2026-11-09 - City Council
Summary
Built from the final-revised agenda (printed November 9, after several items were pulled from consent). Minutes are not yet posted and there is no video, so votes and outcomes are not known.
- Non-public session at 5:30 PM, public meeting at 7:00 PM. The October 13 minutes were up for approval.
- Three ordinances were tabled to public hearings on December 14: restricted access on Noyes and Cypress Streets (26-498), the C-PACER district (26-505) and the Board of Ethics ordinance (26-538).
- Public hearings listed: $70,589.24 opioid settlement transfer, Golf Course Improvement Reserve, Oak Hill Road school district petition, part-time to full-time HR Administrative Coordinator, and the Demolition Review ordinance.
- Consent resolutions carried amounts from $22,888 to $750,000 (see Agenda).
- Unfinished business: School Street parking (Schedule IX).
- Reports: West Street Ward House and Garrison Park Pool; a Public Safety Board report recommending an agreement on emergency cooling centers (not an emergency declaration).
Agenda
Public hearings
- 26-398: transfer of $70,589.24 in opioid settlement funds to the Opioid Abatement Reserve - Opioid Abatement Reserve transfer
- 26-490: Golf Course Improvement Reserve ($8,300 out, $3,300 from fund balance) - Golf Course Improvement Reserve
- 26-445: petition to restore Oak Hill Road to the Merrimack Valley School District - Oak Hill Road school district petition
- 26-497: change an HR Administrative Coordinator position from part-time to full-time
- 26-473: Demolition Review ordinance, Article 26-9 - Demolition Review ordinance
Tabled to December 14 public hearing
- 26-498: Section 17-6-12, restricted access on Noyes and Cypress Streets, with School District communication - Noyes and Cypress Streets school drop-off restricted access ordinance
- 26-505: Article 2-7, C-PACER district - C-PACER district ordinance
- 26-538: Board of Ethics ordinance - Board of Ethics ordinance
Consent resolutions
- 26-517: CDBG application and acceptance, $750,000, Families in Transition (Bicentennial Square) - CDBG applications 2026
- 26-519: CDBG, $230,000, Boys & Girls Club playground - CDBG applications 2026
- 26-532: $22,888 in donations from the Concord Public Library Foundation
- 26-540: $39,058 contract amendment (CPPA)
- 26-541: $35,682 contract amendment (CPSA)
- 26-553: repurpose $264,378.45 for Fire equipment
- 26-533: application to the Stanton K-9 Foundation for a grant of up to $55,000
Unfinished business
- 25-419: School Street parking, Schedule IX - School Street parking ordinance
Reports
- 26-508: West Street Ward House
- 26-509: Garrison Park Pool