The proposal comes after the council postponed a vote last week to eliminate local restaurant inspections. The union representing code enforcement staff questions the intent of the survey.
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The debate over Lewiston's health inspector role is in jeopardy after the discovery of two cockroaches shut down the popular DaVinci's Eatery earlier this month.
The council will not take up the issue until March after receiving an overwhelming amount of public feedback supporting the local health inspection program and sanitation officer Louis Lachance.
The announcement follows a City Council decision Tuesday to postpone votes on whether to eliminate the local restaurant inspection program and the sanitarian position.