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January 7, 2019
6 recorded votes, 6 with disagreement.
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Note on these minutes: Organizational meeting for 2019. Called to order by Ward Five Alderman Mark Niedergang.
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
Every vote, in order
Election #207256
Elect the 2019 City Council President (Katjana Ballantyne)
An election of a council officer, so MassVoter shows the result only (as for every council election). The minutes record the motion that Katjana Ballantyne be elected President as approved, with 11 councilors voting for it (Stephanie Hirsch, Wilfred Mbah, Mary Jo Rossetti, William White, Matthew McLaughlin, J.T. Scott, Ben Ewen-Campen, Jesse Clingan, Mark Niedergang, Lance Davis and Katjana Ballantyne).
From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED. [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Hirsch, Mbah, Rossetti, White Jr., McLaughlin, Scott, Ewen-Campen, Clingan, Niedergang, Davis, Ballantyne.”
Election #207257
Elect the 2019 City Council Vice President (Matthew McLaughlin)
An election of a council officer, so MassVoter shows the result only (as for every council election). The minutes record the motion that Matthew McLaughlin be elected Vice President as approved, with 11 councilors voting for it (Stephanie Hirsch, Wilfred Mbah, Mary Jo Rossetti, William White, Matthew McLaughlin, J.T. Scott, Ben Ewen-Campen, Jesse Clingan, Mark Niedergang, Lance Davis and Katjana Ballantyne).
From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED. [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Hirsch, Mbah, Rossetti, White Jr., McLaughlin, Scott, Ewen-Campen, Clingan, Niedergang, Davis, Ballantyne.”
Order #207261
That this Board adopts for 2019 the Rules of the Board as approved on November 20, 2018
The minutes give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councilor voted.
Order #207262
That this Board revives all business pending before this Board or its Committees at the end of 2018 and recommits the revived items back to this Board or its proper Committees
The minutes give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councilor voted.
Order #207263
That this Board directs that the bonds of the City Treasurer/Tax Collector be hereby accepted and approved
The minutes give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councilor voted.
Order #207264
That this Board authorizes the City Treasurer to appoint Deputy Tax Collectors
The minutes give the result only, with no count, so MassVoter does not show how each councilor voted.
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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