MassVoter.com← Malden City CouncilMalden City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Special meeting
July 23, 2019
2 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: Special 5:30 PM meeting to choose a new City Clerk.
Present: Peg Crowe, Paul Condon, Ryan O'Malley, Barbara Murphy, David Camell, Jadeane Sica, Deborah DeMaria, Stephen Winslow
Absent: John Matheson, Neal Anderson, Craig Spadafora
Every vote, in order
Paper 306-19
Choose a City Clerk (Gregory Lucey or Carol Ann Desiderio)
On Councillor Crowe's motion to open nominations seconded by Councillor DeMaria; nominations were opened and Councillor Murphy nominated Ms. Desiderio and Councillor Condon nominated Mr. Lucey
A vote choosing between people: MassVoter shows the result only. The minutes record: David Camell, Paul Condon, Peg Crowe, Deborah DeMaria, Ryan O’Malley and President Jadeane Sica voted for Gregory Lucey; Barbara Murphy and Stephen Winslow voted for Carol Ann Desiderio ("Votes 6 Lucey and 2 Desiderio").
From the minutes
“Council President Sica then stated that the voting would begin for the nominees and on the roll call vote the coucillors would name who they were voting for by name; the results are listed below: Councillor Camell - Lucey Councillor Condon - Lucey Councillor Crowe - Lucey Councillor DeMaria - Lucey Councillor Murphy - Desiderio Councillor O'Malley - Lucey Councillor Winslow - Desiderio President Council Sica - Lucey Votes 6 Lucey and 2 Desiderio Mr. Lucey appointed as new City Clerk..”
Appoint Gregory Lucey as City Clerk (roll call listed after the vote between the nominees)
The minutes record this roll call without a written motion; the action shown is the one the minutes give next to it. The minutes list this roll call (Yea: 8) right after recording the 6-2 vote between the two nominees and "Mr. Lucey appointed as new City Clerk."
From the minutes
“Yea: 8- Camell, Condon, Crowe, Murphy, O'Malley, DeMaria, Sica and Winslow.”
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