11. COMMUNICATION, City Clerk, requesting that the City Council ORDER the Election Commission to hold a PRELIMINARY ELECTION on TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023 and a SPECIAL ELECTION on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2023, to fill the vacancy for the CITY COUNCILLOR of WARD THREE.

11a. CITY COUNCIL ORDER, ORDERED, that TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023, be approved as the date for the Election Commission to hold a PRELIMINARY ELECTION and TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2023, 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.