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Votes at a glance: Bangor City Council actions on Sept. 8, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions, votes and outcomes from the Sept. 8 Bangor City Council meeting, including ordinances, contracts, licenses, settlements, appointments, and property transactions.
The Bangor City Council acted on a series of orders, ordinances and licenses on Sept. 8. The following is a concise list of formal actions and vote results as recorded in the meeting minutes.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: Approved (voice vote). Consent items included minutes of 08/25/2025; order 25‑259 authorizing discontinuance of a portion of Miller Street; 25‑260 contract with CTR Maine for a parking revenue control system ($283,559.10); 25‑261 FY25 prevention network subcontract amendment with Northern Light Mayo Hospital (extended through FY26); 25‑262 school partnership agreements for school-based tobacco treatment; 25‑263 purchase of three police patrol vehicles from Darling's Ford ($151,527). (Outcome: approved)
- 25‑256 — Ordinance amending Chapter 228, Article 5 (Safe Zones) to designate Taylor Field as a safe zone: Passed by roll call, 9–0.
- 25‑257 — Ordinance amending Land Development Code section 165‑105 (Rural Residential and Agricultural District) to allow private schools, training facilities and recreational uses on major arterials as conditional uses: Passed by roll call, 9–0.
- 25‑264 — Order to authorize the city manager to execute a custodial-services contract with SJ Services (Star Janitorial & Integrated Services) for Bangor International Airport, City Hall and Public Health facilities: Motion to postpone to the regularly scheduled council meeting on Sept. 22, 2025 carried by no objection; item postponed for additional review.
- Special amusement licenses: Renewals approved for Global Spectrum LP d/b/a Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main Street (approved); and 81 Park Street LLC d/b/a The Tarratine, 81 Park Street (approved).
- 25‑265 — Order authorizing city manager and city solicitor to execute settlement documents in the multidistrict opioid litigation with eight small pharmaceutical manufacturers (participation/opt‑in): Passed (vote recorded as passed; no roll-call tally provided in minutes). Funds to be allocated per prior settlement allocation formula; funds intended to be used to combat the opioid crisis.
- 25‑266 — Order authorizing city manager and city solicitor to effectuate settlements related to the Sackler family settlement and revised Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan (includes authorization to vote in favor of revised bankruptcy plan): Passed (vote recorded as passed; no roll-call tally provided in minutes). The settlement referenced $6.5 billion from the Sackler family over 15 years, with $1.5 billion in year one nationally; allocations to states/local governments follow prior formulas.
- 25‑267 — Appointment of Stephanie Kimball as Finance Director and execution of a three‑year employment agreement with a starting salary of $116,605: Passed (appointment approved; no roll‑call tally provided in minutes). The contract term is three years and automatically extends annually unless either party provides 60 days’ notice prior to expiration.
- 25‑268 — Order authorizing assignment of lease at 110 Hildreth Street to Maine Recycling Corporation: Passed by roll call, 9–0.
- 25‑269 — Order authorizing sale of 110 Hildreth Street to Maine Recycling Corporation for $2,091,600; sale contingent on closing within 100 days: Passed by roll call, 8–1 (Councilor Mallard voted no).
- 25‑270 — Order referring issue of private communications between councilors after the May 7 budget workshop to the Board of Ethics for an advisory opinion: Passed by roll call, 7–2 (Councilors Fournier and Trimble voted no).
What’s next
Several items were postponed or sent for additional review. The custodial-services contract (25‑264) was postponed to the Sept. 22 council meeting to allow staff to investigate bidder business-practice concerns. The Board of Ethics will be asked to issue an advisory opinion on order 25‑270; the council may act on the opinion when it is returned.
This summary lists actions and tallies as recorded in the Sept. 8 meeting transcript and roll-call statements. Where a roll-call tally was not recorded in the minutes, the entry notes that the action passed without a roll‑call tally.
