City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, June 20 at 7:45PM. See Reports Docket and the New Docket. The meeting can also be viewed on NewTV (YouTube, Comcast 9, RCN 13 or 614, Verizon 33). Zoning and Planning will meet in person (Council…
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School Committee will meet initially in person (Ed Center, Room 304) on Tuesday, June 20 at 5:30PM and vote to enter into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the NTA, NESA & Custodians (see Agenda). The Committee will then resume its regularly…
Newton Citizens Commission on Energy will meet in person (Room 211) on Tuesday, June 20 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following: Board of License Commissioners will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, June 20 at 7:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Board of Assessors will meet in person (Room…
There are no DRT meetings scheduled for this week.
At the meeting of the Zoning and Planning Committee Tuesday night, the City’s Planning Department — led by Director Barney Heath with Deputy Director Jenn Caira, Long Range Planner Zach LaMel, and consultants from Utile, Tim Love, Loren Rapport, and Will Cohen — provided a brief presentation to the whole…
Public Facilities Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 12 at 6:45PM. The agenda includes the following: Finance Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 12 at 7PM. The agenda includes the following requests: Zoning and Planning Committee will meet in person (Room 204) and virtually…
Commission on Disability will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, June 12 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Fair Housing Committee and Lease Up Sub-Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, June 12 at 8AM. The agenda includes the following: Economic Development Commission will meet in person…
The City Council’s Zoning and Planning Committee will hold a public hearing on June 14 regarding a proposed ordinance requiring electrification of all new construction and substantial renovation. Last August, Governor Baker signed into law legislation (H.5060) granting Newton and nine other ten communities (Acton, Aquinnah, Arlington, Brookline, Cambridge, Concord,…
Ending months of sometimes tense negotiations with the Mayor, the City Council voted to approve the Mayor’s FY24 budget of $499,710,209 General Fund allocations with an additional $70, 306,117 for Community Preservation, Water, Sewer, and Stormwater funds, for a total of $570,016,326. (See FY2024 Budget, FY2024-2028 CIP, and FY2024-2028 Supplemental CIP).…
Prior to the City Council’s full budget review and approval, the City Council met to consider a resolution proposed by Ward 4 Councilor, Lenny Gentile, to use $10,000,000 of Free Cash designated for the Lincoln Eliot Elementary School project, as part of an unrestricted reserve fund comprised of: Councilor Gentile’s…