Sentences with phrase «vote by council members»

The unanimous vote by council members means that by 2025, the city plans to ensure that 90 percent or more of all healthy adoptable animals entering its animal control facility will be saved.

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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.

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.»

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 Council, acting by a qualified majority, may decide to suspend certain of the rights deriving from the application of the Treaties to the Member State in question, including the voting rights of the representative of the government of that Member State in the Council.

That's when Council is scheduled to vote on North District Common Council Member Joe Golombek's resolution that calls for a federal investigation of the environmental review process undertaken by the state Department of Transportation for its proposed project at -LSB-...]

Amendments to the present Charter shall come into force for all Members of the United Nations when they have been adopted by a vote of two thirds of the members of the General Assembly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the Security CMembers of the United Nations when they have been adopted by a vote of two thirds of the members of the General Assembly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the Security Cmembers of the General Assembly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the Security CMembers of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the Security Cmembers of the Security Council.

Each council has 11 voting members, including nine parents elected by voters in that district.

Last year, she told Council members that she would not allow a vote because the measures called for in the bills were being implemented by the Police Department via its own internal policy, a position that angered some on the Council.

Two members of the Yonkers City Council, Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and Minority Leader Mike Breen, both commented recently that while they have no desire to overturn term limits, or modify term limits to allow a third four - year term, if someone were interested in doing so, they should do it by a referendum and not by a counciCouncil, Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and Minority Leader Mike Breen, both commented recently that while they have no desire to overturn term limits, or modify term limits to allow a third four - year term, if someone were interested in doing so, they should do it by a referendum and not by a councilcouncil vote.

Sections 69 and 110 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and section 116 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) empowers INEC to conduct Recall proceedings against a member of the National Assembly, State House of Assembly, or the Area Council of the FCT, upon the receipt of a valid petition alleging a loss of confidence in the member, by more than 50 % of voters registered to vote in that member's constituency.

The 29 members of the New York Electoral College unanimously voted to consign their compensation to the New York Immigration Coalition in a motion put forward by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and seconded by New York State AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento.Those electors included former President Bill Clinton, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

The speaker is selected by the council's 51 members, and voting will not take place until the new members take office in January.

Rodriguez numbered among the council members who voted in favor of MIH, but he was ultimately swayed by community opposition to the Inwood proposal, which would have rezoned a lot at the corner of Broadway and Sherman Avenue that Acadia had purchased in early 2009 for $ 19 million.

After the vote, enraged African American ministers stormed the hallway outside the council chambers and vowed that they will work to oust the members who supported the bill, which was sponsored by Phil Mendelson (D - At Large).

Mr. LaValle accused Mr. Shaffer of calling the conference call to distract reporters from a Newsday article published Saturday that noted Mr. Bellone raised on average the amount a Babylon resident pays in general taxes by 108 percent since 1999, when he first voted on a town budget as a council member.

In the District of Columbia, the Catholic church and other backers of traditional marriage have lobbied the city's lawmakers and rallied to urge that citizens be able to vote on a same - sex marriage bill that is now being considered by the City Council and expected to be put to a final vote by members by the end of the year.

Linares and Duane were members of the same NYC Council class, (elected in 1992), and grew close during their years there as participants in a small, yet vocal, group that consistently voted «no» on the budget deals reached by then - NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Council Speaker Peter Vallone Sr..

NYC Council members looking for their fellow pols» votes for speaker are getting behind an extension of term limit from two to three — an idea first proposed by Manhattan Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez.

As the city's 51 other Council members one - by - one cast their vote for Mark - Viverito, those from Queens who had not originally pledged their support congratulated the new speaker.

The D.O.E.'s Panel for Educational Policy, a 13 - member body appointed by the mayor and the city's borough presidents, will vote on the plan at a March 18 meeting before it is submitted to the mayor and City Council for a vote in June as part of the overall budget.

The resolution — approved by 41 of the 51 council members, with eight voting «no» and two abstaining — bizarrely paints the 72 - year - old imprisoned and unrepentant leader of the terrorist FALN (Fuerza Armadas de Liberacion Nacional, Spanish for Armed Forces of National Liberation) as a «decorated Vietnam War veteran and community activist» who received a «disproportionate» 55 - year prison sentence for his crimes.

Last week Tower Hamlets Labour group, myopic in their perpetual factionalism, joined forces with local Tories to vote down the annual budget proposed by the former Labour council leader and now independent mayor Lutfur Rahman, who of course was removed as Labour candidate by the National Executive Committee in the run up to the 2010 mayoral election, despite having been selected by a majority of local party members.

Grimm charged that Recchia, as a council member, voted to raise property taxes by 18.5 percent and voted in favor of a congestion pricing plan that would have instituted an $ 8 toll on the Brooklyn Bridge.

