Augusta Police Chief Robert Gregoire, who uses a wheelchair, alleged he was a victim of disability discrimination because his street was not plowed immediately after a big storm, but the Maine Human Rights Commission voted Monday to find no reasonable grounds for the complaint.

City officials say the project isn’t the cause, but they’ll look into a solution to the drainage problems.

The event was part of nationally coordinated event called Shattering Silence.

The agency, which served those with mental disabilities and illness, closed abruptly May 9.

The city will spend about $240,000 to design a system to use methane gas produced by decomposing garbage at the city-owned landfill to make electricity and reduce electric bills.

The ceremony included a keynote address from Attorney General Janet Mills, who told those gathered ‘the law is not some dusty book sitting on a shelf.’