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Council moves multiple consent items and refers major sewer and pump‑station financing to finance committee
Summary
On the consent agenda the council read and moved several items including a $15,000 property sale and contracts for sewer and traffic‑signal work; it also referred $4,455,000 in GO bonds and a $6,575,000 state revolving fund loan to the finance committee for 08/17/2026.
The Bangor City Council moved and seconded a multi‑item consent agenda that included routine minutes and orders. Items read into the record included the sale of property at 10 Hershey Avenue to Hershey Rental LLC for $15,000 (Order 26‑246), authorization for the city manager to execute a construction contract with Sargent Corporation for the Pajajuac Sewer I‑95 crossing (26‑248), a sole‑source contract with Coastal Traffic Inc. for Miovision cameras to upgrade traffic signals (26‑249), and a collective bargaining agreement between the City and Bangor Federation of Public Employees Local 6071 representing fleet and ground support employees (26‑250).
Separately, the clerk read financing referrals that the council placed on first reading and referred to the finance committee: Order 26‑251 to issue $4,455,000 in general obligation bonds to finance upgrades to the Kmart pump station and CSO infrastructure, and Order 26‑252 seeking a $6,575,000 loan from the Maine Municipal Bond Bank state revolving fund to replace the Perry Road pump station and other CSO improvements. The council also accepted a resolve (26‑253) to appropriate up to $300,000 for a housing initiative with a $167,126 match from opioid settlement funds for Project Hope; that item was referred to the government operations committee for 08/17/2026.
