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Kennedy O'Brien
MayorJanuary 2024 – December 2027 (current-term start; month-level start: January 2024 per January 1 2024 reorganization meeting minutes; certified by the Middlesex County Clerk for a four-year term; month-level end: December 2027 from the four-year term)
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 14
- Total speaking time
- 3:51:49
- Avg per meeting
- 16:34
- Segments
- 4636
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Top issues during term (3)(Development)
medium↑Oct 2026[10]
Senior center pole barn parking loss
Funded by surplus CDBG money rather than new taxpayer dollars.
high↓Mar 2026[5]
Affordable Housing Ordinance Update (Ordinance #08-26)
Undetermined — implementing ordinances will shape future development obligations.
medium↓Apr 2026[1]
Waterfront Parcel J senior housing amendment
Decisions during term (9)
Recorded while O'Brien was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
approved6-0Sep 28, 2026
Receive and file Planning Board resolution re Ordinance #19-26 (Hercules Redevelopment Plan II)
approved6-0Sep 28, 2026
Adopt Ordinance #19-26 — Amended Hercules Redevelopment Plan II (Sunshine Biscuit site)
approved6-0Sep 14, 2026
Ordinance #19-26 — Amended Hercules Redevelopment Plan II (Sunshine Biscuit site)
approved6-0May 26, 2026
Adoption of Ordinance #08-26 — Affordable Housing and Development Fee Ordinance (Second and Final Reading)
approved6-0Apr 27, 2026
Ordinance #10-26 — Parcel J redevelopment plan amendment adopted
tabled4-0Apr 13, 2026
Ordinance #03-26 — Hercules Redevelopment Plan II (Sunshine Biscuit site) public hearing carried; plan to be amended to remove data center use
approved6-0Mar 23, 2026
Ordinance #08-26 — Affordable Housing and Development Fee Ordinance Update (First Reading)
approved6-0Mar 9, 2026
Receive and file Planning Board resolution on Hercules Redevelopment Plan II
tabled6-0Mar 9, 2026
Carry public hearing on Ordinance #03-26 (Hercules Redevelopment Plan II) to April 13
Voting record (0)(Development)
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