Workers stripped the carpet in Lawrence’s City Commission meeting room on Friday afternoon, preparing for the installation of a system that will allow those with hearing aids to better hear the proceedings.

Workers with Paradise Floors Inc., of Lawrence, work on clearing the floor inside the the City Commission room Friday at Lawrence City Hall. New carpeting will be installed in addition to a full hearing loop system to improve the room's sound for the hearing impaired.

A hearing loop — a wire that circles the room and produces a signal that can be picked up by hearing aids — must be placed directly on the room’s concrete floor. It will be installed the week after next, city spokeswoman Megan Gilliland said. It will be ready by the commissions’ first meeting of the new year, on Tuesday, Jan. 5.

Gilliland said the city has previously had a couple of requests for sound improvements inside the room.