{"id":73053,"date":"2026-03-09T21:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=73053"},"modified":"2026-03-09T21:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:49:11","slug":"batavia-city-council-special-conference-and-business-meetings-councilmember-request-leads-to-fiery-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/batavia-city-council-special-conference-and-business-meetings-councilmember-request-leads-to-fiery-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Batavia City Council Special Conference and Business Meetings\/Councilmember request leads to fiery exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LNRfGFQBd-M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Video of Meetings-March 9th , 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">BATAVIA CITY COUNCIL<br>SPECIAL CONFERENCE MEETING<br>City Hall &#8211; Council Board Room<br>One Batavia City Centre<br>Monday, March 9, 2026<br>7:00 PM<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">AGENDA<br>I. Call to Order<br>II. Invocation \u2013 Councilmember Twichell<br>III. Pledge of Allegiance<br>IV. Public Comments<br>V. Council Response to Public Comments<br>VI. Councilmember Request<br>VII. Adjournment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link to Business Meeting Agenda: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofbataviany.gov\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_03092026-1004\">https:\/\/www.cityofbataviany.gov\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_03092026-1004<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video of Meetings-March 9th , 2026 BATAVIA CITY COUNCILSPECIAL CONFERENCE MEETINGCity Hall &#8211; Council Board RoomOne Batavia City CentreMonday, March 9, 20267:00 PM AGENDAI. Call to OrderII. Invocation \u2013 Councilmember TwichellIII. Pledge of AllegianceIV. Public CommentsV. Council Response to Public CommentsVI. Councilmember RequestVII. Adjournment Link to Business Meeting Agenda: https:\/\/www.cityofbataviany.gov\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_03092026-1004<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/batavia-city-council-special-conference-and-business-meetings-councilmember-request-leads-to-fiery-exchange\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4705],"tags":[1898],"class_list":["post-73053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-of-batavia","tag-batavia-city-council-meeting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-j0h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71466,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/batavia-city-council-holds-organizational-special-conference-and-business-meetings-newly-elected-members-sworn-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":73053,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/City Council holds Organizational, Special Conference and Business Meetings, newly elected members sworn in","author":"aka","date":"January 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1KLQLeaSaOg Link to Organizational Meeting Agenda: https:\/\/www.cityofbataviany.gov\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_01122026-996 Link to Special Conference Meeting Agenda: https:\/\/www.cityofbataviany.gov\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_01122026-998 Link to Business Meeting Agenda: https:\/\/www.cityofbataviany.gov\/AgendaCenter\/ViewFile\/Agenda\/_01122026-997 Nicholas Lord, Councilmember-At-Large, Eugene Jankowski Jr. City Council President and Councilperson-At-Large, and Sammy DiSalvo, Councilperson-At-Large are sworn in before Monday evening's meetings by Heidi J. 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