# City Council Meeting - October 19, 2026

The Marlborough City Council meeting on October 19, 2026, approved a $65,000 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration grant, awarded through the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, for police traffic enforcement focused on impaired and distracted driving, speeding, and seat-belt violations. It also approved a $1.215 million Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Council grant for engineering design of the Granger Boulevard reconstruction project. The design grant requires about $240,000 in matching Chapter 90 funds; the estimated reconstruction cost is $15 million, with additional grants anticipated. No construction contract was awarded at this meeting.

The council referred a $2,416,563.20 transfer from the undesignated fund for FY2027 departmental capital accounts to the Finance Committee. It separately approved a $1,902,345.60 transfer, split equally between the OPEB Trust and undesignated stabilization accounts. Other actions included approving a special permit for a five-unit residential project at 36 Jefferson Street, referring a T-Mobile emergency-generator permit application to committee for a public hearing, and approving an ordinance amendment allowing police dispatching outside city boundaries. No vendor selection or procurement contract award was identified.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Public Safety
**Topics:** Grants & Funding, Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** October 19, 2026

### Sources
- [City Council Meeting - October 19, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufN0cx5EReE) - Marlborough MA Meetings on WMCT-TV