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May 5, 2025
2 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement.
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: The attendance lines at the top of the Actions name Tarik J. Lucas neither present nor absent; the vote counts include Tarik J. Lucas, so MassVoter counts Tarik J. Lucas as present. The attendance lines at the top of the Actions name Alan Lobovits neither present nor absent; the vote counts include Alan Lobovits, so MassVoter counts Alan Lobovits as present. The attendance lines at the top of the Actions name Richard A. Lipof neither present nor absent; the vote counts include Richard A. Lipof, so MassVoter counts Richard A. Lipof as present.
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, Stephen Farrell
Absent: David A. Kalis
Every vote, in order
Referred to Land Use Committee
#7-25 Approve: Request to amend Special Permit #426-18 at 55 Tower Road
City Council Approved 19-4-1 (Councilors Block, Malakie, Oliver, Wright Opposed) (Councilor Kalis Absent)
Yes: Albright, Baker, Bixby, Danberg, Downs, Farrell, Gentile, Getz, Greenberg, Grossman, Humphrey, Kelley, Krintzman, Laredo, Leary, Lipof, Lobovits, Lucas, MicleyNo: Block, Malakie, Oliver, Wright
From the minutes
“City Council Approved 19-4-1 (Councilors Block, Malakie, Oliver, Wright Opposed) (Councilor Kalis Absent).”
Accept the committee recommendations on 12 items without discussion (#129-25, #66-25, #73-25, #89-25, #90-25, #91-25, ...)
The City Council voted without discussion 23 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Absent (Councilor Kalis) to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following:
One vote on the block of items the council took up without discussion. The items: #129-25 Request for authorization to submit FY26-30 Consolidated Plan...; #66-25 Appointment of Michael Alperin to the Newton Affordable Housing Trust; #73-25 Appointment of JJ Kazakoff-Eigen to the BERDO Advisory Commission; #89-25 Reappointment of Nathan Persampieri to the Commission on Disability; #90-25 Reappointment of Stephen Logowitz to the Community Education...; #91-25 Reappointment of Harold W. Adams to the Community Education Commission; #92-25 Reappointment of William Dietrich to the Biosafety Committee; #93-25 Reappointment of Howard Goldberg to the Designer Selection Committee; #94-25 Reappointment of Amy L. MacKrell to the Designer Selection Committee; #95-25 Reappointment of Carol S. Schein to the Design Review Committee; #96-25 Reappointment of Peter J. Barrer to the Design Review Committee; #107-25 Appropriation of $2,000,000 for FY2026 Health Insurance costs.
From the minutes
“The City Council voted without discussion 23 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Absent (Councilor Kalis) to Accept the Committee Recommendations on the following:.”
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