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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-12-22 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—DECEMBER 22, 2025 Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM Chaired by Council Chair Hawes Councilors Absent:None Meeting�cdjourned at 8:04 PM PUBLIC COMMENT Sonia Mallar asked the Council to think of the seniors before giving money to support the unhoused who do not pay taxes and to look to surrounding towns for assistance with the unhoused. Scott Pardy spoke in favor of a dedicated center for the unhoused Katie Brydon was concerned with the railroads closure of the encampment and felt the City Manager should be authorized to act on a temporary,sanctioned stabilization site. Brett Johnson congratulated the Council on the work it has taken with the homeless crisis and felt the City should not rely on a patchwork of services to solve the problem. Anclrew Laverdiere presented a resolution for the Council to consider supporting re- chartering the Federal Reserve as a bank for infrastructure and manufacturers and support the re-enactment of a Glass-Stegall bank separation act. Shane Boyce was frustrated with the speed at which the Council was moving regarding homelessness. Jamie Beck felt the City needed a timeline regarding a homelessness solution that has a milestone achievement and a real plan on what is going to be done. Adam Baker stated he recently volunteered at the Together Place which was an eye- opener for him. He encouraged the Council to act. Tim Bush, a business owner at Penobscot Plaza, had a differing view on the encampment stating that it was not a new issue but the acts of terrorizing such as breaking into business and leaving needles on the front steps were new.He was concerned for the safety of the ernployees. CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR *Explanatory Note:All items listed in the Consent Agenda are considered routine and are proposed for adoption by the Ciry Council by one motion without discussion or deliberation. Any member of the public may request that the Council remove an item from the Consent Agenda for discussion. An item will only be removed if a City Councilor requests its removal to New Business. Motion was made and seconded to move Council Order 26-049 to New Business Passed Motion made and seconded to move Council Order 26-OSO to New Business Passed MINUTES OF: Bangor City Council Regular Meeting of December 8, 2025 Action: Approved Page 1 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—DECEMBER 22, 2025 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 26-046 ORDER Authorizing the Execution of a Municipal Quitclaim Deed MALLAR for Real Estate Located at 123 Husson Avenue Action: Passed 26-047 ORDER Authorizing the Execution of a Municipal Quitclaim Deed WALKER for Real Estate Located at 256 Grove Street Action: Passed 26-048 ORDER Authorizing the Execution of a Municipal Quitclaim Deed LEONARD for Real Estate Located at 4l2 Essex Street Action: Passed 26-OSI ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Amendment to FALOON the Airport Concession Agreement with Enterprise Rent A- Car Company of Boston,LLC, d/b/a Enterprise Rent A-Car Action: Passed 26-052 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Amendment to MALLAR the Airport Concession Agreement with the HERTZ Corporation, d/b/a Hertz and Dollar Rent A Car Action: Passed 26-053 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Amendment to LEONARD the Airport Concession Agreement with Enterprise Rent A- Car Company of Boston,LLC, d/b/a Alamo Rent A Car and National Car Rental Action: Passed 26-054 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Amendment to FISH the Airport Concession Agreement with AVIS BUDGET Car Rental LLC., d/b/a Avis Action: Passed 26-OSS ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Amendment to CARSON the Airport Concession Agreement with AVIS BUDGET Car Rental LLC., d/b/a Budget/Payless Action: Passed Page 2 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—DECEMBER 22, 2025 CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 26-056 ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Apply for$7Million In FISH Grant Funding from the Military Airport Program For the Rehabilitation and Relocation of the Airport Fuel Farm Action: Passed 26-057 RESOL VE Ratifying the City Manager's Execution of an Easement to FISH i�ersant Power at City-Owned Lot Located at 289 Main Street Action: Passed REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRST READING ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR 26-058 ORDINANCE Amending the Land Development Code,Section 165-13 CARSON Definitions to Rerreove Ohio Street and State Streetfrom the MinorArterial Street Definition and Add Ohio Street to the Major Arterial Definition Action: First Reding and Referral to Planning Board Meeting on January 6, 2026 26-059 RESOLVE Appropriating an Amount Not to Exceed$900,000 from LEONARD the Airport Unappropriated Fund Balance to Fund the Phase I Design of the Fuel Farrn Facility Action: First Reading UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR 25-296 ORDINANCE Authorizing modifications to City Code of Ordinance MALLAR Chapter 165 to Allow City Departments to Review Projects Requiring Stormwater Law Permits Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Vote: 9—0 Councilors Voting Yes:Beck, Carson,Deane, Faloon, Fish,Leonard,Mallar, Walker,Hawes Councilors Voting No:None Passed 26-023 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District DEANE Map to Re-zone a Property Located at 38 Blue Hill East from Urban Service District to High Density Residential Page 3 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—DECEMBER 22, 2025 UNFINISHED B USINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR Action: Motion�nade and seconded for Passage Vote:9—0 Councilors i�oting