Sentences with phrase «when council voted»

In a major embarrassment for Ford, his effort to kill the fee boomeranged on him in stunning fashion on Wednesday, when council voted 24 - 20 to prohibit retailers from giving out or selling any plastic shopping bags, «including those advertised as compostable, biodegradable, photodegradable or similar,» as of Jan. 1, 2013.

So when the Council voted down all of his nominees, in his opinion, nobody could be appointed.

He should have taken a lesson from London, Ont., mayor, Joe Fontana, who did declare a conflict of interest when his council voted to ask him to leave office in light of fraud charges stemming from his time as a federal cabinet minister.

Not exact matches

Modesto: The Modesto City Council recently voted to allow as many as 10 retail cannabis stores, but it's unclear when they'll open.

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.»

When the council opened in 1962, Vatican officials thought they could line up the gathered bishops to vote for pre-drafted documents.

According to one story, when the New York City Council voted in the late 1970s to name the corner of Broadway and 120th Street «Reinhold Niebuhr Plaza,» none of the Christians on the council knew who Niebuhr was, but all of the JeCouncil voted in the late 1970s to name the corner of Broadway and 120th Street «Reinhold Niebuhr Plaza,» none of the Christians on the council knew who Niebuhr was, but all of the Jecouncil knew who Niebuhr was, but all of the Jews did.

When it was final decided to include Mary in Lumen Gentium it was the closest vote of the entire Council (1,114 in favour, 1074 against).

Bethel was part of the General Council of the Assemblies of God until January 2006 when the church membership voted to withdraw their affiliation.

The developer withdrew the Northwest Crossing project this week when it appeared the City Council was going to vote against the project.

The City of Norwalk, Conn. made history last month when the Norwalk Common Council voted 15 to 0 to approve Youth Sport Concussion Guidelines for its 6,000 youth athletes and 700 coaches who use municipal fields, gyms and facilities.

McKee noted that Dilan voted for vacancy decontrol in the City Council in 1994, despite promising his constituents (on at least two occasions when McKee was present) that he would not do so.

When weighted by the number of seats they have up for election, the average Remain vote in those councils that have elections on Thursday is as much as 52 %, some five points above the overall Remain vote in England in June 2016.

In November 2005 our party achieved its first electoral success when Paul Adams was elected to Crowborough Town Council, polling 120 votes, or 56.8 % of the poll.

In a release, the Medina campaign reached back to 1994, when Dilan as a member of the City Council voted for vacancy deregulation.

Mayor Erin Stewart's plan to refinance more than $ 100 million in city debt hit a wall of silent opposition Wednesday night when the council's Democratic majority boycotted a vote that she had called «very, very important.»

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-...]

While concerns about MIH can be easily translated in these meetings, the Council's issues with Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) are far more varied and reflect the opinions raised by community boards and borough presidents last year, when these plans were largely rejected in non-binding votes throughout the city.

«We will push forward a pro-parks legislative and budget agenda in the City Council, which is part of what constituents voted for when they cast their ballot in favor of a progressive city government,» said Councilmember Levine in a statement.

Members of Community Board 1 voted to endorse the bill to limit tour buses when it was first introduced in 2015, and former board staffer Noah Pfefferblit testified at a City Council hearing in 2016, where he described the sightseeing buses as «significant contributors» to congestion on Lower Manhattan's already clogged streets.

«To create an overall plan that you're going to be able to get consensus on is not impossible, but it's a real slog and what I think is happening now with the Council is we are taking the temperature of members on the most important changes that need to happen to get broad support when this comes up for a vote.»

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 Council.

ALBANY — The yearslong debate over whether to impose a fee for plastic bags in New York appeared to come to a hard - fought end last month, when the City Council voted to charge 5 cents for most plastic and paper shopping bags.

Molinaro's recommendations can be adopted either by the City Planning Commission when they consider the ULURP application in the coming weeks, or by the City Council, when they have the final say on the ULURP at a vote expected to happen in November.

