MassVoter.com← Taunton Municipal CouncilTaunton Municipal Council · 2024–2025 Council · Regular meeting
January 23, 2024
9 recorded votes, 0 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Kelly Dooner, Jeffrey Postell, Lawrence Quintal, Barry Sanders, David Pottier, Scott Martin, Estele Borges, John McCaul
Absent: Phillip Duarte
Every vote, in order
Opportunity for input by the general public. No one spoke during public input.
To go out of the regular order of business to Communications from the Mayor
From the minutes
“Motion was made to go out of the regular order of business to Communications from the Mayor. So Voted..”
State Representative Carol Doherty presented a citation recognizing the Morton Hospital Emergency Department from the House of Representatives.
To recess at 7:21pm
From the minutes
“Motion was made to recess at 7:21pm. So Voted..”
So Voted.
To resume the meeting at 7:33pm
From the minutes
“Motion was made to resume the meeting at 7:33pm. So Voted..”
Com. from the Chief Financial Officer stating that the Finance Department would like the opportunity to discuss the need for loan repayments derived from the small business and economic development loans given out from the Taunto
To refer to the Committee on Finance and Salaries
From the minutes
“Motion was made to refer to the Committee on Finance and Salaries. So Voted..”
Com. from the Chief Financial Officer stating that the Finance Department would like the opportunity to present the results of Fiscal Year 2024 Quarter Two budgetary and capital positions.
To refer to the Committee on Finance and Salaries
From the minutes
“Motion was made to refer to the Committee on Finance and Salaries. So Voted..”
Com. from the Chief Financial Officer stating that the Finance Department would like the opportunity to discuss the need for loan repayments derived from the small business and economic development loans given out from the Taunto
To refer to the Committee on Finance and Salaries
From the minutes
“Motion was made to refer to the Committee on Finance and Salaries. 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..”
Resolutions: Order to be accepted on a roll call vote Ordered That, That the City of Taunton shall establish a Mayor's Worthy Cause agency I gift account in accordance with M
To approve
From the minutes
“Motion was made to approve. On a roll call vote, eight (8) Councilors were present, eight (8) Councilors voted in favor. So Voted. Councilor Duarte was absent..”
Councilor Borges stated that on November 22, 2023, the City Council met regarding the Charter and there was a motion made to have the Law Department and the Chief Election Officer cure some of the challenges of some of the sections of the Charter.
To invite the Law Department and the Election Officer in to give the City Council an update during the Committee of the Council as a Whole as to where they are with those challenges and where the ballot question is
From the minutes
“Councilor Borges motioned to invite the Law Department and the Election Officer in to give the City Council an update during the Committee of the Council as a Whole as to where they are with those challenges and where the ballot question is. So Voted..” (Motion: Borges)
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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