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April 16, 2019
4 recorded votes, 4 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, Andrea W. Kelley, James R. Cote, Joshua Krintzman, Leonard J. Gentile, Christopher J. Markiewicz, Andreae Downs, Deborah J. Crossley, John B. Rice, Victoria L. Danberg, Brenda Noel, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Lisle Baker, David A. Kalis, Cheryl Lipof Lappin
Absent: Emily Norton, Barbara Brousal-Glaser, Greg Schwartz, Richard A. Lipof
Every vote, in order
Referred to Programs & Services Committee
#76-19 Postpone to date certain of May 6, 2019: Home Rule Legislation to amend City Charter
Item postponed to date certain of May 6, 2019 by Voice Vote
The Actions record this as a voice vote with no count, so MassVoter shows the result only.
From the minutes
“Item postponed to date certain of May 6, 2019 by Voice Vote.”
#78-19 Approve: Resolution to the federal government to adopt a new nuclear policy
Approved 11 Yeas, 4 Nays (Councilors Auchincloss, Gentile, Kelley, and Laredo), 9 Absent (Councilors Brousal-Glaser, Ciccone, Cote, Kalis, Lappin, Lipof, Markiewicz, Norton, and Schwartz)
Yes: Albright, Baker, Crossley, Danberg, Downs, Greenberg, Grossman, Krintzman, Leary, Noel, RiceNo: Auchincloss, Gentile, Kelley, LaredoThe Actions name Allan L. Ciccone, James R. Cote, David A. Kalis, Cheryl Lipof Lappin and Christopher J. Markiewicz as absent for this vote, though listed present at the top of the Actions; left out of this vote.
From the minutes
“Approved 11 Yeas, 4 Nays (Councilors Auchincloss, Gentile, Kelley, and Laredo), 9 Absent (Councilors Brousal-Glaser, Ciccone, Cote, Kalis, Lappin, Lipof, Markiewicz, Norton, and Schwartz).”
Accept the committee recommendations on 19 items without discussion (#105-19, #177-18(2), #88-19(2), #127-19, #129-19, #130-19, ...)
The City Council voted without discussion 18 Yeas, 6 Absent (Councilors Baker, Brousal-Glaser, Greenberg, Lipof, Norton, and Schwartz) to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following items:
Yes: Albright, Auchincloss, Ciccone, Cote, Crossley, Danberg, Downs, Gentile, Grossman, Kalis, Kelley, Krintzman, Lappin, Laredo, Leary, Markiewicz, Noel, RiceOne vote on the block of items the council took up without discussion. The items: #105-19 Petition to grant 11 parking waivers at 2345 Commonwealth Avenue...; #177-18(2) Request for Extension of Time to Exercise Special Permit at 36...; #88-19(2) Extension of Time to Open a Public Hearing at 41 Washington Street; #127-19 Submission of the FY20 Annual Action Plan To HUD; #129-19 Appointment of Yasodhara Paruchuru to Urban Tree Commission; #130-19 Appointment of Michele Fortez-Cruz to Urban Tree Commission; #127-18 Prohibition on polystyrene-based disposable food or beverage...; #137-19 Request for one (1) new van license for Garden Remedies; #22-19 Update and discussion on the implementation of the Passport...; #114-19 ExteNet Systems petition for wireless grant of location on Adams...; #279-18 Petition for Drain Extension in Staniford Street; #118-19 Funding for a sewer main extension in Staniford Street; #133-19 Partial easement relocation on Boston College Middle Campus; #103-19 Request to bond $5.6 million for the West Newton Square Project; #119-19 Appropriation to fund a sewer connection at Rumford Avenue...; #120-19 Approve appropriation of $500,000 for snow and ice removal; #121-19 Funding for the South Meadow Brook Culvert at 170 Needham Street; #95-19 Mayor’s reappointment of Emma Watkins to the Taxation Aid Committee; #96-19 Mayor’s appointment of Suzanne Offit to the Taxation Aid Committee. The Actions name Lisle Baker and Maria Scibelli Greenberg 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 18 Yeas, 6 Absent (Councilors Baker, Brousal-Glaser, Greenberg, Lipof, Norton, and Schwartz) to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following items:.”
Referred to Programs & Services and Finance Committees
Suspend the rules to report out items without a written report
A motion to suspend the rules to allow the Chair of the Finance Committee to report out the following item which was taken up 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 suspend the rules to allow the Chair of the Finance Committee to report out the following item which was taken up earlier in the evening without a written report was Approved by Voice Vote.”
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