He has won elections to the City Council and then to the State Assembly, but he last ran in a primary in 2009, when he bid for city comptroller and mustered only 10 percent of the vote.

Furthermore, please contact your local council (most likely the electoral registration department or Chief Executive's office) to discover when the votes for your constituency at the general election will be counted.

But with races in three of the city's nine wards well within the margin of being flipped after absentee ballots are opened, the actual makeup of next year's council will remain in doubt until next week when the final votes are counted.

When the City Council voted down the partially publicly - subsidized proposal, supporters of the project claimed that canceling it would rob the Bronx of a rare opportunity for -LSB-...]

When Governor Cuomo double - dared the breakaways to show their hands in the Capitol, Silver, whose call the vote was, demanded that newly elected Rudy Giuliani and the City Council first submit a «home rule message» agreeing that the city wanted to shake loose its most Republican borough — knowing Rudy couldn't afford to lose the Island's tax base or its GOP votes.

Recchia voted in lockstep with de Blasio when the two were serving on the City Council together, Grimm charged.

When it came before the full council, Will abstained from the vote, declining to explain why.

If the bill is passed, Chin would have a lot of leverage to shape the projects, since — when it comes to rezonings — the City Council historically votes according to the wishes of the local council Council historically votes according to the wishes of the local council council member.

In March, Will voted against allocating $ 42,000 for the C.T. Male study when the issue came before the council's Finance Committee.

The court order bars the Council from holding a vote to approve a BOE pick before Dec. 20, when there will be a hearing.

Last month Will voted against allocating $ 42,000 for the C.T. Male study when the issue came before the council's Finance Committee.

Chief among them is the fact that while any zoning application ultimately needs the approval of the City Council's 51 members — 42 of whom voted in favor of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing — when it comes to individual projects, the council's long - standing tradition is to defer to the local council Council's 51 members — 42 of whom voted in favor of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing — when it comes to individual projects, the council's long - standing tradition is to defer to the local council council's long - standing tradition is to defer to the local council council member.

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.

For some people, ranked - choice voting means specifically instant runoff voting when electing a single candidate and the single transferable vote when electing multiple candidates (e.g., a council or committee).

It appears the governor has chosen to do his re-election year address during the first week of 2018, and if it's on the the same day as the vote for the City Council speaker, then it's a dolor de cabeza for people who want to be in the room when it happens.

Holly Brown, the former executive director of the Palace Theatre in Albany, is projected to become the new general manager of the Cohoes Music Hall when the City Council votes Tuesday on a proposed agreement between the city and Brown to run the city - owned venue.

Ms. O'Kane, 61, of Orient programs director for the North Fork Environmental Council, lost by more than 1,300 votes when she last ran, but she's continued to play an active role in civic endeavors in the two years since.

The complete vote results were released Friday, when the office of Council Member Eric Ulrich (R - Queens) finished tallying its votes.

The Council was poised to approve the mayor's plans, which have come under fire from community boards, preservationist groups and affordable housing advocates, when a group of protesters interrupted the vote.

The proposed $ 176 million budget was approved by an 11 - 4 margin after some stumbles last week when the Council tabled the vote.

When the mayor was public advocate, he insisted that the anti stop - and - frisk Community Safety Act deserved a vote before the Council regardless of the position of Quinn.

When in power as part of the Tory - led coalition from 2010 - 15, the Lib Dems voted through a raft of benefit cuts including the bedroom tax, cuts to council tax benefit, housing benefit and tax credits, as well as presiding over a disability benefit testing system that wrongly denied benefits to thousands of people, and a job centre sanctions system that saw benefits docked for hundreds of thousands of jobseekers.

The postal ballot was triggered when the executive council came to a vote with a majority decision not to endorse his candidacy.

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.

The Saratoga Springs City Council voted unanimously to join the county's proposed cooperative bidding plan, allowing the city to team up with the county when it goes out to bid on items such as office and cleaning supplies as well as larger items such as auto and truck parts.

Topline figures, with comparisons to how people voted in 2007 when these council seats were last contested, are: