When Gorham councilors voted this week to sell land to Amazon for $4 million, some challenged whether it was a fair price to charge one of the biggest companies in the world to set up shop in a sought-after Greater Portland community.

And was the agreement, negotiated behind closed doors for months, made with enough public input?

The Town Council voted 5-2 to greenlight the sale at a special meeting Tuesday evening. Both parties can still back out, and the price is not set in stone, according to the agreement — though any adjustments would be relatively small, to cover unexpected changes to taxes and fees.

Amazon has not announced how it plans to use the 94-acre plot, which would be the megaretailer’s first foothold in Southern Maine.

The sale is set to net the town a slight profit o

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