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City Council Votes to Allow COLAs

Senior programs also highlighted at meeting

Fellow Councillor Kenneth E. Reeves '72 agreed but said that there was still room for improvement.

"I'm not yet sure we have enough transportation [for seniors]," he said.

"It is important that information is disseminated...[and that] we continue to advocate for expanded services," he added.

In other council business, councillors heard from numerous members of the Carpenter's Union Local #40 who spoke in favor of the Bulfinch Proposal, which will allow for development of two properties on Mass. Ave. in the heart of Central Square.

At the end of the evening, the council passed a resolution congratulating Professor of Afro-American Studies and Professor of the Philosophy of Religion Cornel R. West '74 and Wiener Professor of Social Policy William Julius Wilson, who are the first black scholars to be appointed to the position of University Professor.

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The Council Passed another resolution welcoming Mary T.W. Robinson, former president of Ireland and Harvard's Commencement Day speaker.

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