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December 20, 2023
3 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement.
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Note on these minutes: 4 agenda dispositions with no recorded vote (accepted/placed on file or referred).
Present: Thomas J. Minichiello Jr., Maria T. Tavares, Mark D’Agostino, Susan J. Nicastro, Jeffrey A. Thompson, John F. Lally, Shirley R. Asack, Moises Rodrigues, Winthrop H. Farwell Jr., Rita Mendes, David C. Teixeira
Absent: None
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1380 Suspend rules to act tonight: Ordered: That the following named sum be and the same is hereby transferred and appropriated as the same was submitted by the Mayor as...
Councilor Mendes motioned to move under suspension of rules and was properly seconded.
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From the minutes
“Councilor Mendes motioned to move under suspension of rules and was properly seconded. The motion carried by a hand vote..” (Motion: Mendes)
1380 Ordered: That the following named sum be and the same is hereby transferred and appropriated as the same was submitted by the Mayor as...
Yes: Asack, D’Agostino, Farwell, Lally, Mendes, Minichiello, Nicastro, Rodrigues, Tavares, Teixeira, Thompson
From the minutes
“Adopted by a roll call vote taken by “yeas” and “nays”; eleven members present and al voting in the affirmative..”
1380 File for reconsideration: Ordered: That the following named sum be and the same is hereby transferred and appropriated as the same was submitted by the Mayor as...
Councilor Farwell motioned to file for reconsideration with the wish that it not prevail and was properly seconded. reconsideration failed
Hand vote: the minutes record only the result.
From the minutes
“Councilor 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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