The Newton City Council voted 18-6 to exempt specific angled parking areas, including Albemarle Road and Beacon Street in Waban, from the city's winter overnight parking ban.
Newton City Council postponed, 16-8, a proposed ordinance change that would let the Traffic Council exempt angled parking spots from the winter overnight parking ban.
The Newton City Council voted 23-0 to approve a batch of committee reports, then sent a $1.9 million affordable housing grant recommendation and a proposed gas-infrastructure permitting rule back to committee.
Newton City Council approved a special permit for a four-unit housing project at 395 Lexington Street, 24-0, after a councilor flagged traffic-safety concerns at a nearby intersection.
The Newton City Council split on two housing special permits, rejecting one and approving another.
Newton City Council voted 19-2 to approve fiscal 2027 water, sewer and stormwater rates, with stormwater fees jumping 33.3 percent to fund a federally mandated phosphorus cleanup.
Newton City Council sent a purchasing department overhaul back to committee for a required public hearing.
Newton's City Council voted 23-0 to approve a petition seeking state approval for pension obligation bonds.
Newton's Rules Subcommittee votes unanimously to recommend three procedural changes to the full Programs and Services Committee.
Newton City Council unanimously approved a $300,000 mid-year budget transfer to fund two new senior positions in the mayor's office.
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