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Council hears report that Department of Labor plans to halt enrollment at Loring and Penobscot Job Corps
Summary
City staff told the council the U.S. Department of Labor has decided to halt enrollment at Loring and Penobscot Job Corps centers, a change city staff said would cost about 30 local jobs and affect roughly 250 students; councilors discussed submitting a letter in support of maintaining the centers.
City staff informed the Bangor City Council at the May 28 workshop that the U.S. Department of Labor had decided to halt enrollment at both the Loring and Penobscot Job Corps centers. The manager said the local impact would be the loss of about 30 jobs and would affect about 250 students who attend those centers.
Staff suggested the council might consider submitting a letter supporting maintenance of Job Corps locations, particularly the center in Bangor. No formal action to draft or send a letter was recorded in the workshop transcript; the manager asked whether the council would be interested in submitting such a letter and recorded no objections.
When asked how many students were local, the manager replied she did not know the precise number but said “most of them stay in the Bangor area” while they are students; many live on campus, she said. The council did not provide a formal vote or instruction in the workshop transcript to pursue advocacy beyond the question and discussion.
The council did not give further details about planned coordination with state or federal officials in the transcript.
