City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, September 2 at 7PM. See Reports Docket and New Docket. The meeting will be live broadcast on NewTV’s government channel (Comcast 9, RCN 13, 614(HD), Verizon 33) and on NewTV’s Youtube channel.
City Council will meet as a Committee of the Whole immediately following the conclusion of the regularly scheduled City Council meeting to discuss the following (see agenda):
- Update on Planning and Construction of Bullough’s Pond Dam
- Request for a discussion regarding Bullough’s Pond Dam Rehabilitation Project
Programs and Services will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, September 3 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Request to set the Early Voting dates/times for the November 4, 2025 Municipal Election on the following dates, location, and times recommended by the Election Commission: A total of five days; Saturday October 25, 2025 11AM-5PM, Sunday October 26, 2025 11AM-5PM, Monday October 27, 2025 8:30AM 5PM, Tuesday October 28, 2025 8:30AM-5PM, and Wednesday October 29 8:30AM-5PM at Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton MA 02459.
- Appointment of Susan Lyon to the Urban Tree Commission
- Appointment of Jesse King to the Commission on Disability
- Appointment of Elijah Lavin to the Human Rights Commission
- Requesting a discussion with Parks, Recreation and Culture about restroom facilities at City fields
- Reappointment of Jane Brown to the Commission on Disability
- Reappointment of Sheila Butts to the Parks & Recreation Commission
- Reappointment of Thomas Elkind to the Newton Commonwealth Foundation
Public Facilities will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, September 3 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following:
Chair’s Note: The Chair anticipates the following item will be referred back to the Public Facilities Committee at the City Council meeting on September 2, 2025. This will be followed by a vote to request a third-party review of the engineering of this project.
- Request for a main drain extension at 132 Homer Street that begins at an end of the line drain manhole near #16 & #17 Chapin Road and extends approximately 482 feet easterly to the end of Chapin Road
- Requesting a discussion with the Department of Public Works about standard road work procedures
- Request for a grant of location to install and maintain gas main in Washington Street to a new gas main in Kempton Place
- Request for a grant of location to install and maintain approximately 30 feet of conduit from manhole #7044 within Washington Street (a public way) towards the north and onto Dunstan Street
- Request for a grant of location to install and maintain an anchor guy on pole 73/34 approximately 15 feet northwest of pole location, approximately 278 feet north of Cotton Street on the westerly side of Centre Street
- Request for a grant of location to install and maintain gas main in Colgate Road and Hagar Street
Public Safety and Transportation will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Wednesday, September 3 at 7:30PM. The agenda includes the following:
- Requesting authorization to accept Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 71 to authorize the installation and operation of cameras on school buses to enforce violations when a vehicle illegally passes a bus that has stopped to allow students to get on or off the bus.
