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• Coming & Going Boca's New Council Took Three Votes Tuesday — and Deferred the Biggest One Boca's new council held its first meeting Tuesday, running until 11:42 p.m. and taking three votes that had been pending since the election. Members moved to replace the Memorial Park plaque with wording developed through veteran input, and approved Mayor Thomson's Downtown Civic Engagement Task Force to gather resident input on Memorial Park and the government campus — Councilman Jon Pearlman was the lone no vote. The Save Boca charter amendment, which would require voter approval for city land leases, was deferred to April 28 after Deputy Mayor Michelle Grau and Pearlman clashed near midnight over timing. The pattern to watch is already visible: every item pulled into more public process, nothing pushed through on a clock. Boca Raton Tribune →
• City Intel Police Chief Survey Closes Monday The city's community input survey on the next police chief — leadership traits, priorities, safety concerns — is open through 11:59 p.m. Monday, April 20. It is the first formal resident channel since Chief Michele Miuccio and two deputy city managers were pushed out March 12. City of Boca Raton →
• Weekend Pick City Tap Water Tastes Different Through April 26 The utility department is running its routine two-week switch from chloramine to free chlorine through Sunday, April 26. Safe to drink. Dialysis patients and aquarium owners need to adjust their filtration — standard dechlorination methods differ. City of Boca Raton →

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