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Quincy City Council Opposes Quarry Hills Lease Extension
The Quincy City Council on Monday urged the state legislature to reject any measure – be it a home-rule petition or another bill – that would enable Quincy and the operators of Granite Links to enter into a 50-year lease extension until an audit and analysis of the terms of the lease has been completed.
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Quincy council takes up surveillance rules, Granite Links lease
QUINCY ‒ City councilors on Monday, Nov. 9, will hold a public hearing on police surveillance technology and tackle a resolution urging state lawmakers not to extend Granite Links' lease of roughly 240 acres of public land into the 22nd century without more extensive financial analysis. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. with a public hearing on an ordinance proposed by Councilors Ziqiang Susan Yuan and Virginia Ryan that would require public input and council approval before the city adopts certain surveillance technologies, including automated license plate readers, facial recognition and systems that can track people or vehicles. The Ordinance Committee will take up the proposal at 6:30 p.m., and the full council could vote on the measure later in the evening. Councilors will also debate a resolution opposing efforts by state legislators to extend the Granite Links lease until 2107 through a rider to the 2026 supplemental appropriations bill, which is still pending on Beacon Hill. The measure calls for an independent financial analysis before the city makes a new long-term commitment involving roughly 240 acres of public land. Other agenda items include elected-official pay, cybersecurity oversight, a proposed independent whistleblower and anti-retaliation policy for city employees, and Mayor
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Quincy Councillors Pass Surveillance Ordinance
Quincy city councillors on Monday voted 8-1 to pass an ordinance that would require the administration to get approval from the council before purchasing certain surveillance technologies, including automated license plate readers. The ordinance, introduced in October by Councillors Ziqiang Susan Yuan and Virginia Ryan, was approved with Councillor Noel...
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Debate over Flock Safety cameras continues in and out of Quincy City Hall
Officials in Quincy, Massachusetts, are considering new rules for automatic license plate reader cameras as the city looks to replace a controversial system that sparked months of debate over public safety and privacy. The city previously had one of the highest concentrations of Flock Safety cameras in Massachusetts, but the...
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School Committee Chairman Praises Sagar
Seekonk School Committee Chair Robert Gerardi praised Select Board Chair Gary Sagar at the November 2 meeting. Gerardi said Sagar had made a promise to improve communication with the School Department by starting the Quad Board meetings earlier in the year. “That process has yielded more communication,” Gerardi said. ”I’m...
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Plymouth Lets Mayflower Meetinghouse Museum Work Resume After Change-of-Use Permit Scare
Work has been allowed to resume on converting the historic Mayflower Meetinghouse at Town Square into a museum, after Plymouth officials halted the project last month and only recently cleared the way for it to continue. The building's owners, the Mayflower Society, filed new paperwork seeking a formal change of use from church to museum, and the town's director of inspectional services responded by issuing a new commercial zoning permit allowing the work to resume.