2026-11-10 - City Council Regular Meeting
Summary
Built from the posted agenda and packet only; the meeting is scheduled and the outcomes are not recorded.
- Hearings: 26-195, National Grid petition for a grant of location at 60-157 Fulton Street; 26-196, Zoning Ordinance Chapter 94 amendments including 94-7.5, vacant and foreclosing properties (Vacant Building Ordinance).
- Mayor's stabilization requests: 26-133 asks for $35,000 from General Stabilization for a police chief search firm (balance $6.0 million) (Police Chief Search); 26-201 asks for $571,550 from general stabilization and capital stabilization items (Capital Stabilization Fund Requests).
- 26-202 is an FY2027 supplemental appropriation for the Law Department of $269,295.81 (salaries $127,803.44 plus ordinary expenses $141,492.37), the item first shown for the November 2 special meeting (Law Department Budget).
- 26-199 is a joint press release on next steps for the Medford High School project. The packet says the scope has been cut by $150 million since March, with a total estimate just under $700 million: about $226 million from the State and $474 million from the City (Medford High School Project).
- 26-197, a Fire Department drone (UAS) standard operating procedure, comes under the surveillance technology ordinance (Fire Department Drone Policy).
- Other resolutions: 26-198 invites residents to the MAMAS Free Store on November 14 and a Winter Preparedness Event on November 19; 26-194 asks for an administration update on the Veterans Department vacancy (Scarpelli); 26-200 asks about the sale of Cataldo Ambulance Service.
- Unfinished business: 26-003 City Messenger appointment (tabled January 6, 2026) and 26-063 Commission for Persons with Disabilities ordinance update, shown as eligible for third reading (Disabilities Commission Ordinance). Records of the October 21, October 27 and November 2 meetings go to Vice President Lazzaro; committee reports 26-172 and 26-182 (Public Works and Facilities, October 21) are also listed.
Agenda
- Hearings: 26-195 Grant of Location, National Grid, 60-157 Fulton Street; 26-196 Zoning Ordinance Chapter 94 amendments (94-7.5 Vacant and Foreclosing Properties).
- Resolutions: 26-198, 26-194, 26-199, 26-200 (above).
- Mayor: 26-133 stabilization request 2 ($35,000, police chief search firm); 26-201 Capital and General Stabilization requests; 26-202 FY2027 supplemental appropriation, Law Department, $269,295.81.
- 26-201 detail: $571,550 general stabilization (Roberts hot water tank $250,000; classroom interactive panels $180,000; facilities assessment $75,000; defibrillators $25,000; a $24,550 building item; a $17,000 administration server); capital stabilization items of $85,000 (schematic), $71,000 (repairs) and $24,476.44 (old police station repairs).
- Officers: 26-197 Fire Department UAS standard operating procedure under the surveillance technology ordinance.
- Unfinished business: 26-003; 26-063; committee reports 26-172 and 26-182.
- Public participation: Andrew Dall.