Village of Lewiston seeks input on digital sign proposal

Trustees in the Village of Lewiston will hold a public information session at 6 p.m. Monday, May 16, to discuss the viability of adding a digital information sign at the corner of Center Street and Portage Road. This Academy Park marker would replace the recently retired black and white letterboard sign.

Initial cost for the two-sided sign and stone pillars is $60,444. Funding would come from the sale of the “Big Yellow House” at 475 Ridge St.

A rendering from Cooper Sign Co. is shown.

The meeting will take place in the Morgan Lewis Village Boardroom inside the Red Brick Municipal Building, 145 N. Fourth St.

In other news from this week’s work session:

•The Village Board approved a motion to authorize the levy of real property taxes for the 2022-23 tax warrant and directing the clerk to receive and collect taxes in the amount of $1,232,921.00; a re-levy of water and sewer charges in the amount of $26,396.51; and a total warrant to collect $1,259,317.51. The tax rate was set at $7.764858 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.

•Trustees gave Emery Simon permission to place a temporary, 30-feet-by-45-feet tent on the Lewiston Stone House parking lot for the duration of the spring and summer months. Simon used this setup for his 2021 outdoor season.