Zoning and Planning will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, December 11 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Finance and Public Facilities will meet jointly and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, December 11 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following requests: Land Use will meet in person and virtually…
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Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee’ s previously scheduled meeting for Tuesday, December 12 has been canceled. It was to be for discussing strategy with respect to collective bargaining with NESA and to conduct a collective bargaining session with NESA. See Meeting Cancellation Notice. School Committee will meet virtually…
Newton Cultural Council will meet in person (1294 Centre Street) and virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, December 11 at 5PM. The agenda includes the following: Commission on Disability will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, December 11 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Historical Commission will meet virtually…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT) this week (see DRT Snapshot):
On December 7, City Councilors-Elect met in caucus to elect leadership for the coming term. In the voting for President, there were three ballots for each three rounds: In the voting for Vice President:
The Programs and Services Committee met on December 6 to discuss an item docketed by several City Council members calling for the creation and enforcement of a City Council Code of Ethics (see page 20-24 of the agenda). The City Council is an independent, self-governing body of the local government…
After months of heated debate, the City Council voted on December 4 to approve a zoning package designed to comply with the MBTA Communities Law before the December 31, 2023 deadline. That law, as applied to Newton, requires zoning that allows “by right” development of multi-family housing within a half-mile…
The December 4 School Committee meeting agenda included the Superintendent’s regular report, as well as updates regarding negotiations with the Newton Teachers Association, progress on this year’s NPS systemwide goals, human resources, PTO spending, and NPS budget planning. Kathy Shields (Ward 7, Vice Chair) who sits on the SC Negotiations…
The Programs & Services Committee voted to Approve (see Report and watch NewTV video): In addition, the Committee voted the following: The Committee voted to approve 6-0 for amended Councilor version and voted No Action Necessary on the Mayor/Administration/Tree Warden docket item.
The Joint Finance and Programs & Services Committees voted to approve the following (see Report and watch NewTV video): The Joint Committees were not in agreement on the following item:
The Public Facilities Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch NewTV video): The Finance & Public Facilities Committees voted to approve the following: The Finance Committee Held: NPS Superintendent Dr. Nolin stated Newton has some acute needs in the school systems, including support and intervention needs at…
The Zoning & Planning Committee voted to approve the following (see Report and watch the NewTV video): The Zoning & Planning Committee voted to hold the following: