City Council

Preview of tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting by Mimi Parseghian. City Council is back in session this week and so is the repetitive agenda item of Executive Session to discuss “Matter of litigation, namely Huot et al. vs City of Lowell, public discussion of which could have a detrimental…

This week’s City Council meeting has a packed agenda, which concludes with another Executive Session to discuss “matter of litigation, namely Huot et al. v. City of Lowell, public discussion of which could have a detrimental effect on the City’s position.”  This will be the 6th Executive Session this year.…

This week City Council agenda contains another Executive Session to discuss the on-going legal case regarding the municipal voting structure; “Regarding Matter of Litigation, Namely Huot et al. V. City of Lowell, public discussion of which could have a detrimental effect on the City’s position. It has been well over…

Mimi Parseghian previews this week’s Lowell City Council meeting: This week’s City Council meeting agenda is dominated by Administration information, including Motion Responses, Informational Reports and Votes. However, the first agenda item of major interest is a report from the City Auditor, Bryan Perry, in response to a motion on…

ROLL CALL – all present CITY CLERK Minutes of Senior Citizens SC March 12th; City Council Meeting March 12th, for acceptance. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY MANAGER Motion Responses (see Monday’s City Council preview for details on the motion responses) Motion Response – Police Retiree Details – The city proposes to follow…

Motion Responses Police Retiree Details – There was a prior council motion to allow retired police officers to do special details. This response includes proposed Special Legislation modeled on that in effect in Cambridge. Homelessness and Sustainable Housing – There was a prior council motion asking the City Manager to…

ROLL CALL – all present. MAYOR’S BUSINESS – Presentation – 2019 Winterfest Soup Bowl Awards. Award winners by the judges were Purple Carrot, House of Hope, and Cobblestones. Also the “people’s choice awards” went to Cobblestones, Lao’De Café and Purple Carrot. CITY CLERK – Minutes of City Council Meeting March…

Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: The agenda for this week’s council meeting is one of the briefest in quite a long time with only one Council motion and two Administration Responses to Council Motions. The evening will begin with Presentations for the award winners of the…

Date:        March 5, 2019 Time:        6:30 PM ROLL CALL – all present CITY CLERK – Minutes of Public Safety SC February 26th; City Council Meeting February 26th, for acceptance. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY MANAGER – Motion Responses A) Motion Response – Community Preservation Act – Register of Deeds Richard Howe spoke…