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Gail M. Infurna
Ward 5 · 1 term in this record
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Record at a glance · 2018–2019 Board of Aldermen / City Council
How these numbers work
- Counted from the official minutes, for 2018–2019 Board of Aldermen / City Council only. Committee meetings and routine votes (adjourning, approving minutes) are not counted.
- Attendance counts the meetings where the minutes list Infurna as present or absent at the start.
- Only votes the minutes record member by member are counted. Voice votes and votes given only as a count (for example 6-3 with no names) are not.
- Percentages are shown only when there are at least 10 meetings or votes to count.
- A split vote is one where at least one member voted yes and another voted no. “In the minority” means on the side with fewer votes; ties are not counted.
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Attendance
At the start of 3 of 3 City Council meetings in 2018–2019 Board of Aldermen / City Council.
Missed none.
Every meeting (3)
- Jan 22, 2018 · Special: Present
- Jan 16, 2018 · Regular: Present
- Jan 8, 2018 · Special: Present
Votes where councilors disagreed · 2018–2019 Board of Aldermen / City Council
Jan 8Elect Gail M. Infurna President of the Board of…Motion: Fifth Ballot 11 votes cast for Alderman Infurna by Aldermen -…Passed Unanimous, 11 present · Infurna: Yes
January 8, 2018 (Special meeting): Elect Gail M. Infurna President of the Board of Aldermen for 2018 (fifth ballot, eleven votes)
Fifth Ballot 11 votes cast for Alderman Infurna by Aldermen - Bewtra, Boisselle, Forbes, Infurna, Lemmerman, Lipper-Garabedian, Medeiros, Mortimer, Tramontozzi, Wright and Zwirko Chair - stated that Alderman Gail Infurna has been unanimously elected as President of the Board of Aldermen for the Year 2018.
Voted: Yes
Each member who voted named the same choice (Infurna). On the fourth ballot Gail M. Infurna received seven votes (Boisselle, Infurna, Lemmerman, Lipper-Garabedian, Medeiros, Tramontozzi and Wright) and Michael P. Zwirko four (Bewtra, Forbes, Mortimer and Zwirko); at Alderman Zwirko’s request a fifth ballot was taken.
From the minutes
“Fifth Ballot 11 votes cast for Alderman Infurna by Aldermen - Bewtra, Boisselle, Forbes, Infurna, Lemmerman, Lipper-Garabedian, Medeiros, Mortimer, Tramontozzi, Wright and Zwirko Chair - stated that Alderman Gail Infurna has been unanimously elected as President of the Board of Aldermen for the Year 2018..”
Votes with no disagreement (1)
From the Melrose City Council’s official minutes (the Board of Aldermen’s until October 2019), posted on the city’s Agendas & Minutes page (its CivicClerk portal, City Council). We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councilor photos: City of Melrose (cityofmelrose.org), from the official City Council page. Cal Finocchiaro: Melrose Weekly News. Former councilors show initials.
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