City Council

City Council Chambers 215 Pleasant Street Malden, MA 02148

Agenda — 27 items

1. 1. CALL TO ORDER
2. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HONOR OF SERVICE MEMBERS
3. 3. ROLL CALL
4. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT
5. 5. CONSENT AGENDA
6. 6 Minutes for the meeting of December 9, 2025 23-26 approved Pass
7. 6 Approval of the Consent Agenda approved on the Consent Agenda Pass
8. 7 Minutes for the meeting of December 16, 2026 24-26 approved Pass
9. 8 Minutes for the meeting of January 5, 2026 25-26 approved Pass
10. 9 Minutes for the meeting of January 6, 2026 26-26 approved Pass
11. 10 Petition: Livery Company: Xing Zai T Service LLC, 15 Burridge Place, Malden, 1 vehicle (Renewal) 27-26 referred Pass
12. 11 Petition: Livery Driver: Zhisheng Liang, 134 North Street, Lexington (Renewal) 28-26 referred Pass
13. 12 Petition: Class II: Nick’s Foreign Car Center, 121 Beach Street, Malden, 4 cars (Renewal) 29-26 referred Pass
14. 6. APPOINTMENTS & ELECTIONS
15. 14 Council 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. 30-26 confirmed Pass
16. 7. MOTIONS, ORDERS, AND RESOLUTIONS
17. 16 Order: That outstanding council items be carried forward from the 2024-2025 Biennial Session to the current session. 31-26 adopted Pass
18. 8. COMMITTEE REPORTS
19. 18 Committee 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. 32-26 received and filed Pass
20. 19 Order: 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. 364-25 adopted Pass
21. 20 Order: 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 Arts 467-25 adopted Pass
22. 21 Committee Report: The Standing Committee on Finance to whom was referred Paper #434 Series of 2025 having considered the same make the following report: 33-26 received and filed Pass
23. 22 Order: 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. 434-25 adopted Fail
24. 9. PERSONAL PRIVILEGE
25. 10. ADJOURNMENT adjourned Pass
26. 25 CAROL ANN DESIDERIO, CITY CLERK
27. 26 If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact Maria Luise, ADA Compliance Coordinator at mluise@cityofmalden.org or 781-397-7000 Ext. 2005 For instructions on enabling live translated captions in Teams, please visit: www.cityofmalden.org/captions