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Framingham City Council · 2020–2021 Council · Regular meeting

September 2, 2021

15 recorded votes, 14 with disagreement.

Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page

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Attendance

Present: George King, Philip Ottaviani, Michael Cannon, Margareth Basilio Shepard, Robert Case, John Stefanini, Tracey Bryant, Adam Steiner, Janet Leombruno, Cesar Stewart-Morales, Christine Long

Absent: None

Every vote, in order

Order 2021-007-020

Approve: Alexandra DePalo, the Mayor’s candidate for appointment, to serve as Director of the City of Framingham’s Public Health Department Councilor Ottaviani, Chair of the Appointments...

Minutes, page 4

Confirm appointmentPassed · Unanimous, 11 present

The minutes give the count (11-0-0) without names; it equals the councilors present, so each is shown voting yes.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0..”

Read it in the official minutes, page 4 (PDF)

Order 2021-107

Approve: Authorization for Reclassification of the Commercial Assessor position

Minutes, page 5

ApprovePassed · 10–0

The minutes give the count (10-0-0) but not how each councilor voted, and the count does not match the 11 councilors present, so MassVoter shows the count only.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 10-0-0..”

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (PDF)

Order 2021-108

Approve: A Resolution, Honoring the 100th birthday of Mary Vitali

Minutes, page 5

ApprovePassed · 10–0

The minutes give the count (10-0-0) but not how each councilor voted, and the count does not match the 11 councilors present, so MassVoter shows the count only.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 10-0-0..”

Read it in the official minutes, page 5 (PDF)

ApprovePassed · 10–0

The minutes give the count (10-0-0) but not how each councilor voted, and the count does not match the 11 councilors present, so MassVoter shows the count only.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 10-0-0..”

Read it in the official minutes, page 6 (PDF)

“That the Framingham City Council hereby votes to approve, as presented by the City Clerk, the 2021 Reprecincting Plan for the City of Framingham, including the 2020 Precinct Map of the City of...

Minutes, page 7

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 11 present

“That the Framingham City Council hereby votes to approve, as presented by the City Clerk, the 2021 Reprecincting Plan for the City of Framingham, including the 2020 Precinct Map of the City of Framingham, the legal description and block listings.”

The minutes give the count (11-0-0) without names; it equals the councilors present, so each is shown voting yes.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0..” (Motion: Stefanini, second: Ottaviani)

Read it in the official minutes, page 7 (PDF)

Vote recorded in the minutes (the motion is not restated next to the count)

Minutes, page 7

ProceduralPassed · Unanimous, 11 present

The minutes give the count (11-0-0) without names; it equals the councilors present, so each is shown voting yes.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0..”

Read it in the official minutes, page 7 (PDF)

Amend the vote just taken, to allow the Clerk to reassign the precinct numbers contiguously

Minutes, page 8

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 11 present

To amend the vote just taken, to allow the Clerk to reassign the precinct numbers contiguously

The minutes give the count (11-0-0) without names; it equals the councilors present, so each is shown voting yes.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0..” (Motion: Stefanini, second: Ottaviani)

Read it in the official minutes, page 8 (PDF)

Order 2020-036-002

Approve: A Public Hearing to discuss and vote to amend Section VI.E. Special Permits/Special Permit Granting Authority, Section II.B. Table of Uses and associated amendments to the footnotes...

Minutes, page 9

ApprovePassed · 8–3

The minutes give the count (8-3-0) but not how each councilor voted, and the count does not match the 11 councilors present, so MassVoter shows the count only.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 8-3-0..”

Read it in the official minutes, page 9 (PDF)

Order 2021-072-002

Councilor Cannon’s motion

Minutes, page 9

ApprovePassed · 8–3

The minutes give the count (8-3-0) but not how each councilor voted, and the count does not match the 11 councilors present, so MassVoter shows the count only.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 8-3-0..”

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Order 2021-106

Table this item

Minutes, page 10

ProceduralPassed · 7–4

To table this item

The minutes give the count (7-4-0) but not how each councilor voted, and the count does not match the 11 councilors present, so MassVoter shows the count only.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 7-4-0..” (Motion: Bryant, second: Cannon)

Read it in the official minutes, page 10 (PDF)

Approve: The Subcommittee on Public Health, Safety and Transportation for consideration of prohibiting parking on the west side of Taralli Terrace from 190' feet south of Morton Street to 270'...

Minutes, page 10

ApprovePassed · 9–0

The minutes give the count (9-0-2) but not how each councilor voted, and the count does not match the 11 councilors present, so MassVoter shows the count only.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 9-0-2..”

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Order 2021-087-001

Approve: The Mayor’s request to consider appropriation of parking fines receipts reserved for appropriation account to the Disability Commission to be expended at the discretion of the Disability...

Minutes, page 11

ApprovePassed · Unanimous, 11 present

The minutes give the count (11-0-0) without names; it equals the councilors present, so each is shown voting yes.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0..”

Read it in the official minutes, page 11 (PDF)

Vote recorded in the minutes (the motion is not restated next to the count)

Minutes, page 15

ProceduralPassed · Unanimous, 11 present

The minutes give the count (11-0-0) without names; it equals the councilors present, so each is shown voting yes.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0..”

Read it in the official minutes, page 15 (PDF)

Approval of Minutes

Approve the minutes

Minutes, page 17

ProceduralPassed · Unanimous, 11 present

The minutes give the count (11-0-0) without names; it equals the councilors present, so each is shown voting yes.

From the minutes

“ROLL CALL VOTE 11-0-0..”

Read it in the official minutes, page 17 (PDF)

Adjournment

Adjourn the meeting

Minutes, page 18

ProceduralPassed · Unanimous, 11 present

To adjourn

From the minutes

“VOTE 11-0-0: Stefanini, aye; Stewart-Morales, aye; King, aye; Steiner, aye; Leombruno, aye; Cannon, aye; Shepard, aye; Bryant, aye; Ottaviani, aye; Long, aye; Case, aye..” (Motion: Long, second: Leombruno)

Read it in the official minutes, page 18 (PDF)

From the Framingham City Council’s official minutes, posted on the city’s public meeting portal (linked from the Public Meeting Calendar on framinghamma.gov). We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councilor photos: Framingham Patch (George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Michael Cannon, Noval Alexander, Philip Ottaviani, Leora Mallach, John Stefanini; candidate and courtesy photos), District2Framingham.com (Brandon Ward), Run for Something (Mary Kate Feeney) and Framingham SOURCE (Tracey Bryant, 2021 candidate Q&A, photo courtesy of the candidate). The city’s website has no councilor photos. Former councilors show initials.

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