School board member Kevin Aguiar wants salary parity with City Council salaries, but his colleagues say a more than 100 percent pay raise is excessive.
Holyoke City Council President Todd McGee could become acting mayor after Alex Morse named Provincetown town manager
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
Posted Feb 25, 2021
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HOLYOKE City Council President Todd McGee could become acting mayor after Alex B. Morse was picked Thursday as Provincetown’s next town manager.
McGee said he would speak with Morse in the coming days and release a statement before Tuesday’s City Council meeting. He cautioned against speculating until he has more information.
When Morse will begin his job in Provincetown is unknown at this point. He still must negotiate a contract.
Morse’s term as Holyoke mayor expires at year’s end. It was unclear if his early departure would trigger a special election.
As the speculation continues about New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell leaving early to join the Biden Administration, the list of potential mayoral candidates grows.
Mitchell has confirmed he has been in communication with the Biden-Harris presidential transition team about a position in the new administration. Should Mayor Mitchell leave, there will likely be an enormous number of candidates seeking to fill out the remaining years on his term.
The first candidates that come to mind are former Mayor Scott Lang, State Representative Antonio Cabral, City Councilor Linda Morad, and current City Council President Joseph Lopes. I have written previously about this group of standouts, but there are other potential candidates, too.
Ohio Supreme Court rules in favor of city in case brought by South Euclid Municipal Court
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled in favor of the city of South Euclid in a case brought against it by South Euclid Municipal Court and Judge Gayle Williams-Byers. Williams-Byers had sought greater funding from the city and took the matter to court when City Council did not grant her the funding she requested.
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SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled in the city’s favor in the case in which the South Euclid Municipal Court Judge Gayle Williams-Byers sued South Euclid for not providing the full funding the judge requested.