City Council Roll Call Votes

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On the message and order, referred on August 6, 2025, Docket #1434, Ordinance codifying the Office of Youth Engagement and Advancement, the committee submitted a report recommending that the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft.
The report was accepted; the ordinance was passed in a new draft: yeas 12 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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0145 On the petition, referred on January 8, 2025, Docket #0145, for a Special
Law Re: To establish the Commission of Inspectors General on Financial
Oversight, the committee submitted a report recommending that the petition
ought to pass in a new draft.
The report was accepted; the petition was passed in a new draft; yeas 10
(Breadon, Coletta Zapata, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén,
Santana, Weber, Worrell), nays 2 (Durkan, Flynn).

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1925 Message and order for a supplemental appropriation order for the Boston
Public School Department for FY26 in the amount of Nine Hundred
Seventy Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Nine Dollars ($977,749.00)
to cover the cost items contained within the collective bargaining
agreements between the Boston School Committee and the Administrative
Guild, SEIU Local 888. The terms of the contract are September 1, 2024
through August 31, 2027. The major provisions of the contracts include
base wage increases of 2% and the flat amounts of $250, $900, and $850 to
be given in September of each fiscal year of the contract term. The contract
also supports increased opportunities for professional development and
mentoring.
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 12 (Breadon, Coletta
Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén,
Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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Message and order for your approval an order to reduce the FY26
appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Nine Hundred
Seventy Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Nine Dollars ($977,749.00)
to provide funding for the Boston Public Schools for the FY26 increases
contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the Boston
School Committee and the City of Boston and the Administrative Guild,
SEIU Local 888.
Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on October 27, 2025.
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 12 (Breadon, Coletta
Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén,
Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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Councilor Worrell called Docket #1690, an order authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate the amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00) for the purpose of paying the cost of a feasibility study and schematic design associated with a project for the Ruth Batson Academy, formerly known as the John W. McCormick School, located at 315 Mount Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA 02125. This includes the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto, and for which the City of Boston may be eligible for a grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (“MSBA”), said amount to be expended under the direction of the Public Facilities Department on behalf of the Boston Public Schools, from the Committee on Ways and Means.
Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 11 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell); not present 1 (Murphy).

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Councilors Worrell, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana and Weber offered the following: Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Directing the City of Boston Police Department to Waive the Maximum Age Requirement for Police Officers for Jose Reyes.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the rules were suspended; the petition was passed; yeas 11 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Murphy).

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Councilors Weber, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and Worrell offered the following: Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Directing the City of Boston Police Department to Waive the Maximum Age Requirement for Ryan Cazeau.
On motion of Councilor Weber, the rules were suspended; the petition was passed; yeas 12 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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Message and order authorizing the Procurement Department to extend the term of an existing three (3) year contract for the purchase of ladder trucks for the Boston Fire Department (“BFD”). Two trucks contemplated under the contract were delivered in December 2024, but the remaining four trucks are currently scheduled to be delivered, two trucks at a time, in October 2026 and March 2027.
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 12 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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On the home rule petition, referred on June 25, 2025, Docket #1277, for a Special Law re: An Act Relative to City of Boston Certified Emergency Telecommunicators, the committee submitted a report recommending that this matter ought to pass in a new draft.
Councilor Worrell in the chair.
The report was accepted; the petition was passed in a new draft; yeas 12 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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Councilors Louijeune, Santana, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Weber, and Worrell offered the following:
Resolution recognizing October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Boston.
On motion of Councilors Louijeune and Santana, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 10 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 2 (Durkan, Pepén).

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