Where

Not listed on the city's Agenda Center

Time

Not listed

Recordings of City Council meetings: the City of Bangor's YouTube channel (opens in new tab).

What was decided

The Council passed routine orders including street renamings, airport service agreements, and a $7,000 grant to Together Place, and extended the data center moratorium 8-0.

Decisions recorded

• Nominated Councilor Carson as Chair Pro Temp, which passed. p. 1page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved the minutes of the September 14, 2026 Council meeting and three Business and Economic Development Committee meetings. p. 1page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed Order 26-275 authorizing a municipal quitclaim deed for real estate at 37 Nelson Street. p. 1page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed Order 26-276 directing the City Manager to take possession of the property at 290 Pearl Street. p. 1page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed Order 26-277 renaming Lilac Avenue to Virginia Lane. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed Order 26-278 renaming Pleasant View Street to Pleasant View Avenue. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed Order 27-279 renewing the agreement with Lyft Inc. to serve Bangor International Airport. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed Ordinance 26-270 extending the moratorium on data centers, 8-0. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed Resolve 26-271 accepting and appropriating $5,534,795 from the FAA, $145,652.50 from MDOT, and a $575,578.50 local match for rehabilitation of Taxiway A and Taxiway M at Bangor International Airport. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed Resolve 26-272 appropriating $7,000 from Bangor Opioid Settlement unspent funds to the Together Place, 6-1. p. 4page 4 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed Resolve 26-273 amending Council Resolve 26-195 to make an appropriation for the total school budget for the Bangor School Department. p. 4page 4 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed Order 26-281 appointing nominees to various boards, commissions and committees. p. 5page 5 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed a motion to amend Order 26-282, the Yellen Pines TIF item, by substitution. p. 5page 5 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Failed a motion to postpone Order 26-282 indefinitely, 3-5. p. 5page 5 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed Order 26-282 approving the Yellen Pines Affordable Housing Tax Increment Financing Application, Development Program, and Credit Enhancement Agreement as amended, 5-3. p. 5page 5 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Passed Resolve 26-283 recognizing the value of a cooperative partnership between the City of Bangor and the Penobscot Job Corps Center. p. 6page 6 of the minutes (opens in new tab)

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The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Minutes posted on the city website (PDF, 1.0 MB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 16, 2026.

Agenda

A copy of the agenda wasn't saved here. It is on the city website (opens in new tab).

Terms used here

resolve

A kind of City Council vote. In Bangor, the Council appropriates money and accepts grants by resolve.

consent agenda

Routine items, such as minutes and reports, voted on together in one motion without discussion. A member can ask to take any of them up separately.

credit enhancement agreement

An agreement, under a tax increment financing (TIF) district, in which the city or town returns part of a development's new property tax to its owner.

first reading

The first time a council or board takes up an ordinance or other measure. It usually votes on it at a later meeting.

M.R.S.A.

Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, the state's laws.

quitclaim deed

A deed in which the city or town gives up whatever claim it has to a property, such as one it took for unpaid taxes.

TIF

Tax increment financing: a district where some of the new property tax from development is set aside, for public projects or for the development itself.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting's agenda in the City of Bangor's Agenda Center (opens in new tab). First recorded by Bangor Publick on October 5, 2026.