City Council
City Council Chambers 215 Pleasant Street Malden, MA 02148
Agenda — 11 items
- 1. CALL TO ORDER
- 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR OF SERVICE MEMBERS
- 3. ROLL CALL
- 4. MOTIONS, ORDERS, AND RESOLUTIONS
- 5 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.
- 6 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.
- 5. COMMUNICATIONS
- 8 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.
- 6. ADJOURNMENT
- 10 CAROL ANN DESIDERIO, CITY CLERK
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