The Finance Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch video on NewTV): The Finance Committee’s vote not to approve the following item:
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The City Council has scheduled three meetings this week to review the FY2024 Municipal and School Department budgets that were reviewed by the City Council committees. The meetings are as follows: The City Council has two Special Meetings posted:
Zoning and Planning will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, May 22 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Chair’s Note: Ann Berwick, Co-Director of Sustainability, will join the Committee to discuss a draft waiver provision to add to the draft ordinance. The Chair will also entertain a motion to…
Newton Cultural Council will meet in person (1294 Centre Street) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, May 22 at 5:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Council on Aging and Advisory Board will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, May 23 at 7:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Designer Selection Committee…
On its May 15th agenda, the City Council discussed a requesti by Mayor Fuller to appropriate $10 million from Free Cash to pay down that amount of the $50 million bonds for construction of the new Lincoln-Eliot school. The Mayor indicated that the annual debt service saved from this allocation…
City Council President Susan Albright sent this request to the Retirement Board to discuss the possibility of offering additional COLA payments balanced against a slightly slower rate of growth. The current rate of growth is 9.6%, and the Retirement Board is currently requesting a reduction to 6.6% with an increase…
The Public Facilities Committee voted to approve the following (see Report):
The City Council, meeting as the Committee of the Whole, voted to approve the following requests (see Report and watch the NewTV video): The Committee of the Whole voted to hold: Free cash items need to be spent before the end of the Fiscal Year (June). The City would like to…
The Finance Committee voted to approve the following requests (see Report):
Full City Council will meet as a Committee of the Whole, in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, May 15 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: HCF/quarter Water Rate/HCF Sewer Rate/HCF 0-10 $7.62 $11.84 11-25 $8.81 $13.85 26-60 $10.13 $14.88 >60 $12.63 $17.11 Irrigation $13.92 n/a…
The Zoning & Planning Committee voted to hold the following (see Report and watch the NewTV video): The two items were discussed together and focused on version 2 of the draft text to accompany the draft maps presented at the April 24, 2023 Zoning and Planning meeting. The following four…
The Public Facilities Committee voted to approve these requests (see Report):