The Malden City Council voted 9-1 to cut the city's inclusionary zoning requirement from 15 percent to 10 percent, then unanimously approved a companion package of parking and height incentives for affordable housing developments.
The Medford Community Preservation Committee heard six funding applications but took no votes on them, deferring decisions to a future meeting.
Medford City Council sent a proposal to sell two McCormick Avenue parcels to a Committee of the Whole after a resident said he learned of the plan only hours before the meeting.
Chelmsford Conservation Commission delayed a vote on the long-pending Warren-Pohl conservation restriction, pushing it to November 24.
Pepperell town officials previewed 13 Town Meeting warrant articles ahead of the November 7 vote at Nissitissit Middle School.
The Pepperell Council on Aging continued its senior center logo decision and draft board regulations to December 1 after lengthy discussion.
Dunstable's Select Board leaned toward a one-year override for fiscal 2028 as Swallow Union School's roof repair neared $2 million.
Tyngsborough Town Meeting approved $6.4 million to buy and design a combined police and fire headquarters at 100 Potash Hill Road. The two-thirds vote, needed for a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion, passed with 11 recorded no votes; the question now goes to a townwide ballot December 5.
The Framingham Traffic Commission voted 6-0 Tuesday to hold a public hearing on changing resident-only parking rules in the neighborhood near the commuter rail station, covering Avon, Cedar, Charles, Claflin, Hayes, Highland and Pine streets.
Westford's Select Board approved more than $7.7 million in state grants and defended a contested health insurance change.
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