HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-10-01 Government Operations Committee Minutes
City of Bangor Government Operations Committee Meeting
Monday, October 1, 2018
City Hall Council Chambers
Council Members in Attendance:
Councilor Graham
Councilor Weston
Councilor Nealley
Councilor Sprague
Councilor Perry
Councilor Supica
Councilor Nichols
Councilor Tremble
Staff Members in Attendance:
City Manager Cathy Conlow
Assistant City Manager Richard Cromwell
Parks & Recreation Director Tracy Willett
Robin Carr
Regular Agenda:
1) A resolve accepting and appropriating $164,996 for the Maine Prevention
Services Tobacco Prevention Grant Program. This program supports youth tobacco prevention
and education programs.
2) An order authorizing the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Original
Memorandum of Understanding with the Maine Federation of Farmers Markets to
increase the total funding to $11,000. The additional funding is to be used to support staff’s
outreach and education toward this program.
3) Discussion regarding mold bloom on some Council records that needs to be
Remediated. Original Council records must be preserved indefinitely. It was discovered during
the records preservation process Council Orders from 1853, 1940-1944, and 1946 developed
mold. As a result these documents need to undergo a mold treatment prior to the scheduled
preservation process. The additional cost for this will be $2,300.
4) An order appointing Student Election Clerks for the November 6, 2018 Election. This order
would allow for 14 members of the Bangor High School Student Government to participate in
the elections process.
5) An order allowing for a tree plaque to be placed on the sister city tree that was
planted in Cascade Park in 1995 during a welcoming event for two community
members of Carasque, El Salvador’s sister village.