HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-12-27 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—DECEMBER 27, 2021
Meeting Called to Order at 7.30 PM
Chaired by Council Chair Fournier
Councilors Present.Hawes, Okafor,Sprague,
Yacoubagha, Fournier
Councilors Absent:Davitt,Schaefer, Tremble
Meeting adjourned at 7:53 PM
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PUBLIC COMMENT Tracy Willette,Parks and Recreation Director, recognized Rob Jarvis for
receiving the 2020 New England PGA Professional of the Year.
Pastor Terry Dinkins commented that he has worked well with the Bangor
Police Department and felt they handled the homeless well.
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
MINUTES OF: Bangor City Council Regular Meeting of December 13, 2021, and Special Meeting
of December 20, 2021,School Committee Regular Meeting of November 17, 2021,
Airport Committee Meetings of November 15, 2021 and December 6, 2021,
Finance Committee Meeting of December 20, 2021, and Business and Economic
Development Committee Meeting of December 21, 2021
22-047 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to accept$5,302 in funds SPRAGUE
as result of a state criminal forfeiture (Clement).
22-048 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to accept$1,501 in funds HAWES
as result of a state criminal forfeiture (Harriman).
22-049 ORDER Appointing Nominee to the Advisory Committee on Racial YACOUBAGHA
Equity, Inclusion and Human Rights
22-050 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Apply for a $30,000 DAVITT
Grantfrom Maine health Access Foundation to Identify
Sustainable Communication and Relationship Building
Strategies to More Effectively Address Substance Use
Disorder in Bangor
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MINUTES OFREGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—DECEMBER 27, 2021
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
22-051 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to submit a Request for OAAFOR
Proposal(RFP) to the State of Maine Department of
Health and Human Services,Maine Center for Disease
Control and Prevention to administer the Women,
Infants, and Children Program throughout Penobscot
and Piscataquis Counties.
22-052 RESOLVE Ratifying Execution of ReleaselDischarge of Two TREMBLE
Improvement Guarantee Agreements Pertaining To 249
Longview Drive
22-053 RESOLVE Ratifying Renewal of Lease With United States Coast DAVITT
Guard Icebreakers
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage of Consent
Agenda
Vote: 5—0
Councilors Voting Yes:Hawes, Okafor,Sprague,
Yacoubagha, Fournier
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
22-054 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District SCIIAEFER
Map by Changing the Parcel of Land at 24 Spruce Street
from Urban Residence District I (URD-1) to Urban
Residence 2 (URD-2).
Action: Motion made and seconded for First Reading and
Referral to Planning Board Meeting of January 4, 2022
Vote: 5—0
Councilors Voting Yes:Hawes, Okafor,Sprague,
Yacoubagha, Fournier
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—DECEMBER 27, 2021
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
22-041 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District TREMBLE
Map by Assigning the Government and Institutional
Service District(G&ISD) to the Parcel of land recently
created in the Maine Business Park on property bounded
by Venture Way, Corporate Drive and Texas Avenue
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 5—0
Councilors Voting Yes:Hawes, Okafor, Sprague,
Yacoubagha, Fournier
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
22-043 RESOLVE Authorizing the Acceptance and Appropriation of a Grant HAWES
Amendment in the Amount of$35,850 for the Overdose
Prevention and Naloxone Distribution Program from the
State of Maine
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 5—0
Councilors Voting Yes:Hawes, Okafor, Sprague,
Yacoubagha, Fournier
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
NEW B USINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
22-055 ORDER Authorizing the Disposition of City Owned Vacant Lot YACOUBAGHA
Located at 44 Patten Street
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 5—0
Councilors Voting Yes:Hawes, Okafor,Sprague,
Yacoubagha, Fournier
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
ATTEST.-
Lisa . Good in,MMC, City Clerk
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