council added a monetary fine to the master fee schedule for burn-ban violations, removed library fees from the master fee schedule, adopted ordinance 26-01 to automatically adopt county/state burn bans, and confirmed multiple board appointments and a vice mayor.

Council aims to initiate discussions on zoning code amendments before year-end deadline.