Concord City Councilors will vote on whether to move forward with the installation of lights on the field at Keach Park, accept grant money for a police K-9 program, and streamline the process for getting demolition permits at their regular meeting Monday night.

After years of advocacy from the advocacy group Change for Concord, city leaders agreed in 2023 to put lights on the fields at Keach Park, which sits in the heart of the city’s Heights neighborhood.

Estimates for lights on a youth size field come in under the roughly $385,000 budget set aside for them two years ago. But members of the city’s parks committee are now saying they don’t think the city should follow through, citing uncertainties with who would be renting out the space and concerns that the added usage of the field would be more than it could handle. Young people in the area have said they just want a safe place to kick a soccer ball around later into the evenings.

There is no public hearing on the issue, meaning the public will not be able to provide testimony about this at the meeting.

Public hearings for the night include:

■acceptance of a $51,900 grant that would bring back a K-9 program at the Concord Police Department.

■$90,000 to replace part of the heat system at the City Wide Community Center.

■a rule change aimed at streamlining the city’s demolition delay for older buildings. The change would abolish the city’s Demolition Review Committee and put its responsibilities under the umbrella of the Heritage Commission. The committee reviews demo applications for buildings older than 50 years in order to note and document any historical significance. While it may encourage alternatives, it does not have the power to block demolitions.

■Changes to some fees related to burials and communication to the fire department.

City budget meetings will begin Thursday evening.

Catherine McLaughlin can be reached at cmclaughlin@cmonitor.com. You can subscribe to her Concord newsletter The City Beat at concordmonitor.com.