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2026-11-04 - City Council Meeting

Summary

Built from the posted agenda only; no minutes or video recorded yet, so the votes taken are not known. The meeting is carried live on FATV. The council normally meets on Tuesdays, but November 3 was Election Day, so this meeting was held Wednesday, November 4.

Agenda

Finance orders, each recommended "Be Adopted":

  • 172-26: $2,979,000 EEA Eco One Stop grant, McTaggart Pond dam removal and Phillips Brook restoration (McTaggart Pond Dam Removal).
  • 173-26: $133,700 grant, Overlook Reservoir dam feasibility study.
  • 174-26: $150,000, Ashby West Road culverts design.
  • 175-26: $22,658.40, road repaving.
  • 176-26: $260,000 Land and Water Conservation grant, Riverfront Park Stage, total project $520,000 (Riverfront Park Stage).
  • 177-26: $40,000, title searches and easements for Memorial Middle School sidewalks.
  • 178-26: $64,575, DEP clean-up costs.
  • 179-26: $205,817.80, FY2026 deficits.
  • 180-26: loan order amending No. 019-25 to $11,400,000 for water projects, first reading (Water Projects Loan Order Amendment).

New business:

  • 181-26: resolution honoring Ronald B. Ingemie (see 2026-11-04 - Legislative Affairs Committee).
  • 184-26: $20,134 JAG grant for ballistic shields.
  • 185-26: $140,000 Jail Diversion Program grant for an embedded mental health clinician.
  • 186-26: acquire 98 Maverick St for $1 (98 Maverick Street Acquisition).
  • 187-26: Riverfront Stage resolution (Riverfront Park Stage).
  • 188-26: parking ordinance amending chapters 3 and 169 (Parking Ordinance Amendment).
  • 189-26 and 190-26: Unitil pole petitions (Crawford St, Wilmot St), set for hearing November 17 (Unitil Pole Petitions).
  • 191-26: no-parking signs on Boutelle St.
  • 192-26: petition for state special legislation on digital posting of legal notices.
  • Also: Appointments Committee report, Mayor's appointment letters, Winter Readiness communication, minutes of October 20, and scheduling an executive session on pending litigation (Suarez v City of Fitchburg).

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