Sentences with phrase «require council votes»

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In 2016, Seattle citizens voted for legislation that requires hotels to give their employees similar devices, and Chicago's City Council approved a similar measure in October.

Chicago's City Council in October voted unanimously to require similar devices.

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.

Under the bill, headed for a D. C. Council vote next month, religious organizations would not be required to make space available for same - sex weddings.

The New York City Council voted 28 - 20 to require certain retailers to collect a fee on each carryout bag, paper or plastic, with some exceptions, with Mayor Bill de Blasio expressing support for the measure.

That ought still to include a promise to force a Commons vote on it and thus challenge the Lib Dems, a promise to enable and require councils to build houses, a promise to restore the Agricultural Wages Board that the Lib Dems have abolished, a promise to reverse the dismantlement of England's NHS by Shirley Williams and other Lib Dems, a promise to reverse any privatisation of the Royal Mail and thus stop it because no buyer would take the risk, and a promise to renationalise the railways for free over the course of a Parliament by simply taking back each franchise as it came up for renewal.

The Niagara Falls City Council unanimously voted to name embattled Councilman Charles A. Walker as its chairman Monday night despite Walker being charged two months ago with four misdemeanors over his failure to file required campaign finance reports.

The council is also preparing for a potential vote on requiring a certain percentage of contract workers to be hired from within the city.

The Syracuse Common Council has voted in favor of an ordinance that will require contractors working on city projects to hire 20 percent of their workforce from within the city.

Each council ward typically has 15,000 registered voters and around 1,200 votes are required to win an election.

At 10 a.m., NYC Council members Carlos Menchaca and Helen Rosenthal, advocates for worker cooperatives and workers express support for a City Council bill scheduled for a Thursday vote that would require reporting of city contracts and small business assistance awarded to worker cooperatives; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

Quinn, who said she voted for the original bill requiring a full - service shelter in every borough, said two different mayoral administrations have found it next - to - impossible to find an appropriate location, and that the Council's focus had consequently turned back to «trying to meet the goals» of the original bill.

If Gallo and Baker stay their course, an override of a mayoral veto would require seven of nine votes of the Common Council.

The NYC Council voted to require the Board of Elections to send voters texts and e-mails telling them when their poll sites change and reminding them of upcoming elections, and also to set up a website and mobile app to let voters check their registration and party affiliation, and change information like their address.

At 2 p.m., in response to de Blasio's «quest to tear down statues like Christopher Columbus,» Queens Councilman Eric Ulrich will announce legislation that would require a majority vote of the Council before removing statues on city property, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The Syracuse Common Council is expected to vote Monday on a request that the city's school board require new hires to live in the city of Syracuse.

In June, the City Council voted in favor of a bill that will require inspection of the POPS every three years.

The Council voted to require community land trusts to enter regulatory agreements with the city ensuring long - term affordability.

Before that, he served 11 years on the Syracuse Common Council in two jobs that required a vote of the entire city — Councilor - at - large and Council President.

As the Council began to vote on the mayor's proposals to rezone the city to require developers to set aside a proportion of all new apartments for below - market tenants, opponents of the plan packed into the balcony seats erupted in chants.

But it would require another vote from the newly - elected City Council in 2018 to impose the fee once again.

The New York City Council voted to approve the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure actions required to move forward on Rudin Management's residential development at the site of the former St. Vincent's hospital in the West Village, according to a statement today from Rudin.

The City Council and mayor are also required to vote on the project.

Hearings before the community board and City Planning Commission will be required, the Borough president will weigh in and the City Council must vote on the final land disposition.

The City Council voted 28 to 20 on Thursday to require certain retailers to collect a fee on each carryout bag, paper or plastic, with some exceptions.

The council is aiming to vote on March 22 on ZQA and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, which would require below - market - rate apartments in rezoned areas of the city.

Espinal's opposition is significant because he chairs the Council's consumer affairs committee, which has heard and voted on other legislation to regulate the industry, including a bill to require down time, annual physicals and strict work hours for the horses.

If the merger plan included dissolving the city, the state Legislature would certainly require a home rule message from the Syracuse Common Council before voting to terminate the city's charter.

