Council Approves Police Van Donation Account

Select Board · Meeting of August 24, 2026

REVERE — The Revere City Council voted to establish a police department gift account to fund a new community outreach vehicle nicknamed the "Care Wagon." Captain Malone described the all-electric van as "an ice cream truck on steroids" that will host coffee-with-a-cop events, clothing drives and toy drives, funded entirely by public donations through a QR code rather than tax dollars. The council also approved, 10-0 with Councilor Novoselsky absent, a $127,253.15 quarterly payment to Revere TV from cable access receipts. Separately, councilors ordered a public hearing for September 28 on an ordinance requiring 24-hour notice of street closures to police and the council, after Councilor Cogliandro said members "have had quite a few road closures this year that we have not known about." Two residential special permit hearings, at 191 and 269 Revere Street, were referred to the zoning subcommittee without a vote.

In the full story:

• Special Permit Hearing: 191 Revere Street
• — Councilor Garino-Sawaya
• Special Permit Hearing: 269 Revere Street
• Cable Access Appropriation
• Police Department Gift Account and the "Care Wagon"
• — Captain Malone, Revere Police Department
• Street Closure Notification Ordinance
• Body Art Establishment Zoning Ordinance Amendment
• Construction and Demolition Project Signage Requirement
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,886 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of August 24, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.