# Beverly City Council Meeting 10/5/2026

The Beverly City Council’s regular meeting on October 5, 2026, was held at Beverly Middle School while City Hall begins renovations. The council and its Finance and Property Committee addressed several grants: the committee approved an annual municipal road-safety grant and recommended acceptance of funding for Massachusetts Task Force One ($2,143,333), fire-station exhaust systems ($66,590.90), Beverly Fire’s Marine 1 rescue and dive boat equipment (approximately $58,850; the transcript amount is garbled), Lynch Park design and environmental permitting ($430,456), and the local cultural council ($25,300). The council approved the Task Force One, fire-station, fireboat, Lynch Park, and cultural council grants. The Lynch Park grant will fund remaining permitting and design toward a shovel-ready project; the city is also pursuing a Community Preservation Committee match.

The council continued, but did not conclude, a public hearing on National Grid’s petition for utility work on Bow, Wallace, and Cabot streets. The mayor said the work is expected to begin after New Year’s, could take up to three months, and should include curb-to-curb restoration; the city will coordinate construction impacts, including pedestrian access and bus-stop arrangements. Fiber-optic installation petitions were referred to Public Services, while one Gonet Speed petition was withdrawn. A proposed temporary data-center-use moratorium was referred to Public Services, and proposed ordinances concerning mayoral out-of-state travel and council review of contracts were referred to Legal Affairs; no final action on those proposals was recorded. The council also passed ordinance updates on vegetation obstructing public ways and the Human Rights Committee.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Public Safety
**Topics:** Grants & Funding, Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** October 05, 2026

### Sources
- [Beverly City Council Meeting 10/5/2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW5B7LiTPtM) - BevCam Government