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December 2, 2019
3 recorded votes, 3 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF)
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Present: Shirley R. Asack, Anne M. Beauregard, Timothy Cruise, Dennis R. Eaniri, Winthrop H. Farwell Jr., John F. Lally, John McGarry, Thomas Monahan, Susan J. Nicastro, Robert F. Sullivan
Absent: Jean Bradley Derenoncourt
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Set the FY2020 tax classification factor at 1.72
That the Council goes to 1.72 for the tax factor (FY2020 tax classification)
Yes: Beauregard, Cruise, Eaniri, Lally, McGarry, Monahan, NicastroNo: Asack, Farwell, Sullivan
From the minutes
“Adopted by a roll call vote taken by "yeas" and "nays"; ten members present with seven votes in the affirmative. Councilors Asack, Farwell and Sullivan voted in the negative..” (Motion: Cruise)
Adopt the FY2020 tax classification order (factor 1.72)
Order: That the City Council hereby determines the percentages of the local tax levy for FY2020 to be borne by each class of property: Residential 71.5049%, Commercial 9.7040%, Industrial 3.4766%, Personal Property 5.3145%; the factor of such classification shall be 1.72
Yes: Asack, Beauregard, Cruise, Eaniri, Lally, McGarry, Monahan, NicastroNo: Farwell, Sullivan
From the minutes
“Adopted by a roll call vote taken by "yeas" and "nays"; ten members present with eight votes in the affirmative. Councilors Farwell and Sullivan voted in the negative. Councillor Derenoncourt absent..”
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
“Councilor Cruise motioned to file for reconsideration with the wish that it not prevail and was properly seconded. Reconsideration failed by a hand vote..” (Motion: Cruise)
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