Category: City Council

Council to Consider Ban on Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products

The mist produced by vaping is not water vapor, but aerosolized chemicals. Photo by lexphumirat via Pixabay. By Zendelle Bouchard The Sanford City Council is getting ready to consider a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and flavored vape pens and liquid. Vape liquid is classified as a tobacco product because it contains nicotine derived from tobacco. Tobacco products flavored with fruit or candy have been shown to be the overwhelming preference of middle and…

Subcommittee Reports: January 2024

Photo: Pine Tree Helicopters By Zendelle Bouchard Three of the City Council’s Subcommittees met Jan. 9, 2024. For info from the Public Safety Subcommittee meeting, see the Police Department Update and Fire Department Update. Municipal Operations and Property Subcommittee Mayor Becky Brink and Deputy Mayor Maura Herlihy attended. Councilor Ayn Hanselmann was out of town on vacation. Flavored Tobacco Products Ban: See separate story. Pine Tree Helicopters: Allison Navia, Manager of the Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport, joined the meeting to…

City Council January 2 Meeting Summary

Councilors Herlihy, Martell and Hitchcock are sworn in by City Clerk Sue Cote. Photo: City of Sanford video. By Zendelle Bouchard The Sanford City Council met Jan. 2, 2024. Councilor Ayn Hanselmann was absent with excuse; Mayor Becky Brink and Councilor Bob Stackpole attended via Zoom due to illness. As this was the first meeting of the year, several organizational items on the agenda were taken out of order. Swearing In: City Clerk Sue Cote swore in Councilors Maura Herlihy,…

2024 Subcommittee and Committee Assignments

Compiled by Zendelle Bouchard At its Jan. 2, 2024 meeting, the City Council approved the following assignments to its standing subcommittees, which meet on the second Tuesday of each month via Zoom. These meetings are open to the public. Zoom links are included in the agendas which are published on the City’s website here. Municipal Operations and Property (meets at 8:30 am): Councilor Ayn Hanselmann (Chair), Deputy Mayor Maura Herlihy, Mayor Becky Brink. Public Safety (meets at 11 am): Hanselmann…

City Council 12/19 Meeting Summary

Dr. William Frank and Mary Frances Frank were recognized at the City Council meeting on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. State Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio is on the left and Mayor Becky Brink is on the right. Photo: City of Sanford video. By Zendelle Bouchard The following actions were taken at the Sanford City Council meeting on Dec. 19. All councilors were in attendance. Mayor’s Report Mayor Becky Brink gave a big thank you to the Rotary Club for…