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January 1, 2018
3 recorded votes, 1 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · City meeting page
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Attendance
Note on these minutes: Inaugural exercises and organizational meeting: the journal lists the nine members-elect as present; they took the oath of office at the start of the meeting.
Present: Michael D. Anderson, Joanne E. Campbell, Michael P. Concannon, Mark E. Gaffney, Richard F. Gately, Richard M. Haggerty, Lindsay E. Higgins, Darlene Mercer-Bruen, Edward Tedesco
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Election of Council President
Elect Richard M. Haggerty President of the City Council (first ballot, nine votes)
ROLL CALL: Anderson - Haggerty, Campbell - Haggerty, Concannon - Haggerty, Gaffney - Haggerty, Gately - Haggerty, Haggerty - Haggerty, Higgins - Haggerty, Mercer-Bruen - Haggerty, Tedesco - Haggerty.
Each member who voted named the same choice (Haggerty).
From the minutes
“ROLL CALL: Anderson - Haggerty, Campbell - Haggerty, Concannon - Haggerty, Gaffney - Haggerty, Gately - Haggerty, Haggerty - Haggerty, Higgins - Haggerty, Mercer-Bruen - Haggerty, Tedesco - Haggerty..”
Inaugural and organizational meeting
The order be adopted — Order: The Rules and Orders of the City Council of 2016-2017 be adopted as the Rules of the present City Council until otherwise Ordered
Motion made and 2nd that the ORDER be ADOPTED, all in favor, 9-0.
From the minutes
“Motion made and 2nd that the ORDER be ADOPTED, all in favor, 9-0..”
Adjourn
Motion made and 2nd to ADJOURN, all in favor, 9-0.
From the minutes
“Motion made and 2nd to ADJOURN, all in favor, 9-0..”
From the Woburn City Council’s official journals (its minutes), posted on the city’s Minutes & Agendas page (City Council). We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Photos (the city’s website has no councilor photos): Robert Toro, Joseph Demers (courtesy of each), Jeffrey Dillon, Lou DiMambro and Charles Viola from Woburn Patch (2019–2023); Yano Amara (December 31, 2025) and Darlene Mercer-Bruen (July 23, 2021, captioned group photo, cropped) from the Daily Times Chronicle; William Pappalardo and Robert Ferullo cropped from the Daily Times Chronicle’s captioned 2026 City Council photo (January 7, 2026). Former councilors show initials.
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