MassVoter.com← Chelsea City CouncilChelsea City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Special meeting
January 2, 2018
6 recorded votes, 6 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Leo Robinson, Damali Vidot, Robert Bishop, Luis Tejada, Joseph Perlatonda, Enio Lopez, Judith Garcia, Giovanni Recupero, Yamir Rodriguez, Calvin Brown
Absent: Roy Avellaneda
Every vote, in order
Election of officers
Elect the Council President for 2018 (Damali Vidot)
Election of the President of the City Council for 2018 (roll call).
Yes: Bishop, Brown, Judith Garcia, Lopez, Perlatonda, Recupero, Robinson, Rodriguez, TejadaAbstained: VidotA roll call naming each councilor’s vote for the only nominee, so MassVoter shows a vote “for” Damali Vidot as Yes and Damali Vidot’s own “present” vote as Present.
From the minutes
“Roll Call was taken and Councilor Vidot was elected President of the City Council for the year 2018, 9-0-1-1. Voting for Councilor Vidot were Councilors Lopez, Rodriguez, Brown, Bishop, Tejada, Robinson, Perlatonda, Garcia, and Recupero. Councilor Vidot voted present and Councilor Avellaneda was absent..”
Elect the Council Vice President for 2018 (Calvin Brown)
Election of the Vice President of the City Council for 2018 (roll call).
Yes: Bishop, Judith Garcia, Lopez, Perlatonda, Recupero, Robinson, Rodriguez, Tejada, VidotAbstained: BrownA roll call naming each councilor’s vote for the only nominee, so MassVoter shows a vote “for” Calvin Brown as Yes and Calvin Brown’s own “present” vote as Present.
From the minutes
“Roll call was taken and Councilor Brown was elected vice-president for the year 2018, 9-0-1-1. Voting for Councilor Brown were Councilors Vidot, Lopez, Rodriguez, Bishop, Tejada, Robinson, Perlatonda, Garcia, and Recupero. Councilor Brown voted present and Councilor Avellaneda was absent..”
Elect the Council’s Delegate to the School Committee for 2018 (Luis Tejada)
Election of the Delegate to the School Committee of the City Council for 2018 (roll call).
The minutes give the count as 9-0-1-1 but list Councilor Tejada both among those voting for him and as voting present, and leave out Councilor Brown, so MassVoter shows the result only. The minutes read: “Voting for Councilor Tejada were Councilors Vidot, Lopez, Rodriguez, Bishop, Tejada, Robinson, Perlatonda, Garcia, and Recupero. Councilor Tejada voted present and Councilor Avellaneda was absent.”
From the minutes
“Roll Call was taken and Councilor Tejada was elected Delegate to the School Committee for 2018, 9-0-1-1. Voting for Councilor Tejada were Councilors Vidot, Lopez, Rodriguez, Bishop, Tejada, Robinson, Perlatonda, Garcia, and Recupero. Councilor Tejada voted present and Councilor Avellaneda was absent..”
Councilor Perlatonda seconded the motion and it was adopted under suspension
Councilor Perlatonda seconded the motion and it was adopted under suspension.
The minutes give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councilor voted.
From the minutes
“Councilor Perlatonda seconded the motion and it was adopted under suspension..”
Councilor Lopez seconded the motion and it was adopted under suspension
Councilor Lopez seconded the motion and it was adopted under suspension.
The minutes give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councilor voted.
From the minutes
“Councilor Lopez seconded the motion and it was adopted under suspension..”
Councilor Recupero seconded the motion and it was adopted under suspension
Councilor Recupero seconded the motion and it was adopted under suspension.
The minutes give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councilor voted.
From the minutes
“Councilor Recupero seconded the motion and it was adopted under suspension..”
From the Chelsea City Council’s official minutes, posted on the city’s City Council agendas and minutes page (2021 on) and its City Council archive (2015 to 2020). We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councilor photos: City of Chelsea (chelseama.gov), from the official photos on the City Council page. Former councilors show initials.
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