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January 1, 2024
5 recorded votes, 4 with disagreement.
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Note on these minutes: Organizational meeting of the 2024-2025 council (election of the Chair and Vice Chair).
Present: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Organization of Officers
Elect Philip Ottaviani as Council Chair (contested with Adam Steiner)
Motion to approve the nomination to elect Councilor Philip R. Ottaviani, Jr. to Chair of the City Council
A vote choosing a person, so MassVoter shows the result only. The minutes record a motion for each nominee: for Philip Ottaviani, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Alexander, Bryant and Ward voted for and Long, Mallach and White Harvey against; both nominees abstained, citing an ethics ruling on the Chair’s larger stipend.
From the minutes
“Moved by: Michael Cannon: seconded by Janet Leombruno Voting For: Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Brandon Ward Voting Against: Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Leslie White Harvey.” (Motion: Cannon, second: Leombruno)
Elect Adam Steiner as Council Chair (contested with Philip Ottaviani)
Motion to approve the nomination to elect Councilor Adam Steiner to Chair of the City Council
A vote choosing a person, so MassVoter shows the result only. The minutes record a motion for each nominee: for Adam Steiner, Long, Mallach and White Harvey voted for and Cannon, King, Leombruno, Alexander, Bryant and Ward against; both nominees abstained. The minutes record the result as “Declined”.
From the minutes
“Moved by: Christine Long; seconded by Leslie White Harvey Voting for: Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Brandon Ward Vote of abstention: Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner.” (Motion: Long, second: Harvey)
Elect Tracey Bryant as Vice Chair (the only nominee)
Motion to elect Councilor Tracey Bryant as Vice Chair of the City Council
The vote record gives no result word; the result is read from the count (11-0).
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno: seconded by Philip Ottaviani Voting for: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Ottaviani)
Adoption of Rules
Adopt the rules for 60 days and appoint a temporary rules committee
To adopt the rules for 60 days and appoint a temporary rules committee
From the minutes
“Moved by Tracey Bryant; seconded by Janet Leombruno to adopt the Rules for 60 days and appoint a Temporary Rules Committee. Motion Passed: 11-0 Voting for: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Bryant, second: Leombruno)
Adjournment
Adjourn the meeting
To adjourn
The vote record gives no result word; the result is read from the count (11-0).
From the minutes
“Moved by Janet Leombruno; seconded by Christine Long to Adjourn. Motion Passed Voting For: Noval Alexander, Tracey Bryant, Michael Cannon, George King, Janet Leombruno, Christine Long, Leora Mallach, Philip Ottaviani, Adam Steiner, Brandon Ward, Leslie White Harvey Voting Against: None.” (Motion: Leombruno, second: Long)
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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