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Bangor council accepts board of ethics advisory opinion, declines further action at workshop

Bangor City Council · January 13, 2026
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After the city solicitor presented the ethics board's written findings that it lacked jurisdiction on an open‑deliberations question and found no violation of the confidential‑information section, councilors moved to accept the advisory opinion and took no further action at the workshop.

City Solicitor Dave briefed the council on an advisory opinion from the board of ethics that resulted from council order 25-2-70, a referral concerning council communications after a May budget workshop. Dave said the board adopted written findings on Dec. 17, concluded it lacked jurisdiction to opine on the open‑deliberations question in section 9-22 of the city code, and found no violation of…

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