Watertown City Council
Tuesday November 12, 2024
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2002.73 Additional2002.73 comments2003.21 that2003.53 can2003.68 be2003.85 inferred2003.92 from2004.33 the2004.49 councilors'2005.77 presentations2007.29 include2007.29 the2007.29 following,2007.45 the2008.09 director2008.33 must2008.73 recognize2009.05 the2009.45 importance2009.53 of2009.92 being2010.09 a2010.25 team2010.33 player2010.57 vis2010.81 a2011.11 vis2011.42 their2011.72 colleagues2012.03 and2012.34 the2012.65 value2012.95 of2013.26 working2013.57 cooperatively2013.88 with2014.18 and2014.49 responsive2014.8 to2015.11 the2015.41 members2015.72 of2016.03 the2016.34 city2016.64 council.2016.95 They2017.26 need2017.56 to2017.87 represent2020.33 the2020.64 best2020.95 interests2021.25 of2021.56 the2021.87 residents2022.17 in2022.48 the2022.79 city2023.1 when2023.4 interacting2023.71 with2024.02 companies2024.33 the2024.63 city2024.94 contracts2025.25 with2025.56 to2025.86 perform2026.17 services,2026.48 and2026.87 with2027.03 representatives2027.27 of2027.98 the2028.14 Commonwealth2028.22 and2028.79 their2028.87 contractors2029.18 operating2029.83 within2030.14 the2030.47 city.2030.55 They2031.9 make2032.14 it2032.31 a2032.47 priority2032.55 for2032.95 the2033.11 department2033.27 to2033.74 actively2033.98 participate2034.47 in2034.95 the2035.18 implementation2035.35 of2035.98 the2036.14 city's2036.22 major2036.63 plans2036.95 and2037.35 studies,2037.51 such2038.38 as2038.63 the2038.87 climate2039.03 and2039.42 energy2039.59 plan,2039.98 the2040.65 Watertown2040.81 Square2041.29 plan,2041.61 and2041.93 the2042.09 comprehensive2042.25 plan.2044.33 Additional2044.57 comments2045.05 came2045.45 from2045.69 resident,2047.29 DiMartino,2048.41 that2048.41 included,2048.57 the2049.45 director2049.61 must2050.01 place2050.25 a2050.49 priority2050.65 on2050.97 residents'2051.13 quality2051.61 of2051.93 life.2052.09 That2053.09 they2053.24 are2053.24 aware2053.32 of2053.64 the2053.72 day2053.89 to2053.96 day2054.2 operations2054.44 performed2054.92 by2055.24 department2055.48 staff2055.89 and2056.2 evaluate2056.36 the2056.92 work.2057.09 They2057.89 follow-up2060.05 on2060.53 concerns2060.76 that2061.16 residents2061.32 may2061.8 have,2061.96 especially2062.2 about2062.68 concerns2062.92 that2063.32 have2063.48 a2063.64 direct2063.72 impact2064.05 on2064.44 their2064.61 lives,2064.84 such2065.16 as2065.48 uncollected2065.72 trash.2066.36
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