The Brockton City Council's Accounts Committee voted unanimously to ask legislative counsel what authority the council has over unlawful public payments, after disclosures of a $3,650 funeral payment and a decertified school police officer paid $136,635.61 this year.
The Brockton City Council approved a $2.3 million bond for new fire trucks and adopted a pay plan ordinance on a 9-1 vote, with Councilor Thompson dissenting.
Brockton's Conservation Commission approved an order of conditions letting Thorny Lea Golf Club replace a failing earthen berm cart path with an elevated timber bridge between two ponds.
Brockton's Conservation Commission approved a wetlands exemption letter for phase five of the city's sewer rehabilitation project and signed off on a golf-course bridge project, while holding open a septic compliance case.
Brockton's Finance Committee unanimously recommended a 20-year, 75 percent tax increment exemption for a 40-unit downtown redevelopment.
The Brockton License Commission voted to roll back a Main Street restaurant's hours for two months after police found an unlicensed outdoor bar running in June.
The Brockton Zoning Board of Appeals voted 3-2 to deny a variance for a three-story restaurant and apartment building planned for 707 Warren Avenue.
The Brockton Zoning Board of Appeals voted 3-2 to deny a mixed-use restaurant and apartment variance at 707 Warren Avenue while approving two unrelated petitions.
Brockton City Council advanced a $2.3 million fire truck bond to a third reading and granted two business licenses despite the applicant's 2019 forfeiture.
Brockton Ordinance Committee advances a full-time BEMA tech job, tables a bigger zoning overhaul.
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