Brockton City Council Meeting October 13, 2026

The Brockton City Council’s regular meeting on October 13, 2026, addressed several spending and procurement matters. Council adopted an order approving $17,257.44 in police-related purchases and services, including amounts for police goods and supplies and purchase of services; the transcript lists B&B Car Wash, New England Trauma, Liberty Printing, and WB Mason among the associated vendors or recipients, though the allocation details are unclear. It also adopted a $40 expenditure from the mayor’s purchase-of-services account for Printing Unlimited and a $33,000 budget transfer from the Mayor’s Youth Task Force account, whose destination is unclear in the transcript. A $2.3 million appropriation for purchasing fire trucks passed to a third reading, rather than receiving final passage at this meeting.

The council received a communication concerning a $35,640 Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency grant for the Brockton Emergency Management Agency; a related authorization was referred to the Finance Committee. A proposed tax increment exemption agreement with Edison on Maine LLC for 28–36 Main Street was also referred to Finance. Two auto-body repair license matters were continued or postponed, while another license hearing included discussion of parking and neighborhood concerns. No vendor award for the fire trucks or other new contract award was recorded.