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Bangor Council approves grants, airport security contract and council guidelines; delays demolition vote
Summary
At its May 12 meeting the Bangor City Council approved a $75,000 resilience grant, a $300,739 airport security contract, new council guidelines and several routine orders, and postponed a dangerous-building demolition order for 271 Elm Street.
The Bangor City Council on May 12 approved multiple orders and resolutions including acceptance of a $75,000 Maine Community Resilience Partnership grant for municipal energy audits and bicycle infrastructure, awarded a $300,738.97 contract to Johnson Controls for a security access control system at Bangor International Airport, and adopted a consolidated set of city council guidelines. The council also postponed a public hearing and vote on an order declaring 271 Elm Street a dangerous building and authorizing demolition.
The council voted to accept and appropriate $75,000 awarded through the Maine Community Resilience Partnership (CRP) to fund energy audits of city-owned buildings and to install bicycle parking on city property downtown and at public schools, a measure moved and explained by Councilor Haas. Councilor Haas noted the grant aligns with local climate and planning goals and said the item had been recommended by the government operations committee; the order passed with no recorded roll-call vote in the minutes.
Councilors also authorized a contract for a security access control system at Bangor International Airport after staff reported the existing system was outdated and had experienced significant failures. The city said it issued a request for proposals that yielded five responses; staff recommended Johnson Controls at $300,738.97 as the lowest qualified responsive bidder. The council approved the contract as part of the FY25 capital budget authorization.
Other items approved or referred included the consent agenda (minutes and several donation and property orders), multiple ordinances sent for first reading or referral to planning or committee (including amendments to the land development code and the disruptive property ordinance), and an order adopting council guidelines intended to consolidate charter- and ordinance-based practices in a single reference document.
An order to declare the structure at 271 Elm Street a dangerous building and to authorize its demolition was moved for postponement to the next regular meeting after councilors reported missing information and a meeting with the property owner. Councilor Malloy moved the postponement and the motion carried.
The council also approved an order appointing a city manager and authorizing an employment agreement. The agenda item was listed as Order 25-161; the official printed agenda identified the appointment as part of the item title. The meeting transcript contains inconsistent references to the appointee (see clarifying details), and the council approved the order as presented.
Votes listed in the meeting record are recorded as "passage" or "has passage" without roll-call tallies in the public transcript for most items. The council scheduled subsequent budget meetings and referred several ordinances to the planning board and government operations committee as noted in the agenda.
Ending: Several agenda items passed with little debate; councilors postponed the demolition hearing to gather more information and scheduled follow-up committee and budget meetings in May.
