Areas ranging from fire and police to assessing and public works were examined during the multi-year project, funded in part with about $163,000 in state grants.

The Commission, which served as an advisory board to the city councils, is the successor to the Lewiston-Auburn Commission on Joint Services, which issued its final report to the mayors and city councils of Lewiston and Auburn in February of 2006.

The Citizens Commission identified savings of about $2.7 million per year within five years of consolidating various municipal services, excluding school system services.