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MINUTES OF MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – DECEMBER 12, 2011
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
Called to Order at 7:30 p.m.
Chaired by Council Chair Weston
Councilors Present: All
Adjourned at: 9:00 p.m.
PUBLIC COMMENT: None
Recognition: Recognition of the Orono Board Walk Volunteers and Resolution BALDACCI
Supporting Reconstruction of the Orono Board Walk
MINUTES OF: Regular Meeting of the Bangor City Council of November 28, 2011,
Bangor School Committee Organizational Meeting of November 14, 2011, Bangor
School Committee Regular Meeting of November 17, 2011, Regular Meetings
Of the Housing Authority of the City of Bangor of September 22, 2011 &
October 5, 2011, Public Meeting Of the Housing Authority of the city of Bangor of
October 5, 2011, Finance Committee Meetings of November 7, 2011 & November
21, 2011.
ACTION Approved
12-020 ORDER Appointing Constables for the Year 2012 GALLANT
ACTION Passed
12-021 RESOLVE Acknowledging Receipt of the Official Results and the DURGIN
Declaration of Results of the November 8, 2011 State &
Municipal Election
ACTION Passed
12-022 ORDER Amending Employment Agreement between City Clerk Patti LONGO
Dubois and the City of Bangor
ACTION Passed
12-023 ORDER Accepting Whisper Drive in Whisper Meadow Subdivision BLANCHETTE
ACTION Passed
12-024 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Accept $1,104.00 in U.S. GALLANT
Currency and One .45 cal. Semi-Automatic Handgun, or a
Portion Thereof, as a Result of a State Criminal Forfeiture
ACTION Passed
12-025 ORDER Accepting a Drainage Easement from RCC Holding, Inc. - SPRAGUE
Telecom Drive in the BIA Commercial/Industrial Park
ACTION Passed
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – DECEMBER 12, 2011
CONSENT AGENDA continued ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
12-026 ORDER Authorizing Execution of an Amendment to a Lease Between HAWES
the City of Bangor and Maine Aero Services, Inc. – Hangar
#115 Bangor International Airport
ACTION Passed
12-027 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating a Project Canopy Pruning Grant GRATWICK
in the Amount of $8,000
ACTION Passed
12-028 ORDER Ratifying the City’s Application for up to $55,355 in Funds from BALDACCI
the 2011 State Homeland Security Grant Program to be used
to Purchase Equipment to Enhance the Police Department’s
Tactical Robot
ACTION Passed
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL –DECEMBER 12, 2011
REFERRALS TO COMMITTEES AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
12-029 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 28, City Departments, Article XV, HAWES
Records Department, Section 69, Records Retention
of the Code of the City of Bangor
ACTION First Reading & Referral to Government Operations
of 12/27/11
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – DECEMBER 12, 2011
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
12-016 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating a $90,000 Community BALDACCI
Transformation Grant from the Maine Department of
Health and Human Services on Behalf of the Penquis
Public Health District
ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage
Passed
12-017 ORDER Authorizing Refinancing of Certain of the City of DURGIN
Bangor’s Existing Bond Obligations and the Issuance of
The City’s General Obligation Refunding Bonds and a
Tax Levy Therefor
ACTION Motion Made and Seconded to Open the Public Hearing
Public Hearing Opened
No one from the public came forward
Motion Made and Seconded to Close the Public Hearing
Public Hearing Closed
Motion Made and Seconded for Passage
Passed
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – DECEMBER 12, 2011
NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
12-030 RESOLVE Supporting the Continued Operation of the Dorothea Dix BALDACCI
Psychiatric Center and the Creation of a Committee to
Advocate for Keeping the Center Open
ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage
Vote: 9-0
Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette, Baldacci, Durgin,
Gallant, Gratwick, Longo, Hawes, Sprague & Weston
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
12-031 ORDER Authorizing Development Agreement for the Redevelopment LONGO
of 89 and 91 Main Street
ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage
Passed
12-032 ORDER Accepting and Appropriating Funds Raised by the Bangor SPRAGUE
School Department for Fuel Assistance
ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage
Passed
12-033 ORDER Authorizing Application for and Acceptance of a $25,000 BLANCHETTE
Strategic Planning Grant from the Libra Foundation to
Further Develop the Healthy Homes Asthma Project
ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage
Passed
12-034 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Agreement between the City of GRATWICK
Bangor, the University of Maine, and Schoodic International
Sculpture Symposium
ACTION Motion Made and Seconded for Passage
Motion Doubted
Vote: 8-1
Councilors Voting Yes: Baldacci, Blanchette, Durgin, Gallant,
Gratwick, Hawes, Sprague & Weston
Councilors Voting No: Longo
Passed