On May 29, 2019, a settlement agreement was reached that laid out six options for Lowell voters to review: A single-member district-based system, with nine city council districts including at least two majority-minority districts, and three school committee districts electing two members each, with at least one being a majority-minority district. A hybrid system that combines single-member district-based seats with at-large seats: Hybrid 8-1 will have eight single-member districts (at least two majority-minority) and one at-large seat for the city council, and four single-member districts (at least one majority-minority) and two at-large seats for the school committee; Hybrid 8-3 is the same as 8-1 but expanding the city council by two at-large seats; Hybrid 7-2 will have seven single-member districts (at least two majority-minority) and two at-large seats for the city council, and seven single-member districts (at least two majority-minority) for the school committee (increasing its size by one); An at-large system of nine city council seats and six school committee seats, elected using single transferable vote — a return to the system in place between 1943 and 1957. A three-district system elected using single transferable vote, with three members from each elected to the city council and two members from each elected to the school committee.
On May 29 2019 a settlement agreement was reached that laid out six options for Lowell voters to review A single-member district-based system with nine city council districts including at least two majority-minority districts and three school committee districts electing two members each with at least one being a majority-minority district A hybrid system that combines single-member district-based seats with at-large seats Hybrid 8-1 will have eight single-member districts (at least two majority-minority) and one at-large seat for the city council and four single-member districts (at least one majority-minority) and two at-large seats for the school committee; Hybrid 8-3 is the same as 8-1 but expanding the city council by two at-large seats; Hybrid 7-2 will have seven single-member districts (at least two majority-minority) and two at-large seats for the city council and seven single-member districts (at least two majority-minority) for the school committee (increasing its size by one); An at-large system of nine city council seats and six school committee seats elected using single transferable vote — a return to the system in place between 1943 and 1957 A three-district system elected using single transferable vote with three members from each elected to the city council and two members from each elected to the school committee