Sentences with phrase «council members voted»

Let's ask all the Benchers who voted against the LPP pilot program in 2012, as reported nationwide by The Globe And Mail: «Some within the Law Society have criticized the program — 20 of 56 council members voted against it.

Over 53 countries as well as UN security council members voted on Friday in favor of a mission that would send peacekeepers to guard some of the Middle East's world heritage sites from militants.

Mayor Bill Bunten and eight city council members voted 9 - 0, with Councilman John Alcala being absent because of back problems, to pass a 39 - page ordinance amending rules regarding animal control and animal cruelty to enhance public safety, protect animals and save taxpayer dollars.

After more than two hours of public comment — largely in favor of keeping the ban in place — city council members voted 4 to 3 in favor of repealing the ban.

But, less than two months before the ban took effect, city council members voted again, this time to repeal the ban and continue to allow stores within the city to procure and sell animals from large - scale commercial breeders, better known as puppy and kitten mills.

Last week, while Pennsylvania lawmakers were taking measures to protect pets from harsh winter weather, Las Vegas city council members voted to repeal a ban on retail pet store puppy sales, 99 % of which come from puppy mills.

Melissa Mark - Viverito, a Democrat from East Harlem, as council members voted for her as speaker.

While the City's other boroughs scored well (with Manhattan taking the top score), two of Staten Island's three council members voted against almost every environmental bill that was examined.

There's no longer cash at stake in the committee jockeying — since Council members voted in 2016 to give themselves a raise to $ 148,500 a year, and eliminate the «lulus» of $ 5,000 to $ 20,000 that used to go to committee chairs.

Three Common Council members voted against the proposal, including Councilor Jake Barrett.

Rochester City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to maintain sanctuary status, which has been in place since 1986.

Milwaukee Common Council members voted 10 - 5 on Wednesday in favor a downtown streetcar project, but a procedural delay moved the final vote to Feb. 10.

Common Council members voted in favor of changing the name back in June.

But dozens of Council members voted against it at the borough level, and even those who declined to participate will be under pressure from activists to vote against it — or will look to leverage their support for concessions from the mayor on the plan or on issues specific to their districts.

Council members voted 5 - 1, approving a special - use permit for the Downers Grove Park District to proceed with the project.

In August council members voted that the skate park constituted a major change in land use of the Garden Plots.

Three council members voted against the contract.

ST. PETERSBURG — Tampa Bay Watch, the conservation group based in Tierra Verde, will operate an outpost at the new Pier.In a unanimous vote, City Council members voted Thursday to give the nonprofit organization a five - year lease to offer marine edu...

The minutes of the meeting say a «fulsome discussion ensued,» with three council members voting for the postponement and 14 voting against.

The draft lines will be enacted unless a majority of City Council members vote to send the Commission back to the drawing board.

Other than Barron, only one Council member voted against MIH: Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams.

A week before Council members vote for the next speaker of the City Council, Brooklyn Councilwoman Inez Barron is entering the race because she thinks it is time for a black speaker.

The all - but - foregone conclusion won't be official until the 51 Council members vote Jan. 3.

Not exact matches

It was enforced by a voting provision that required Abu Dhabi Investment Council to vote in favor of board nominees select board - members put forth, not uncommon in Canada.

Votes are subject to a quorum of at least half of the members of the Council.

In the event of dissension among Council members, a simple plurality of votes is used.

In a statement, the four council members making the proposal said it was never meant to target one company, but «Amazon made the conversation about them when they expressed their intentions to pause construction on their new office tower pending a vote on our Progressive Tax on Business.»

In a news release Tuesday, the council said the decision follows a vote on Monday by all bargaining committee members to recommend ratification of a proposed mediation - arbitration process.

Even the UN Security Council, which offers to its members the «best way to protect their own sovereign rights and national interests» by exercising the veto power, counts the votes of an absent member as an abstention.

In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

«The uncertainty of not having a food contract service vendor worries me more,» council member David Grosso (I - At - Large) said as he urged his colleagues to vote in favor of the contract while conceding that the new arrangement has flaws at its start.

Council member Marilyn Schnell voted against the permit, citing traffic safety concerns for surrounding neighbors.

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Also at 12:30 p.m., NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito holds a press conference prior to the Council's pre-stated meeting where members are expected to vote on a private school security bill, Red Room, City Hall, Manhattan.

This new responsibility was shared, however, with an unwieldy new Financial Stability Oversight Council and its 10 voting members.

The Speaker explained that she was losing support among council members on the Uber bill, but still had enough votes to pass it.

NYC Council members vowed to force a vote on hotly debated police reform bills if Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito refuses to allow a vote this year.

Read the NYTimes article about how she pressured council members to vote to overturn term limits.

Less than two years ago Hotel Trades Council members turned out in huge numbers and voted overwhelmingly to approve a dues referendum.

And just a cursory review of CM Dickens» political associations and campaign contributors should embarrass any members of the Council from considering seriously her candidacy for Speaker, not to mention the voters of the 9th CD from voting for her in the first place.

Both are members of the little - known New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC), a federally sanctioned agency that must vote unanimously for federally subsidized construction projects like the new Tappan Zee Bridge to go forward.

The 51 - member council in February voted itself a hefty pay hike retroactive to Jan. 1 — a move Mayor de Blasio hailed at the time as well deserved.

As supporters and opponents go head - to - head with their positions on the Horse - Carriage Ban, lobbyists will be targeting City Council Members with a full on assault to sway their votes, but there's one legislator who could not be bought.

Club members voted to endorse McDuffie, another longtime LGBT rights supporter, for re-election to the Ward 5 Council seat by unanimous voice vote.

At the same meeting the club endorsed by unanimous voice vote Council member Mary Cheh (D - Ward 3), who's running unopposed in the primary.

The New York City Council voted to give its members hefty pay raises in February 2016 and simultaneously imposed a ban on certain forms of outside income, effectively making the job of City Council member a full - time position.

Amidst the media's recent focus on independent redistricting, New York City Council member Dan Garodnick encourages New Yorkers not to lose sight of the importance of campaign finance reform, highlighting the many benefits that the New York City public matching funds system has created for small donors, candidates for public office, and the voting public.

Under Council tradition, local Members direct their colleagues how to vote on most land use proposals, and Chin urged removal of the landmark designation, allowing the owner to destroy the historic property, which was in fact torn down.

Ognibene also criticized Crowley over the Council's approval of a new high school for Maspeth without concessions for neighborhood children and a curb cut for buses, suggesting she could have won the concessions from the city School Construction Authority if she had consulted more Council members behind the scenes before the vote.

It doesn't seem to have come up on the record in the heated race between incumbent Queens Republican Frank Padavan, who voted against the MTA rescue, and former City Council member Tony Avella.