# Lynn City Council Committee Meetings | October 13, 2026

Lynn City Council committee meetings on October 13, 2026, covered procurement and spending alongside homelessness, elections, public safety, veterans’ events, and other matters. In the Environmental Affairs Committee, members unanimously supported the mayor’s office moving forward with MassPower Choice to develop Lynn’s municipal electricity aggregation program. The consultant said the program would provide group purchasing, price stability, and options for greener electricity; the plan will proceed through public outreach and state Department of Public Utilities requirements. During a public hearing on the city’s Flock automated license plate reader system, officials said Lynn has 23 fixed cameras under a two-year contract signed June 29, 2026, costing about $64,000 total ($30,000 annually plus implementation fees). The contract allows termination for convenience at $500 per camera, approximately $11,500. A councilor proposed 45-day status and legal updates and a return to the issue within 90 days; the transcript does not record a vote on that proposal. The police chief described new access, retention, and use restrictions, including seven-day data retention and access limited to lieutenants and above, while residents urged ending or replacing the system and strengthening oversight.

The council approved several funding items, including $854,550 in federal Homeland Security funding for 81 replacement firefighter SCBA units, $150,000 for a state health prevention and early-childhood grant program, and $125,000 for an ADA-related project; it also approved multiple school-program grants, including $1,541,625 for a FY27 program. Public-utility petitions were approved for National Grid, Comcast, and Verizon work involving poles, conduits, and manholes, with conditions including restoring the sidewalk or street and coordinating with existing work. No specific vendor award or purchase was identified for those utility projects. The meeting also included discussion of homelessness services and potential local policy responses, but no related spending action was recorded.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Energy & Utilities, Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** October 13, 2026

### Sources
- [Lynn City Council Committee Meetings | October 13, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kFi06WwmXo) - Lynn Community Television