The Brockton City Council on Nov. 24 handled a broad slate of routine municipal business: personnel appointments, utility pole petitions, business licensing, grant acceptances, prior-year bill approvals, transfers, and other financial orders. Several items were adopted by roll call; others were granted by voice/hand vote after no public opposition.

Appointments and personnel
- Appointed Zachary R. Hopkins and Chloe Livingston to the Brockton Fire Department after a motion to suspend the rules and act immediately; appointment was adopted by roll call. A subsequent motion to reconsider failed.
- Confirmed Francis J. Zanowski as a special police officer after a favorable Finance committee report.

Petitions and licenses
- Granted National Grid petitions to install poles and manholes on Torrey Street, 243 Perkins Ave and Braemore Road; National Grid representative Jared Aker described the work and no public opposition was recorded.
- Granted Timeless Antiques owner Matthew Shannon licenses for precious metals/gems and secondhand articles at 1208 Belmont St.; Councilor Griffin spoke in favor.

Grants, transfers and financial orders (selected roll-call results)
- Accepted and authorized expenditure of $352,620 from the Executive Office for Public Safety and Security to the Brockton Police Department (roll-call recorded 10–0 in the affirmative). (Item 29)
- Waived the city's residency requirement for firefighter Derek Scully (roll-call recorded 9 in the affirmative, 1 in opposition). (Item 30)
- Approved a $1,000 annual COLA increase in the base used to calculate Brockton retirement pensions for 2026–2031 (roll-call recorded as adopted). (Item 31)
- Authorized acceptance and expenditure of a $425,000 grant from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs to Parks and Recreation (roll-call recorded 10 in the affirmative). (Item 32)
- Authorized acceptance and expenditure of $194,150 from MassDevelopment to Planning and Economic Development (roll-call recorded 10 in the affirmative). (Item 33)
- Approved a nonexclusive easement to Eversource Energy over city land at 466 Forest Ave (clerk noted a scrivener's error in the draft that will be corrected; roll-call recorded 10 in the affirmative). (Item 34)
- Affirmed the city's $59,758,000 unfunded accrued actuarial liability for the Brockton Retirement System (roll-call recorded and adopted). (Pension/Bond authorization)
- Declared 7 Commercial Street (Brockton Police HQ) surplus for disposition after RFPs; authorization to the mayor adopted. (Item 36)

Other business
- Council accepted multiple mayoral communications and CFO items (Barr Foundation $175,000 grant to DPW for multimodal transportation staffing; MassDEP $68,000 sustainable materials recovery grant for refuse) and approved the referral of certain items to the Finance committee as noted in the record.

What this means
Most items on the agenda were routine approvals or grants; roll-call tallies were recorded where required. The DW Field Park restoration was the most substantive discussion and was amended on the floor to include a funding breakdown before passage.

Next steps
Several items were referred to Finance for follow-up and documentation (notably the DW Field grant paperwork and reimbursement documentation).