BROCKTON City councilors are in agreement that they want to petition the state to avoid a special election to fill the vacant Ward 1 council seat that could cost about $30,000 and run during the same general election season.
But they re deeply divided on whether that seat should be filled by appointment of the councilors or remain open until early next year when the newly elected Ward 1 councilor is inaugurated.
For nearly an hour, the Brockton City Council Finance Committee on Tuesday night debated a home rule petition that would ask the legislature and Gov. Charlie Baker to allow the city to skip the special election to fill the Ward 1 seat that is required by the city s charter.
BROCKTON It s not every day that the city decides to spend roughly $100 million, but it especially bothered some people residents and elected officials that the funding was authorized without a hearing for residents to provide input. The comments, with all due respect, should have come before we voted on this, said Councilor-at-large Tina Cardoso. I think if we re in a position I said this before, I m going to say this again to borrow $100 million dollars, that s a lot of money. It s not every day that we vote on something like that, so I don t take it lightly.
The Brockton City Council on Monday evening voted to authorize up to $98 million for a combined public safety facility that will house the operations of the Brockton Police Department, Brockton Fire Department, Brockton Emergency Management Agency and the Brockton Information Technology Center. The building will replace a dilapidated Commercial Street police station and Pleasant Street s aging histori
BROCKTON After leading the Brockton City Council for a year amid a pandemic that presented many challenges, Ward 7 Councilor Shirley Asack has virtually turned over her gavel.
Councilor-at-large Winthrop Farwell Jr. officially became the city council president on Monday evening, two weeks after his colleagues selected him to lead the body in a private caucus.
Farwell was named the president by a 9-2 vote, with Councilors-at-large Tina Cardoso and Moises Rodrigues abstaining. It s a privilege and honor to serve as council president, Farwell said. This is one of the times in your life you wish your mom and dad were around to see that maybe that mischievous little kid that they had to try to corral actually had some degree of success.