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Buffalo council honors neighborhood volunteers, refers dozens of items to committees
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Council President Ferra Leto presided over a meeting that recognized community volunteers and advanced numerous routine agenda items — including referrals of land-use, licensing and budget items to committee — while a council member urged action to protect residents from speculative property auctions.
BUFFALO — The Buffalo City Council recognized neighborhood volunteers and educators and moved dozens of routine agenda items to committee during a meeting that also flagged concerns about upcoming property auctions.
Council President Ferra Leto presided as members opened with the pledge and an invocation. The council paused for condolences and approved the minutes from March 31 on a motion by Majority Leader Haughton Pope, which was seconded and adopted by the body.
The chamber then turned to a series of special presentations. Council members honored longtime community organizers Maryann Kedron and Margaret Shipaniak for neighborhood leadership, presented an Earth Month award to Stan Swisher for more than five decades of stewardship of Buffalo's waterfront and Erie Basin Marina, and recognized educators including Mora Connors for work with autistic students. "If you want to make your world a better…
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