The Syracuse Common Council voted against requiring interior inspections of rental properties, either by consent or warrant, every two years.

The City Council voted in favor of a bill on Wednesday that will require these public spaces to be inspected every three years.

She refused to allow a vote on a bill that would have required businesses to give employees paid sick leave, even though a majority of the Council wanted it passed.

The vote of the nine - member New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, which is required before the $ 5.2 billion project can go forward, was delayed back in July when three county executives — Rockland's Scott Vanderhoef, Westchester's Rob Astorino and Putnam's MaryEllen Odell — said they needed more information from the Cuomo administration.

She raised the ire last month of anti-police brutality activists by nixing a council vote on legislation requiring police to identify themselves via business cards in stops and notify those they search on their right to refuse.

In 1997, the city changed its landmarks ordinance to require a supermajority, or 14 votes, from the Common Council to overturn a commission ruling.

The council also voted to approve Intro 615 to require the administration to issue an annual report on the food system.

At a recent Community Education Council meeting, Jamie Smarr, executive director of the DOE's Educational Construction Fund, reassured parents that the sale of the schools would be subject to public review under the Uniform Land Use Review Process (ULURP), which requires a vote by the City Council.

The bill, which still must go through required hearings, is so far co-sponsored by 19 council members, according to council records — just a handful shy of a passing vote.

But overturning a Landmarks Commission requires 14 votes from the Common Council.

The City Council as a whole has the final vote to approve neighborhood rezonings, or single projects that require a land use approval process.

(iii) A proposed amendment to the Bylaws shall require an affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Council.

By ruling of the presiding officer, or on motion of any Council member supported by at least one - third of the Council members present and voting, any matter on the agenda that has not yet come to vote, with the exceptions of a proposed amendment to the Constitution or a motion to recall an elective member of the Board, may be submitted to the entire Council membership for a mail ballot, or by electronic means, and shall require for its approval a favorable vote of a majority of the Council members, except that a resolution shall require for its adoption a favorable vote of two - thirds of those members.

(d) The Executive Officer shall be a member of the Board without vote; a member of the Council, of the Committee on Council Affairs, of the Executive Committee, and of the Committee on Investment and Finance; shall serve as secretary of the Board, of the Council, and of the Committee on Council Affairs, and as staff officer of the Committee on Nominations; shall be in charge of the Association's offices and shall manage the affairs of the Association in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Board; shall be custodian of the current operating funds; and shall have the authority to enter into contracts for the Association that have been approved by the Board or that are required for the conduct of the Association's activities specifically provided for in the approved annual budgets.

Any matter taken up by the Council shall be considered adopted if a majority of the members present vote in favor of it, with five exceptions: (i) A resolution shall require an affirmative vote of two - thirds of the members present.

Whether presented at a meeting or by mail, a proposed amendment shall require for its adoption a favorable vote of a majority of the entire Council.

Recommendations of the science council require a two - thirds majority of the votes from the plenary meeting.

Each Member State has a single vote and most decisions require a simple majority, although in practice the Council aims for a consensus as close as possible to unanimity.

Legislators are currently considering four other CTU - supported bills that directly impact conditions in public schools: HB 5481, requiring school districts to report class size data to ISBE and sets targets for K - 12 class sizes beginning in 2020; HB5721, which mandates improved public input and transparency in CPS capital spending and provides supports for schools and students hit with school actions like closings and turnarounds; HB 3786, which requires fully empowered local school councils in publicly funded schools, including charters, that must vote by a super-majority to approve school closures and reorganizations; and HB 4800, which would move surplus TIF funds to public education needs.

Charter schools are exempted from Illinois state laws that require a voting majority of Local School Councils to be parents, and in Chicago, less than 5 % of charter - school board members are parents.

As Published in East County Today, March 26, 2014 The Antioch City Council voted last Tuesday night to approve a ban on feeding feral cats on public property while also requiring permits on pet owners who exceed the number of... Continue reading →

The city council voted 12 - 2 in favor of a law that would require pet stores to sell only rescued animals.