Lebanon City Council 11/10/26

The November 10, 2026, Lebanon City Council meeting included several utility and capital-spending actions. Council approved blanket purchase agreements with Ferguson Waterworks, Neptune Equipment Company, and Buckeye State Pipe and Supply for water meters, with pricing to be set through a competitive process when orders are placed. It also approved a $673,821.70 contract with Elum’s Excavating for water-main replacement on Crest View Drive and Ridge Road. Council began first readings of the 2027 operating-budget legislation; staff outlined about $15 million in road investments, including the $7.7 million State Route 63 widening and Marquee Road roundabout, a $2.4 million Drake Road–Miller Road roundabout, about $900,000 for West Warren Street improvements, and a $3.5 million annual paving and concrete program. Staff also cited nearly $7 million in grant revenue. The budget was not adopted at this meeting, and the transcript gives differing expenditure totals: $136.7 million in the presentation and $140.9 million in the ordinance summary.

Other budget-related first readings addressed proposed 3% water and sewer rate adjustments, a stormwater fee increase, and a revised method for calculating the electric power-cost adjustment. Council also considered a resolution to terminate the city’s Flock Group agreement, currently costing $60,000 annually and scheduled to expire in May 2027; the transcript does not capture the outcome of the adoption motion. A council member raised placing Flock’s removal on the ballot, with staff noting an estimated $50,000 election cost, but no clear action to proceed is recorded. Residents raised concerns about smart-water-meter data and privacy, and another speaker questioned speed-limit consistency on Broadway. Council held a public hearing on the proposed rezoning of 899 North Broadway, with the ordinance receiving a first reading.