Docket Tracking System

- City Council, City of Newton, MA

Primary Docketer	Co-Docketer	Notified Staff	Docket Number	Docket Title	Docket Text	Public Hearing	Hearing Vote	Date
Susan Albright	David Kalis, Alison Leary		#43-26	Request for a discussion and ordinance change to only require a new sidewalk installation if the existing sidewalk is damaged during construction	COUNCILORS ALBRIGHT, KALIS, and LEARY requesting a discussion and ordinance change regarding Chapter 29 Sections 157-166 of the Revised Ordinances' requirement to install a sidewalk when renovations exceed 50% of house costs. Homeowners typically learn at the end of a long renovation project that a new sidewalk will be required at a cost of between twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) depending on sidewalk configuration. The ordinance change would only require a new sidewalk installation if the existing sidewalk was damaged during construction (180 Days: 07/19/2026).			01-13-26
Public Hearing Vote: [ Yes-No-Absent-Recused-Not Voting ]

Committee	Meeting Date	Present	Meeting Motion	Meeting Action	Vote*	Meeting Agenda
Public Facilities	02-04-26	Present: Councilors Kalis (Chair), Albright, Getz, Gordon, Grossman, Kelley, and Leary; absent: Councilor Dahmubed	Motion to Hold	Held	7-0	Agenda
Public Facilities	04-08-26	Councilors Kalis (Chair), Albright, Getz, Gordon, Dahmubed, Grossman, Kelley, and Leary; Also Present: Councilors Bixby and Irish	Motion to Approve	Approved	8-0	Agenda
Vote: [ Yes - No - Abstain - Absent - Recused - Not Voting] Reconsideration Vote: [ Passed - Hold ]

Council Motion	Council Action	Council Order	Council Vote*	Reconsideration	Reconsideration Vote*	Council Note
MOTION TO APPROVE	APPROVED	Signed Council Order	23-1
City Council Vote order: [ Yes - No - Absent - Recused ] Reconsideration Vote: [ Passed - Hold ]