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Parking committee advances ordinance change to remove council chair requirement
Summary
The Downtown Bangor Parking Committee voted to forward a recommended code change that would remove the requirement that the committee chair be a city councilor and instead add an appointed resident slot and a council liaison role.
At the May 11 meeting, Chair Joseph Leonard proposed amending the Downtown Bangor Parking Committee ordinance to remove the automatic requirement that the committee chair be a sitting city councilor and replace that seat with an appointed resident position. Leonard argued the change would reduce power‑dynamics concerns and workload pressure on councilors while preserving a council…
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