MassVoter.com← Newton City CouncilNewton City Council · 2018–2019 Council · Special meeting
May 23, 2019
9 recorded votes, 6 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF)
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: Special meeting (budget).
Present: Allan L. Ciccone, Alison M. Leary, Maria Scibelli Greenberg, Susan Albright, Jake Auchincloss, Emily Norton, Andrea W. Kelley, Barbara Brousal-Glaser, Joshua Krintzman, Leonard J. Gentile, Christopher J. Markiewicz, Andreae Downs, Deborah J. Crossley, John B. Rice, Greg Schwartz, Brenda Noel, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Lisle Baker, Richard A. Lipof, David A. Kalis, Cheryl Lipof Lappin
Absent: James R. Cote, Victoria L. Danberg
Every vote, in order
Suspend the rules to report out items without a written report
Motions to Suspend the Rules to report out all of the following items without written reports were Approved by Voice Vote
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From the minutes
“Motions to Suspend the Rules to report out all of the following items without written reports were Approved by Voice Vote.”
Referred to Committee of the Whole
#116-19(2) Approve: Extension of time to act on a wireless attachment grant of location
Council Approved Unanimously by Voice Vote
The Actions record this as unanimous (by voice vote), so every councilor present is shown voting yes.
From the minutes
“Council Approved Unanimously by Voice Vote.”
#115-19(2) Approve: Extension of time to act on a wireless attachment grant of location
Council Approved Unanimously by Voice Vote
The Actions record this as unanimous (by voice vote), so every councilor present is shown voting yes.
From the minutes
“Council Approved Unanimously by Voice Vote.”
Referred to Finance and Appropriate Committees
#542-18(2) Approve: Submittal of the FY 2020 Municipal/School Operating Budget
Approved 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Cote & Danberg)
From the minutes
“Approved 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Cote & Danberg).”
#542-18(2) Reconsider: Submittal of the FY 2020 Municipal/School Operating Budget
Motion to Reconsider Fails 22 Nays, 2 Absent (Councilors Cote & Danberg)
No: Albright, Auchincloss, Baker, Brousal-Glaser, Ciccone, Crossley, Downs, Gentile, Greenberg, Grossman, Kalis, Kelley, Krintzman, Lappin, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Markiewicz, Noel, Norton, Rice, Schwartz
From the minutes
“Motion to Reconsider Fails 22 Nays, 2 Absent (Councilors Cote & Danberg).”
#542-18 Approve: Submittal of the FY 2020 to FY 2024 Capital Improvement Plan
Approved 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Cote & Danberg)
From the minutes
“Approved 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Cote & Danberg).”
#542-18 Reconsider: Submittal of the FY 2020 to FY 2024 Capital Improvement Plan
Motion to Reconsider Fails 22 Nays, 2 Absent (Councilors Cote & Danberg)
No: Albright, Auchincloss, Baker, Brousal-Glaser, Ciccone, Crossley, Downs, Gentile, Greenberg, Grossman, Kalis, Kelley, Krintzman, Lappin, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Markiewicz, Noel, Norton, Rice, Schwartz
From the minutes
“Motion to Reconsider Fails 22 Nays, 2 Absent (Councilors Cote & Danberg).”
#542-18(3) Approve: Submittal of the FY 2020 - FY 2024 Supplemental Capital Improvement Plan
Approved 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Cote & Danberg)
From the minutes
“Approved 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Cote & Danberg).”
#542-18(3) Reconsider: Submittal of the FY 2020 - FY 2024 Supplemental Capital Improvement Plan
Motion to Reconsider Fails 22 Nays, 2 Absent (Councilors Cote & Danberg)
No: Albright, Auchincloss, Baker, Brousal-Glaser, Ciccone, Crossley, Downs, Gentile, Greenberg, Grossman, Kalis, Kelley, Krintzman, Lappin, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Markiewicz, Noel, Norton, Rice, Schwartz
From the minutes
“Motion to Reconsider Fails 22 Nays, 2 Absent (Councilors Cote & Danberg).”
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