7.     COMMUNICATION, City Clerk, requesting that the City Council ORDER the Election Commission to hold a PRELIMINARY ELECTION on TUESDAY MARCH 28, 2017 and a SPECIAL ELECTION on TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2017, to fill the vacancy for the CITY COUNCILLOR of WARD THREE.

7a.     CITY COUNCIL ORDER, ORDERED, that TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017, be    approved as the date for the Election Commission to hold a PRELIMINARY ELECTION and TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2017, be approved as the date for the Election Commission to hold a SPECIAL ELECTION, in the City of New Bedford, to fill the vacancy for the CITY COUNCILLOR of WARD THREE.