City Council rejects NV proposal

The City Council, after 1-1/2 hrs. behind closed doors, re-convened to announce that the group had taken a vote in executive session to "Reject the amendment to the Host Community Agreement as presented by New Ventures, and to direct the Mayor and City Attorney to seek an alternative further compromise on the 21E claim and additional benefits to the city and its inhabitants."

The vote was unanimous, but with councillors Katie Ives, Larry McCavitt and Tom O'Brien absent. At one point in their deliberations, raised voices could be heard from inside council chambers.

The landfill neighbors and other interested parties, most of who stuck it out, were pleased but not ecstatic with the language of the resolution. Stephen Tait talked to a lot of them so we can all wait for Stephen's report, tomorrow. Oh, and Kay Lazar from the Globe was also there.

But I will report that Brian Derrivan, Ward 5 councillor, replied when asked what the last part of the resolution meant, "Anything we deem that should be added into it, that is of benefit to the residents."

There was also some amount of grumbling when the spectators were thrown out of the peanut gallery so the councillors could go into executive session, and a few councillors were grilled after the meeting adjourned about why they went into executive session.