Yes:Beck, Carson,Deane, Faloon, Fish,Leonard,Mallar, Walker,Hawes Councilors Voting No:None Passed 26-024 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Developrnent Code,District FALOON Map to Re-zone a Property Located at 195 Thatcher Street from Industry and Service District to Urban Industry District Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Vote: 9—0 Councilors Voting Yes:Beck, Carson,Deane, Faloon, Fish,Leonard,Mallar, Walker,Hawes Councilors Voting No:None Passed 26-025 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 165,Land Development Code,District WALKER Map to Re-zone a Property Located at SS�Hammond Street from Contract Urban Service District to Urban Service District without Contract Conditions Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Vote: 9—0 Councilors Voting Yes:Beck, Carson,Deane, Faloon, Fish,Leonard,Mallar, Walker,Hawes Councilors Voting No:None Passed 26-041 RESOLVE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate MALLAR $243,225 in Grant Funding from the Cole Foundation to Support a Community Paramedicine Program Action: Motion`nade and seconded for Passage Passed 26-042 RESOL VE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate DEANE $625 from Maine Health Access Foundation for Bangor Public Health and Community Services'Time and Effort to Provide Technical Assist�cnce Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed Page 4 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—DECEMBER 22, 2025 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR 26-043 RESOLVE Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate CARSON $1 S0,000 in Grant Funds from Maine Department of Health and Human Services for an Overdose Response Program It was previously determined that Councilor Beck has a conf Zict of interest. Councilor Beck left the room. Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed Councilor Beck returned to the meeting. NEWBUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR PUBLIC HEARING: Application for Special Amusernent License of Bangor Motor BECK Inn Corp. d/b/a Bangor Inn and Suites and Conference Center, 70I Hogan Road Action: Motion made and seconded to Open the Public Hearing Public Hearing Opened Motion made and seconded to Close the Public Hearing Public Hearing Closed Motion made and seconded for Approval Approved 26-049 ORDER Appointing Constables for the Year 2026 DEANE Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Motion made and seconded to Amend by Substitution Passed Motion made and seconded for Passage as Amended Passed as Amended 26-OSO ORDER Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate with Sheridan FALOON Construction for Construction Manager Services for the Bangor Central Kitchen Project at SO Cleveland Street Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Motion made and seconded to Postpone to the regular City Council meeting on January 12, 2026, at 7:00 PM Passed to Postpone Page 5 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—DECEMBER 22, 2025 NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEMNO. COUNCILOR 26-060 ORDER Amending the Ciry of Bangor's Remote Participation Policy BECK Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed ATTEST: Lisa . Goodw n, MC, City Clerk Page 6 Resolution For Glass-Steagall and a National Bank Whereas, the public credit system designed and carried out by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton laid the basis for America's once-unparalleled industrial power; Whereas, the founding poliry of this nation was one of non-interference, and cooperation in progress with all sovereign republics, as stated most forcefully by President Monroe's Secretary of State and successor in the White House,John Quinry Adams; Whereas, the combination of commercial (deposit and lending) banks,with a national bank or national banking system, once effectively created a credit system to suppress the dangerous powers of financial speculation, as most recently by President Franklin Roosevelt's Glass—Steagall banking separation act and his use of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Whereas, the end of Glass—Steagall in the 1990s allowed an explosion of speculation in financial derivatives contracts and led to the global financial crisis of 2007-08; Whereas, after that global financial crisis, speculation ruled the banking system,with the ratio of loans to deposits in the U.S. banking system falling from its long-term level of approximately 100% down to 60% by 2022, and in the biggest Wall Street banks from 85% down to approximately 40%; Whereas, under Glass—Steagall bank separation, commercial banks are essentially limited to the business of depositary services and lending, and prohibited both from owning, and from lending to funds for the purpose of securities broker-dealing, or dealing in markets for financial derivatives contracts; Whereas, the Federal Reserve feeds speculation rather than lending by commercial bank holding companies, in that it purchases megabanks' securities in exchange for electronic reserves, facilitating further securities dealing by those banks; Whereas, the Federal Reserve itself,with unlimited liquidity, does no lending at all except to these megabanks; Whereas, the economy, in order to recover its powers of industrialization and technological advance, lacks and needs credit for infrastructure projects, reindustrialization, and participation in economic development projects abroad; Whereas, a national bank can accomplish this by credit issued through a capital budget, enabling far more funding than can be accomplished by Federal spending; "Iherefore: We, , support the rechartering of the Federal Reserve as a Bank of the United States for Infrastructure and Manufactures; and support the re-enactment of a Glass—Steagall bank separation act to dry out massive debt speculations by banks and"private credit," and prepare the way for the return to a Hamiltonian credit system.