Page 16 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, June 12, 2026 BHRC | FROM PAGE 14 City Clerk’s Office 215 Pleasant Streets, Room 220 Malden, Massachusetts 02148 Phone 781-397-7116 www.cityofmalden.org City of Malden Massachusetts MALDEN CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Malden City Council will hold a public hearing in the Herbert L. Jackson Council Chamber, Room 106 on the first floor of Malden City Hall, located at 215 Pleasant Street at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 on the petition of DMS Trinity, LLC on behalf of Charles Street Realty Trust 2020, Roseanne J. Spinney, TRS, seeking to amend the special permit granted in Case #77-25 allowing marijuana retailer in the Industrial 2 zoning district, to reissue the special permit and/ or transfer the rights authorized by the special permit to a different entity at the property known as and numbered 36 Charles Street, Malden, MA and also known by City Assessor’s Parcel ID #062 239 910. Petition and plans are available for public review in the City Clerk’s Office, 215 Pleasant Street, Room 220 and on the City website under Permit Application # CMID-040598-2021 at https://maldenma-energovweb.tylerhost.net/ apps/SelfService#/search By: Carol Ann T. Desiderio, City Clerk June 05, 12, 2026 ~Legal Notice~ ~Legal Notice~ the bill. “It establishes a formal public records framework for the Legislature and allows the state auditor to review legislative administrative functions. This measure is designed to balance two fundamental principles of democratic governance, the public's right to understand how government operates and the Legislature's independence in carrying out its lawmaking responsibilities. Transparency and constitutional integrity are not competing values; they are complementary ones. When thoughtfully balanced, they strengthen public trust, reinforce accountability and increase confidence in our democratic institutions And I believe this bill strikes that balance." “The voters of Massachusetts made their voices clear when they overwhelmingly supported giving the state auditor the authority to audit the Legislature,” said Rep. John Gaskey (R-Carver) who opposed the bill. “This bill does not honor that mandate. Instead, it creates a system where legislative leaders maintain control over what information can be reviewed, who can be interviewed and whether disputes can ever be challenged in court. An audit without enforcement is not accountability,” Gaskey said. “If the Legislature can decide what information to provide, deny requests without meaningful review and prevent the courts from stepping in, then the people of Massachusetts are not getting the independent audit they voted for.” "What the Massachusetts House of INVITATION FOR BID CITY OF MALDEN - OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER The City of Malden invites sealed bids in accordance with M.G.L. c 149 from Contractors for: HISTORICAL MASONRY RESTORATION - 139 OLIVER STREET Contract Documents will be available by email request at purchasing@cityofmalden.org after 10:00 A.M. June 17, 2026 Sealed Bids will be received until 2:00 P.M. July 8, 2026, at the City of Malden Controller’s Office, 215 Pleasant Street, Malden MA 02148. Bids will not be accepted nor may submitted Bids be corrected, modified, or withdrawn after the deadline for submission. Following the submission deadline, Bids received within the time specified will be publicly opened and read aloud. All bids must be accompanied by a bid deposit in an amount that is not less than five percent (5%) of the value of the bid, bid deposits, payable to the City of Malden, shall be either in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company. All bids are subject to the provisions of M.G.L. c149, §§44A to 44J. Wages are subject to minimum wage rate determined by the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards pursuant to M.G.L. c149, §§26 to 27H. The successful bidder will be required to furnish both a Labor and Materials Payment Bond, each in the amount of 50% of the contract total. The City may reject any and all bids in accordance with the above referenced General Laws. In addition, the City reserves the right to waive minor informalities in any or all bids or to reject any or all bids (in whole or in part) if it be in the public interest to do so. CITY OF MALDEN Office of the Controller June 12, 2026 Representatives is doing today is choosing solutions over constitutional stalemates,” said Rep. Andres Vargas (D-Haverhill) who supported the measure. “Building on best practices and working with good-government experts, this bill ensures that the governor's office will be subject to the existing public records law — a longstanding goal of public records advocates. And the House is taking the historic step of subjecting the Legislature to a new public records requirement and process — one that is consistent with leading constitutional scholars, and that, for the first time, creates a clear process and a statutory right for the public to access legislative records. This is the constitutional path to transparency." “This is exactly the kind of Beacon Hill insider maneuver voters thought they were rejecting,” said bill opponent Paul Craney, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance. “You have politicians taking a law passed by 72% of voters, watering it down behind closed doors and then getting applause from organizations that claim to stand for transparency and accountability. Calling this a transparency bill doesn’t make it one. It is a rebranding effort designed to give cover to an attempt to weaken accountability, and it is disappointing to see organizations that present themselves as watchdogs lending credibility to it. These outside groups like to describe themselves as watchdog organizations, but they prove to be nothing but lapdogs for the Legislature.” “Transparency in government is a cornerstone of a strong democracy, but to achieve it requires good policy,” said Geoff Foster, Executive Director of Common Cause Massachusetts who supported the measure. “That’s why we’re thrilled to have worked on legislation that is being advanced by the House that would take the historic step of finally subjecting both the governor’s office and the Legislature to a public records law which has been a top legislative priority for Common Cause Massachusetts and our members for decades.” (A “Yes” vote is for the bill. A “No” vote is against it.) Rep. Paul Donato Yes Rep. Steven Ultrino Yes CHANGE ARCHAIC LANGUAGE REFERRING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (H 5474) House 150-0, approved, Senate approved on a voice vote without a roll call, and sent to Gov. Healey legislation that would modernize and remove archaic language in state laws to reflect the evolution of terminology relating to persons with disabilities. Changes include replacing “handicapped persons” with “persons with disabilities;” replacing “the mentally retarded” with “persons with an intellectual disability;” replacing “retarded children” with “children with an intellectual disability;” and replacing “disabled American veterans” with “American veterans with disabilities.” “Removing out-of-date and offensive language from the Massachusetts General Laws to describe people with disabilities is an important step in ensuring that our values are also reflected in our statutes,” said Rep. Jay Livingstone (D-Boston), House chair of the Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. “As legislators, it is our job to help make sure that people with intellectual or developmental disabilities feel included, accepted and embraced for who they are, and this is an important step in doing so.” "I am proud to support [the bill] and take this long-overdue step toward ensuring the laws of the commonwealth reflect the dignity and humanity of every person,” said Rep. Mike Finn (D-West Springfield), sponsor of the House bill. “Our General Laws still contain outdated language that demeans our neighbors with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and that language has no place in the statutes of a state that has always led on civil rights and inclusion. Updating these words is an affirmation that Massachusetts stands for the respect and dignity of all its people.” “Language is constantly changing." said Sen. Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville), the sponsor of the Senate bill. "And it's changing because of the activism of people who were ignored and demeaned for too long,” said Sen. Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville), the sponsor of the legislation. “When people tell us they feel insulted and offended by the use of outdated words, we worked to change the legal language.It took a long time because we kept finding more examples of offensive language. Language and activism will continue to evolve, and there'll always be more work to do, but this is a gigantic step forward in respect.” (A “Yes” vote is for the bill.) Rep. Paul Donato Yes Rep. Steven Ultrino Yes MOVE “LAST CALL” FOR ALCOHOL TO 3 A.M. (H 5478) House 150-0, approved and sent to the Senate legislation that would enable Massachusetts bars to push their “last call” to as late as 3 a.m., this summer, from BHRC | SEE PAGE 17
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