MassVoter.com← Taunton Municipal CouncilTaunton Municipal Council · 2020–2021 Council · Regular meeting
March 31, 2020
7 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Jeffrey Postell, Christopher Coute, Deborah Carr, John McCaul, David Pottier, Gerald Croteau, Daniel Dermody, Donald Cleary, Barry Sanders
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Com. from First Assistant City Solicitor submitting the MBTA Order of Taking No
To receive and place on file
From the minutes
“Motion was made to receive and place on file. So Voted..”
Com. from First Assistant City Solicitor submitting correspondence recently received from Xfinity dated March 19, 2020 regarding Xfinity TV - Postponement of Cartoon Network Moving to Digital Preferred Tier.
To receive and place on file
From the minutes
“Motion was made to receive and place on file. So Voted..”
Com. from Detective William Rutherford regarding Hours of Operation for Dipson & Sons Auto
To approve
From the minutes
“Motion was made to approve. So Voted..”
Claim submitted by Kevin Nardi of Middleboro Police Department, represented by Swartz & Swartz, Attorneys at Law, who was seriously injured during training with the Taunton Police Department.
To refer to the Law Department and to the Police Department to provide more information to the Council on the actual incident
From the minutes
“Councilor Postell made a motion to refer to the Law Department and to the Police Department to provide more information to the Council on the actual incident. So Voted..” (Motion: Postell)
Committee reports
For Committee reports to be read by Title and Approved
From the minutes
“Motion was made for Committee reports to be read by Title and Approved. So Voted..”
Petitions: Claim submitted by Kevin Nardi of Middleboro Police Department, represented by Swartz & Swartz, Attorneys at Law, who was seriously injured during training with the Taunton Police Department
To approve the numbers as stated
From the minutes
“Motion was made to approve the numbers as stated. So Voted..”
Councilor Cleary stated that the salary number seems too high as it is usually $1.5M. Councilor Croteau stated that it does fluctuate around $1.5M but there have been occasions where it was $2M.
To refer the question on the salary number to the City Treasurer and the Payroll Office
From the minutes
“Councilor Croteau made a motion to refer the question on the salary number to the City Treasurer and the Payroll Office. So Voted..” (Motion: Croteau)
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