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May 31, 2018
3 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement.
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Note on these minutes: Called to order by Ward Seven Alderman Katjana Ballantyne.
Present: Stephanie Hirsch, Wilfred Mbah, Mary Jo Rossetti, William White, Matthew McLaughlin, J.T. Scott, Ben Ewen-Campen, Jesse Clingan, Mark Niedergang, Lance Davis, Katjana Ballantyne
Absent: None
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Committee Report #206023
Accept the report of the Committees on Legislative Matters and Finance, meeting in Joint Session as a Committee of the Whole on May 31, 2018
Report of the Committees on Legislative Matters and Finance, meeting in Joint Session as a Committee of the Whole on May 31, 2018.
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Mayor's Request #205250 (report of the Committee)
Requesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to authorize the Housing Authority to reconstruct the state funded Clarendon Hill Public Housing Project
Yes: Ballantyne, Davis, Ewen-Campen, Hirsch, Mbah, Niedergang, Rossetti, WhiteNo: Clingan, McLaughlin, Scott
From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED AS AMENDED. [8 TO 3] AYES: Hirsch, Mbah, Rossetti, White Jr., Ewen-Campen, Niedergang, Davis, Ballantyne NAYS: McLaughlin, Scott, Clingan.”
Mayor's Request #205906 (report of the Committee)
Requesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to authorize the Division of Capital Asset and Maintenance to convey land to the Housing Authority
From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED. [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Hirsch, Mbah, Rossetti, White Jr., McLaughlin, Scott, Ewen-Campen, Clingan, Niedergang, Davis, Ballantyne.”
From the Somerville City Council’s official minutes, posted on the city’s Legistar meeting calendar (July 2022 on) and its older meeting portal (2010 to mid-2022), both linked from the City Council page on somervillema.gov. We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councilor photos: City of Somerville (somervillema.gov) official headshots for Ben Ewen-Campen, Jesse Clingan, Lance Davis, Wilfred Mbah, Naima Sait, J.T. Scott and Kristen Strezo; The Somerville Times (thesomervilletimes.com) for Emily Hardt, Jon Link, Matthew McLaughlin and Ben Wheeler. Former councilors show initials.
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