Auburn City Council Archives - Lewiston Sun Journal

Auburn residents to vote on Flock camera ban in March

The City Council set the date for a referendum to decide if automatic license plate recognition cameras have a place on the city’s streets.

The business predates city zoning that prohibits such uses on that type of land, and is operating under a special nonconforming use license.

The ordinance comes after multiple mobile home park residents advocated for it earlier this year to slow rent increases.

The committee will tackle all the same things the Complete Streets Committee considered, with more of a focus on Auburn.

One person had to be escorted out of the meeting as the council prepared for its final vote on the matter.

Several residents attended the meeting to oppose implementing the ordinance and asked councilors to ban needle exchanges in the city entirely.

The Monday night workshop turned into a conversation about the goal of the proposal, which is under review.

As the new budget takes effect today, we look at some of the factors beyond inflation that have pushed costs higher.

The decision comes after councilors placed a moratorium on needle exchange programs and worked for nearly a year on a law to regulate them.

The goal is based on results of a housing study the city commissioned last year showing an ongoing shortage.