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October 12, 2021
12 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, Phillip Duarte, Donald Cleary, Barry Sanders
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Com. from Helen DeSilvia, 44 Harrison Street, stating that on January 4", 2021 the council was told that all the neighbors of the development at 46 Harrison Street were in : favor of a 6-Unit, multi-family complex, plus a 60 memb
To refer to Council of the Whole to meet with the Law Department to see if this : applicant is in violation of hid Special Permit
From the minutes
“Motion was made to refer to Council of the Whole to meet with the Law Department to see if this : applicant is in violation of hid Special Permit, So Voted..”
Com. from Juanita Gallagher, 145 Winthrop Street, gave her input of the purchasing of property (parcel 77123) which is 0 Winthrop Street, which was discussed at the Council of the Whole meeting earlier in the evening
To refer this issue to the City Solicitors office
From the minutes
“Motion was made to refer this issue to the City Solicitors office. So voted.”
7 Reappointment of Willitts Mendonca, to the Municipal Affordable Honsing Trust Fund 7 Board of Trustees for a term of (3) years which will expire in October, 2024,
To move approval
From the minutes
“Motion was made to move approval. So voted.”
Reappointment of Richard J
To move approval
From the minutes
“Motion was made to move approval, So voted..”
Com. from Chairman, Taunton Planning Board notifying of a public hearing to be held : on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 9:15a
To receive and place on file
From the minutes
“Motion was made to receive and place on file, So voted..”
To receive and place on file
From the minutes
“Motion was made to receive and place on file. So voted..”
Com, from the President of ASW Group, LLC, 31 Berryfield Rd., Yarmouth, ME requesting approval for "Washington" style street posts and lamps on a new road being developed which will be called Brian's Way.
To refer to the Planning Board
From the minutes
“Motion was made to refer to the Planning Board, So voted.”
Petitions: - Miscellaneous Joint Petition submitted by Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant and Verizon New England, Inc
To - refer to the City Clerk for a public hearing
From the minutes
“Motion was made to - refer to the City Clerk for a public hearing, So voted..”
Sewer extension hearing request submitted by Senna Fitzgerald Gilbert Associates on _ behalf of their client Jean Jacques, of Briggs Court to service house #6.
To refer to the Department of Public Works for a public hearing
From the minutes
“Motion was made to refer to the Department of Public Works for a public hearing. So voted..”
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..”
B, A guide to the noise intensity: (1) Thirty decibels is considered very quiet. (2) Fifty decibels is considered moderately quiet. (3) Eighty decibels is considered annoying. (4) One hundred decibels is considered intolerable. (5) One hundred forty decibels is considered thresho
To pass to a second reading
From the minutes
“Motion was made to pass to a second reading, So Voted..”
Petitions: - Miscellaneous Joint Petition submitted by Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant and Verizon New England, Inc
To refer to the Department of Public Works Committee and the Police Department
From the minutes
“Motion was made to refer to the Department of Public Works Committee and the Police Department. So voted..”
From the official minutes kept by the Taunton City Clerk (agendas and minutes). From the Taunton Municipal Council’s official minutes, posted in the city’s Agenda Center. Most items pass by voice (“So voted”), and the minutes record only the result for those; how each councilor voted is shown for roll calls. MassVoter never grades officials; votes and attendance are shown exactly as the minutes record them. MassVoter never grades officials; votes and attendance are shown exactly as the minutes record them. Councilor photos: City of Taunton Municipal Council page (taunton-ma.gov). Former councilors show initials.
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