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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – JUNE 25, 2012
Called to order at 7:30 PM
Chaired by Council Chair Weston
Councilors Absent: None
Adjourned at 9:35 PM
PUBLIC COMMENT Pauline Civiello requested that the City Council amend the
City Charter to provide that the voters must approve
borrowing money under certain circumstances. Sam
Canders spoke in support of Ms. Civiello.
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
*Explanatory Note: All items listed in the Consent Agenda are considered routine and are proposed for adoption by the City
Council by one motion without discussion or deliberation. If discussion on any item is desired any member of the Council or
public may merely request removal of the item to its normal sequence in the regular agenda prior to a motion for passage of
the Consent Agenda.
MINUTES OF: Bangor City Council Meeting of June 11, 2012, Regular
School Committee Meetings of April 25, 2012, May 9, 2012,
and May 23, 2012, Special School Committee Meeting of
May 2, 2012, Infrastructure Committee Meeting of May 22,
2012, Business & Economic Development Committee
Meeting of May 23, 2012, Finance Committee Meetings of
May 21, 2012 and June 4, 2012
ACTION: Approved and Accepted
Liquor License Renewals: Application for Liquor License, Malt, Spirituous, Vinous of LONGO
Delano G. Merritt d/b/a Judy’s Restaurant, 125 State Street
ACTION: Approved
Application for Liquor License, Malt, Spirituous, Vinous of LONGO
Bi Jiao Chen d/b/a Green Tea Inc., 11 Bangor Mall
Boulevard
ACTION: Approved
12-208 RESOLVE Ratification of Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed – BALADACCI
Property Located at 9 Eaton Place
ACTION: Passed
12-209 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed – Real BLANCHETTE
Estate Located at 585 Main Street
ACTION: Passed
12-210 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed – Real GRATWICK
Estate Located at 26 Autumn Street
ACTION: Passed
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – JUNE 25, 2012
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
12-211 ORDER Authorizing Public Sewer Extension – 1381 Hammond BLANCHETTE
Street
ACTION: Passed
12-212 ORDER Authorizing Bid Award in the Amount of $236,132 to GALLANT
Gardner Construction for the Hammond Street Sewer
Extension
ACTION: Passed
12-213 ORDER Authorizing Bid Award in the Amount of $374,780 to Lane HAWES
Construction for the Maine Avenue Resurfacing Project
ACTION: Passed
12-214 RESOLVE Ratification of Execution of Lease Between the City of LONGO
Bangor and Sargent Corporation – Bangor International
Airport
ACTION: Passed
12-215 ORDER Accepting Streets in Lyon’s Ledge, Phase 2 Subdivision- SPRAGUE
Brighton Avenue and Wellesley Way
ACTION: Passed
12-216 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Consent to Assignment – Bank of DURGIN
America 1176 Union Street
ACTION: Passed
12-217 ORDER Authorizing Non-Union Pay Plan Adjustment BALDACCI
ACTION: Passed
12-218 ORDER Authorizing Execution of an Amendment to the Lease DURGIN
Agreement with the Greater Bangor Region Chamber of
Commerce
ACTION: Passed
12-219 ORDER Authorizing Execution of an Amendment to the Lease SPRAGUE
Agreement with the Bangor Convention and Visitors
Bureau, Inc.
ACTION: Passed
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – JUNE 25, 2012
REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
12-220 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 284 of the Code of the City of Bangor, SPRAGUE
Dangerous Trees and Branches
ACTION: First Reading
12-221 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating a $601,000 Grant from the HAWES
Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Healthy
Maine Partnership Grant to Respond to Public Health
Issues, including tobacco, substance use, nutrition, physical
st
activity, and chronic disease among others. (1 Reading and
Referral to Government Operations Committee on June 26,
2012 at 5:00 p.m.)
ACTION: First Reading and Referral to Government Operations
Committee on June 26, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.
12-222 ORDER Authorizing Issuance of the City’s General obligation DURGIN
Bonds and Notes in Anticipation Thereof and a Tax Levy
Therefore
ACTION: First Reading and Referral to the Finance Committee on
July 2, 2012
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
12-185 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 134, General Assistance, of the Code of BALDACCI
the City of Bangor, to Comply with State Law
ACTION: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 9 -0
Councilors Voting Yes: Baldacci, Blanchette, Durgin,
Gallant, Gratwick, Longo, Hawes, Sprague, Weston
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
12-186 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165 of the Code of the City of Bangor, BLANCHETTE
§165-97, Government and Institutional Service District (G &
ISD)
ACTION: Motion made and seconded to Postpone to July 9, 2012
Postponed
12-200 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating $4,060,753 in Grant Funds LONGO
from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to provide for
the TSA in-line checked baggage inspection system solution
at the Bangor International Airport
ACTION: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – JUNE 25, 2012
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
12-201 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating a Grant from the Maine HAWES
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of
Substance Abuse, in the Amount of $50,000 to Support an
Overdose Prevention Program
ACTION: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
12-202 RESOLVE Making an Appropriation for Municipal Year 2013 DURGIN
ACTION: Motion made and seconded to amend by substitution of
Resolve 12-202
Amendment Passed
Motion made and seconded for passage of Order 12-202 as
amended
Motion Doubted
Vote: 8-1
Councilors Voting Yes: Baldacci, Blanchette, Durgin,
Gratwick, Longo, Hawes, Sprague, Weston
Councilors Voting No: Gallant
Passed
12-203 RESOLVE Making an Appropriation for Various Capital Purposes and BALDACCI
Utilizing Various Reserves, Trust and Agency Accounts,
and Other Funds for Expenditures to be Made during
Municipal Year 2013
ACTION: Motion made and seconded to amend by substitution of
Resolve 12-203
Amendment Passed
Motion made and seconded for passage of Order 12-203 as
amended
Passed
12-204 RESOLVE Making an Appropriation of Downtown TIF Funds for SPRAGUE
Expenditures to be Made During Municipal Year 2013
ACTION: Motion made and seconded to amend by substitution of
Resolve 12-204
Amendment Passed
Motion made and seconded for passage of Order 12-204 as
amended
Passed
12-207 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 231, Code of the City of Bangor, GALLANT
Public Parks
ACTION: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 9-0
Councilors Voting Yes: Baldacci, Blanchette, Durgin,
Gallant, Gratwick, Longo, Hawes, Sprague, Weston
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL – JUNE 25, 2012
NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
PUBLIC HEARING Special Amusement License for Delano Merritt d/b/a LONGO
Judy’s Restaurant, 125 State Street
ACTION: Motion made and seconded to Open the Public Hearing
Public Hearing Opened
No Public Comment
Motion made and seconded to Close the Public Hearing
Public Hearing Closed
Motion made and seconded for passage
Passed
12-223 ORDER Adopting Public Park Event Permit Policy GALLANT
ACTION: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
12-224 RESOLVE Promoting and Supporting a Tobacco Free Environment BLANCHETTE
for All Citizens, Visitors, and Employees
ACTION: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
12-225 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Development Agreement with DURGIN
Penobscot Community Health Care – Hope House
ACTION: Motion made and seconded to Postpone to July 9, 2012
Passed
12-226 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Extension of Contract with HAWES
Global Spectrum, L.P. for Pre-Opening Consulting
Services for the New Arena/Meeting Complex and
Authorization for Acquisition of Furniture, Fixtures and
Equipment for the New Arena/Meeting Complex – Bass
Park
ACTION: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
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Lisa J. Goodwin, MMC, City Clerk
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