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Home My WebLink About2015-07-13 City Council Minutes MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JULY 13, 2015 Meeting Called to Order at 7:30 PM Chaired by Council Chair Durgin Councilors Absent:Nealley Meeting Adjourned at 8:05 PM Proclamation: Proclaimed August 7,2015 Purple Heart Day in the City of Bangor PUBLIC COMMENT Senator Geoffrey Gratwick was saddened by the domination of personalities and not the issues during the current session of the Legislature and hoped to do better in the next session. He looked forward to Wednesday's discussion on the minimum wage. Paul LeClair asked the City Council to consider what is going on in San Francisco with eateries closing or increasing prices as a result of the minimum wage increase.Mr. LeClair was also concerned with the remodeling of Main Street and not paving other streets. Councilor Blanchette requested that Item 15-238 be pulled from the Consent Agenda and taken up separately. 15-238 ORDER Confirming the Appointment of Dana Wardwell as Public Works PLOURDE Director and Authorizing Execution of an Employment Agreement Action: Motion made and seconded for Passage Passed CONSENT AGENDA ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR MINUTES OF: Bangor City Council Meeting of June 22,2015,Bangor City Council Special Meeting of June 29,2015,Airport Committee Meeting of May 12,2015, Finance Committee Meeting of July 6,2015,and Government Operations Committee Meeting of July 6,2015 Action: Accepted and Approved 15-236 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed—Real Estate SPRAGUE Located at 3 Orchard Hills Parkway(Map 61,Lot 3) Action: Passed 15-237 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Municipal Quitclaim Deed—Real Estate NEALLEY Located at 36 Allen Street(Map 13,Lot 18) Action: Passed 15-239 ORDER Authorizing Execution of Contract Extension with Lane Construction CIVIELLO for FY 15 Paving Program Action: Passed 15-240 ORDER Authorizing Bid Award in the Amount of$999,614 to B&B Paving SPRAGUE for FY 16 Paving Program Action: Passed Page 1 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JULY 13, 2015 CONSENAGNDA1111, ril% N 4i 9ti raw * 7�T,A ii Iii�i'4rr (�.f�Nr�mr i +.i affil ��irI u�i ('iIN�aa; ,N.iN$V'i "nsw'u�Iii�a .ii�tN°�� i' „` fli t#[F. '' i�( "*,� 9)�N"9�' "$) lu .�7d ti �.�. , i�� i "(�.'{ hdl i r, cOUl cI (I��NY' 'k ��'"� 15-241 ORDER Authorizing Sale of Hayford Road Parcel to Dennis and Carolyn BALDACCI Millar(Map 022 Lot 012-E) Action: Passed I 15-242 ORDER Authorizing City Engineer to Begin the Process of Discontinuance of a FAIRCLOTH Portion of Texas Avenue and a Portion of Maine Avenue Action: Passed 15-243 ORDER Authorizing Purchase of Sewer Line Camera Truck in the Amount of BLANCHETTE $208,000 from C.N. Wood Action: Passed 15-244 ORDER Authorizing Application for and Acceptance of$23,865.00 in grant BLANCHETTE funds as part of the Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Program, which will be shared with the Penobscot County Sheriffs Department Action: Passed REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE AND FIRSTRING ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 15-245 ORDINANCE Amending Schedule VI of Chapter 291,Article III,Sec. 38 of the Code CIVIELLO of the City of Bangor-Removing Handicapped Parking on Union Street-Map 33,Lot 29 Action: First Reading and Referral to the Government Operations Committee Meeting on July 20,2015 15-246 ORDINANCE Adding Chapter 179, Minimum Wage, to the Code of the City of BALDACCI Bangor Action: First Reading 15-247 RESOLVE Accepting and Appropriating$155,369 for the Supplemental Nutrition PLOURDE Education Grant Program(SNAP ED) (First Reading) Action: First Reading 15-248 RESOLVE Accepting and appropriating a grant in the amount of$879,890 from SPRAGUE the Federal Aviation Administration and$48,883 from the Maine Department of Transportation under the Airport Improvement Plan (AIP)program,grant#68 at Bangor International Airport(BGR) Action: First Reading and Referral to Airport Committee on July 14,2015 Page 2 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL —JULY 13, 2015 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR 15-226 ORDINANCE Amending Chapter 291, Vehicles and Traffic,of the Code of the City GRAHAM of Bangor,By Allowing for 15 Minute Parking Spaces Action: Motion made and Seconded for Passage Vote: 7—1 Councilors Voting Yes:Baldacci, Civiello,Faircloth, Graham, Plourde,Sprague,Durgin Councilors Voting No:Blanchette Passed 15-235 RESOLVE Accepting and appropriating a grant in the amount of$2,549,297 from SPRAGUE the Federal Aviation Administration and$141,628 from the Maine Department of Transportation under the Airport Improvement Plan (AIP)program,grant#66 at Bangor International Airport(BGR). Action: Motion made and Seconded for Passage Passed NEW BUSINESS ASSIGNED TO ITEM NO. COUNCILOR PUBLIC HEARING: Application for new Liquor License,Malt,Spirituous and Vinous of BALDACCI Timber Kitchen LLC d/b/a Timber Kitchen &Bar,22 Bass Park Boulevard Action: Motion made and Seconded to Open Public Hearing Public Hearing Opened Motion made and Seconded to Close Public Hearing Public Hearing Closed Motion made and Seconded for Approval Approved PUBLIC HEARING: Application for new Special Amusement License of Timber Kitchen BALDACCI LLC d/b/a Timber Kitchen&Bar,22 Bass Park Boulevard Action: Motion made and Seconded to Open Public Hearing Public Hearing Opened Motion made and Seconded to Close Public Hearing Public Hearing Closed Motion made and Seconded for Approval Approved 15-249 RESOLVE Ratifying staff action for submitting grant applications to the Maine PLOURDE Department of Transportation to Fund Sidewalk Improvement Projects along a portion of Broadway (Route 15)and Union Street (Route 222) Action: Motion made and Seconded for Passage Passed Page 3 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING BANGOR CITY COUNCIL—JULY 13, 2015 NEW BUSINESS T,,,.. �, � .r -..f � .,r.., rug 'ASSIGNED TO -W ITEM NO. , . :,' ` COUNCILOR 15-250 ORDER Authorizing Purchase of Buses in the Amount of$850,990 under the SPRAGUE Delaware State Contract Action: Motion made and Seconded for Passage Passed 15-251 ORDER Authorizing Purchase of Asphalt Recycler in the Amount of$130,000 BLANCHETTE from Central Equipment Action: Motion made and Seconded for Passage Passed Attest: ,‘ )I _ Lisa . 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