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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-02-07 Government Operations Committee Minutes Government Operations Committee Minutes Monday, February 7, 2022 Councilors in Attendance: Hawes (Chair), Yacoubagha, Sprague (appointed voting member for meeting) Non-Committee Member Councilors: Fournier Staff in Attendance: C. O'Donnell, P. Hamilton, R. Fogler, D. Laurie,T. Willette, A. Krieg The meeting was held both in-person and remotely via ZOOM (with roll-call vote) and was called to order by Chair Sue Hawes at 5:30 pm. 1. Council Resolve—Affirming the City of Bangor's Commitment to Working with the Bangor Livable Communities Committee and Authorize the City Manager to Accept up to $3,500 in Grant Funding through the Council on Aging Parks & Recreation Director Tracy Willette provided an overview of this item with Planner Anne Krieg present as well. A motion to approve and move to full Council was made by Councilor Sprague, seconded by Councilor Yacoubagha, all in favor. 2. Council Order: Authorizing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bangor Area Recovery Network to Receive Up to $22,000 from the State of Maine Overdose Response Pilot Grant Assistant City Manager Courtney O'Donnell provided an overview of this item. A motion to approve and move to full Council was made by Councilor Sprague, seconded by Councilor Yacoubagha, all in favor. 3. Council Order: Authorizing a Memorandum of Understanding with Maine Mental Health Connection's Together Place Peer Run Recovery Center to Receive Up to $22,000 from the State of Maine Overdose Response Pilot Grant Assistant City Manager Courtney O'Donnell provided an overview of this item. A motion to approve and move to full Council was made by Councilor Yacoubagha, seconded by Councilor Sprague, all in favor. 4. Council Resolve: Accepting and Appropriating $577,793 in Public Health Infrastructure Enhancement Grant Funds from Maine Center for Disease Control Assistant City Manager Courtney O'Donnell provided an overview of this item. A motion to approve and move to full Council was made by Councilor Yacoubagha, seconded by Councilor Sprague, all in favor. 5. Presentation on Services Related to Homelessness: Hope for Homeless & Salvation Army Anne Sweeney from Hope for Homeless provided an overview of services provided by Hope for Homeless (supportive goods such as clothing, food, etc.) and how the organization began and how they "fill the gaps." Executive Director Diana Horton of Salvation Army provided an overview of the many services provided by Salvation Army (soup kitchen, food pantry, rental assistance and more) and the impact the pandemic has had. Materials related to the presentations, including a summarized overview, will be uploaded to www.ban�ormaine.�ov/homelessness as time allows. No action was taken. 6. Council Order: Authorizing the Amendment of City Personnel Rules and Regulations to Include Juneteenth as a Recognized and Established Holiday Assistant City Manager(ACM) Courtney O'Donnell provided an overview of the proposed change to be in line with Federal and State law in observing the holiday. She also touched on the importance of the holiday as a whole. Councilor Sprague acknowledged the importance of the holiday but was concerned about the financial impact and loss of productivity. Interim City Manager Debbie Laurie and ACM O'Donnell stated they expected the impact to be minimal. It would take effect in the current year without being budgeted, however, is expected to be absorbed without cause for concern in the operating budgets. A motion to approve and move to full Council was made by Councilor Yacoubagha, seconded by Councilor Sprague, all in favor. Meeting was adjourned at approximately 6:55 pm.