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Votes at a glance: council adopts traffic and property motions; several items approved unanimously
Summary
The council passed a series of routine measures by unanimous recorded votes and introduced multiple items for committee review. Highlights include approval of a commissioner of deeds appointment, a proclamation recognizing a retiring firefighter, traffic-safety amendments and an encroachment permit for a cooling tower at MVCC.
The Utica Common Council recorded several votes on routine and land‑use items during the meeting.
Key recorded outcomes included: a commissioner of deeds appointment, a proclamation recognizing firefighter Mel Testa Jr., amendments to stop and no‑parking schedules at neighborhood intersections, and an encroachment permit to allow a cooling tower to occupy a small portion of Sherman Drive right‑of‑way for relocation at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC). Those items were recorded in the minutes as adopted by an 8‑yea vote.
Separately the council moved multiple proposed ordinances into committee for further review and made a motion to pull proposed Ordinance 19 (sharps ordinance) out of committee for floor consideration. The local law to override the state tax cap was also brought to the floor later in the meeting and was defeated (see separate coverage).
Below are the formal actions recorded in the meeting minutes as adopted or introduced.
