Ordinance 316 would grant Qwest/ CenturyLink a nonexclusive franchise to operate telecommunications facilities in Lowell, require acceptance within 60 days, set a 10‑year initial term, and impose a 7% privilege tax on gross revenues from exchange access; the draft also specifies insurance, relocation, indemnification and revocation procedures.

Council packet materials show staff asked council to consider a pilot automated speed enforcement program (vendor materials from MetaTraffic included), citing traffic counts near schools and a proposed 11-mph capture threshold; staff were directed to tighten contract privacy and calibration safeguards and to coordinate outreach with law enforcement.