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That the City Council of the City of Worcester does hereby go on record in opposition to Statewide Ballot Question 8 and urges the residents of Worcester and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to vote NO on Question 8 on November 3, 2026.
Request City Manager request Commissioner of Transportation and Mobility provide City Council with a report concerning parking limitations and regulations in place in and around Roosevelt Elementary School, located at 1006 Grafton St., as well as Rice Square Elementary School, located at 76 Massasoit Rd., to determine any potential improvements that can be made at the locations. – Item #14d CC Order adopted on a roll call vote of 11 Yeas and 0 Nays October 20, 2026 Agenda of the City Council Page 10 of 11
Request City Manager provide City Council with a report concerning the impact of individual Medicare insurance plans being eliminated. Further, request City Manager include in said report information concerning transition plans available to residents to ensure they are not negatively impacted by any loss of such plans.
Request City Manager provide City Council with a report concerning how the Worcester Police Department (WPD) is maintaining and recruiting additional police officers in the city. Further, request said report include information concerning any available grant funding that could be available to aid the department in their recruitment efforts. – Item #13i CC Order adopted
That the City Council of the City of Worcester does hereby suspend its rules to allow for public participation section of the agenda on September 22, 2026 to occur until such a time that all public speakers have had the opportunity to speak. – Item #21a CC Order adopted
Request City Manager work with the State Delegation to identify any additional funding that may be available to aid the city in its efforts to support shelter services for the city’s homeless population. – Item #21b CC Order adopted
Request City Manager request Commissioner of Health and Human Services provide City Council with a report concerning best practices used in other communities when creating permanent public bathrooms for use by the location’s homeless population. – Item #21c CC Order adopted
That the City Council of the City of Worcester does hereby suspend its rules to allow for the public participation section of the agenda on September 8, 2026 to occur one (1) hour beyond the typically allotted thirty (30) minutes. – Item #12a CC
That the City Council of the City of Worcester does hereby suspend its rules to allow for the public participation section of the agenda on September 8, 2026 to occur one (1) hour beyond the typically allotted thirty (30) minutes. – Item #25a CC Order adopted on a roll call vote of 11 Yeas and 0 Nays September 15, 2026 Agenda of the City Council Page 13 of 15
That the City Council of the City of Worcester does hereby suspend Rule 21 of the Rules of City Council to allow for Councilor Khrystian E. King to speak beyond the typically allotted then (10) minutes on item #22a CC. – Item #25d CC Order denied on a roll call vote of 5 Yeas and 6 Nays
Councilors from the city’s website, checked weekly. Worcester records roll-call votes in meeting minutes rather than item by item, so votes are not listed here.