MassVoter.com← Newton City CouncilNewton City Council · 2022–2023 Council · Special meeting
May 26, 2022
4 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF)
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: Special meeting (budget).
Present: Alison M. Leary, John Oliver, Maria Scibelli Greenberg, Susan Albright, Tarik J. Lucas, Emily Norton, Andrea W. Kelley, Pamela Wright, Julia Malakie, Joshua Krintzman, Leonard J. Gentile, Christopher J. Markiewicz, Andreae Downs, Deborah J. Crossley, Bill Humphrey, Victoria L. Danberg, Alicia Bowman, Brenda Noel, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Lisle Baker, Richard A. Lipof, David A. Kalis, Holly Ryan
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Suspend the rules to report out items without a written report
Motions to Suspend the Rules to report out the following items without written reports were Approved by Voice Vote
The Actions record this as a voice vote with no count, so MassVoter shows the result only.
From the minutes
“Motions to Suspend the Rules to report out the following items without written reports were Approved by Voice Vote.”
Referred to Finance and Appropriate Committees
#213-22(2) Approve: Submittal of the FY23 Municipal/School Operating Budget
City Council Denied 11 Yeas, 13 Nays (Councilors Bowman, Greenberg, Humphrey, Kalis, Kelley, Laredo, Lucas, Malakie, Noel, Norton, Oliver, Ryan and Wright)
Yes: Albright, Baker, Crossley, Danberg, Downs, Gentile, Grossman, Krintzman, Leary, Lipof, MarkiewiczNo: Bowman, Greenberg, Humphrey, Kalis, Kelley, Laredo, Lucas, Malakie, Noel, Norton, Oliver, Ryan, WrightThe Actions record the item as “Denied”: the motion to approve it did not pass.
From the minutes
“City Council Denied 11 Yeas, 13 Nays (Councilors Bowman, Greenberg, Humphrey, Kalis, Kelley, Laredo, Lucas, Malakie, Noel, Norton, Oliver, Ryan and Wright).”
#213-22 Approve: Submittal of the FY23 to FY27 Capital Improvement Plan
Council Approved Unanimously 24-0
#213-22(3) Approve: Submittal of the FY23 - FY27 Supplemental Capital Improvement Plan
Council Approved Unanimously 24-0
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