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February 16, 2021
1 recorded votes, 1 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF)
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: Joint convention of the City Council and the School Committee, called by the Mayor to fill a School Committee vacancy. Only the councillors are listed here. The posted minutes file repeats the same pages 2 times; MassVoter read them once.
Present: Anthony Andronico, Ian Cain, Noel DiBona, William Harris, Anne Mahoney, David McCarthy, Brian Palmucci, Charles Phelan, Nina Liang
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Joint Convention - School Committee vacancy
Fill the vacant School Committee seat (joint convention with the School Committee)
Nominations: Christine [Courtney] Perdios (nominated by Brian Palmucci), Elizabeth Speakman, Liberty Schaaf (nominated by David McCarthy) and Ellen O'Donnell (nominated by Ian Cain).
A joint vote of the City Council and the School Committee choosing among four candidates, not a yes/no vote. The minutes give only each candidate's total (Courtney Perdios 8, Liberty Schaaf 3, Elizabeth Speakman 2, Ellen O'Donnell 1) and do not say how each councillor voted. The nomination line names "Christine Perdios".
From the minutes
“City Clerk Crispo called a roll Call Vote with all City Councillors and School Committee members. Courtney Perdios of 86 Ruggles Street received 8 votes Elizabeth Speakman of 129 Merrymount Road received 2 votes Liberty Schaaf of 28 Howe Street received 3 votes Ellen O'Donnell of 6 Hatherly Road received 1 vote Courtney Perdios receiving the majority of votes was appointed to fill the vacant School Committee seat.”
From the official minutes kept by the Quincy City Clerk (agendas and minutes). From the Quincy City Council’s official minutes, posted on the city’s City Council agendas and minutes page (2025 on) and in its meeting minutes archive (earlier years). We check every vote against the councillors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. MassVoter never grades officials; votes and attendance are shown exactly as the minutes record them. Councillor photos: BallotReady candidate profiles (Anne Mahoney, Noel DiBona, Ziqiang Yuan, Richard Ash, Deborah Riley), the Green Voter Guide MA (Maggie McKee) and Quincy Access Television, November 2025 candidate messages (David Jacobs, Walter Hubley, Virginia Ryan). Former councillors show initials.
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