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07/23/201818-298
07/23/2018
18-298
Community & Economic Development
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Declaring Fiber as Essential Infrastructure in the City of Bangor, Maine
This order will declare fiber as essential infrastructure in the City of Bangor, Maine. Reliable, high
speed, affordable access to the Internet is imperative for Bangor residents, businesses, non-profit
organizations, and visitors. The Internet is changing how humans interact with each other and with
the world at large, as well as being a driving force for the current and future economy. The Internet
creates opportunity for increased innovation for consumers, businesses, and government. Countries,
states, and cities that prioritize and provide access to advanced Internet infrastructure such as fiber
are surpassing those that do not in terms of social, economic, and knowledge development. Bangor
must prioritize this infrastructure as an essential service, just as we have with water, sewer, and
electricity.
Business & Economic Development Committee
06/05/2018
Recommend for passage
50
New Business
07/23/201818-298
CITY OF BANGOR ORDER
07/23/2018
18-298
Davitt
Declaring Fiber as Essential Infrastructure in the City of Bangor, Maine
Whereas reliable, high speed, affordable access to the Internet is imperative for Bangor residents, businesses,
non-profit organizations, and visitors; and
Whereas the Internet is changing how humans interact with each other and with the world at large, as well as
being a driving force for the current and future economy; and
Whereas the Internet creates opportunity for increased innovation for consumers, businesses, and
government; and
Whereas countries, states, and cities that prioritize and provide access to advanced internet infrastructure
such as fiber are surpassing those that do not in terms of social, economic, and knowledge development; and
Whereas Bangor must prioritize this infrastructure as an essential service, as with water, sewer, and
electricity; therefore
Be it Ordered by the City Council of the City of Bangor that
Fiber and access to the internet is an essential service in the City of Bangor, Maine.
IN CITY COUNCIL
JULY 23, 2018
CO 18-298
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED FOR PASSAGE
MOTION DOUBTED
VOTE: 8-1
COUNCILORS VOTING YES: DAVITT, GRAHAM, NEALLEY, NICHOLS,
PERRY, SUPICA, TREMBLE, SPRAGUE
COUNCILORS VOTING NO: WESTON
PASSED
4pLi-clA,
CITY CLE