This is not your father’s Summer Concert Series in the Courtyard of City Hall.

Fight Night has faded into history.

After a decade and a half as promoter and operator of the Summer Concert Series, Gary Mandell, the music man, has won a measure of security.

Faces on the Cultural Affairs Commission and City Council who tried annually – for vague reasons – to scuttle Mr. Mandell, have gone to their earthly reward, retirement.

Mr. Mandell is the last man standing.

Here is how much times have changed since the Mandell critics were silenced:

At Monday evening’s 7 o’clock City Council meeting a unanimous vote is anticipated when the down-agenda item – financial arrangements for the July-August program — is addressed.

What is different from the stormy past?

“The Council has changed, and Gary’s main critic from the Cultural Affairs Commission is gone,” said Vice Mayor Andy Weissman.