City Council

ROLL CALL – all present CITY CLERK Minutes of City Council Meeting November 6th, for acceptance. Vote-Cancel Council Meetings 11.27.18, 12.25.18 and 1.1.19 – meetings cancelled. AUDITOR BUSINESS – Communication – FY19 Budget Report YTD (September). – Councilor Elliott asks several questions about certain items such as Workers’ Comp which…

Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: Back to business now that the election season is over.  The Lowell City Council agenda for this week once again has an item regarding the lawsuit against the City to establish neighborhood representation to select the City Council instead of the…

Mimi Parseghian previews Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting: The City Council agenda was posted on the City’s website at 11:30 Friday morning with a major item that I did not expect. Motion  (8.4) from Councilor R. Elliott “Request City Manager have City Solicitor prepare proper vote to change election of…

Mimi Parseghian Previews tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: This week’s City Council agenda has only two motion responses, four votes requested by the Manager and three new motions.  I expect the last motion will produce extensive discussion. The meeting will begin with a Recognition of the 40th Anniversary of…

Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: This week City Council has a relatively light public agenda. However, the Executive Session portion which is held in private has three areas of discussion:  “Provide an update to the Council on contract negotiations with the Lowell Police Association and Local…

Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: Mainly due to the return of weekly meetings, this Tuesday’s City Council agenda is light in items but it will be a significant evening in that a major vote will be taken.  At the conclusion of the scheduled 7:00 p.m. meeting,…

Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: The Council is back to weekly meetings so this week’s agenda is a bit lighter than those for the previous months. MOTION RESPONSES: Bicycle Safety: Motion (3/6/18) by Councilor K. Cirillo “Request City Manager provide a report for budgeted cost and…

Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: This week’s City Council meeting agenda features the First Reading of a major vote of the City Council: A Loan Order/Land Acquisition Bond to borrow $2,600,000 to pay costs to acquire, by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, the following property [75…

Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: With the end of summer, the City Council will pretty soon return to its weekly meeting schedule. This week agenda has a number of reports as well as replies to a number of motions. The City Auditor, Bryan Barry, has a…

Mimi Parseghian watched last night’s Lowell City Council meeting and shares her notes and observations: Lowell City Council Meeting Notes By Mimi Parseghian Tonight’s City Council meeting began with the “suspension of the rules” to allow an item to be taken up out of order: a presentation by the Massachusetts…