Where

Not listed on the city's meeting portal

Recordings of City Council meetings: the city's CivicClerk portal (opens in new tab).

What was decided

The Council approved several liquor and entertainment license orders, accepted EPA brownfields grants, and adopted Community Development Block Grant priorities for 2027-2031. It referred a Median Strip Ordinance to the Sustainability and Transportation Committee and postponed a restaurant license order to October 5, 2026. Several other items, including a Council Rules resolve and two funding orders, had first readings only.

Decisions recorded

• Approved the Special City Council Meeting Minutes from 09.09.2026, 8-0.
• Passed Order 40-26/27 declaring October 4, 2026 the 35th Annual Maine Marathon, Half Marathon & Relay Festival, along with Orders 41 and 42, as consent items, 8-0.
• Postponed Order 43-26/27, granting approval for Chez Mere Jos African Restaurant LLC, dba Chez Biso, at 11 Brown Street, to the October 5, 2026 meeting.
• Approved Order 38-26/27, accepting and appropriating $500,000 from the EPA for Brownfields Assessment, 8-0. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved Order 39-26/27, accepting and appropriating $1,000,000 for Brownfields Cleanup, 8-0. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Adopted Order 44-26/27, the 2026 CDBG Priority Setting Task Force Recommendations and the 2027-2031 Housing and Urban Development 5-Year Consolidated Plan priorities, 8-0. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Referred Order 45-26/27, a Median Strip Ordinance, to the Sustainability and Transportation Committee, 7-1 with Councilor Pelletier opposed. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)

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

Minutes posted on the city website (PDF, 192 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 13, 2026.

Agenda

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

Terms used here

consent items

Routine items, such as business licenses and event approvals, that the City Council takes up together, with one motion and one public comment period.

first reading

An item's first presentation at a City Council meeting. An item the agenda says must be read on two separate days is voted on at a later meeting.

CDBG

Community Development Block Grant: federal money, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for housing and neighborhood projects that serve low- and moderate-income residents.

executive session

A part of a public meeting closed to the public. Maine's Freedom of Access Act (1 M.R.S. § 405) allows it only for specific reasons, such as lawsuits, real estate, contracts, or personnel matters.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting on the City of Portland's meeting portal (opens in new tab) (CivicClerk). First recorded by Portland Publick on October 13, 2026.