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Bangor committee reviews $4,063.45 sewer-abatement request under city ordinance

Bangor City Infrastructure Committee · November 18, 2025
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Summary

The committee reviewed a sewer-abatement request arising from an accidental toilet leak; Amanda Smith recommended approval under the city ordinance for abatements $3,000 or greater, and a motion to approve was moved but the transcript does not record a vote.

At the Nov. 17, 2025 Infrastructure Committee meeting, Amanda Smith, director of water quality management, presented a sewer-abatement request stemming from a leaking toilet that caused substantial unintended water use.

Smith told the committee that the city’s ordinance allows abatements for accidental water loss and that any abatement equal to $3,000 or more is brought to the Infrastructure Committee for review and approval. “Any sewer abatement that…

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