CITY OF WORCESTER | JOURNAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL | Thursday, September 18, 2014 | Esther Howland Chamber | Convened: 5:37 P.M. |
Mayor
Joseph M. Petty | 
www.worcesterma.gov | City Manager
Edward M. Augustus, Jr.
City Auditor
Robert V. Stearns | Councilors | | Morris A. Bergman | Tony Economou | | Michael T. Gaffney | Konstantina B. Lukes | | Philip P. Palmieri | Sarai Rivera | City Clerk
David J. Rushford | | Gary Rosen | Frederick C. Rushton | | George J. Russell | Kathleen M. Toomey |
| | | SPECIAL MEETING | City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| 2. | STAR SPANGLED BANNER - DOHERTY MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL MADRIGAL SINGERS | |
| 3. | ROLL CALL - All present with the Mayor as Chair.
Note: Assistant City Clerk Susan M. Ledoux, clerk | |
| 4. | APPOINTMENT OF A CITY MANAGER | |
| | | | | | | | | 4a. | ORDER of Mayor Joseph M. Petty - Request City Council authorize the Mayor to initiate negotiations with City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr. for a long term extension of his contract as City Manager. (Tabled Under Privilege - Lukes September 16, 2014) | Attachments | | | Mayor Petty moved to change the word extension with the word renewal. Order adopted as amended on a roll call vote of 10 Yeas and 1 Nay (Yeas - Bergman, Economou, Gaffney, Palmieri, Rivera, Rosen, Rushton, Russell, Toomey, Petty) (Nay - Lukes). Councilor Rushton moved for reconsideration - Reconsideration denied on a roll call vote of 1 Yea and 10 Nays (Yea - Lukes) (Nays - Bergman, Economou, Gaffney, Palmieri, Rivera, Rosen, Rushton, Russell, Toomey, Petty) | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 4b. | VOTE TO APPOINT A CITY MANAGER (Tabled Under Privilege - Rushton September 11, 2014 and Petty September 16, 2016) | Attachments | | | Mayor Petty moved to File this item - Placed on file on a roll call vote of 10 Yeas and 1 Nay (Yeas - Bergman, Economou, Gaffney, Palmieri, Rivera, Rosen, Rushton, Russell, Toomey, Petty) (Nay - Lukes). Councilor Rushton moved for reconsideration - Reconsideration denied on a roll call vote of 1 Yeas and 10 Nays. (Yea - Lukes) (Nays - Bergman, Economou, Gaffney, Palmieri, Rivera, Rosen, Rushton, Russell, Toomey, Petty) | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 5a. | Motion Petty @ #4a CC – That the City Council will hereby recess into Executive Session September 23, 2014 immediately following the conclusion of the City Council agenda for the purpose of negotiating the extension of the City Manager’s contract. | Attachments | | | Order adopted | | | | | |
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