MassVoter.com← Newton City CouncilNewton City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Regular meeting
March 5, 2018
7 recorded votes, 5 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Alison M. Leary, Maria Scibelli Greenberg, Susan Albright, Jake Auchincloss, Emily Norton, Andrea W. Kelley, James R. Cote, Barbara Brousal-Glaser, Joshua Krintzman, Christopher J. Markiewicz, Andreae Downs, Deborah J. Crossley, John B. Rice, Greg Schwartz, Brenda Noel, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Lisle Baker, David A. Kalis, Cheryl Lipof Lappin
Absent: Allan L. Ciccone, Leonard J. Gentile, Victoria L. Danberg, Richard A. Lipof
Every vote, in order
#77-18 Amend to add an exemption for current Medical Marijuana Facilities: Zoning Amendments for Recreational Marijuana Establishments
Motion to amend to add an exemption for current Medical Marijuana Facilities was Approved 16 Yeas, 4 Nays ( Councilors Auchincloss, Baker, Brousal-Glaser and Laredo), 4 Absent (Councilors Ciccone, Danberg, Gentile and Lipof)
Yes: Albright, Cote, Crossley, Downs, Greenberg, Grossman, Kalis, Kelley, Krintzman, Lappin, Leary, Markiewicz, Noel, Norton, Rice, SchwartzNo: Auchincloss, Baker, Brousal-Glaser, Laredo
From the minutes
“Motion to amend to add an exemption for current Medical Marijuana Facilities was Approved 16 Yeas, 4 Nays ( Councilors Auchincloss, Baker, Brousal-Glaser and Laredo), 4 Absent (Councilors Ciccone, Danberg, Gentile and Lipof).”
#77-18 Approve as amended: Zoning Amendments for Recreational Marijuana Establishments
Approved as amended 20 Yeas, 4 Absent (Councilors Ciccone, Danberg, Gentile and Lipof)
From the minutes
“Approved as amended 20 Yeas, 4 Absent (Councilors Ciccone, Danberg, Gentile and Lipof).”
#41-18 Approve as Amend to add the words “local and” to the ordinance: Review of City code governing petitions for wireless communications
Approved as Amend to add the words “local and” to the ordinance 20 Yeas, 4 Absent (Councilors Ciccone, Danberg, Gentile and Lipof)
From the minutes
“Approved as Amend to add the words “local and” to the ordinance 20 Yeas, 4 Absent (Councilors Ciccone, Danberg, Gentile and Lipof).”
Approve 27 items without discussion (#65-18, #18-18, #130-18, #131-18, #132-18, #102-18, ...)
The City Council voted without discussion 20 Yeas, 4 Absent (Councilors Ciccone, Danberg, Gentile and Lipof) to Approve the following items:
One vote on the block of items the council took up without discussion. The items: #65-18 Petition to amend Board Order #152-14 at 1186 Chestnut...; #18-18 Special Permit Petition to allow oversized dormer at 165 Harvard...; #130-18 Class 2 Auto Dealer License; #131-18 Temporary license to hold Nonantum Village Day; #132-18 President’s Appointment of Councilor Rice to the NWH Neighborhood...; #102-18 President’s Appointment of Councilor Auchincloss to the Austin St...; #103-18 President’s Appointment of Councilor Leary to the Austin Street...; #104-18 President’s Appointment of Stephen Logowitz to the Austin Street...; #105-18 President’s Appointment of Bill Honeycutt to the Austin Street...; #106-18 President’s Appointment of Brian Shaw to the Austin Street Liaison...; #107-18 President’s Appointment of Michael Tucci to the Austin Street...; #99-18 Appointment of Councilor Kalis to the Chabad Neighborhood Council; #100-18 President’s Appointment of David Yu to the Chabad Neighborhood Council; #101-18 President’s Appointment of Elyse Friedman to the Chabad...; #97-18 Appointment of Councilor Baker to the Boston College Neighborhood...; #98-18 Appointment of Councilor Norton to the Boston College Neighborhood...; #93-18 Appointment of Elizabeth Smith to the Washington Place Liaison...; #94-18 Appointment of Meghen Smith to the Washington Place Liaison Committee; #95-18 Appointment of Wayne Koch to the Washington Place Liaison Committee; #96-18 Appointment of Robert Fitzpatrick to the Washington Place Liaison...; #145-18 Re-appointment of William Dietrich to the Biosafety Committee; #146-18 Re-appointment of Patrick Costello to the Farm Commission; #147-18 Re-appointment of Sydra Schnipper to the Community Education...; #148-18 Council Rules amendment relative to Robert’s Rules; #155-18 Appropriate $500,000 for snow and ice removal expenses; #171-18 Appointment of Karen Glasgow as Human Resources Director; #172-18 Appropriate $500,000 for snow and ice removal expenses.
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 20 Yeas, 4 Absent (Councilors Ciccone, Danberg, Gentile and Lipof) to Approve the following items:.”
Referred to Programs & Services Committee
Suspend the rules to report out items without a written report
A motion to allow the Vice Chair of Finance to report on the following item discussed earlier in the evening without a written report 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 allow the Vice Chair of Finance to report on the following item discussed earlier in the evening without a written report was Approved by Voice Vote.”
Referred to Public Facilities and Finance Committees
#155-18 A motion to suspend the rules to allow the Chair of the Public Facilities to poll her Committee to amend its vote to make it consistent...
A motion to suspend the rules to allow the Chair of the Public Facilities to poll her Committee to amend its vote to make it consistent with the vote of Finance was Approved by Voice Vote.
The Actions record this as a voice vote with no count, so MassVoter shows the result only.
Suspend the rules to accept late-filed items to the docket and refer them to committee
A motion to Suspend the Rules to accept the following late filed items and refer them to Committee 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 the following late filed items and refer them to Committee was Approved by Voice Vote..”
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