HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-07-27 City Council Minutes MINUTES SPECIAL MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JULY 27, 2017
Meeting called to order at 5:30 PM
Chaired by Council Chair Baldacci
Absent: Councilor Tremble
Meeting Adjourned at 8:02 PM
PUBLIC COMMENT None
REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
17-256 RESOLVE Amending the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget for Impacts of State of SPRAGUE
Maine Budget and Updated Valuation
Action: Motion made and seconded to waive second reading.
Passed
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
17-257 RESOLVE Approving an Additional$50,369 in General Fund Support for NICHOLS
the Department of Public Health and Community Services
Action: Motion made and seconded to waive second reading.
Passed
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
17-258 RESOLVE Amending the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget to Approve Additional FAIRCLOTH
Library Funding in the Amount of$13,781
Action: Motion made and seconded to waive second reading.
Passed
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
17-259 RESOLVE Amending the FY 2018 Budget(General Fund,Airport and CIC) NEALLEY
to add an Additional $60,000 in Funding for the Convention and
Visitors Bureau
Action: Motion made and seconded that Councilor Weston has a conflict
of interest on this item.
Vote: 6—1
Councilors Voting Yes: Graham,Nealley,Nichols,Perry,
Sprague,Baldacci
Councilors Voting No:Faircloth
Passed that Councilor Weston has a conflict of interest
Councilor Weston left the meeting
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Motion made and seconded to waive second reading
Passed
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Motion made and seconded to Amend by Substitution Order 17-
259
Passed
Motion made and seconded for Passage as Amended
Passed as Amended
Councilor Weston returned to the meeting
Motion made and seconded to retire into Executive Session
pursuant to Title 1 MRSA Section 405(6)(D)for the purpose of
discussing negotiations.
Passed
Before retiring into Executive Session the City Council moved
Item 17-261 forward on the agenda so that the public in
attendance would not have to wait.
17-261 RESOLVE Amending the Fiscal Year 2018 budget to include$100,000 for NICHOLS
the Maine Multicultural Center to be funded out of Reserves
Action: Motion made and seconded that Councilor Faircloth did not
have a conflict of interest.
Passed—no conflict
Motion made and seconded to waive first reading
Passed
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Motion made and seconded to Amend by Substitution Order 17-
261
Passed
Motion made and seconded for Passage as Amended
Motion Doubted
Vote:5—3
Councilors Voting Yes:Faircloth, Graham,Nichols,Perry,
Baldacci
Councilors Voting No:Nealley,Sprague, Weston
Passed as Amended
City Council retired to Executive Session at 6:25 PM
City Council came out of Executive Session at 6:43 PM
17-260 RESOLVE Amending the FY 2018 Budget to include 3 Additional GRAHAM
Firefighters in the amount of$234,488
Carl Norton,Libby Norton,John Berry and John York spoke in
favor of this resolve.
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Action: Motion made and seconded to Postpone until first full meeting in
January
Motion Withdrawn
Motion made and seconded to waive second reading.
Passed
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Motion Doubted
Vote:3-5
Councilors Voting Yes:Nichols,Sprague,Baldacci
Councilors Voting No:Faircloth, Graham,Nealley,Perry,
Weston
Motion Failed
Attest: ;,( ,
Lisa J. Goodw' , City Clerk
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