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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/13/2026 7:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Council Chambers 215 Pleasant Street Malden, MA 02148
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23-26 1  Council MinutesMinutes for the meeting of December 9, 2025approvedPass Action details Not available
24-26 1  Council MinutesMinutes for the meeting of December 16, 2026approvedPass Action details Not available
25-26 1  Council MinutesMinutes for the meeting of January 5, 2026approvedPass Action details Not available
26-26 1  Council MinutesMinutes for the meeting of January 6, 2026approvedPass Action details Not available
27-26 1  PetitionPetition: Livery Company: Xing Zai T Service LLC, 15 Burridge Place, Malden, 1 vehicle (Renewal)referredPass Action details Not available
28-26 1  PetitionPetition: Livery Driver: Zhisheng Liang, 134 North Street, Lexington (Renewal)referredPass Action details Not available
29-26 1  PetitionPetition: Class II: Nick’s Foreign Car Center, 121 Beach Street, Malden, 4 cars (Renewal)referredPass Action details Not available
30-26 1  AppointmentCouncil Re-appointment: Kathleen French, 596 Highland Avenue, Malden as member of the Board of Assessors, term to expire March 1, 2028 and to commence upon confirmation by the City Council.confirmedPass Action details Not available
31-26 1  OrderOrder: That outstanding council items be carried forward from the 2024-2025 Biennial Session to the current session.adoptedPass Action details Not available
32-26 1  Committee ReportCommittee Report: The Standing Committee on Finance to whom was referred Papers 364 and 467 Series of 2025, having considered the same make the following report: Committee recommends these papers out favorably to the Full Council by a unanimous vote.received and filedPass Action details Not available
364-25 1  OrderOrder: Authorizing the City of Malden to borrow $1,500,000 from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any other entity associated therewith, to support a second phase of construction for the Malden River Works Project.adoptedPass Action details Not available
467-25 1  OrderOrder: That the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) is appropriated from available Cable Access retained earnings to be used for capital expenses, specifically to upgrade the playback system at the studio of Urban Media ArtsadoptedPass Action details Not available
33-26 2  Committee ReportCommittee Report: The Standing Committee on Finance to whom was referred Paper #434 Series of 2025 having considered the same make the following report:received and filedPass Action details Not available
434-25 1  OrderOrder: That during the City of Malden Special Municipal Election to be held on February 10, 2026, the following debt exclusion ballot question be included: Shall the City of Malden be allowed to temporarily assess an additional $36,000,000 in real estate and personal property taxes through a debt/expenditure exclusion, for the specific purpose of paying for the construction of the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical School, for which the monies will be used for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2052? A yes vote would support a temporary increase in real estate and personal property taxes beginning with fiscal year 2027 (07/01/2026 to 06/30/2027) until fiscal year 2052 (07/01/2051 to 06/30/2052). A no vote would make no change to the current tax structure.adoptedFail Action details Not available