Where

Not listed on the city's Agenda Center

Time

Not listed

Recordings of City Council meetings: MAC-TV (WCAC) (opens in new tab).

What was decided

The Council approved loan authorizations for water/street/sewer work and a Zetron Max alerting/radio control system, along with an ordinance amending pay charts for non-union employees. It also approved secondhand dealer licenses, a fitness equipment and grant acceptance, and several resolutions, while referring other licenses and special permit modifications to committees.

Decisions recorded

• Approved the regular City Council meeting minutes of August 13, 2026. p. 1page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved the McDevitt Eighth Grade Civic Sidewalk Project Resolution. p. 1page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved the Secondhand Dealers license at 56 Felton Street for More Than Words. p. 1page 1 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Referred the Secondhand Dealers license at 85 River Street for Pedals & Powder, LLC to the Licenses and Franchises Committee. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Referred the Fuel Storage license at 245 Fifth Avenue for ALP PHOP Manager LLC to the Licenses and Franchises Committee. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Referred the Veterans' housing concept plan presentation request to the Committee of the Whole. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Referred acceptance of fitness equipment from Core Development & Management and Planet Fitness to the Finance Committee. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Referred acceptance of the Green Communities Competitive Grant of $173,714 to the Finance Committee. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved acceptance of a $208,096 grant from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Aging and Independence for the Council on Aging. p. 2page 2 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved a $98,672.05 transfer for the construction phase of the Green Infrastructure Retrofit Project at the Embassy Garage. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Referred the Class 2 License renewal at 215 Lexington Street for New England Transit Sales, Inc. to the Licenses and Franchises Committee. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved the National Hispanic Heritage Month Resolution. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved the request to invite the Director of Information Technology to the Committee of the Whole on AI use, and referred the matter to the Committee of the Whole. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Referred the Secondhand Dealers License Resolution to the Licenses and Franchises Committee. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Referred the Rule 95 Utility Master Plan Resolution to the Licenses and Franchises Committee. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Referred the Resolution Amending the MBTA Communities Zoning Ordinance to Incorporate the City's Newly Adopted Inclusionary Zoning Requirements to the Ordinances and Rules Committee. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved the Yolanda Cellucci Resolution. p. 3page 3 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Referred the letter on naming the 617 Lexington Street building 'The John J "Jack" Daddona Education Center' to the Licenses and Franchises Committee. p. 4page 4 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved the $2,125,684 Water/Street/Sewer Loan Authorization on second and final reading, 13-0-1-1. p. 4page 4 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved the $1,675,000 Zetron Max alerting/radio control system Loan Authorization on second and final reading, 13-0-1-1. p. 4page 4 of the minutes (opens in new tab)
• Approved the Compensation Ordinance amending pay charts for non-union employees on third and final reading, 12-0-1-1-1. p. 4page 4 of the minutes (opens in new tab)

2 decisions aren't shown: they couldn't be matched to the minutes.

The full text is in the city's PDF, linked below.

Minutes posted on the city website (PDF, 47 KB). Saved copy (opens in new tab), saved October 13, 2026.

Agenda

A copy of the agenda wasn't saved here. It is on the city website (opens in new tab).

Terms used here

Committee of the Whole

The whole City Council meeting as a committee, chaired by the Council's Vice President, to discuss matters before they come back to a regular Council meeting.

special permit

Permission, under the city's Zoning Ordinance, for a use that is allowed in a district only if a city board approves it. In Waltham, many are granted by the City Council after a public hearing.

MBTA Communities

The state law (Section 3A of the Zoning Act) requiring cities and towns near MBTA service to allow multifamily housing by right in at least one district.

tabled

Set aside by a vote, to take up later. A tabled item comes back when the board votes to take it off the table.

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting's agenda in the City of Waltham's Agenda Center (opens in new tab). First recorded by Waltham Publick on October 13, 2026.