A Joint Convention of the City Council and School Committee was held in City Council Chambers on Monday, December 19, 2011 at 6:00 P.M. for the purpose of electing a School Committee member to fill a vacancy in the School Committee caused by the resignation of Kevin R. Carr, Jr. and other matters pertaining to this election. Notice of this meeting was posted on December 9, 2011 at 11:36 A.M.
All Councillors and Kevin Carr of the School Committee was recorded as absent..
Council President Jerry L. Ryan presided.
Councillor O’Keefe moved that the nominations be opened.
Motion seconded by Councillor McCarthy and School Committee member James Fleming.
Mr. Fleming and Dr. Walsh of the School Committee declared 6 candidates be nominated
Derek Barcikowski, Lisa Lavoie, Sean O’Brien, Kenneth Sawicki, Francis Vigeant and Heather Leclerc who was not present.
Mr. Fleming stated there be a limit of 2 minutes for introductions.
Mr. Fleming amended the nomination to delete Heather Leclerc. The motion was adopted.
Councillor O’Keefe moved that the nominations be closed and proceed with the election. It was seconded by Dr. Walsh.
The motion to close the nominations and proceed with the election was adopted by a roll call vote of 17 yeas, 0 nays, 1 absent. Councillor Furey, Lovely, McCarthy, O’Keefe, Pelletier, Pinto, Prevey, Ronan, Ryan, Sargent and Sosnowski and School Committee members Nate Bryant, Dr. Crane, James Fleming, Dr. Brendan Walsh, Kerri Martin and Mayor Driscoll were recorded as voting in the affirmative. Kevin Carr was recorded as absent.
Candidate #1 Derek Barcikowksi
Candidate #2 Lisa Lavoie
Candidate #3 Sean O’Brien
Candidate #4 Kenneth Sawicki
Candidate #5 Francis Vigeant
There was a roll call vote by stating the name of the candidate of choice..
Councillor Furey – Sean O’Brien
Councillor Lovely – Sean O’Brien
Councillor McCarthy – Lisa Lavoie
Councillove O’Keefe – Lisa Lavoie
Councillor Pelletier – Lisa Lavoie
Councillor Pinto – Francis Vigeant
Councillor Prevey – Francis Vigeant
Councillor Ronan – Lisa Lavoie
Councillor Ryan – Sean O’Brien
Councillor Sargent – Lisa Lavoie
Councillor Sosnowski – Lisa Lavoie
Nate Bryant – Sean O’Brien
Kevin Carr – Absent
Dr. Janet Crane – Lisa Lavoie
James Fleming – Lisa Lavoie
Kerry Ann Martin – Sean O’Brien
Dr. Brendan Walsh – Sean O’Brien
Mayor Kimberley Driscoll – Lisa Lavoie
Seventeen members of the Joint Convention voting.
9 votes for Lisa Lavoie
6 votes for Sean O’Brien
2 votes for Francis Vigeant
Council President Ryan declared Lisa Lavoie as an elected member of the School Committee.
Councillor O’Keefe moved immediate reconsideration in the hopes it would not prevail. Reconsideration was denied.
Councillor McCarthy moved suspension of the rules to allow Ms. Lavoie to speak. There was no objection.
On the motion of Councillor O’Keefe the meeting was adjourned at 7:20 P.M
ATTEST: CHERYL A. LAPOINTE
CITY CLERK
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