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2026-06-29 - City Council With Mayor Presiding

Summary

Built from the official minutes of the City Council With Mayor Presiding, June 29, 2026 (approved on the July 13 consent agenda). Convened 7:35 pm, adjourned 9:35 pm. Present in person: Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak, President Traverse, Bergman, Broderick, Litwin, McKnight, Sanchez-Parkinson, Schachter and Singh; online: Barlow, Carpenter, Grant and Neubieser. Also present: City Attorney Brown, COS Gerlach, Deputy COS Zakaras and Lori Olberg. It took place within the evening of the regular meeting (that meeting ran 6:05 to 10:10 pm): 2026-06-29 - City Council.

  • Agenda adopted unanimously (Bergman/Traverse).
  • Public Comment 7:36 to 7:40 pm; three speakers on appointments.
  • Consent agenda adopted unanimously (Traverse/Singh), including the list of Fire Wardens appointed for July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.
  • Slate of 2026 appointments approved unanimously (Schachter/Grant), with roll-call votes on the contested seats: Electric Light Commission (Paul Dawson, 9:4), Parks and Recreation Commission (Frank Mamo, 8:5), Planning Commission (Andy Montroll, 7:6), Police Commission (Erin Jacobsen failed 6:2:5; Romeo von Hermann passed 7:4:2), Retirement Board (Alan Matson, 7:6) and Board for Registration of Voters (Miriam Stoll, 12:1).
  • Decisions on condemnation proceedings for the Colchester Avenue, Riverside Avenue, Barrett Street and Mill Street intersection project approved unanimously (Bergman/Singh).
  • Compensation hearing for the Reconnecting Bank and Cherry (Cherry Street) project: Motion A (close the hearing and direct staff to prepare an Order Determining Damages) passed 7:4:2.

Public Comment

Topics only. Grace Grundhauser spoke in support of David Cawley for the Board for Registration of Voters; Nate Lantieri in support of Carolyn Felix for the Parks and Recreation Commission; Miles McCallum spoke in person as a Cemetery Commission nominee.

Appointments

See Annual Board Appointment Slate for every seat, term and vote, and Police Commission Appointments for the Police Commission seats. Nominators and roll calls are recorded there. Most contested seats were decided by large blocs of abstentions rather than votes against.

Colchester Avenue intersection condemnation

See Colchester Avenue Intersection Condemnation. Laura Wheelock spoke. Bergman moved and Singh seconded the two Decisions and Orders (alteration of the public intersection with condemnation of a portion, and determination of compensation); unanimous.

Cherry Street compensation hearing

See Cherry Street Condemnation Decisions. Speakers: Jeff Blanchard and Israel Maynard (online); Kristen Shamis, Laura Wheelock, Corey Mims and Maddy Suender (in person). The Mayor opened the public hearing at 9:31 pm. Bergman moved and Schachter seconded Motion A. Roll call: ayes Bergman, Broderick, Carpenter, Schachter, Singh, President Traverse and the Mayor (7); abstentions Grant, McKnight, Neubieser and Sanchez-Parkinson (4); absent Barlow and Litwin (2). Passed 7:4:2. The alternative, Motion B, would have continued the hearing to a special meeting on July 6 or 7, 2026. The Decisions and Orders themselves came before the Council on 2026-07-13 - City Council With Mayor Presiding. The minutes list Barlow and Litwin as absent for this vote (Barlow is listed online at the start of the session).

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