Waterville City Council
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PublishedMarch 25, 2020
Waterville council to consider dissolving coronavirus committee after legal hiccups
The City Council at a special meeting Thursday will consider disbanding a subcommittee that had been meeting illegally and instead authorize the city manager to spend up to $150,000 on coronavirus-related emergency needs.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2020
Waterville scrambles to meet public meeting laws
The COVID-19 subcommittee met again Monday and discussed how to move forward in light of the fact that the city has no provision in its charter to allow for it to make big decisions in emergencies.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2020
City Solicitor: Waterville coronavirus panel illegally met in secret, made unlawful decisions
City Solicitor William A. Lee III issued a memo to city officials Thursday saying holding subcommittee coronavirus meetings in private is illegal, and the panel does not have the authority to make certain decisions.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2019
Waterville council overrides mayor’s veto on ambulance purchases
The used ambulances will provide backup when Delta Ambulance is delayed.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2019
Jim Fossel: Portland’s problems won’t go away when Strimling does
His suggestion of giving the mayor more powers – as in Waterville – may actually lead to more collaboration with the City Council.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2019
Waterville mayor claims council conspired with resident against him
A letter Mayor Nick Isgro posted on his personal Facebook page says that councilors, blinded by hatred, took part in a 'preconceived plot' to attack him Tuesday, when resident Bob Vear criticized the mayor.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2019
Waterville mayor, resident clash over Indigenous Peoples’ Day
After the City Council voted Tuesday to follow the state's lead in naming holidays, resident Bob Vear and Mayor Nick Isgro got into a shouting match and Isgro declared the meeting over and stormed out of the room.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2019
Residents call out Waterville mayor over Columbus Day proclamation
Mayor Nick Isgro read aloud a proclamation at Tuesday's City Council meeting, declaring Oct. 14 Columbus Day, which drew criticism in light of a new state law renaming the day.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2019
Waterville mayor to proclaim Oct. 14 ‘Columbus Day,’ despite state law
Mayor Nick Isgro's proclamation honors Christopher Columbus, who has become a reminder of the oppression and pain endured by the native people of the Caribbean islands.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2019
Waterville council, despite pushback from mayor, OKs rezoning for marijuana store near highway
Councilors voted 5-1 to approve the zoning change to allow an adult-use marijuana store at 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive with Chiarman Sydney Mayhew the lone dissenter.