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Home My WebLink About2026-02-09 26-089 Ordinance26-089 FEBRUARY 9, 2026 CITY COUNCIL ACTION Council Meeting Date: February 9, 2026 Item No: 26-089 Responsible Dept: City Manager Action Requested: Ordinance Title, Ordinance Amending the Code of the City of Bangor to Create a Standing Legislative Committee Summary Map/Lot: N/A Following City Council's annual meeting with the City's state legislative delegation, City Council expressed an interest in the creation of a new standing committee to discuss and coordinate responses to state -level legislation with an impact on the City of Bangor. The Legislative Committee will: (1) liaise with the City's state legislative delegation and other elected officials on legislative matters of City interest; (2) provide the City's state legislative delegation and other elected officials with input on legislative proposals; and (3) seek sponsorship of legislation that is in the City's interest. Committee Action Committee: Government Operations Action: Recommend for passage Staff Comments & Approvals TJUJ City Manager Introduced for: First Reading Meeting Date: February 2, 2026 For: 5 City Solicitor Against: 0 � iJ Finance Director Director 26-089 FEBRUARY 9, 2026 CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE Date: February 9, 2026 Assigned to Councilor: Carson ORDINANCE, Amending the Code of the City of Bangor to Create a Standing Legislative Committee BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR AS FOLLOWS, THAT The Code of the City of Bangor is amended as follows: Article I Rules and Orders § 9-8. Standing committees. There shall be five six standing committees of the City Council, to be known as the: (1) Finance Committee. (2) Government Operations Committee. (3) Business and Economic Development Committee. (4) Infrastructure Committee. (5) Personnel Committee. (6) Legislative Committee. A. With the exception of the Personnel Committee, each committee shall consist of three to five members appointed by the Council Chair from the City Council membership. The Personnel Committee shall be composed of the Council Chair and five other members appointed by the Council Chair from the City Council membership. Committee members shall be appointed as soon as possible after the annual election of the Council Chair. They shall serve terms of one year each and until their successors are appointed. The Council Chair shall also appoint one member of each committee to serve as its Chair, with the Council Chair to serve as the Chair of the Personnel Committee. Each committee, with the exception of the Personnel Committee and the Legislative Committee, shall meet at least once per month, unless the Chair of the committee deems a meeting unnecessary due to lack of business. The Personnel Committee and the Legislative Committee shall meet as required. A majority of the members appointed to a committee shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of any member of a committee, any member or members of the Council, including the Council Chair, may be designated by the Chair of the Committee to temporarily serve as a member of the committee. Each committee shall perform the following tasks and functions and such other tasks and functions as may be delegated to it by the City Council from time to time. 26-089 FEBRUARY 9, 2026 H. Legislative Committee. The Legislative Committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (1) To liaise with the City's state legislative delegation and other elected bodies on legislative matters of City interest. (2) To provide the City's state legislative delegation and other elected bodies with input on legislative proposals. (3) To seek sponsorship of legislation that is in the City's interest. (4) To keep the full Council apprised of the Committee's activities and obtain appropriate full Council approval prior to taking any action on behalf of the Council. Additions underlined, deletions stFue�k thFeugh IN CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 9, 2026 COrd 26-089 Motion made and seconded for First Reading Vote: 9—0 Councilors Voting Yes: Beck, Carson, Deane, Faloon, Fish, Leonard, Mallar,Walker, Hawes Councilors Voting No: None Passed � �.� ,�..� � �� :,w�,�N � ��.� . � ��;�� ,, CITY CLERK IN CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 25, 2026 COrd 26-089 Motion made and seconded for Passage Vote: 8—0 Councilors Voting Yes: Beck, Carson, Faloon, Fish, Leonard, Mallar, Walker, Hawes Councilors Voting No: None Passed � �„��µw�:..�� n,� „ ��rv��:�„� �. CITY CLERK