HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-03-19 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL-MARCH 19, 2020
Meeting Called to Order at 4:00 PM
Chaired by Council Chair Davitt
Councilors Present:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Absent.None
Meeting Adjourned at 5.25 PM
Emergency Management Director Chief Higgins and Director
of Public Health Hamilton gave an update on what the city
has been doing regarding Covid-19 and that Penobscot
County had its first positive test.
Motion made and seconded to allow the public to attend the
meeting by television, Facebook and Zoom and not to have
public comment at this time.
Vote: 7-2
Councilors Voting Yes:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer, Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:Sprague,Supica
Passed
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20-103 ORDER Renewing the City Manager's March 16,2020 Proclamation NICHOLS
Declaring State of Emergency
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Motion made and seconded to Amend by Substitution
Vote on Amendment:9—0
Councilors Voting Yes:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
Motion made and seconded for Passage as Amended
Vote: 9—0
Councilors Voting Yes:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed as Amended
Motion made and seconded not to have live Public Comment
and to have the public communicate by phone or email before
the meeting
Vote:2— 7
Councilors Voting Yes: Tremble,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica
Failed
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MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—MARCH 19, 2020
Motion made and seconded to allow the public to attend the
meeting by Facebook, television or Zoom.
Vote: 9—0
Councilors Voting Yes. Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague,Supica,Davitt
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
City Manager, Catherine Conlow, advised the City Council
that she would be relinquishing her emergency authority to
Assistant City Manager,Richard Cromwell from 8:00 PM
March 19, 2020 through 12:00 am March 23,2020, as she
would be out for a planned,non-elective medical procedure.
ATTEST.
Lisa. J. oodwin, C, City Clerk
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CITY COUNCIL
March 18, 2020
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL:
Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL MEETING of the City Council will be held
in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Bangor, Maine on Thursday, March 19, 2020
at 4:00 p.m. for the purpose of considering the following:
Update from Emergency Management Director Chief Higgins and Director of
Public Health Hamilton
20-103 Renewing the City Manager's March 16, 2020 Proclamation
Declaring State of Emergency
Council Chair Davitt