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Committee recommends partial and reallocated opioid‑settlement grants, 3–2 vote
Summary
A Bangor City committee voted 3–2 to recommend partially funding Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine (half of its $25,000 request) and to reallocate funds to fully fund Timberwolves ($50,000) and Wabanaki while removing Bangor Public Health & Community Services from this round; staff will forward the recommendation to council and the committee entered executive session for legal advice.
A Bangor City committee voted 3–2 on a recommendation to the full council that would partially fund one applicant and reallocate money to other groups from the city’s opioid settlement allotment.
The committee agreed that Adoptive and Foster Families of Maine would be funded at half of its $25,000 request (about $12,500) and that Timberwolves (the group that requested $50,000) and other applicants above the funding “blue line” would receive full awards under the committee’s prioritized list. The motion, as restated on the record, also removed Bangor Public Health & Community Services from the recommendation.
Why it matters: committee members said the change would…
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