Lewiston council to reorganize
Three re-elected Lewiston City Council members will be sworn in Monday night, and the seven-person council then will vote on a mayor and mayor pro tem for the next two years.
Mayor Jeff Nesset has said he is interested in continuing. He was elected to a third term in November and has served six of his eight years on the council as mayor.
The mayor pro tem is Kevin C. Poole.
Also being sworn in are John C. Currin and Barbara J. Davis, who are starting their second four-year terms.
Also on the agenda is first reading of an ordinance rezoning 9.1 acres from agricultural transitional to planned unit development. The land, belonging to Frances Wilson, is west of Fourth Street between Park and Warner avenues in the Lewiston Orchards.
The council will meet at 7 p.m. in the Lewis-Clark State College Library, 500 Eighth Ave. The meeting will be televised on cable channel 13.
*County expected to accept grant for women's welfare
The Nez Perce County Commission is expected to accept a grant for $34,543 Monday that will continue a Stop Violence Against Women program.
The grant is to the county prosecutor's office from the Idaho State Police.
The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Brammer Building conference room, 1225 Idaho St., Lewiston.
*Foes of irrigation limits to take LOID seats
The November election that unseated two members of the Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District board of directors could result in additional changes Tuesday night.
The board will meet at 7 p.m. to elect officers. Past President Jerry L. Northrup, a proponent of unrestricted irrigation, is expected to try to unseat Robert Denevan.
Under Denevan's leadership, LOID has adopted a more conservative policy of retaining some water in reserve in the three-lake irrigation system.
Ron Reed, a retired postal carrier who campaigned with Northrup against irrigation restrictions, and Chris E. Dickamore, a building contractor who didn't take a public stand on the issue, will be seated on the board.
They succeed Lorin Eggers and Walter O. Lindsey.
The meeting will be at the Central Orchards Sewer District meeting room at 1522 Powers Ave.
*Planning & Zoning has Bryden Avenue session
A work session on Bryden Avenue special planning areas will be held by the Lewiston Planning and Zoning Commission at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The meeting at City Hall is not a public hearing, and no public comment will be taken.
Two topics will be addressed: commercial access from Bryden Drive and Linden Drive between Fourth and Seventh streets and buffering between commercial and residential uses along the corridor.
*Clarkston to appoint mayor pro tem
The Clarkston City Council will appoint a mayor pro tem and cover committee assignments during an organizational meeting Tuesday.
Councilman Terry Beadles is currently mayor pro tem.
The meeting begins 7 p.m. at City Hall, 830 Fifth St.
*Asotin County eyes aquatics center status, union negotiations
ASOTIN -- An aquatics center update from Bill Provost, Asotin County's chief financial officer, tops the commissioners' agenda Monday.
Provost and Joel Ristau, county engineer, will cover miscellaneous items before the commissioners move into closed session to discuss union negotiations.
The meeting starts at 9 a.m. at the courthouse annex in Asotin.
*Revised storage unit plan to be proposed
ASOTIN -- James Demean will have a second chance to pitch his plan to build storage units at 1542 Elm St. during a county planning meeting Tuesday.
Demean previously requested 120 units, but changed his plan after planners recommended to deny the plan Nov. 18.
Demean has applied for another conditional use permit that asks for fewer, larger units. The units would take up about 12,000 square feet on the Elm Street property.
Karst Riggers, county planner, said nearly a dozen neighbors voiced concern over the impact to the neighborhood if the storage units are given the thumbs-up.
He expects the same opposition to come during Tuesday's meeting.
The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. at the courthouse annex in Asotin.