Beginning in the first week in May, candidates for City Council and School Committee may take out nomination papers and begin collecting signatures for the November 7th election. Nomination papers are due at Newton City Hall on Tuesday, July 25. All 16 incumbent At-Large members of the Newton City Council…
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The Programs & Services Committee convened last Wednesday night in a discussion of four departmental budgets: City Clerk, Newton History Museum, Newton Free Library, and the Parks, Recreation and Culture Department. With respect to the City Clerk’s budget, the committee learned there was a fifty percent decrease in staff at…
Zoning and Planning will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, May 8 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following requests: Chair’s Note: Planning staff and Utile will present Version 2.0 of the draft Village Center Overlay District (VCOD) text along with a continued discussion on…
The Land Use Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV):
The Finance Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video from NewTV posted on YouTube): He noted that the net position of the liabilities is $667 million,a decrease from the previous year due to rising interest rates. The pension trust fund liability went down because markets…
The Zoning and Planning Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): The Zoning & Planning Committee voted to hold the following: Both items were discussed together. Version 2 Draft Maps removed historic districts and all public property from overlay districts. Village Center 1 District…
The Programs and Services Committee voted to approve the following: (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): The Programs & Services Committee voted to hold the following: Ward 6 Councilor Danberg, who introduced the item, reported that 400 businesses were contacted and 89 were surveyed and that the Plastics…
The Public Facilities Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the video on NewTV): The Public Facilities Committee voted to hold the following:
City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, May 1 at 7:45PM (see Report Docket and New Docket). The Mayor will present the FY2024 Municipal and School Budgets at the conclusion of the First Call of Reports. City Council will meet virtually (Zoom link)…
That is the subtext of the proposed ban on single-use plastic water bottles in Newton currently under consideration by the City Council’s Programs and Services Committee. The proposed ordinance, offered by Councilor Vicki Danberg (Ward 6, at-large) would expand upon Newton’s ban on the commercial use plastic bags to other…
On Friday, April 21, the Newton Planning and Development Department released its updated Village Center Zoning Redesign plan, Version 2.0, based on comments and concerns voiced at the City Council’s Zoning and Planning meetings. (NewTV’s video of the April 24 meeting) Among the changes from Version 1.0 to 2.0 is…
Finance Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, April 24 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Zoning and Planning will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, April 24 at 6:45PM. The agenda includes the following: Chair’s Note: Planning staff will present version 2…