Chelsea City Council closed three nights of fiscal 2027 budget hearings without a vote, setting a June 8 vote date. Vice President Norieliz DeJesus presided as officials walked through the clerk, parking, legislative, auditing and debt budgets.
Chelsea City Council reviewed fiscal 2027 department budgets as officials disclosed a roughly 5,000 percent jump in housing complaints. The council's second budget hearing of the cycle covered the treasury, assessing, human resources, inspectional services and other departments.
Chelsea City Council opened fiscal 2027 budget hearings with a warning about a looming funding cliff for emergency sheltering.
The Chelsea City Council voted 10-0 to authorize a state 40R application tied to redeveloping the Prattville and Fitzpatrick public housing complexes, then separately rejected 2-6-1 a competing plan to loosen R1 single-family zoning.
Chelsea's City Council voted 7-0 in committee to send a revised inclusionary zoning proposal to the full council and planning board.
The Chelsea City Council's budget subcommittee reviewed a plan to add $2 million in free cash to Chelsea Public Schools funding.
The Chelsea City Council voted 8-0 to adopt a resolution urging state lawmakers to fully fund youth employment programs after dozens of students and teachers packed the chamber over school funding.
Chelsea's City Council sent an accessory dwelling unit zoning plan to an April 6 public hearing and referred a renamed "West Chelsea" overlay district back to the Planning Board after residents objected.
The Chelsea City Council voted unanimously to back a bid for a Connecticut Sun WNBA practice facility. Councilor Leo Robinson said the city had already scouted sites near the FBI's Boston regional office and Market Basket, and the council signed a letter to team owner Stephen Pagliuca.
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