The Worcester City Council Public Safety Committee voted to file a communication from the city manager’s Inspectional Services Department regarding the status of 2 Gage Street after learning the property has a new owner.

Chair Councilor Kate Toomey said the communication — originally put before the council in April 2024 and held in May and July at the request of the filing councilor — would be withdrawn and filed at the filing councilor’s request because a new owner now holds the property. Councilor Carlson (first name not specified in the transcript) asked that the matter be withdrawn and filed. The committee approved the motion to file on a roll-call vote recorded as Councilor Morris Bergman — yes; Councilor Lewis Ojeda — yes; Chair Councilor Kate Toomey — yes.

Fred Nathan spoke during the public-comment period to ask who had requested the withdrawal; Toomey clarified that Councilor Carlson was the filing councilor who asked for withdrawal. The committee took no further action and did not instruct staff to open new enforcement or inspection actions during this meeting.

The communication’s history was noted in the record: it was transmitted by the Inspectional Services Department to the council in April 2024 and held in May and July of that year pending further action. No additional details about the new owner or the property’s present condition were provided in the committee discussion.