Committee forwards naloxone funding, public‑safety wellness grant and adjusted clerk hours to full council

The Bangor City Government Operations Committee on July 21 voted to forward three items to the full City Council: a recommendation to accept and appropriate funding for naloxone as part of the city’s overdose prevention work; approval to accept a $160,045 grant from the Maine Department of Public Safety/State Fire Marshal for a public‑safety wellness pilot; and a motion allowing the city clerk to close the public lobby at 4:15 p.m. on regular business days (reopening later for night meetings) to reduce overtime.

The naloxone funding was described by Assistant City Manager Courtney O’Donnell as part of an ongoing overdose prevention program Bangor has participated in since February 2020 and as covering roughly two years’ worth of naloxone supply and related program costs. “This funding is actually part of [the] overdose prevention program that we’ve been a recipient of since 02/2020,” O’Donnell…