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- I. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT The Westbrook City Council understands, honors, and acknowledges that the City of Westbrook is located on the traditional and unceded homelands and waters of the Indigenous people of the Presumpscot River. We recognize that the Wabanaki people have been displaced by the advancement of colonization, yet have belonged to this land for countless generations and thousands of years, and their presence continues in Maine to this day.
- II. ROLL CALL
- III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
- V. MAYOR'S MESSAGE Proclamation in Honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- VI. CITY COUNCIL MESSAGES
- VII. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE UPDATE
- VIII. PUBLIC COMMENT
- IX. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- X. ORDERS OF THE DAY (SECOND AND FINAL READING) Order 2026-106 Authorizing Purchase of Portable Traffic Signals for Public Services
- XI. NEW BUSINESS Business Licenses Resolves (One Reading Required) Order 2026-17 Confirming the Appointment of Bruno Inácio as Finance Director Orders (One Reading Required) Order 2026-107 Adopting the Annual General Assistance Ordinance & Setting the Maximums for FY 2026-2027 (Requires a public hearing on October 5, 2026) Order 2026-108 Accepting Unappropriated Funds Report for 4th Quarter FY 2026 Orders (Two Readings Required) Order 2026-109 Authorizing Award of Bid for Replacement Medium-Duty Pick-Up Truck for Fire Department Order 2026-110 Authorizing Acceptance of Federal Asset Forfeiture Funds Order 2026-111 Authorizing Expenditure to Presumpscot Regional Land Trust for Mill Brook Preserve Improvements
- XII. PUBLIC COMMENT
- XIII. REFERRALS
- XIV. COMMITTEE REPORTS Included below is the list of items previously referred to City Council Committees for review. These items are included on the agenda for reference only, and to allow Committee Chairs to provide status updates to the City Council.
- XV. EXECUTIVE SESSION
- XVI. ADJOURNMENT
- Orders Of The Day
- New Business
- (1) $22,000 to the University of Maine College of Engineering at Orono for landslide and geotechnical engineering work,
- (2) $27,960 to Credere Associates of Westbrook, ME for federal grant administration and contractor management services,
- (3) $60,999 to Camoin Associates of Richmond, VA for policy development and economic impact assessment,
- (4) $37,175 to Soil Metrics, LLC of Cape Elizabeth, ME for geotechnical subsurface investigation, and
- (5) An additional $5,000 stipend to Soil Metrics, LLC of Cape Elizabeth, ME and a $10,000 stipend to Apex Companies, LLC of Falmouth, ME, for participation on the Technical Advisory Panel providing peer review services.
- Mayoral Proclamation
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- October 2026
- City Of Westbrook, Maine
- In City Council
- Request For Council Action
- Date: 10/5/2026
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- • MMA's most recent General Assistance Ordinance (September 2026)
- • MMA’s new (October 1, 2026-September 30, 2027) “General Assistance Ordinance Appendices” (A - H).
- • Recovery Residence Housing Maximums (October 1, 2026-September 30, 2027)
- • “GA Ordinance Adoption Form” which was developed so that municipalities may easily send DHHS proof of the adoption of any updated or changed GA Ordinance. Once the selectpersons or council adopts the new ordinance, the enclosed form should be signed and submitted to DHHS. (see “Filing of GA Ordinance and/or Appendices” below for further information).
- • “GA Maximums Adoption Form” which was developed so that municipalities may easily send DHHS proof of GA maximums adoption. Once the selectpersons or council adopts the new maximums, the enclosed form should be signed and submitted to DHHS. (see “Filing of GA Ordinance and/or Appendices” below for further information). Updates Please note that updates have been made to the allowances within Appendix A (overall maximums), Appendix B (food maximums), and Appendix C (housing maximums) of the General Assistance Ordinance. There is also a new Recovery Residence Housing Maximums guide. Although no changes have been made to the allowances within Appendices D - H, we have updated their effective dates and included them for your convenience.
- H. Even if you are not updating your GA Ordinance, the municipal officers must approve/adopt the new Appendices yearly.
- 1) Allow all interested members of the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed ordinance;
- 2) End public discussion, close the hearing; and
- 3) Move and vote to adopt the ordinance and/or appendices either in its posted form or as amended in light of public discussion. Municipalities May Establish Their Own Maximums Municipalities may establish their own maximum levels of assistance provided that the proposed levels of assistance are reasonable and meet adequate standards sufficient to maintain the health and safety of applicants in the municipality. The municipality must submit documentation to the Department to justify these levels of assistance and verify that the figures developed are appropriate to maintain health and decency. A municipality’s maximum assistance level for f ood may not be below the Department provided figures which are issued by the USDA and published annually following a study of cost of food
- General
- Assistance
- Ordinance
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Westbrook Agenda Center
The city's own agenda, 170 pages. The outline above is read from the first pages of that document; the packet behind it has the memos and exhibits. Links open in a new tab.
The city's own agenda, 170 pages. The outline above is read from the first pages of that document; the packet behind it has the memos and exhibits. Links open in a new tab.