MassVoter.com← Newton City CouncilNewton City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Regular meeting
December 17, 2018
4 recorded votes, 3 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, Andreae Downs, Deborah J. Crossley, John B. Rice, Greg Schwartz, Victoria L. Danberg, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Lisle Baker, Richard A. Lipof, David A. Kalis, Cheryl Lipof Lappin
Absent: Christopher J. Markiewicz, Brenda Noel
Every vote, in order
#578-18 Postpone: Shorten the duration of the winter parking ban
Motion to Postpone was Approved 20 Yeas, 2 Nays (Councilors Kelley and Krintzman), 2 Absent (Councilors Markiewicz and Noel)
Yes: Albright, Auchincloss, Baker, Brousal-Glaser, Ciccone, Cote, Crossley, Danberg, Downs, Gentile, Greenberg, Grossman, Kalis, Lappin, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Norton, Rice, SchwartzNo: Kelley, Krintzman
From the minutes
“Motion to Postpone was Approved 20 Yeas, 2 Nays (Councilors Kelley and Krintzman), 2 Absent (Councilors Markiewicz and Noel).”
#587-18 Approve: Accept a $100,000 gift and establish the Margorie D. Moerschner Fund for the Poor
Approved 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Markiewicz and Noel)
From the minutes
“Approved 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Markiewicz and Noel).”
Approve 21 items without discussion (#559-18, #591-18, #592-18, #572-18, #488-18, #580-18, ...)
The City Council voted without discussion 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Markiewicz and Noel) to Approve the Committee recommendations on the following items:
One vote on the block of items the council took up without discussion. The items: #559-18 Appropriation of $3,250,000 from CPA funds for affordable housing; #591-18 Class 2 Auto Dealers License; #592-18 Class 2 Auto Dealers License; #572-18 Zoning Amendment to delay effective date of garage ordinance; #488-18 Adoption of the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Action...; #580-18 Requesting new public auto license; #579-18 Requesting renewal of bus license for Lasell College; #581-18 Requesting renewal of public auto license; #582-18 Requesting renewals of taxi licenses; #583-18 Requesting renewals of taxi licenses; #584-18 Requesting renewals of taxi licenses; #585-18 Requesting renewals of taxi licenses; #598-18 Requesting ordinance amendments regarding resident sticker and...; #607-18 HER HONOR THE MAYOR requesting authorization to transfer the sum...; #601-18 Appointment of Jonathan Lewis as a trustee of the Chaffin...; #586-18 Appointment of Lucia Panichella as Trustee of the Horace Cousens...; #603-18 Authorization to issue an RFP for food services; #606-18 Transfer of $7,000 to fund Operation Access Enforcement; #590-18 Transfer of $350K to fund the FY 19 MOA ratified by the IAFF; #602-18 Municipal Energy Technical Grant Acceptance; #641-18 Request to transfer $60,000 to replace two trash compactors at....
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Markiewicz and Noel) to Approve the Committee recommendations on the following items:.”
Referred to Public Safety & Transportation and Finance Committees
Suspend the rules to accept late-filed items to the docket and refer them to committee
Motion to Suspend the Rules to Accept to the Docket and Refer to Committees the following late filed docket item 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
“Motion to Suspend the Rules to Accept to the Docket and Refer to Committees the following late filed docket item was Approved by Voice Vote..”
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