The council also approved amendments, including money for the clean elections program, to reorganize the city's Executive Department and to hire a nurse for the Barron Center's Office of Elder Affairs.
A proposal includes $5 million for the city's housing trust fund as well as other allocations for employee retention bonuses, mental health and homeless services.
Maine’s largest city has proposed funding for affordable housing, employee retention bonuses, an addiction medicine program, health care for the homeless and more.