Metropolis Council President Ruthzee Louijeune is appearing mayor of Boston this week whereas Michelle Wu is out of city for a household trip.
Louijeune was elevated to the place of appearing mayor this previous Monday, and can maintain the function till Wu returns to town on Saturday morning, town clerk and mayor’s workplace confirmed.
“The council president is the acting mayor when the mayor is out of town,” the mayor’s workplace mentioned in a Wednesday electronic mail to the Herald, including that Wu is “in Maine with family.”
The mayor is pregnant together with her third little one and has two younger youngsters who attend the Boston Public Faculties, which kicks off the brand new faculty yr subsequent Thursday, Sept. 5.
Wu additionally relinquished her mayoral duties for many of final week, when she was in Chicago serving as a delegate on the Democratic Nationwide Conference. She was absent from the night time of Sunday, Aug. 18 to the afternoon of Friday, Aug. 23.
In that occasion, Metropolis Clerk Alex Geourntas was appearing mayor as a result of Louijeune was additionally a delegate on the conference. The function has traditionally been delegated to the clerk in Boston, in situations the place the mayor and council president are each out of city, Geourntas advised the Herald final week.
Whereas it was unclear when Louijeune first took on the function of appearing mayor, this week is just not the primary time she’s had the accountability, the mayor’s workplace mentioned.
The function of appearing mayor falls to the council president throughout the mayor’s absence from town, as dictated by the constitution.
An appearing mayor, per the constitution, “shall possess the powers of mayor only in matters not admitting of delay.”
Requests for remark from Louijeune and her workplace weren’t returned, making it unclear as as to whether she’s taken, or plans to take, any motion throughout her time within the momentary mayoral function. Louijeune led a weekly Council assembly on Wednesday.
Final yr, then-Metropolis Council President Ed Flynn served as appearing mayor on two separate events close to the tail finish of summer season, on account of Wu’s absence from town for what her workplace mentioned was trip.
Flynn, who has expressed curiosity in working for mayor, was notably lively throughout his time within the momentary function, specializing in Mass and Cass at a time when Wu mentioned the world had reached a “new level of public safety alarm” and was planning to launch a brand new plan to handle the spike in violence and drug exercise.
Wu’s absence final week coincided with one other public security incident that occurred on Sunday, Aug. 18, when 5 individuals have been shot at Franklin Park, the place many individuals had gathered for the Dominican Pageant.
Amid issues that violence could mar a subsequent pageant, notably the Caribbean Carnival the place a mass capturing occurred close by final yr, Wu was again in Boston by the tip of final week, and attended the St. Anthony’s Feast and Carnival Parade this previous Friday and Saturday.
The mayor left for trip on Monday, an absence that has coincided with what has, up to now, been a comparatively quiet week by comparability.
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