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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-12-12 City Council Minutes 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