HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-03-23 09-118 ORDINANCECOUNCIL ACTION
Item No. 0,q 118
Date: 3-23-09
Item/Subject Ordinance, Amending Chapter 134, General Assistance, § 134-27, Amount of Assistance,
and § 134'-27.1, Rental Assistance
Responsible Department: Health & Welfare
Commentary:
This Ordinance will make required changes to the City's General Assistance Ordinance. Each year, the State
of Maine Department of Health and Human Services updates the maximum levels of General Assistance, a
State mandated program. All communities are required to adjust their ordinance provisions to conform with
State requirements. These changes represent relatively minor increases from current levels of assistance.
Department Head
Manager's
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City Manager
Associated Information: Order
Budget Approval:
Finance Director
Legal Approval:
City Solicitor
Introduced for
Passage
x First Reading Page _ of _
X Referral to Government Operations, 3-24-09 @ 5 p.m.
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Assignea to Councilor Wheeler March 23, 2009
�Er CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) Ordinance, Amending Chapter 134, General Assistance, § 134-27, Amount of
Assistance, and § 134-27.1, Rental Assistance.
Be it ordained by the City of Bangor, as follows:
Section 1: That § 134-27(B) be amended as follows:
§ 134-27. Amount of assistance.
B. Maximum levels of assistance.
Household Food, Food, Housing,* Housing,* Overall
Size Weekly Monthly Weekly Monthly Maximum
1 $46.51 $200.00 $118.84 $511.00 $571.00
$4G.93 $i A6
2
$85.35
$367.00
$150.23
$646.00
$666.00
3
$122.33
$�A�67
$526.00
$489
$191.86
$825.00$850.00
4
$155.35
$668.00
$212.56
$914.00
$1,080.00
5
$184.42
$793.00
$255.80
$1,100.20
$1,315.00
6
$221.40
$952.00
$277.90
$1,195.20
$1,390.00
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+93.20 per
+ add $75.00
person
per person
7$244.65$1,052.00
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8$279.53$1,202.00
add $150.00 per
person, per month
Notes:
* Housing includes rent subject to and not to exceed the limits contained in § 134-27.1. and
heat.
A month = 4.3 weeks.
IN CITY COUNCIL
March 23. 2009
First Reading and Referred
to Go rnment Operations
CLERK
IN CITY COUNCIL
April 13, 2009
Notion Made and Seconded
for Passage
Vote: 7-0
Councilors Voting Yes: Blanchette,
Bronson, D'Errico, Gratwick,
Palmer, Stone and Wheeler
Councilors Voting No: None
Councilors Absent: Hawes and
Neal:12
Pass
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-CITY CLERK
# 09-118
O R D I N A N C E
(TITLE,) Amending Chapter 134, General-
Assistance
eneralAssistance Section 134-27 Amount of
Assistance and Section 134-27.1 Rental
Assistance
Assigned to Councilor u) J
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Section 2: That § 134-27.1(A) be amended as follows:
A. Rent tied to apartment size. The level of weekly and monthly rental assistance is based on
the size of the apartment occupied by eligible clients. The maximum amount of rental
nccictnnrP hncPrl nn anartment size shall he as follows
Apartment Size Rent, Weekly
Rent, Monthly
Single rooming house room* 11$93.95
$404.001
Efficiency 11$118.37
$509.00
One -bedroom
$137.90
$593.00
Two-bedroom
$176.04
$757.00
Three-bedroom
$223.72
$962.00
Four-bedroom
$252.56
11$1086.00
Five -bedroom
$290.23
$1,248.00
Notes:
* The single rooming house room rate applies to rooms in rooming houses licensed by
the City under § 85-4 and 30-A M.R.S.A. § 3811. t This is not a change from 2007.
Other rents are from the final 2009 HUD Fair Market Rents for the Bangor Metro Area.
Units with more than 4 bedrooms are 1.15 of the four bedroom. Weekly rates are
based on 4.3 weeks per month.