MassVoter.com← Newton City CouncilNewton City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Special meeting
May 22, 2019
3 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: Special meeting.
Present: Allan L. Ciccone, Alison M. Leary, Maria Scibelli Greenberg, Susan Albright, 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, Marc C. Laredo, Lisle Baker, David A. Kalis, Cheryl Lipof Lappin
Absent: Jake Auchincloss, Brenda Noel, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Richard A. Lipof
Every vote, in order
Referred to Committee of the Whole
#199-19 Go into Executive Session in Room 204 to hear from the Law Department on the settlement: Authorization to settle a claim
A motion to go into Executive Session in Room 204 to hear from the Law Department on the settlement was Approved 18 Yeas, 6 absent (Councilors Auchincloss, Greenberg, Grossman, Markiewicz, Norton & Schwartz)
The vote names Auchincloss, Greenberg, Grossman, Markiewicz, Norton and Schwartz as absent, but the attendance line lists Auchincloss, Grossman, Lipof and Noel as absent. The names do not match, so MassVoter shows the count only.
From the minutes
“A motion to go into Executive Session in Room 204 to hear from the Law Department on the settlement was Approved 18 Yeas, 6 absent (Councilors Auchincloss, Greenberg, Grossman, Markiewicz, Norton & Schwartz).”
#199-19 Approval: Authorization to settle a claim
The Council voted Approval 20 yeas, 4 absent (Councilors Auchincloss, Grossman, Lipof & Noel)
From the minutes
“The Council voted Approval 20 yeas, 4 absent (Councilors Auchincloss, Grossman, Lipof & Noel).”
Suspend the rules to accept late-filed items to the docket and refer them to committee
A Motion to Suspend the Rules to allow the following two late-filed items to be accepted to the Docket and Referred 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 allow the following two late-filed items to be accepted to the Docket and Referred to Committee was approved by Voice Vote..”
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