Where

Council Chambers
73 Harlow St., Bangor, ME 04401

Location from the city calendar. The posted agenda is the official notice; check it if the two differ.

What was decided

Minutes haven't been posted on the city's Agenda Center (opens in new tab) yet, 14 days after the meeting. Minutes usually come out after the board approves them at a later meeting.

Agenda

The committee will consider an amendment ending automatic public hearings for special amusement permits, a $468,197 subcontract with Northern Light Mayo Hospital, and accepting $823,851 from the University of New England for nutrition education. Members will also discuss opioid settlement fund allocation, a warming center update, the city's Homelessness Crisis Protocol, Councilor Fish's proposed items, and voting delegates for the Maine Municipal Association convention.

Agenda items

• Proposed amendment to Special Amusement Permit policy ending automatic public hearings
• Order authorizing $468,197 subcontract with Northern Light Mayo Hospital for substance use and tobacco prevention services under the Maine Prevention Network
• Resolve to accept and appropriate $823,851 from the University of New England for the Nourish ME Rural Nutrition Education Program for Fiscal Years 2027 and 2028
• Discussion of Opioid Settlement Funds allocation methods
• Warming Center update (no materials provided)
• Review and discussion of Homelessness Crisis Protocol policy
• Councilor Fish's requested items for consideration
• Selection of voting delegates for Maine Municipal Association annual convention and business meeting

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

Agenda posted on the city website (PDF, 1.6 MB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 5, 2026.

Terms used here

abatement

A reduction or cancellation of a property tax bill, granted by the assessors, for example after an error in the assessment.

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act, the federal law on access for people with disabilities.

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.

Maine Revised Statutes, the state's laws.

M.R.S.A.

Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, the state's laws.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting is listed in more than one place: the same board on the same day, and only one listing gives a time. The listings are shown here as one meeting.

• Government Operations Committee (opens in new tab), on the city calendar
• Government Operations Committee Regular Meeting Agenda (PDF) (opens in new tab), on the city's Agenda Center

First recorded by Bangor Publick on October 5, 2026.