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December 3, 2018
3 recorded votes, 3 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF)
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Present: Shirley R. Asack, Anne M. Beauregard, Timothy Cruise, Jean Bradley Derenoncourt, Dennis R. Eaniri, Winthrop H. Farwell Jr., John F. Lally, Thomas Monahan, Susan J. Nicastro, Moises Rodrigues, Robert F. Sullivan
Absent: None
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Hearing - item 586
Set the factor at 1.73
To set the factor at 1.73
The minutes name Moises M. Rodrigues as voting no but give no count, so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Councillor Cruise motions to set the factor at 1.73 and was properly seconded by Councillor Lally. The motion carried by a hand vote with Councillor Rodrigues voting in the negative..” (Motion: Cruise, second: Lally)
Adopt: The City Council hereby determines the percentages of the local tax levy in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L., Ch. 40, Section 56, to be borne by each class of real property, as...
Adopted (roll call): Ordered: That the City Council hereby determines the percentages of the local tax levy in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L., Ch. 40, Section 56, to be borne by each class of real property, as defined in Section 2A of Chapter 59, and personal property. The Public Hearing was opened by the Council President. He stated that the purpose of this hearing is to set the tax rate, rules set by the Department of Revenue. Diane Rangel of Galen St. appeared. She asked that the council give the residents a break on the taxes. She showed a display of her neighborhood marking the businesses, abandoned buildings and buildings that are tax exempt. She believes the homeowners are picking up the slack of the businesses that do not pay taxes and the abandoned buildings. Elaine Donovan of 42 Thatcher Sq. appeared. She stated that the retail marijuana businesses would raise thousands of dollars for the
Yes: Asack, Beauregard, Cruise, Derenoncourt, Eaniri, Farwell, Lally, Monahan, Nicastro, SullivanNo: Rodrigues
From the minutes
“Ordered: That the City Council hereby determines the percentages of the local tax levy in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L., Ch. 40, Section 56, to be borne by each class of real property, as defined in Section 2A of Chapter 59, and personal property. The Public Hearing was opened by the Council President. He stated that the purpose of this hearing is to set the tax rate, rules set by the D ... Adopted by a roll call vote taken by "yeas" and "nays"; eleven members present with ten voting in the affirmative. Councillor Rodrigues voting in the negative..”
Reconsider the earlier vote on: Ordered: That the City Council hereby determines the percentages of the local tax levy in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L., Ch. 40, Section 56, to be borne...
To reconsider the earlier vote on: Ordered: That the City Council hereby determines the percentages of the local tax levy in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L., Ch. 40, Section 56, to be borne by each class of real property, as defined in Section 2A of Chapter 59, and personal property. The Public Hearing was opened by the Council President. He stated that the purpose of this hearing is to set the tax rate, rules set by the Department of Revenue. Diane Rangel of Galen St. appeared. She asked that the council give the residents a break on the taxes. She showed a display of her neighborhood marking the businesses, abandoned buildings and buildings that are tax exempt. She believes the homeowners are picking up the slack o
Recorded as a hand vote with no count and no names; individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Reconsideration failed by a hand vote..”
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