Transcript: Chelsea City Council Meeting, October 19, 2026
The full meeting in text, with timestamps: the linkage fee, the 70 percent housing preference, the police chief search, street sweeping, the…
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Chelsea’s Economic Development Board Meets Wednesday With the Former Floramo’s Site on Its Agenda
The agenda lists the master plan, the urban renewal plan, an EPA brownfields grant and the redevelopment potential of the former Floramo's…
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Chelsea Wins $6.3 Million in State Grants: $5 Million for Spruce Street and $1 Million Toward Rebuilding Prattville
Five state grants announced October 1 total $6,325,000. The biggest, $5 million from MassWorks, is for Spruce Street. Two grants go to…
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Chelsea’s Draft Capital Plan: $25.9 Million, No Borrowing, $11.3 Million for Park and Pearl
City Manager Fidel Maltez's draft fiscal 2028 capital plan lists 27 projects, borrows nothing and counts on grants for nearly two-thirds of…
Continue readingChelsea Police Chief Houghton Will Retire Next May. Monday’s Council Packet Also Brings Market Basket’s Plan, Street Sweeping and the Tax Votes
City Manager Fidel Maltez plans a community committee to help choose the next chief. Also before the council: a 162-unit Mystic Mall…
Continue readingChelsea Council Committees Take Up $3.2 Million Marginal Street Purchase, Tax Rates and a Senior Tax Break on October 27
Ways and Means takes up the land purchase, $40,438 in leftover World Cup money and $270,600 for parking lot paving. Conference takes…
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Chelsea City Hall Elevator Is Out of Service Until Next Week. What to Do Instead
Bills, birth and marriage certificates and permits can be handled by phone through Chelsea 3-1-1, or online.
Continue readingChelsea Preservation Committee Votes Thursday on Fall Grants and Housing Trust Money; Wetlands Board Takes Up 1 Forbes Street
Also: a draft program to fund preservation on private buildings, and two certificates of compliance before the Conservation Commission.
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Who Misses Chelsea City Council Meetings? The 2026 Record, Date by Date
Charts and the full list of dates each councillor missed or arrived late, January 5 to October 19. Only Lisa Santagate was…
Continue readingWalmart Depot Case Moves to November 10; Zoning Board Approves Sauna Suites and a Broadway Storefront Split
A community meeting on the Walmart depot is set for October 29. Also: 60 units on Revere Beach Parkway and the board's…
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