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Finance Committee Minutes
7uly 21, 2025
Council Chambers, 262 Harlow St.
Councilors in Attendance (Committee Members): Fish, Fournier, Deane, Beck, Tremble
Other Councilors in Attendance: Hawes, C. Pelletier, Mallar
StafF in Attendance: Kimball, O'Donnell, Comstock, Low, E. Pelletier, Ogden, Hayman,
Saavedra
Meeting Start: 5:15 pm
1. Bids/Purchasing
a. Naloxone Kits — Public Health & Community Services — Padagis US, LLC ($24.00 per 4
mg kit) and Remedy Alliance, LLC ($34.00 per kit for 3 mg and $19.04 for 4 mg
intramuscular injectable).
Councilor Tremble asked whether there was grant funding for this. Assistant City Manager
Courtney O'Donnell came to the table and stated that the resolve for the acceptance and
appropriation of the grant is the first item on the GovOps committee the same night.
Motion made and seconded to approve purchase; motion passed unanimously
b. Urban Forestry Management Plan — Public Works— Eocene Environmental - $53,960
Councilor Tremble stated one of the bidders (not the recommended bidder) is a tenant of his
and asked if he needed to recuse himself. It was decided that he did not.
Motion made to approve purchase; motion passed unanimously
c. Fire Truck— Fire — Pierce Fire Engine -- $1,158,294
Chief Low came to the table for questions and comments. Councilor Tremble asked if we
had the prepayment option to purchase the fire engine. Tremble also asked about a
potential trade in. Deputy Fire Chief Eric Pelletier came to the table and stated that option
will be discussed with the manufacturer. Councilor Hawes asked if the fire engine would be
fire ready upon delivery or if the cost would be increased with other necessary equipment.
Salvageable apparatus will be moved to new fire truck if possible. There was discussion
regarding the bid process and the reasons behind using a sole source provider.
Motion made to approve purchase; motion passed unanimously
d. Waive Bid Process — Purchase of Power Ambulance Stretchers — Fire/EMS -
$191,463.15
Councilor Beck questioned the breakdown of the grant funding for these stretchers. Division
Chief Ogden came to the table and provided this information.
Motion made to approve purchase; motion passed unanimously
2. Resolve - Amending Council Resolve 25-201 to Reduce Appropriation for the
Bangor School Department
Jerry Hayman, Director of Business Services for the Bangor School Department, came to the
table and explained the details of the change.
Motion made and seconded to recommend Resolve; motion passed unanimously
3. Resolve - Accepting and Appropriating Funds from FAA and MDOT for
Reimbursement of the Runway Rehab Precision Approach Path Indicators (PAPI)
for Runway Project
Motion made and seconded to recommend Resolve; motion passed unanimously
4. Resolve - Accepting and Appropriating an Airport Improvement Program Grant in
the amount of$4,275,136 from the FAA and $112,503 from MDOT for the Airport
Runway
Motion made and seconded to recommend Resolve; motion passed unanimously
5. Finance Update
Interim Finance Director Stephanie Kimball gave updates regarding staffing changes for the
payroll and purchasing positions. There was also an audit update. Councilor Fournier
requested that the weekly audit updates from the auditors continue as they have not
received them in the last couple weeks.
Meeting End: 5:45 pm