Here’s Marc Laredo’s council committee appointments
With a new city council set to be sworn in on Jan. 1, Council President-elect Marc Laredo has made the following committee appointments (C= chair, VC= Vice chair). Each committee has one representative per ward. Public Safety and Transportation Ciccone (C) Auchincloss...VIDEO: Watch our departing city councilors say goodbye
Seven veteran Newton City Councilors said good bye to their colleagues and constituents on Monday Dec. 19 in their final meeting before leaving the council. Several of these are extraordinary and recommended watching. Thanks to Jack Prior of Newton Watch for recording and sharing.
Jack has also posted photos here.
Seven Newton City Councilors to bid adieu tonight
The Newton City Council will hold its final meeting of the 2015-17 term tonight which means it is also the final meeting for these seven councilors.
- Scott Lennon
- Ted Hess-Mahan
- Dick Blazar
- Brian Yates
- Ruthanne Fuller
- Amy Sangiolo
- Jay Harney
Each of the retiring members will be given five minutes to offer final remarks.
New council to elect new pres and VP this week
The incoming Newton City Council is scheduled to elect its new president and vice president this Thursday (Dec. 14) at City Hall. As noted earlier, Susan Albright, Cheryl Lappin and Marc Laredo have expressed interest in being president. According to Amy Sangiolo’s fabulous newsletter Vicki Danberg and Rick Lipof are running
Mayor does what he said he would do
Mayor Warren sent the following in a letter to City Clerk David Olson today
Dear Mr. Olson:
In my capacity as Mayor, I am hereby vetoing the measure passed by the City Council for docket item 313-17 for the reasons set forth in
Allison Sharma concedes ward 4 city council contest
From Allison Sharma campaign for the ward four city council seat Underdog write-in candidate Allison Sharma has erased nearly all of the 160-vote lead once held by her opponent, Chris Markiewicz, after the December 2nd recount of the Ward 4 city council seat race in...City council to vote on 8/8 home rule petition Monday
The Newton City Council is scheduled to vote tonight on a proposal to reduce the council from 24 to 16, with eight elected at-large from each ward and eight elected by the ward. I’m not sure if anyone has any thoughts about this issue, but I figured I’d...Committee votes to reduce council to 8/8 but mayor says he won’t sign it
The Programs and Services Committee voted Wednesday to send a proposed home rule petition that would reduce Newton’s city council from 24 to 16 members (eight elected at-large with ward residency requirements and eight elected exclusively by ward). Councilors...What’s the appropriate balance of power on the City Council?
There’s been a lot of discussion on this thread about ward representation and balance of power in the City Council. Personally, I’ve been a proponent of reducing the size of the City Council by cutting it in half while maintaining the balance of power....Newton’s next big important election
Even without charter change, Newton’s city council is about to undergo a major transformation. Six long-time city councilors — Scott Lennon, Ted Hess-Mahan, Brian Yates, Ruthanne Fuller, Amy Sangiolo and Jay Harney — plus Dick Blazar are all...Dear Councilors: Please aim for citywide consensus on council size
When discussing and deciding whether and how to reduce the size of the City Council, I hope councilors will consider the following: 1. We just went through a bruising campaign. Discourse in our city during this election was hostile and ugly. Just as has happened in...