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May 13, 2019
12 recorded votes, 10 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
Every vote, in order
Hearings
Move to further in the meeting
To move to further in the meeting
Recorded as a hand vote with no count and no names; individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Councillor Cruise motioned move to further in the meeting and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Cruise)
Grant: Petition of Mohammad A. Parwaz of 112 Matfield St, W. Bridgewater MA 02379, for a Transfer of Garage License located at 383 Warren Ave. Brockton MA. Mohammad Parwaz appeared in favor. He...
Granted (hand vote): Petition of Mohammad A. Parwaz of 112 Matfield St, W. Bridgewater MA 02379, for a Transfer of Garage License located at 383 Warren Ave. Brockton MA. Mohammad Parwaz appeared in favor. He stated that he had bought bldg from George Cowen.
Recorded as a hand vote with no count and no names; individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Petition of Mohammad A. Parwaz of 112 Matfield St, W. Bridgewater MA 02379, for a Transfer of Garage License located at 383 Warren Ave. Brockton MA. Mohammad Parwaz appeared in favor. He stated that he had bought bldg from George Cowen. ... Granted by a hand vote..”
Grant: Petition of Mohammad A. Parwaz of 112 Matfield St, W. Bridgewater MA 02379, dba Felix's Auto Repair for a Transfer of Motor Vehicle Repair License located at 383 Warren Ave. Brockton MA....
Granted as stipulated (hand vote): Petition of Mohammad A. Parwaz of 112 Matfield St, W. Bridgewater MA 02379, dba Felix's Auto Repair for a Transfer of Motor Vehicle Repair License located at 383 Warren Ave. Brockton MA. Mohammad Parwaz appeared in favor.
Recorded as a hand vote with no count and no names; individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Petition of Mohammad A. Parwaz of 112 Matfield St, W. Bridgewater MA 02379, dba Felix's Auto Repair for a Transfer of Motor Vehicle Repair License located at 383 Warren Ave. Brockton MA. Mohammad Parwaz appeared in favor. ... Granted as stipulated, by a hand vote..” (Motion: Monahan)
Unfinished Business - item 203
Refer back to Finance Committee
To refer back to Finance Committee
The minutes say the motion "carried by a hand vote with Councillors Farwell and Nicastro voting in the negative" but give no count, so individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Councillor Monahan has concerns and motioned to refer back to Finance Committee and was properly seconded ... The motion carried by a hand vote with Councillors Farwell and Nicastro voting in the negative..” (Motion: Monahan)
Unfinished Business - item 204
Adopt: Total Appropriation of $515,000 From: DPW-Snow Removal To: School Dept-Tech Hardware $515,000
Adopted (roll call): Total Appropriation of $515,000 From: DPW-Snow Removal To: School Dept-Tech Hardware $515,000
From the minutes
“Total Appropriation of $515,000 From: DPW-Snow Removal To: School Dept-Tech Hardware $515,000 (FAVORABLE) ... Adopted by a roll call vote taken by "yeas" and "nays"; eleven members present and all voting in the affirmative..”
File for reconsideration with the wish that it not prevail
To file for reconsideration with the wish that it not prevail
Recorded as a hand vote with no count and no names; individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Councillor Sullivan motioned to file for reconsideration with the wish that it not prevail and was properly seconded. Reconsideration failed by a hand vote..” (Motion: Sullivan)
Go back to the petition for Irving Oil
To go back to the petition for Irving Oil
Recorded as a hand vote with no count and no names; individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Councillor Cruise motioned to go back to the petition for Irving Oil and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Cruise)
Grant: Total Appropriation of $515,000 From: DPW-Snow Removal To: School Dept-Tech Hardware $515,000
Granted (hand vote): Total Appropriation of $515,000 From: DPW-Snow Removal To: School Dept-Tech Hardware $515,000
Recorded as a hand vote with no count and no names; individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Total Appropriation of $515,000 From: DPW-Snow Removal To: School Dept-Tech Hardware $515,000 (FAVORABLE) ... Granted by a hand vote..”
Orders - item 244
Grant: Granting: of Massachusetts Electric Company and Verizon New England, Inc., permission to relocate poles, wires, cables and fixtures, including anchors, guys and other such necessary...
Granted (hand vote): Granting: of Massachusetts Electric Company and Verizon New England, Inc., permission to relocate poles, wires, cables and fixtures, including anchors, guys and other such necessary sustaining and protecting fixtures, along and across the following public way or ways:- Bassett Road Pole 6.
Recorded as a hand vote with no count and no names; individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Granting: of Massachusetts Electric Company and Verizon New England, Inc., permission to relocate poles, wires, cables and fixtures, including anchors, guys and other such necessary sustaining and protecting fixtures, along and across the following public way or ways:- Bassett Road Pole 6. ... Granted by a hand vote..”
Move under suspension of the rules and accept 3 communications and an order
To move under suspension of the rules and accept 3 communications and an order
Recorded as a hand vote with no count and no names; individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Councillor Farwell motioned to move under suspension of the rules and accept 3 communications and an order and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Farwell)
Late Files - item 250
Adopt: Acceptance and expenditure of the total grant award in the amount of $12,293.00 From: Executive Office of Public Safety and Security/Office of Grants and Research/Highway Safety...
Adopt (roll call): Acceptance and expenditure of the total grant award in the amount of $12,293.00 From: Executive Office of Public Safety and Security/Office of Grants and Research/Highway Safety Division-FFY2019 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant To: City of Brockton Police Department-FFY2019 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant Fund.
From the minutes
“Acceptance and expenditure of the total grant award in the amount of $12,293.00 From: Executive Office of Public Safety and Security/Office of Grants and Research/Highway Safety Division-FFY2019 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant To: City of Brockton Police Department-FFY2019 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant Fund. ... Adopt by a roll call vote taken by "yeas" and "nays"; eleven members present and all voting in the affirmative..”
File for reconsideration with the wish that it not prevail
To file for reconsideration with the wish that it not prevail
Recorded as a hand vote with no count and no names; individual votes are not shown.
From the minutes
“Councillor Farwell motioned to file for reconsideration with the wish that it not prevail and was properly seconded. Reconsideration failed by a hand vote..” (Motion: Farwell)
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