BROCKTON — Again this week, all eyes will be on whether Brockton’s city council will override the mayor’s veto of two controversial laws about homelessness.
At Monday’s city council meeting, the agenda includes twice-delayed debate on bills to outlaw camping and loitering on city property. City councilors passed both but Mayor Robert F. Sullivan issued a rare veto, arguing that they wrongly criminalize homelessness . He proposed several ways councilors could revise the camping bill to make it something he would sign.
Homeless persons and housing advocates have been showing up in force to oppose the bills. At least one of the four city councilors who voted against the camping bill would need to change their vote. The loitering bill passed with a veto-proof majority.
Three more years for CFO Clarkson
That’s not the only item of interest on the city council’s list for Monday. The mayor will also be reappointing Chief Financial Officer Troy Clarkson to a new three-year term. It’s the mayor’s appointment to be made and city councilors do not get a vote on whether to confirm him, as they do with some city positions…