MassVoter.com← Newton City CouncilNewton City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Regular meeting
January 16, 2018
3 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Allan L. Ciccone, Alison M. Leary, Maria Scibelli Greenberg, Susan Albright, Jake Auchincloss, Emily Norton, Andrea W. Kelley, James R. Cote, Barbara Brousal-Glaser, Joshua Krintzman, Leonard J. Gentile, Christopher J. Markiewicz, Andreae Downs, Deborah J. Crossley, John B. Rice, Greg Schwartz, Victoria L. Danberg, Brenda Noel, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Richard A. Lipof, David A. Kalis, Cheryl Lipof Lappin
Absent: Lisle Baker
Every vote, in order
#9-18 Approve: Class 1 Auto Dealer License
Approved 23 Yeas, 1 Absent (Councilor Baker)
From the minutes
“Approved 23 Yeas, 1 Absent (Councilor Baker).”
Approve 12 items without discussion (#21-18, #22-18, #20-18, #8-18, #10-18, #11-18, ...)
The City Council voted without discussion 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Baker & Ciccone) to Approve the following items:
Yes: Albright, Auchincloss, Brousal-Glaser, Cote, Crossley, Danberg, Downs, Gentile, Greenberg, Grossman, Kalis, Kelley, Krintzman, Lappin, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Markiewicz, Noel, Norton, Rice, SchwartzOne vote on the block of items the council took up without discussion. The items: #21-18 Special Permit Petition to exceed FAR at 43 Fisher Avenue; #22-18 Special Permit Petition to allow oversized dormer and office at 9...; #20-18 Special Permit Petition to extend non-conforming commercial use at...; #8-18 Class 1 Auto Dealer License; #10-18 Class 1 Auto Dealer License; #11-18 Class 1 Auto Dealer License; #12-18 Class 2 Auto Dealer License; #13-18 Class 2 Auto Dealer License KC AUTO 55 Farwell Street Apt. 13...; #14-18 Class 2 Auto Dealer License; #15-18 Class 2 Auto Dealer License; #16-18 Class 3 Auto Dealer License; #17-18 Class 3 Auto Dealer License. The Actions name Allan L. Ciccone as absent for this vote, though listed present at the top of the Actions; left out of this vote.
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Baker & Ciccone) to Approve the following items:.”
Referred to Land Use Committee
Suspend the rules to accept late-filed items to the docket and refer them to committee
A motion to suspend the rules to accept and refer to Committees the following two late filed docket items was approved by voice vote:
The Actions record this as a voice vote with no count, so MassVoter shows the result only.
From the minutes
“A motion to suspend the rules to accept and refer to Committees the following two late filed docket items was approved by voice vote:.”
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