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Council approves recycling grant, invoice payment and routine licenses and appointments
Summary
The Beverly City Council approved a $16,800 MassDEP recycling dividends grant, authorized use of FY26 funds to pay two prior-year invoices totaling $470, and adopted committee recommendations on appointments and lodging-license renewals, with recorded votes reported in the transcript.
During the Nov. 17 session, the Beverly City Council took a series of routine actions following committee reports.
The council accepted the recommendation of the Finance & Property Committee to approve Order 258, a recycling dividends program grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in the amount of $16,800 to support waste-reduction activities. Catherine Barrett, the city’s grants director, explained the grant’s purpose and said award amounts have been lower in recent years; the council adopted the committee recommendation and the vote was recorded in the transcript as "Carries 9 0."
The council also approved Order 261, a request from the finance director to use FY26 appropriated funds to pay two prior-year invoices totaling $470 (one to the Commonwealth Registry of Deeds and one to a law firm); the solicitor explained the invoices were carried over and the committee and council approved the request (vote reported as "Carries 9 0").
Committee reports from Legal Affairs recommending the reappointment of James Butler as director of municipal inspections (Order 251), a renewal lease with Rayside Transcorp (Order 257) and renewal applications for lodging-house licenses at 68 Dane Street (Gryecroft Inn; Order 259) and 78 Lothrop Street (Gervla House; Order 260) were read into the record and approved by the council with votes recorded as passed in the transcript. The council also approved an appointment letter (Order 262) to assign Councilor John Milady to the public service committee and Vice President Crowley as chair of public services until the end of the term; the motion was moved, seconded and recorded as passing.
Acceptance of minutes for the special council meeting on June 23, 2025, was moved and the transcript records that it "passes 8, to 0 to 1 ex abstention" (the transcript text is ambiguous about the abstention wording). No further substantive policy votes or contested items were recorded at the meeting.
