Posted by Jeremy Shulkin
Something notable on the agenda tonight is Councilor Konnie Lukes requested a report on drug overdose and arrest statistics for the city over the past ten years. I hoped to find agenda items that fell into the categories of “sex” and “rock and roll” to create a theme for the evening, but numerous lists of petitions for the abatement of street betterment and sidewalk repairs doesn’t really conjure up images of Woodstock.
All jokes aside, I find this notable because a quick search through past City Council liveblogs shows the only city official to speak on the city’s drug problems has been Police Chief Gemme and an unnamed speaker to the council in November of 2008.
Update: Further scouring of past City Council agendas shows that the last person to request information on drug numbers in Worcester was Haller, who had a strikingly similar request to Lukes on June 3, 2008.
Here’s a run-down before we start:
-Lots of Public Works and Traffic & Parking stuff. Seriously, we’re talking agenda items 12a through 12bb, 13a through 13bb, 14a through 14cc, 15a through 15x and 16a through 16q.
-The city council will bring up Montvale for what should really be the last time. Really.
-Palmieri wants to schedule a second transportation summit, due to the developments at Boston’s South Station
7:08 We’re off. Mike O’Brien celebrates the career of Leonard Morse, who is retiring from his position as Commissioner of Public Health.
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