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Move Lowell Forward PAC is a non-partisan local political action committee of citizens who work for transparency and accountability in city government, and for increased voter interest and participation.

Useful Information on Local Government

Lowell City Council

Most current CC agenda
Meeting packets
Other information and contacting your Councilors
Archived City Council meetings on video, Council Subcommittee on video

Lowell School Committee

Meeting minutes and agendas
Archived School Committee meetings on video

Greater Lowell Technical High School Committee

Meeting schedule and packet
Meeting minutes

 

MLF Papers

The Proposed Budget and MLF Recommendations

In the FY 2012 proposed budget, the City Manager has incorporated some of the recommendations that Move Lowell Forward included in the paper entitled "Renewed Economic Growth to Stabilize City Finances".  
 
We've taken a look and evaluated the proposed budget against our paper.
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Past MLF Papers

» Renewed Economic Growth to Stabilize City Finances
» Opportunities Provided by Local Jobs
» Considerations for a City Manager Contract for the City Of Lowell, MA

Local Government

GLTHS Recap: Report for Meeting Date 01/14/2010

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MLF in the Media

Aug 18 2011: MLF LowellStat Forum in the Lowell Sun

Move Lowell Forward's forum with Michael Herbert, head of the LowellStat program and data analyst, was captured in the Lowell Sun today.

We will have the video of the event available online and on LTC some time in the next couple of weeks.

Original article

Video

School Committee Superintendent Interviews

Video of the School Committee interviews of the final candidates for Superintendent. Video in five parts.

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Press Release

Mar 10 2011: MLF Thanks the Greater Lowell Tech Committee for Live Stream Vote

Move Lowell Forward PAC would like to thank the Greater Lowell Technical High School Committee for their unanimous vote to begin live streaming their meetings beginning in April. This is a monumental step towards involving the public of the four towns which are served by GLTHS (Dracut, Dunstable, Lowell, and Tyngsboro). We applaud the effort for more transparency in local government, and look forward to viewing the new stream live - watch for the link to the stream at http://www.gltech.org/. The next GLTHS committee meeting is on April 7th.

Press Release

Apr 27 2010: MLF Releases Set of Considerations for City Manager Contract

Move Lowell Forward PAC has released a document entitled Considerations for a City Manager Contract for the City Of Lowell, MA. The document is a set of ideas based around the PAC's stated mission, on ways a City Manager contact might incorporate goals and measurements in the evaluations that could help determine a performance-based contract with the City Manager.

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