MINUTES - Special - 1/31/2018 356 CITY OF SALEM
JAN UARY 31, 2008
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
A Special Meeting of the City Council was held in the Council Chamber on
Monday, January 31, 2008 at 8.00 P.M. for the purpose of Accepting Massachusetts
General Law Chapter 71, Section 37M, Consolidation of Administrative Function.
Notice of this meeting was posted on January 29, 2008 at 5.11 P.M.
Councillor Sargent was recorded as absent.
Council President Michael Sosnowski presided.
Councillor O'Keefe moved to dispense with the reading of the record of the
previous meeting. It was so voted.
#85 — (#788 of 2007) ACCEPTANCE OF M.G.L. CH. 71, SEC. 37M
Councillor Pelletier offered the following report for the Committee on
Government Services which was co-posted with the Committee of the Whole. It was
voted to accept the report and adopt the recommendation by a roll call vote of 10 yeas,
0 nays, 1 absent. Councillor Furey, Lovely, McCarthy, O'Keefe, Pelletier, Pinto,
Prevey, Ryan, Veno and Sosnowski were recorded as voting in the affirmative.
Councillor Sargent was recorded as absent.
The Committee on Government Services co-posted with the Committee of the
Whole to whom was referred the matter of Acceptance of Massachusetts General Law
Chapter 71, Section 37M relative to the Consolidation of Administrative Functions, has
considered said matter and would recommend approval.
Councillor O'Keefe moved for immediate reconsideration in the hopes it would
not prevail. Reconsideration was denied.
On the motion of Councillor O'Keefe, the meeting adjourned at 8.02 P.M.
ATTEST: CHERYL A. LAPOINTE
CITY CLERK