Where

Not listed on the city's Agenda Center

Time

Not listed

Recordings of City Council meetings: the City Council's YouTube channel (opens in new tab).

What was decided

The council heard the Mayor's State of the City address and a DPW and Police update on snow removal, towing, and ticketing after a major storm. It approved creation of an Energy Advocate position with amendments, two collective bargaining agreement funding transfers, a fire department budget transfer that was later reconsidered and approved with a waived waiting period, a Verizon conduit installation, and withdrew or recommitted several older committee items. It also referred many new items to committees and set committee meeting times for February 9th.

Decisions recorded

• Approved the minutes of the 01/05/2026, 01/06/2026, and 01/12/2026 meetings by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 484/25, creating the Energy Advocate ordinance position, with amendments changing the language requirement to English required/bilingual preferred and adding a qualification enforcement clause, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 008/26, transferring $100,000.00 from Emergency Management Permanent Salary and Wages to Professional Services, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 004/26, transferring $95,279 to fund the SEIU Local 3 Laborers Union CBA, by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 005/26, transferring $42,552 to fund the SEIU Local 3 Inspectors Union CBA, by unanimous voice vote.
• Reconsidered DOC # 008/26 by unanimous voice vote.
• Approved DOC # 008/26 again and waived the 30-day holding period by unanimous voice vote.
• Withdrew DOC #348/19 (hookah use prohibition) by unanimous voice vote.
• Withdrew DOC # 61/20 (Corona Virus-Lawrence Preparedness) by unanimous voice vote.
• Discharged DOC #415/16 (license plate reader review) from committee by unanimous voice vote.
• Withdrew DOC #415/16 by unanimous voice vote.
• Discharged DOC #329/18 (Lawrence Gas Leak Emergency) from committee by unanimous voice vote.
• Withdrew DOC #329/18 by unanimous voice vote.
• Recommitted seven items (DOC #114/13, #330/14, #217/18, #328/18, #349/19, #356/19, #161/22) back to the Public Safety Committee.
• Recommitted DOC # 483/25 (surplus declaration for land at rear of 47 Hamlet Street) back to the Housing Committee.
• Approved DOC # 491/25, installation of conduit at Lowell Street near Pole P3043, by unanimous voice vote.

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

Minutes posted on the city website (PDF, 299 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

CBA

Collective bargaining agreement: a contract between the city or town and a union of its employees, setting pay and working conditions.

COLA

Cost-of-living adjustment: a raise in pay or a pension to keep up with rising prices.

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.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting's agenda in the City of Lawrence's Agenda Center (opens in new tab). First recorded by Lawrence Publick on October 1, 2026.