HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-07-25 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JULY 25, 2022
Meeting Called to Order at 7.30 PM
Chaired by Council Chair Fournier
Councilors Absent: Tremble
Meeting Adjourned at 8:01 PM
PUBLIC COMMENT Michael Norton spoke about his desire to teach about the
magnetosphere.
Mike Tuller wanted to see more save and secure areas created
for temporary housing.
Shannon Denbow discussed the need for public bathrooms and
places for needle disposal.
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
*Explanatory Note:All items listed in the Consent Agenda are considered routine and are proposed for adoption by
the City Council by one motion without discussion or deliberation. If discussion on any item is desired any member
of the Council or public may merely request removal of the item to its normal sequence in the regular agenda prior
to a motion for passage of the Consent Agenda.
MINUTES OF. Bangor City Council Regular Meeting of July 11,2022,
Business and Economic Development Committee Meeting of
July 6,2022, Government Operations Committee Meetings of
March 7, 2022 and March 21,2022
Action: Accepted and Approved
LIQUOR LICENSE Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt, Wine,Spirits of HAWES
RENEWAL: Hero's Sports Grill,LLC d/b/a Hero's Sports Grill at Bangor
Municipal Golf Course, 278 Webster Avenue
Action: Approved
Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt, Wine of Black HAWES
Bear Brewing,Inc&'b/a Black Bear Brewing, 191 Exchange
Street
Action: Approved
Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt, Wine,Spirits of HAWES
Husson University d/b/a Husson University, I College Circle
Action: Approved
Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt, Wine,Spirits of HAWES
MF Dream,LLC&b1a Benjamin's Pub, 123 Franklin Street
Action: Approved
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JULY 25, 2022
CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
Application for Liquor License Renewal,Malt, Wine,Spirits of HAWES
Launchpad d/b/a Bangor Arts Exchange,189-193 Exchange
Street
Action: Approved
22-259 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Confirmatory Municipal Quitclaim HAWES
Deed For Thomas Hill Standpipe Parcel
Action: Passed
22-260 ORDER Authorizing City Manager to Execute Easement for Versant, SCHAEFER
Downeast School
Action: Passed
22-261 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Accept a Donation of$1,000 TREMBLE
from Gatorade's Play It Forward Program as Chosen by Award
Recipient Anna Connors,Bangor High School Junior,for
Parks&Recreation Youth Programming
Action: Passed
22-262 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Accept a Drainage Easement LEONARD
on Longview Drive as Shown on Plan for Bangor Mall
Business Park Lot Z
Action: Passed
REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
22-263 ORDER Authorizing Issuance of$3,977,500 of the City's General SPRAGUE
Obligations Bonds and a Tax Levy Therefor
Action: First Reading and Referral to Finance Committee on August 1,
2022
22-264 ORDER Authorizing a Loan in the Amount of$2,280,000from the YACOUBAGHA
Maine Municipal Bond Bank State Revolving Fund,
and the Issuance of the City's General Obligation Bonds and a
Tax Levy Therefor
Action: First Reading and Referral to Finance Committee on August 1,
2022
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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JULY 25, 2022
REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
22-265 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating$1,212,162 from the Maine OAAFOR
Department of Health and Human Services to Support an
Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Distribution Program
Action: First Reading and Referral to Government Operations
Committee on August 2,2022
22-266 ORDINANCE Amending the Code of the City of Bangor to Add Chapter 119— DAVITT
Flavored Tobacco and Nicotine Products
Action: First Reading and Referral to Government Operations
Committee on August 2,2022
UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEM NO. COUNCILOR
22-255 ORDINANCE Amending the Code of the City of Bangor To Add Chapter 125 OAAFOR
—Food Sovereignty
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 8—0
Councilors Voting Yes.Davitt,Hawes,Leonard, Okafor,
Schaefer,Sprague, Yacoubagha, Fournier
Councilors Voting No:None
Passed
22-256 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating FY2022 Airport Improvement HAWES
Plan (AIP) #84 Entitlement Grant Funding of$300,324 from
the FAA and$16,685 from the Maine DOT for the Design&
Engineering Only—Rehabilitate Runway 15-33 Project at
Bangor International Airport(BGR)
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO
ITEMNO. COUNCILOR
22-267 ORDER Authorizing Execution of a Contract with B&B Paving,Inc. in SPRAGUE
the amount of$1,719,129.25 for the Fiscal Year 2023 Paving
Program
Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage
Passed
ATTEST.•
Lis -J. Goo win,MMC, City Clerk
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