City Council - Regular Meeting

CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR OF SERVICE MEMBERS

ROLL CALL

Members of the Climate Action & Sustainability Commission will appear before the Council to present on the commission's first annual progress report evaluating the implementation of the city's Climate Action Plan.

PUBLIC COMMENT

Minutes of the meeting of October 6, 2026

Minutes for the meeting of October 13, 2026

Recommendation is the previous Council minutes be approved

Order: That the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Dollars ($157,000) be and the same is hereby transferred from Salary Reserve (0010-996-5110) to the following accounts:

Order: That the sum of Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($220,000) be and the same is hereby transferred from Salary Reserve (0010-996-5110) to Police Salaries (0010-210-5120).

Recommendation is the previous two Orders be referred to the Finance Committee

Petition: Massachusetts Electric Company dba National Grid Plan No. 31120327 - Updated September 28, 2026

- National Grid to install 1 Sole Owned pole on Pearl Street beginning at a point approximately 115 feet south of the centerline of the intersection of Medford Street and Pearl Street. National Grid to install new sole owned pole 355-1 for future riser pole. - National Grid to install underground facilities on Pearl Street beginning at a point approximately 20 feet north of the centerline of the intersection of Medford Street and Pearl Street and continuing approximately 175 feet in a south direction. National Grid is petitioning to install 2-5" ducts from existing MH 605-1 south approximately 175 feet to a new riser pole on the east side of Pearl Street. (Hearings Required)

Petition: Massachusetts Electric Company dba National Grid and Verizon New England, Inc. Plan No. 31348669. National Grid to relocate two Joint Owned poles on Lynn Street beginning at a point approximately 135 feet southwest of the centerline of the intersection of Lynn Street and Oliver Street and continuing approximately 9 feet in a southeast direction.

- National Grid to replace/relocate pole #2043 about 9 feet southeast. - National Grid to replace/relocate pole #2044 about 5 feet southwest. (Hearings Required)

Be it ordained by the Malden City Council that the Code of the City of Malden (MCC) 2.24.010 SALARY SCHEDULES; UNION EMPLOYEES is hereby amended:

Be it ordained by the Malden City Council that the Code of the City of Malden (MCC) Title 12 ZONING is hereby amended by adding new section 12.28.150 SNOW STORAGE:

Be it ordained by the Malden City Council that the Code of the City of Malden (MCC) Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE is hereby amended by adding 3.05 SOLID WASTE ENTERPRISE FUND

Be it ordained by the Malden City Council that the Code of the City of Malden (MCC) Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE is hereby amended by adding 3.10 RESERVE AND STABILIZATION FUND FRAMEWORK

Order: That the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Sixty Cents ($266,174.60) is appropriated from the TNC Surcharge Municipal Distribution Account to cover the following expenses:

Order: That the sum of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000) is transferred from Human Resources Group Insurance Miscellaneous to the Malden Public School Department.

Order: That One Million Two Hundred Ninety-Two Thousand Forty-Five Dollars ($1,292,045.00) of the funds that remain available from the adopted appropriation order authorized by Paper 139 Series of 2023 relative to the Roosevelt Park Revitalization Project be repurposed to pay costs of the Malden River Works Project.

Order: That Nine Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Fifty Cents ($938,174.50) of the funds from the adopted appropriation order authorized by Paper 140 Series of 2023 relative to the Roosevelt Park Revitalization Project, of which are no longer needed to complete the project for which it was borrowed, be transferred to pay costs of the Malden River Works Project in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 44, §20.

Committee Report: The Standing Committee on Rules and Ordinance to whom was referred Papers 327 and 415 Series of 2026 having considered the same, make the following report: The Committee reports Paper 415-26 out favorably to the Full Council. Committee additionally recommends Paper 327-26 to be split with fifteen of the original eighteen amendments recommended favorably to the Full Council. The remaining three line items requiring further discussion, Motel-Hotel