Ward 5 Councillor Barbara Murphy was elected as City Council President for 2023 on a unanimous 9-0 vote at the December 20 City Council meeting. Following her election she announced the following appointments to the Council’s Standing Committees.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Carey McDonald, At Large (Chair)
Paul Condon, Ward 2 (Vice Chair)
Ryan O’Malley, Ward 4
Karen Colón Hayes, At Large
Chris Simonelli, Ward 7
Amanda Linehan, Ward 3
PERSONNEL and APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE
Linehan (Chair)
Simonelli (Vice Chair)
McDonald
Condon
Sica
LICENSE COMMITTEE
Sica (Chair)
Simonelli (Vice Chair)
Condon
Colón Hayes
O’Malley
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
Simonelli (Chair)
Winslow (Vice Chair)
O’Malley
RULES and ORDINANCE COMMITTEE
Peg Crowe, Ward 1 (Chair)
Amanda Linehan, Ward 3 (Vice Chair)
Stephen Winslow, Ward 6
Craig Spadafora, At Large
Jadeane Sica, Ward 8
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Crowe (Chair)
Sica (Vice Chair)
Simonelli
PUBLIC PROPERTIES COMMITTEE
Colón Hayes (Chair)
Spadafora (Vice Chair)
Condon
CEMETERIES COMMITTEE
Winslow (Chair)
Crowe (Vice Chair)
Colón Hayes
Ad Hoc Committees
FRIENDS of MAPLEWOOD SQUARE
Winslow (Chair)
McDonald (Vice Chair)
Murphy
Michele Romero (ex officio)
Barbara Shuvi
Naomi Kahn
LONG-TERM PLANNING and STRATEGY
Spadafora (Chair)
McDonald (Vice Chair)
Murphy
Ron Hogan (ex officio)
Chuck Ranaghan (ex officio)
WATERFRONT ACCESS
Winslow (Chair)
Crowe (Vice Chair)
O’Malley
(and Harbormaster or
Assistant Harbormaster)
CHARTER REVIEW
Spadafora (Chair)
Winslow (Vice Chair)
Karen Anderson (ex officio)
Ron Hogan (ex officio)
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY & POLICY
Linehan (Chair)
Colón Hayes (Vice Chair)
O’Malley
RESILIENCY and SUSTAINABILITY
Winslow (Chair)
O’Malley (Vice Chair)
Condon
McDonald
Sica