Lisa Santagate in 2026: Perfect Attendance, One Order, and the Public Safety Chair’s Hearings
The chair who runs hearings rather than filing orders, and has not missed a vote.
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Manuel Teshe in 2026: Six Meetings Missed, Twenty Roll Calls, and the Motion That Slowed the Housing Ordinance
Procedurally one of the council's most active members when present. The attendance is the part residents will want explained.
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Calvin Brown in 2026: Two Resolutions, No Orders, Ten Missed Roll Calls, and a Six-Vote Margin
The council's least active legislator, on the cautious side of both splits, holding District 8 by six votes.
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Also on Tonight’s Agenda: Market Basket, the Quiet Zone, Scooters, and a Council Rule Change
Nine one-sentence orders from Robinson and Recupero: Market Basket's plans, a quiet zone funded in 2022, scooters, a hole on Central Avenue,…
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Who Paid for Chelsea’s City Gala: 23 Sponsors, $22,750, and a Tow Company’s Car for the Police
Global Partners, Josh Kraft, Eastern Salt and 20 others paid for the July gala. A tow company gave the police a car.…
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Five Councillors Will Grade the City Manager This Fall. Here Is Who They Are
The charter requires a written evaluation of Fidel Maltez every year. Todd Taylor chairs the committee. Recupero, who has pressed the administration…
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Four Councillors Missed the August Special Meeting. The Minutes Show Who Has Been Absent All Year
The clerk's roll calls for 14 meetings in 2026, in one table. Manuel Teshe has missed six. Three councillors have missed none.
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Chelsea Owes the State’s Unemployment Agency $8,288 and a Contractor for 2020 Pipe Work. The Bills Land Tonight
A DUA past-due notice, lead pipe invoices from 2020 and 2022, a copier company that stopped sending bills, and a $50 legal…
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Chelsea Votes Tonight on Solar Deals Running 20 and 30 Years. The Dollar Terms Are Not in the Packet
Two 20-year solar agreements, one 30-year authorization the vendor's own FAQ calls 20 years, a blank terms appendix, and a $250,000 fund…
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Chelsea Wants a Chief Economic Development Officer. The Job Has No Salary Figure and No Budget Line Yet
A five-page job description, a two-page letter, no salary, no budget line, and a free cash balance headed for $5 million. The…
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