After almost five years of work and despite requests to return to the drawing board, Newton City Councilors approved the new design for the City Seal on February 18, in a vote of 13-10, with one absent. While even those who voted in favor of the change agreed that not…
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The Zoning & Planning Committee approved the following (see Report and watch the meeting video): The committee voted to hold the following: Present: Councilors Baker (Chair), Oliver, Albright, Wright, Krintzman, Getz, Danberg, and KalisAlso Present: Councilors Malakie, Lucas, Block, Farrell, Leary, Kelley, and GreenbergCity Staff: Jennifer Caira, Deputy Director of…
The City Council’s Committee of the Whole approved the following (see the report and watch the meeting video; see also Fig City News report of the meeting): Present: Councilors Humphrey, Lucas, Malakie, Albright, Leary, Downs, Laredo, Lipof, Greenberg, Kelley, Grossman, Bixby, Krintzman, Danberg, Wright, Baker, Farrell, and BlockAbsent: Councilors Gentile,…
The Programs & Services Committee voted to approve the following (see the report and the meeting video): The committee voted to hold the following: Present: Councilors Krintzman (Chair), Oliver, Micley, Malakie, Humphrey, Lobovits, and FarrellAbsent: Councilor BakerAlso Present: Councilors Greenberg, Wright, Leary, and Lucas City Staff: Anthony Ciccariello, Commissioner of…
The Public Facilities Committee voted to hold the following (see the report and watch the meeting video): The Public Facilities Committee voted no action necessary on the following: Present: Councilors Albright (Chair), Getz, Kelley, Leary, Danberg, and KalisAbsent: Councilors Gentile and LaredoAlso Present: Councilors Lucas and WrightCity Staff: Commissioner of…
The Land Use Committee voted to hold the following (see the report and watch the meeting video): Petition Documents Present: Councilors Kelley (Chair), Block, Downs, Farrell, Laredo, Leary, Lobovits, and LucasAlso Present: Councilors Albright, Bixby, Getz, Humphrey, Krintzman, Malakie, Oliver and WrightCity Staff Present: Chief Planner Katie Whewell, Assistant City…
The Traffic Council approved the following (see the report and watch the meeting video): All items may be appealed through the close of business on February 19, 2025. Voting Members Present: Captain Devine, (Police), Councilor Downs, MitchellFischman (resident), David Koses (DPW) and Adrian Ayala (DPW)Also Present: Councilors Micley, Getz, Laredo,…
City Council will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, February 18 at 7:45PM. See Reports Docket and New Docket. Finance will meet in person (Council Chamber) and virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, February 18 at 7:15PM. The agenda includes the following: Programs and Services regularly…
On Thursday February 6, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller met with the Newton City Council to begin informal discussions on the City’s FY 2026 budget, covering the year starting July 1, 2025. The meeting, described as a “Mayoral Listening Session,” took place at the Allen House. The Mayor was flanked by Newton’s Chief…
At its regularly scheduled meeting on February 5, the Programs and Services Committee reviewed an ongoing challenge: the chronic problem of a “distressed property,” rodents, and hoarding. Although the docket item included city-wide management, the discussion centered on a particular property in a Nonantum neighborhood that has been a continuing…