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Item No. 15-157
Date: April 27, 2015
Item/Subject: Order Accepting and Adopting the Recommendations of the Substance Abuse
Working Group and the Community Health Leadership Board
Responsible Department: Community Health
Commentary: This order will accept and adopt the recommendations of the Substance Abuse
Working Group and the Community Health Leadership Board. This past spring, the City engaged
in an unprecedented new collaborative with health care and service organizations known as the
Community Health Leadership Board (CHLB). The city working with the CHLB launched Bangor's
Community Working Group on Substance Abuse. The group brought together a broad based
coalition of people representing public health professionals, medical professionals, addiction
specialists, public safety personnel, residents, and business owners to study the impacts of
addiction and substance abuse on the community.
If approved, this Order will adopt the recommendations of the Working group, endorse the
priorities of the CHLB, and convey the City's position and the report to the Commissioner of
DHHS, the Bangor legislative delegation; the Joint Committee on Health and Human Services,
and the Maine legislative leadership. This item was reviewed and recommended for approval at
the Government Operations Committee on April 22, 2015.
Manager's Comments:
Associated Information: Order, Report
Budget Approval:
Legal Approval:
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CITY OF BANGOR
15-157
APRIL 27, 2015
(TITLE.) Order, Accepting and Adopting the Recommendations of the Substance Abuse Working
Group and the Community Health Leadership Board
WHEREAS, the Bangor City Council has long been concerned about the impact of substance abuse in the
City and region; and
WHEREAS, efforts to expand clinics that provide Medical Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Bangor raised
additional concerns; and
WHEREAS, a moratorium was enacted in the fall of 2613 to prohibit the expansion of clinics whose sole
purpose was the delivery of MAT; and
WHEREAS, at the direction of the Council, staff has worked with the leaders of the major health care
providers and social service agencies to form the Community Health Leadership Board; and
WHEREAS, the Community Health Leadership Board established a working group known as the
Substance Abuse Working Group to study the impact of substance abuse in the community; and
WHEREAS, the Substance Abuse Working Group was made up of a broad based group representing
health care, addiction, recovery, businesses, residents, and public safety; and
WHEREAS, the Substance Abuse Working Group studied the issues of substance abuse in our community
using an eight week series of panel experts to inform the discussion; and
WHEREAS, the Substance Abuse Working Group provided a detailed report of recommendations to
address the substance abuse issues in the City; and
WHEREAS, the Community Health Leadership Board prioritized those recommendations and developed
smaller working groups to begin the working of implementing those recommendations to improve
population health and reduce substance abuse in the City and region; and
WHEREAS, other members of the community and the Substance Abuse Working Group have worked on
furthering issues outlined in the report that were not immediately prioritized by the Community Health
Leadership Board such as drug court; and
IN CITY COUNCIL
APRIL 27, 2015
MOTION MADE AND SECONDED FOR PASSAGE
PASSED
CITY CLE