Where

Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall

From the posted agenda, as read by AI. The agenda is the official notice; check it before you go.

How to take part

• Attend in person at Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall.
• Anyone may speak once on an agenda item, for up to three minutes, when the Council takes it up and before it deliberates; on matters not on the agenda, in the public comment period at 5:00 p.m. Speakers give their name and city of residence. Written comments on an agenda item can be emailed to publiccomment@portlandmaine.gov by noon the day before the meeting, with the commenter's name and legal address. Source: City Council inaugural meeting of December 1, 2025: agenda and Rules of Procedure (opens in new tab).
• Meetings are broadcast and recorded by the city's CivicClerk portal (opens in new tab).
• The posted agenda (opens in new tab) is the official notice. It may give instructions for public comment.

What's on the agenda

The council will consider liquor license approvals, affordable housing financing for Boyd and Cumberland Housing and Lambert Woods North, data center regulations, and funding for a winter warming shelter and public health grants. It will also discuss Council rules, a Forest Avenue pedestrian project, parking fee changes, and testimony on a Central Maine Power transmission project.

Agenda items

• Recognizing Kevin Kraft and Melissa Hue as Mainebiz 40 Under 40 Honorees
• Proclamation 13-26/27 recognizing October, 2026 as National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
• Order 59-26/27 appointing Directors of the Portland Widows' Wood Society for 2026-2027
• Order 60-26/27 granting approval for Toasted Brothers Portland LLC, dba The Friendly Toast, Class I FSE with outdoor dining at 211 Fore Street
• Order 61-26/27 granting approval for Tailwind PWM LLC, dba Casco Bay Bar, Class I FSE at 1001 Westbrook Street
• Order 62-26/27 granting approval for Tailwind PWM LLC, dba The Pub at PWM, Class I FSE at 1001 Westbrook Street
• Resolve 4-26/27 requesting ordinance amendments to regulate data centers in Portland
• Resolve 5-26/27 authorizing the Mayor to submit testimony to the Public Utilities Commission on Central Maine Power's transmission upgrade request

Show 12 more items

• Resolve 3-26/27 amending Council Rules regarding Peaks Island Council sponsorship, second reading
• Order 55-26/27 approving amendment to Boyd Housing and Cumberland Housing Affordable Housing TIF District
• Order 56-26/27 approving amended Credit Enhancement Agreement for Boyd and Cumberland Housing TIF District
• Order 57-26/27 appropriating $375,000 from the Jill C. Duson Housing Trust Fund for Lambert Woods North at 622 Auburn Street
• Order 58-26/27 approving Modification 3 to Pedestrian Crossing Improvements on Forest Avenue, adding $40,000 in city matching funds
• Order 63-26/27 adopting Civilian Police Review Board Training Procedures
• Order 64-26/27 accepting and appropriating $73,920 FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant for thermal imaging cameras
• Order 65-26/27 accepting and appropriating $625,000 Drug Free Communities Grant from the U.S. CDC
• Order 66-26/27 traffic schedule amendment for Lancaster Street parking, first reading
• Order 67-26/27 approving administrative fee increase for parking in First Light Commons parking lots, first reading
• Order 68-26/27 appropriating $350,000 from the Opioid Settlement Fund for the 2026-2027 Winter Warming Shelter, first reading
• Executive session to discuss Corporation Counsel compensation and legal matters related to the Central Maine Power transmission project

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

Agenda posted on the city website (PDF, 234 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 15, 2026.

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.

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.

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.

M.R.S.

Maine Revised Statutes, the state's laws.

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