City Council approves $235,820 LED lighting contract and $975,000 hangar purchase vote
City Council · Meeting of January 20, 2026
Methuen City Council approves $235,820 LED lighting contract and Greater Lawrence Technical School hangar purchase. The Council unanimously backed contracts for field lighting, flooring, and fire alarm engineering totaling $343,124, while Chair Neily Soto guided adoption of amended City Council Rules after debate over requiring full addresses from speakers. GLTS secured $975,000 from reserves for a Lawrence Municipal Airport hangar under a sublease with monthly rent of $607.65 and an emergency act vote of 8-1.
City Solicitor David O'Neill raised a 2010 ten-year term limit on boards and commissions, prompting the Council to table two Conservation Commission reappointments and one Greater Lawrence Sanitary District appointment pending legal review of eligibility.
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Source: the City Council meeting of January 20, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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