Docket Tracking System

  - City Council, City of Newton, MA

Docket Info

Primary Docketer	Co-Docketer	Notified Staff	Docket Number	Docket Title	Docket Text	Public Hearing	Hearing Vote	Date
Alison Leary	Sean Roche, Andrea Kelley, Stephen Farrell, Maria S Greenberg, Cyrus P. Dahmubed, Susan Albright	Shawna Sullivan PW, john Daglian PW, Alfredo Vargas dept. Public Works	#40-26	Request for discussion and study on the option of removing the Bullough's Pond dam	COUNCILORS LEARY, ROCHE, KELLEY, FARRELL, GREENBERG, DAHMUBED, and ALBRIGHT requesting a discussion and study on the option of dam removal at Bullough's Pond. The discussion should include the option's potential to improve public safety, restore ecosystems, improve wildlife habitat, preserve mature trees and increase climate resilience, and to be a cost-effective, one-time solution compared to the significant cost of building and maintaining new dam infrastructure (180 Days: 07/19/2026).			01-13-26
Public Hearing Vote: [ Yes-No-Absent-Recused-Not Voting ]

Committee Meeting(s)

Committee	Meeting Date	Present	Meeting Motion	Meeting Action	Vote*	Amended Motion	Reconsideration	Reconsideration Vote*	Meeting Agenda	Meeting Report
Vote: [ Yes - No - Abstain - Absent - Recused - Not Voting]  Reconsideration Vote: [ Passed - Hold ]

Whole City Council Meeting

Council Motion	Council Action	Council Order	Council Vote*	Reconsideration	Reconsideration Vote*	Council Note
City Council Vote order: [ Yes - No - Absent - Recused ]  Reconsideration Vote: [ Passed - Hold ]