The Common Council of the City of Lawrence on June 18, 2025 read Resolution 6-20-25, which would retain Stone Municipal Group as the council’s municipal advisor for 2025, and referred the resolution to the administration and budget finance committee for consideration.

The reading of the resolution was followed by two additional referrals: Proposal 3-20-25, an ordinance amending Title 1, Article 2, Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lawrence, was referred to the public safety committee; and discussion of available funds and their possible uses was referred to the parks and recreation committee.

Madam Clerk read the full title of Resolution 6-20-25 into the record and the Council President made each referral to the appropriate committee. The resolution text states the council "desires to retain the Stone Municipal Group" and authorizes the Council President to execute a statement of work consistent with an attached exhibit A.

No formal vote on those measures was taken at the meeting; each item was sent to committee for further review. The council’s action places the municipal adviser retention, the proposed code amendment and plans for the parks funding into the committees’ agendas for follow-up discussion and potential recommendation back to the full council.

The items will return to the council only after committee consideration; the meeting record does not specify timelines for committee reports or hearings.