``... By winning this seat the Tories gained control of the Council which they were denied by our standing in another ward in May, when the long term incumbent and Eastern Regional Assembly member for Theydon Bois ward was ousted by 23 votes.UKIP took 136 votes having never stood there before.Had we had the notice of the Grange Hill by election in time we WOULD have stood and I'm confident that we would have denied the Tories success.&raquBy winning this seat the Tories gained control of the Council which they were denied by our standing in another ward in May, when the long term incumbent and Eastern Regional Assembly member for Theydon Bois ward was ousted by 23 votes.UKIP took 136 votes having never stood there before.Had we had the notice of the Grange Hill by election in time we WOULD have stood and I'm confident that we would have denied the Tories success.&raquby our standing in another ward in May, when the long term incumbent and Eastern Regional Assembly member for Theydon Bois ward was ousted by 23 votes.UKIP took 136 votes having never stood there before.Had we had the notice of the Grange Hill by election in time we WOULD have stood and I'm confident that we would have denied the Tories success.&raquby 23 votes.UKIP took 136 votes having never stood there before.Had we had the notice of the Grange Hill by election in time we WOULD have stood and I'm confident that we would have denied the Tories success.&raquby election in time we WOULD have stood and I'm confident that we would have denied the Tories success.»

Minutes after scolding Republicans for not heeding the advice of the Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council, Democratic Assembly members Thursday voted against a bill containing only provisions approved by that panel.

The Common Council will vote on a new contract for some 240 Blue Collar Workers Union members employees in the three departments that would increase their pay by 2 percent retroactive to April 1, 2017 and another 1 percent for 2018, according to the council's agenda for Thursday's mCouncil will vote on a new contract for some 240 Blue Collar Workers Union members employees in the three departments that would increase their pay by 2 percent retroactive to April 1, 2017 and another 1 percent for 2018, according to the council's agenda for Thursday's mcouncil's agenda for Thursday's meeting.

The city budget was passed unanimously, and the RCSD budget passed by a vote of 8 — 1, with Council member Carolee Conklin voting against it.

A police oversight bill sponsored by City Council Member Jumaane Williams unanimously sailed through the Council's Committee on Oversight and Investigations on Tuesday, and is all but certain to be voted through the full City Council on Thursday.

Jimmy Van Bramer of Queens is also rumored to be mulling a run for the office, which is selected by an in - house vote of the 51 council members in January.

Mark - Viverito informed fellow Council members two weeks ago that instead of voting on the measures, they would be handled internally by the NYPD.

With the support of the five Labour members, the Lib Dems won the leadership vote by 21 votes to 20 at a full meeting of the council earlier.

With the support of the five Labour members, the Lib Dems» Gerald Vernon - Jackson won the leadership vote by 21 votes to 20 at meeting of the full council.

A slew of council members who originally supported the bill backed by the unions and introduced by Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley today changed their votes to back the mayor's plan — they said because of a change that will provide the most seriously wounded workers, who qualify for Social Security disability, with a pension equal to 75 percent of their salary.

The 11 - member panel has never held a vote on any of the proposals, which would allow them move forward to a vote by the entire Council — even though, given their huge number of co-sponsors, it appears the measures would vault both procedural hurdles effortlessly.

Williams drew thunderous applause as he implored members of the City Council who might not be affected by high crime rates and poor relationships with police to understand his viewpoint and vote for the profiling bill.

«I think that it's unfortunate that those persons who are Council members who were elected by the constituents in their communities are not willing to make a decision independent of the control of county leaders... and masters that influence what it is and in fact control what it is that they do and control how they vote,» she said.

Bills passed by committee are then voted on by the full 51 - member City Council.

The position is decided by council members, not by a public vote.

The four Democrats were among the 25 members with the highest percentage of missed votes, according to an attendance analysis by State Watch that was shared with the Daily News by John Doyle, who is up against Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj for a Bronx Council seat.

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.

City Council member Margaret Chin leads challenger Christopher Marte by 200 votes.

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 memberBy 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 memberby 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 memberby 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.

Amendments to this constitution shall be approved by the Board of Directors after publication in substance in Science and The Scientific Monthly at least one month prior to an annual meeting of the Association and ratified by a two - thirds vote of the Council members present in a Council session of that meeting.

In addition, the Committee shall annually present to members of the Council for election by mail ballot, or by electronic means, at least two nominations for each position to be filled on the Committee on Council Affairs by vote of the Council.

If at least three - fourths of the Council members in attendance at the meeting so vote, a proposal to recall shall be submitted, within thirty days of the meeting, to the Members of the Association for mail ballot, or by electronicmembers in attendance at the meeting so vote, a proposal to recall shall be submitted, within thirty days of the meeting, to the Members of the Association for mail ballot, or by electronicMembers of the Association for mail ballot, or by electronic means.

(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.