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Council restores Bangor Public Health to opioid grant slate after debate over process
Summary
Bangor City Council voted 7-1 to restore Bangor Public Health to a recommended slate of opioid-settlement grant awards after a workshop debate about whether prior funding should exclude applicants and how grantees will be coordinated and monitored.
Councilor Haas presided over a March 2 special workshop where the Bangor City Council voted 7-1 to restore Bangor Public Health to an advisory committee's recommended slate of opioid-settlement grant awards.
A member of the opioid advisory committee told the council the panel met 15 times, reviewed 32 applications and initially recommended 19 awards. "The final recommendation that's before you passed by a vote of 3 to 2," the committee member said, noting the split grew out of a decision to remove Bangor Public Health from the slate even though that application ranked among the higher-scoring proposals.
Why it mattered: Councilors said the change raised questions about whether applicants were being excluded…
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