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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-08-21 Finance Committee Minutes � � FINANCE COMMITTEE � August 21, 2006 Minutes Councilor Attendance: Stone, Hawes, D'Errico, Palmer, Gratwick, Farrington, Allen � Staff Attendance: Cyr, Sheriff, Comeau, Birch, Wellington, Little Other: Gagnon � 1. Consent Agenda A motion made and seconded to approve the Consent Agenda. � a. Resolve 06-295, Accepting &Appropriating HUD Grant— Shaw House � Homeless Youth Outreach and Support Services b. Resolve 06-296, Accepting &Appropriating HUD Grant— Bangor Area Homeless Shelter Transitional Planning Coordinator r c. Resolve 06-297, Accepting &Appropriating-HUD Grant—Acadia Recovery Community Bridge Program � d. Resolve 06-298, Accepting &Appropriating $20,000 Contribution from Penobscot County for Heavy Rescue Vehicle e. Resolve 06-299, Appropriating $22,013 from Fire Equipment Reserve for � Heavy Rescue Vehicle f. Resolve 06-300, Appropriating $120,000 from Golf Course Reserves for Maintenance Building ,� g. Workout Agreement— O'Conneil — 282 Essex Street 2. Bids/Purchasing r a. Site Lights—Community Development—Gilman Electric - $25,480 Sheriff explained that the lights will be located on Main Street in the area of � the Merrill Bank. The utilities will be located underground. The lights will be similar to what is on the waterFront. Stone questioned the underground lines. Gyr indicated that all of downtown has underground utility lines. A motion , was made and seconded to approve staff's recommendation. 3. Reimbursement to Economic Development Fund — Maine Business � Enterprise Park Lot 2 Cyr said that part of the final development agreement with Bangor Historic Track allowed the City to work with some of the landowners on the riverside � block. In order to complete negotiations for those properties, Chiou Lin was given the opportunity to move to Lot 2 of the Maine Business Enterprise Park. � The Park is owned by the Economic Development Fund. A 4.65 acre development parcel was removed from that fund in order to complete this negotiatipn. Staff is recommending that the racino fund pay the value of that property over to the Economic Development Fund. During the budget � process, Council discussed the completion of Venture Way, which will create new access of Maine Avenue and open up additional parcels for developmEnt , within the Park. These monies will be used for that as well. Responding to Gratwick, G�rr said the balance is $951,000 in the fund which does not include � � � employees performing the work. Penn then asked the City to obtain quotes. One was from Bickmore Electric which was at $60,000 and�one from Hart which initially was $30,000 and stafF did not feel that Hart fully understood the scope of � the work involved. The City asked Hart to review the bid and came back at $55,000. Both quotes were provided to Penn. Snyder preferred Bickmore because of their experience. Hart then asked the City Manager for an � explanation of the process. Heitmann said the decision was made by Snyder. Snyder apologized for the confusion but want to stand by their decision to use � Bickmore. Stone questioned the bid process. Barrett said that part of the issue was that when quotes were requested the City wasn't sure what the nature of the end relationship with the City, Penn and the contractor. Responding to Farrington, Barrett said the City was the communicator between Penn and the � contractor. Hawes clarified that the City will only make certain that the work . requested of Penn by the City is completed. Heitmann said the City will execute � the contract with Bickmore and Penn will be paying the bill. The City will oversee the work. � 3. Executive Session — Hardship Abatement—36 M.R.S.A. Section 841 (2) � A motion was made and seconded�to go into executive session. � 4. Open Session — Hardship Abatement Decision A motion was made and seconded to approve staff recommendation. � � � � � ` � - � � , � �