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City Council special meeting – Oct 26, 2026

Listed as “Emergency Special City Council Meeting (Virtual)”.

Recording (1 h 18 min)Agenda (PDF)Machine transcript

Where
Zoom

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What was decided

The order would use $900,000 from the Opioid Settlement Fund for an emergency winter warming shelter at 166 Riverside Industrial Parkway. Staff said this location is the strongest option found so far, and members met in executive session to discuss other alternatives. The order was postponed to November 2nd, when public comment will be taken.

What was discussed

Shelter background. Staff said last winter's shelter was not satisfactory to the community or the council, and earlier partners and locations did not work out.

Executive session request. Members of the public asked that alternatives be discussed in public, and one said the matter involved public property. Staff said the discussion concerned private property, and that terms would be shared before any action.

Postponement to November 2nd. The order was moved to November 2nd, and the chair said public comment would be taken on it then.

Agenda

The order would use $900,000 from the Opioid Settlement Fund to run a 2026-2027 winter warming shelter at 166 Riverside Industrial Parkway. The funding would supplement emergency shelter funding from the Maine State Housing Authority.

Show the agenda's 3 items
  • Public comment period on non-agenda items, which the Mayor is expected to ask the Council to suspend for this meeting
  • Order 70-26/27: approve $900,000 from the Opioid Settlement Fund to operate an emergency winter warming shelter at 166 Riverside Industrial Parkway; staff asks that the second reading be waived and the order passed as an emergency
  • Executive session on the condition, acquisition, or use of real property for the Winter Warming Shelter, and on the City's legal rights and duties for the shelter, under 1 M.R.S. § 405(6)(C) and (E)

Terms used here

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.

All the terms in the glossary

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