HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-05-10 21-179 Resolve IN CITY COUNCIL
MAY 10,2021
CR 21-179
Motion made and seconded for First Reading and Referral to Planning Board Meeting of May 18,2021
Vote: 8—0
Councilors Voting Yes: Davitt,Dubay,Fournier,Nichols, Okafor, Schaefer, Sprague,Tremble
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
CITY 4tiERK
IN CITY COUNCIL
MAY 24,2021
CR 21-179
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 8—0
Councilors Voting Yes: Davitt,Dubay,Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Schaefer, Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
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CIT ERK
05/10/202121-179
05/10/2021
21-179
Health & Community Services
Resolve
N/A
Title, Resolve
Accepting and Appropriating $69,000 of Grant Amendment Funds for the Overdose Prevention and Naloxone
Distribution Program.
This Resolve will accept and appropriate an additional $69,000 for FY21 Overdose Prevention funds
provided by the State of Maine. On July 13, 2020 Resolve 20-203 was passed to appropriate grant
funds in the amount of $212,500 to the Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Distribution Program
from the State of Maine. On April 12, 2021 Resolve 21-130 was passed to increase the contract
amount by $194,700.
The additional $69,000 will be directed to the purchase of Naloxone which will be distributed in the
program's five-county Naloxone distribution area of Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington, Aroostook,
and Hancock counties.
The Public Health and Community Services Department has been a recipient of the overdose
prevention portion of this grant since 2008; the contract was expanded in 2020 to include Naloxone
purchase and distribution.
Government Operations Committee
05/17/2021
Recommend for passage
First Reading & Referral
Government Operations Committee
05/10/202121-179
CITY OF BANGOR RESOLVE
05/10/2021
21-179
Nichols
Accepting and Appropriating $69,000 of Grant Amendment Funds for the Overdose Prevention and Naloxone
Distribution Program.
Whereas, the City of Bangor has previously accepted $212,500 in grant funds from the State of Maine for the
Overdose Prevention Program; and
Whereas, the City of Bangor has previously amended the contract to accept an additional $194,700; and
Whereas, the State of Maine has additional funds in the amount of $69,000 to contribute to the Overdose
Prevention Program;
Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Bangor that, the City Manager is authorized to accept and
appropriate an additional $69,000 in Overdose Prevention Funds provided through the State of Maine for the
Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Distribution Program.