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January 4, 2021
7 recorded votes, 3 with disagreement.
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Note on these minutes: Organizational meeting for 2021. Called to order by Ward Five City Councilor Mark Niedergang.
Present: Wilfred Mbah, Mary Jo Rossetti, William White, Matthew McLaughlin, J.T. Scott, Ben Ewen-Campen, Jesse Clingan, Mark Niedergang, Lance Davis, Katjana Ballantyne, Kristen Strezo
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Election #211112
Elect the 2021 City Council 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 President as approved, with 11 councilors voting for it (Wilfred Mbah, Mary Jo Rossetti, Kristen Strezo, 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: Mbah, Rossetti, Strezo, White Jr., McLaughlin, Scott, Ewen-Campen, Clingan, Niedergang, Davis, Ballantyne.”
Election #211113
Elect the 2021 City Council Vice President (Mary Jo Rossetti)
An election of a council officer, so MassVoter shows the result only (as for every council election). The minutes record the motion that Mary Jo Rossetti be elected Vice President as approved, with 11 councilors voting for it (Wilfred Mbah, Mary Jo Rossetti, Kristen Strezo, 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: Mbah, Rossetti, Strezo, White Jr., McLaughlin, Scott, Ewen-Campen, Clingan, Niedergang, Davis, Ballantyne.”
Order #211116
Adopting for 2021 the Rules of the City Council as approved on December 12, 2019
From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED. [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Mbah, Rossetti, Strezo, White Jr., McLaughlin, Scott, Ewen-Campen, Clingan, Niedergang, Davis, Ballantyne.”
Order #211117
Reviving all business pending before this Council or its Committees at the end of 2020 and recommitting the revived items back to this Council or its proper Committees
From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED. [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Mbah, Rossetti, Strezo, White Jr., McLaughlin, Scott, Ewen-Campen, Clingan, Niedergang, Davis, Ballantyne.”
Order #211118
Accepting the bonds of the City Treasurer/Tax Collector
From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED. [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Mbah, Rossetti, Strezo, White Jr., McLaughlin, Scott, Ewen-Campen, Clingan, Niedergang, Davis, Ballantyne.”
Order #211119
Authorizing the City Treasurer to appoint Deputy Tax Collectors
From the minutes
“RESULT: APPROVED. [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Mbah, Rossetti, Strezo, White Jr., McLaughlin, Scott, Ewen-Campen, Clingan, Niedergang, Davis, Ballantyne.”
Communication #211120
Place on file: In his capacity as President, conveying this Council's Standing and Special Committee assignments and Commission appointments for 2021
The minutes record the result as “Placed on file”, with a roll call.
From the minutes
“RESULT: PLACED ON FILE. [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Mbah, Rossetti, Strezo, 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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