Bangor City Council will elect a new chair in a special meeting next week, City Manager Carollynn Lear confirmed.

The council will meet at 5:15 p.m. Monday to choose one of the eight remaining councilors as the group’s new leader.

The vote will be held six days after former City Council Chair Cara Pelletier resigned from the position, citing “personal attacks,” as first reported in The Bangor Daily News. She resigned about two months before her term was set to expire, so the new chair will only lead the council for a short time before three new councilors are elected in November.

Bangor’s council chair leads meetings and represents the council at public events. The chair serves a one-year term, according to the city’s charter , which also allows the council to fill any vacancy for

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