Category: City Council

City Tackles 3 More Dangerous Buildings

A recreational vehicle at 27 Rushton St. Photo: City of Sanford By Zendelle Bouchard At its meeting on Jan. 16, 2024, the City Council voted unanimously to declare three properties as Dangerous Buildings under the definition in state law. The Council, through the Land Bank, has made addressing abandoned and dilapidated properties throughout Sanford and Springvale a priority over the past several years. These actions have resulted in many vacant properties being brought back into habitable use and addressed problem…

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,…