MassVoter.com← Newton City CouncilNewton City Council · 2020–2021 Council · Special meeting
January 8, 2020
2 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, Jake Auchincloss, Emily Norton, Andrea W. Kelley, Pamela Wright, Julia Malakie, Joshua Krintzman, Christopher J. Markiewicz, Andreae Downs, Deborah J. Crossley, Bill Humphrey, Victoria L. Danberg, Alicia Bowman, Brenda Noel, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Richard A. Lipof, David A. Kalis, Holly Ryan
Absent: Leonard J. Gentile, Lisle Baker
Every vote, in order
Repeal Council Order #425-18: Request to Rezone three parcels for Northland Development
Motion to Repeal Council Order #425-18 Failed 22 Nays, 2 Absent (Councilors Baker & Gentile)
No: Albright, Auchincloss, Bowman, Ciccone, Crossley, Danberg, Downs, Greenberg, Grossman, Humphrey, Kalis, Kelley, Krintzman, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Malakie, Markiewicz, Noel, Norton, Ryan, Wright
From the minutes
“Motion to Repeal Council Order #425-18 Failed 22 Nays, 2 Absent (Councilors Baker & Gentile).”
Referred to Committee of the Whole
Suspend the rules to accept late-filed items to the docket and refer them to committee
A motion to Accept the following late filed item and refer it to Committee was 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
“A motion to Accept the following late filed item and refer it to Committee was Approved Unanimously by Voice Vote.”
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