Where

Not listed on the city's Agenda Center

Time

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What was decided

The City Council approved a reduced $1,000,000 appropriation for school repairs, a $232,000 ADA improvement grant, and a $280,400.65 transfer to the Rail Trail project. It also approved several National Grid utility pole installations, a Verizon utility easement, and a block of handicapped parking requests, while tabling a junk dealer permit renewal and withdrawing two other items.

Decisions recorded

• Approved two sets of minutes (12/04/2025 Special and Regular Meetings) by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 479/25, a $1,000,000 appropriation (reduced from $2,000,000) for the Schematic Design Phase of the MSBA Accelerated Repair Program, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 480/25, authorization to expend $232,000.00 for the MA Office on Disability FY26 ADA Improvement Grant, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 482/25, a $280,400.65 appropriation transfer from Free Cash to the Rail Trail Project Account, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved a motion to order a public hearing on DOC # 484/25, creation of an 'Energy Advocate' position ordinance, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 485/25, disclosure of a conflict by Jennifer Duran, Asst City Clerk, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 486/25, disclosure of a conflict by Maria Vidal, Asst Tax Assessor, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved a motion to order a public hearing on DOC # 491/25, installation of conduit at Lowell Street, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 492/25, a utility easement grant to Verizon, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 298/25, installation of a JO pole and mid-span pole on Mt Vernon St at Crestwood Circle, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 299/25, installation of a JO pole and mid-span pole on Mt Vernon St near James St, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 407/25, installation of a JO pole on Berkeley Street near Montgomery Street, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 410/25, installation of a JO pole on Brookfield Street near Bowdoin Street, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 411/25, installation of a JO pole on Shepard Street near Glenn Street, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 412/25, installation of a JO pole on Andover Street near Tewksbury and Coolidge Streets, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved a motion to waive the reading of the preamble of the handicapped parking legal notice, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved a motion to take the handicapped parking items as a block, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved the block of handicapped parking documents (DOC # 399/25, 401/25, 402/25, 403/25, 404/25, 424/25, 438/25, 439/25, 440/25, 460/25, 461/25, 462/25, 463/25) and waived the 30-day waiting period only for DOC # 460/25, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 476/25, removal of handicapped parking at 76 Inman Street, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 443/25, child care parking at 11 Platt Street, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved a motion to table DOC # 396/25, the Auto Recycles Group junk dealer permit renewal, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved a motion to withdraw DOC # 477/25, removal of handicapped parking at 25 Durham Street, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved a motion to withdraw DOC # 23/26, confirmation of Charlinett Pascual as Director of Community Development, by unanimous voice vote.
• Referred New Business items 009/26 through 021/26 to the Ordinance Committee.
• Referred item 022/26, an update on LRA property transfer litigation, to the Economic Development Committee.
• Referred item 024/26, authorization to expend $1,649,561 from a MassDOT Chapter 130 grant, to the Budget and Finance Committee.

The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Minutes posted on the city website (PDF, 274 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 1, 2026.

Agenda

A copy of the agenda wasn't saved here. It is on the city website (opens in new tab).

Terms used here

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act, the federal law on access for people with disabilities.

executive session

A part of a public meeting closed to the public. State law allows it only for specific reasons, such as lawsuits, negotiations, or personnel matters.

free cash

Money left over from the last fiscal year, once the state certifies it, that the council or town meeting can vote to spend or save.

levy

The total property tax a city or town raises in a year. Proposition 2½ limits how much it can grow each year: the levy limit.

tabled

Set aside by a vote, to take up later. A tabled item comes back when the board votes to take it off the table.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting was posted more than once: the same board on the same day, with no time given. The postings are shown here as one meeting.

• 01-20-2026, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING (opens in new tab), on the city's Agenda Center
• 01-20-2026, CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING - REVISED (opens in new tab), on the city's Agenda Center

First recorded by Lawrence Publick on October 1, 2026.