2026-11-10 - City Council
Summary
- Accept the November 3 minutes; vote to cancel the Council meetings of December 1 and December 29 (see Council Meeting Schedule Amendment).
- 7 PM public hearing: FY2027 Minimum Residential Factor. The percentage is blank in the vote text; the City Manager's letter recommends adopting the minimum.
- Confirmation of the Draper Laboratory executive session votes, carried over from November 3 (see Draper Laboratory Executive Session Votes).
- Loan orders for MSBA Accelerated Repair Program projects, including Bailey School windows at $2,505,345 (see MSBA School Repair Loan Orders).
- Executive session on two Open Meeting Law complaints filed against the Council on October 29, 2026 (see Open Meeting Law Complaints Against City Council).
- Grants: $35,640 MEMA EMPG for Fire; $75,000 MassDEP SMRP for a cardboard compactor and recycling totes (the attached memo cites only $10,000, so the figures disagree).
- Contract amendments with Tec, Inc. for Andover St at High St traffic signal design and GoLowell City Hall construction administration (term 3 years 4 months; termination date moves to 12/31/2027).
- Ordinance amending the Chapter 150 cemetery fee schedule (1 grave $900, 2 graves $1,700, 4 graves $3,200, adult opening/closing $1,300, disinterment $3,000).
- Utility hearings (Boston Gas at 61 Durant St, Old Ferry Rd to Pawtucket Blvd, 18th St by 598 Beacon St; National Grid handhole at 114 Merrimack St); seven Council motions (Callery Park, cannabis consumption lounges, Greenhalge gym lighting, LHA collaboration, sidewalk-extension markers, N. Common Park court lighting, Cupples Square dumping); petitions; motion responses; an MSBA grant award for three schools (about $4.99M, up to $5.19M).
Upcoming meeting. Built from the posted agenda only.
Agenda
3.1 minutes of Nov 3; 3.2 cancel Council meetings of 12/1 and 12/29; 4.1 7 PM hearing, FY2027 Minimum Residential Factor; 5.1-5.4 utility hearings; 6.1-6.7 Council motions; 7 motion responses and informational reports (MRF hearing guide, MSBA grant award); 8.1 Draper executive session votes; 8.2 $35,640 MEMA EMPG; 8.3 $75,000 MassDEP SMRP; 8.4 Tec, Inc. contract amendments; 9.1-9.3 MSBA ARP loan orders (Bailey School windows $2,505,345; McAvinnue and Shaughnessy); 10.1 cemetery fee ordinance; 12.1-12.5 petitions; 13.1 executive session on two Open Meeting Law complaints.
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Transcript
Transcript pending.