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)…
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Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link Passcode: 515164) in Executive Session on Tuesday, May 2 at 12PM. The agenda includes the following:
Planning and Development Board will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, May 1 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: See Planning Memo – April 21, 2024. Community Preservation Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, May 2 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Fair Housing Committee…
The following potential projects/proposals are scheduled to meet with the Development Review Team (DRT) this week (see DRT Snapshot):
To begin the April 27 School Committee meeting, two Bigelow Middle School educators were among the public comment speakers to advocate for staff restoration to address the middle school team sizes. Superintendent Kathy Smith followed the public comment period by giving her scheduled update, during which she congratulated the central…
During a special meeting on Tuesday, April 25, the School Committee voted to accept Mayor Fuller’s in-meeting proposal to transfer responsibility for making Newton Public Schools (NPS) employees’ Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) contributions from the NPS budget to the City budget. This proposal effectively rejected Ward 2 representative Chris Brezski’s…
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…
The Council on Aging and Advisory Council held their monthly meeting last night. Chair Joan Belle Isle reported that a contract was recently signed with UMASS Boston’s Gerontology Institute to conduct a needs assessment that will be launched in September. The last needs assessment was conducted with the John W.…
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…
Negotiations Subcommittee of the Newton School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 218) in Executive Session on Monday, April 24 at 4PM to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA (see Agenda). School Committee will meet in person (Education Center, Room 210) and virtually (Zoom…
Planning and Development Board will meet virtually (Zoom link) and jointly with the Zoning and Planning on Monday, April 24 at 7PM (Zoom link says 6:45PM). The agenda includes the following: Newton Cultural Council will meet in person (1294 Centre Street) on Monday, April 24 at 5:30PM. The agenda includes…