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May 20, 2024
4 recorded votes, 4 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: Includes the Committee of the Whole on the FY2025 budget, CIP and resolutions (department-by-department budget votes and three resolutions); those are committee votes and are not shown.
Present: Alison M. Leary, John Oliver, Maria Scibelli Greenberg, Susan Albright, Tarik J. Lucas, David Micley, Andrea W. Kelley, Pamela Wright, Julia Malakie, Joshua Krintzman, Leonard J. Gentile, Randy Block, Andreae Downs, Rena Getz, Bill Humphrey, Victoria L. Danberg, Alan Lobovits, Martha Bixby, Rebecca Walker Grossman, Marc C. Laredo, Lisle Baker, Richard A. Lipof, David A. Kalis, Stephen Farrell
Absent: None
During the meeting:
- Randy Block recused from the vote on: Accept the committee recommendations on 18 items without discussion (#207-24, #182-24, #225-24, #192-24.
- Randy Block recused from the vote on: #164-24 and #215-24 Accept the committee recommendations (voted without discussion; Councilor Block recused).
Every vote, in order
#79-24 Approve: Request to amend Special Permit #395-22 to allow for a cash payment in lieu of providing IZ units at 136-144 Hancock Street
City Council Approved 19-5 (Councilors Farrell, Gentile, Kalis, Malakie and Micley opposed
Yes: Albright, Baker, Bixby, Block, Danberg, Downs, Getz, Greenberg, Grossman, Humphrey, Kelley, Krintzman, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Lobovits, Lucas, Oliver, WrightNo: Farrell, Gentile, Kalis, Malakie, Micley
From the minutes
“City Council Approved 19-5 (Councilors Farrell, Gentile, Kalis, Malakie and Micley opposed.”
Accept the committee recommendations on the items voted without discussion, except #164-24 and #215-24
The City Council voted without discussion 23 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Absent, to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following (with the exemption of items 164-24 and 215-24 22 yeas, 0 nays, 1 Absent (Councilor Kelley and 1 recusal (Councilor Block):
Yes: Albright, Baker, Bixby, Block, Danberg, Downs, Farrell, Gentile, Getz, Greenberg, Grossman, Humphrey, Kalis, Krintzman, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Lobovits, Lucas, Malakie, Micley, Oliver, WrightOne vote on the block of items the council took up without discussion. The Actions read “23 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Absent, … (with the exemption of items 164-24 and 215-24 22 yeas, 0 nays, 1 Absent (Councilor Kelley and 1 recusal (Councilor Block)”; the absent councilor is Andrea W. Kelley, named in the same sentence. #164-24 and #215-24 are the next vote.
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 23 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Absent, to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following (with the exemption of items 164-24 and 215-24 22 yeas, 0 nays, 1 Absent (Councilor Kelley and 1 recusal (Councilor Block):.”
#164-24 and #215-24 Accept the committee recommendations (voted without discussion; Councilor Block recused)
The City Council voted without discussion 23 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Absent, to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following (with the exemption of items 164-24 and 215-24 22 yeas, 0 nays, 1 Absent (Councilor Kelley and 1 recusal (Councilor Block):
Yes: Albright, Baker, Bixby, Danberg, Downs, Farrell, Gentile, Getz, Greenberg, Grossman, Humphrey, Kalis, Krintzman, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Lobovits, Lucas, Malakie, Micley, Oliver, WrightThe Actions record these two items as “22 yeas, 0 nays, 1 Absent (Councilor Kelley and 1 recusal (Councilor Block)”.
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 23 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Absent, to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following (with the exemption of items 164-24 and 215-24 22 yeas, 0 nays, 1 Absent (Councilor Kelley and 1 recusal (Councilor Block):.”
Referred to Public Facilities and Finance Committees
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.”
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