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June 17, 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, Emily Norton, Andrea W. Kelley, James R. Cote, Barbara Brousal-Glaser, Joshua Krintzman, Leonard J. Gentile, Christopher J. Markiewicz, Deborah J. Crossley, John B. Rice, Greg Schwartz, Victoria L. Danberg, Brenda Noel, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Richard A. Lipof, David A. Kalis, Cheryl Lipof Lappin
Absent: Andreae Downs, Lisle Baker
Every vote, in order
Referred to Land Use Committee
#174-19 Approve: Petition to allow 6 dwelling units at 180, 184-186 Adams Street 180 ADAMS STREET, LLC/184-186 ADAMS STREET LLC petition for...
Approved 21 Yeas, 1 Nay (Councilor Gentile), 2 Absent (Councilors Baker & Downs)
Yes: Albright, Auchincloss, Brousal-Glaser, Ciccone, Cote, Crossley, Danberg, Greenberg, Grossman, Kalis, Kelley, Krintzman, Lappin, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Markiewicz, Noel, Norton, Rice, SchwartzNo: Gentile
From the minutes
“Approved 21 Yeas, 1 Nay (Councilor Gentile), 2 Absent (Councilors Baker & Downs).”
Referred to Public Facilities and Finance Committees
#198-19 Approve as Amended to request the Mayor start the Real Property Reuse process as quickly as possible in order to form a JAPG...
Approved as Amended to request the Mayor start the Real Property Reuse process as quickly as possible in order to form a JAPG 21 Yeas, 1 Nay (Councilor Noel), 2 Absent (Councilors Baker & Downs)
Yes: Albright, Auchincloss, Brousal-Glaser, Ciccone, Cote, Crossley, Danberg, Gentile, Greenberg, Grossman, Kalis, Kelley, Krintzman, Lappin, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Markiewicz, Norton, Rice, SchwartzNo: Noel
From the minutes
“Approved as Amended to request the Mayor start the Real Property Reuse process as quickly as possible in order to form a JAPG 21 Yeas, 1 Nay (Councilor Noel), 2 Absent (Councilors Baker & Downs).”
Accept the committee recommendations on 16 items without discussion (#163-19, #564-18, #564-18(2), #190-19, #192-19, #589-18, ...)
The City Council voted without discussion 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Baker & Downs) to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following items:
One vote on the block of items the council took up without discussion. The items: #163-19 Special Permit Petition to exceed FAR at 18 Upham Street; #564-18 Petition to allow nine-unit multi-family dwelling at 39 Herrick Road; #564-18(2) Petition to allow nine-unit multi-family dwelling at 19-31 and 39...; #190-19 Conservation Restriction for 30 Wabasso Street; #192-19 Reappointment of Seth Bai as Veterans Services Officer; #589-18 HRL to allow the Fire Chief to continue beyond the mandatory...; #205-19 Bus Licenses renewals for 128 Business Council; #206-19 Bus Licenses renewals for Boston College Bus; #207-19 Bus Licenses renewals for “MASCO”; #168-19 Semi-annual taxi license/public auto inspections; #116-19 ExteNet Systems petition for wireless grant of location on...; #533-18 Review/Acceptance of the FY 2020 - FY 2024 5-year Financial Forecast; #232-19 Request to transfer funds to correct an error related to Utilities...; #233-19 Rescind bond authorizations; #234-19 Transfer to cover overtime costs for the scanning project in ISD; #235-19 Transfer to rebalance the snow and ice accounts.
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 22 Yeas, 2 Absent (Councilors Baker & Downs) to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following items:.”
Referred to Finance Committee
Suspend the rules to accept late-filed items to the docket and refer them to committee
A motion to Accept to the Docket and refer to Committee the following four late filed items 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 Accept to the Docket and refer to Committee the following four late filed items was Approved by Voice Vote.”
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