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Malden Council confirms two mayoral reappointments, clears consent agenda and dozens of license renewals
Summary
The Malden City Council unanimously approved two mayoral reappointments—to the Board of Appeal and the Housing Authority—passed the consent agenda and granted a slate of license renewals and petitions, and set the Community Preservation orders to Finance for review.
At its meeting the Malden City Council unanimously confirmed two mayoral reappointments, approved the consent agenda and granted a broad set of license renewals.
Councillor Crow moved and the council seconded a motion to reappoint John P. King of 67 Upham Street to the Board of Appeal for a term beginning upon confirmation and expiring May 1, 2029. The council conducted a roll-call vote and recorded unanimous confirmation.
Councillor Crow later moved to reappoint William Hurley of 67 Kimball Street as the labor member of the Malden Housing Authority Board, with the term to commence upon confirmation and expire May 2, 2031. That motion also passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.
The council placed on file a communication that seven Community Preservation Committee appropriation orders were sent by the mayor’s office directly to the Finance Committee; the orders will return to the full council with Finance Committee recommendations for final votes.
On the recommendation of the Standing Committee on License, the council read and voted on a long list of renewals (papers 165–169 and 186–195 in the 2026 series). The petitions included extended hours and renewal requests for multiple food and beverage establishments, vending-machine and amusement-machine renewals, class-two auto dealer renewals, lodging-house renewals, outdoor parking and pool-table renewals, pawnbroker renewals, and two self-service gas-station renewals. Committee chair Councillor Secor said these were routine annual renewals and reported no police or compliance issues. The council granted the petitions unanimously.
Earlier, the consent agenda (meeting minutes, an appointment to be placed on file and six petitions referred to the license committee) was approved by roll-call vote 10–0 after a brief recess for a group photo.
The docket remained otherwise clear. Several councilors used personal-privilege time to announce community events — including the Walk/Bike/Roll to School flagship day in early May, a Green Malden Fair with an estimated 350 helmets to be distributed, Earth Day cleanups and a citywide yard sale — and Councilor McDonald noted the municipal budget schedule will begin earlier than usual with finance meetings most nights through June.
A motion to adjourn carried on roll call and the council adjourned at 8:16 p.m.
