Bangor advisory committee recommends ordinance changes, elects vice chair and backs Talbot Trail renaming

At its April meeting, the Advisory Committee on Racial Equity, Inclusion and Human Rights voted to recommend a set of changes to the committee's governing ordinance to the Bangor City Council, elected Shane Boyse as vice chair and voted to recommend renaming the locally known "Trail 5" to "Talbot Trail" in recognition of Gerald Talbot.

The ordinance changes the committee approved to recommend to council would (as drafted by committee staff and legal counsel) broaden eligible student representatives beyond a single high‑school enrollment, add a council liaison appointment, make the secretary an elected officer in addition to chair and vice chair, set a minimum meeting frequency of at least six times per year (more frequently as needed), and add a written attendance policy with a defined notice-and-hearing process for removal for cause. "To maintain good standing, regular members of the advisory committee on racial equity, inclusion, and human rights are expected to actively participate in the committee's work through consistent attendance," the…