Malden City Hall

215 Pleasant Street

Malden, MA 02148

City of Malden

Meeting Agenda - Final

City Council

Council President Amanda Linehan

Councillor at Large Karen Colon Hayes

Councillor Paul Condon

Councillor Peg Crowe

Councillor at Large Michelle Luong

Councillor at Large Carey McDonald

Councillor Ryan O'Malley

Councillor Jadeane Sica

Councillor Chris Simonelli

Councillor Ari Taylor

Councillor Stephen Winslow

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

7:00 PM

City Council Chambers

215 Pleasant Street

Malden, MA 02148

Committee of the Whole

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1. CALL TO ORDER

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR OF SERVICE

MEMBERS

3. ROLL CALL

4. MOTIONS, ORDERS, AND RESOLUTIONS

Order: That the Rules and Ordinance Committee, in conjunction with a designee of

the Cannabis Licensing and Enforcement Commission, will prepare draft

amendments to MCC 12.12.190 necessary to comply with the Court Judgement

rendered in Benevolent Botanicals v City of Malden. The Committee shall report

back to the Full Council for preliminary review of said draft prior to seeking legal

review and a vote to refer to a joint session of the Planning Board with Rules and

Ordinance Committee.

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Sponsors:

Stephen Winslow

The City Council will address the Open Meeting Law complaint submitted on

February 19, 2026 by Bruce Friedman of 8 Marvin Street, Malden against the Council

related to release of Executive Session minutes from February 3, 2026.

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Attachments:

OML Complaint 2-19-2026

5. COMMUNICATIONS

Communication: On February 19, 2026 a request was made by Bruce Friedman for

the regular and executive session meeting minutes from the Malden City Council

for the dates of February 10 and 17, 2026. Regular session minutes may be found in

the Agenda Center of the City’s website. In accordance with M.G. L. c. 30A, s. 22 (g)

the public body’s chair has conducted a review of the Executive Session minutes

and has made the determination that those minutes from February 10 and 17 shall

be released in accordance with the completion of post-judgment actions on each of

the respective court cases which were discussed during these sessions.

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Sponsors:

Amanda Linehan

6. ADJOURNMENT

CAROL ANN DESIDERIO, CITY CLERK

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