Bangor’s Budget Proposes Money For Police Body Cameras, New Homeless Outreach Worker

The city of Bangor would buy body cameras for its police officers, provide more outreach to the homeless and invest more than $4 million in its infrastructure under a budget proposal that the city council is now considering for next year. The proposal would raise the city’s municipal and school spending to $108.8 million, up from $100.8 million this year, due largely to increases in wages, insurance and retirement costs, according to a copy of the proposed budget available on the city website. [Higher special education costs could have Bangor taxpayers paying more for schools] The proposed spending would be offset by just $50 million in revenue from sources other than property taxes, including revenue sharing from the state and excise taxes from vehicle registrations. That leaves about $58.7 million that would have to be covered by local taxpayers under the proposal.