City Council President Ed Flynn will likely be Boston’s performing mayor for 10 days whereas Michelle Wu takes a household trip, her workplace mentioned.
Wu filed a letter of absence with City Clerk Alex Geourntas on Wednesday, stating that she will likely be “out of town” till Saturday, Aug. 12 at 10 p.m. She left Boston at 10 a.m. on Thursday, quickly relinquishing her mayoral authority to Flynn.
Per the town constitution, the president of the council is performing mayor “whenever the mayor is absent from the city or unable from any cause to perform his duties, and whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the mayor from any cause.”
“Yes, I am acting mayor,” Flynn advised the Herald. “It is in the city charter.”
Flynn will “perform the duties of mayor” whereas Wu’s “absence, inability or vacancy continues,” the constitution states.
“I’m honored to work closely with the Wu administration, city officials, my council colleagues and Boston residents to help move Boston forward during this time,” Flynn mentioned.
He may even preside over subsequent Wednesday’s City Council assembly, which overlaps along with his time as performing mayor.
Wu skipped city a day after asserting the town’s plan to “take a major step” to handle the “drug trafficking, human trafficking and violence” that continues to fester round Melnea Cass Boulevard and Massachusetts Avenue — with out stating what that plan would entail or when it could be shared with the general public.
The mayor’s trip could impression when particulars in regards to the plan are offered. Her workplace declined to supply a timeline on Thursday.
Prior to leaving, Wu mentioned the scenario at Mass and Cass has “reached a new level of public safety alarm.” The hazard there has led all non-city groups to take away their outreach staff from the realm in current weeks, the mayor mentioned on Wednesday.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”