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Lift-assist ordinance compliance and unpaid billing
Bangor
Summary
Facilities have mostly ignored the lift-assist ordinance: the city billed about $29,000 through March but collected only about $7,100 on 53 claims. The chief says enforcement options, including legal ones, are on the table.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 1
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed May 6, 2026.
Impact analysis
💰Financial impact
Roughly $22,000 billed so far this year has gone uncollected.
✅Who benefits
Taxpayers, if facilities that currently don't pay start covering the cost of lift-assist responses.
⚠️Who could be affected
Facilities that comply with the ordinance but watch others dodge it.
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