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1882 Councilors Culpepper, Santana, Louijeune, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Emergency resolution calling for immediate relief for businesses devastated by the six alarm fire at the historic Edison Building in Nubian Square.
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On motion of Councilors Culpepper and Santana, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Louijeune as an original co sponsor.
On motion of Councilors Culpepper, Santana, and Louijeune, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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1863 Councilors Louijeune, Coletta Zapata, Mejia, Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution recognizing October 2026 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
On motion of Councilors Louijeune and Coletta Zapata, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Mejia as an original co sponsor.
On motion of Councilors Louijeune, Coletta Zapata and Mejia, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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1859 Councilors Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution recognizing Tu Hispanidad Flag Day.
On motion of Councilor Breadon, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 2 (Coletta Zapata, Durkan).

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1858 Councilors Breadon, Santana, Mejia, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of H.1544 / S.998: An Act to Guarantee a Tenant's First Right of Refusal.
Councilor Culpepper in the chair.
On motion of Councilor Breadon, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Santana and Mejia as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors Breadon, Santana, and Mejia, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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1857 Councilors Coletta Zapata, FitzGerald, Santana, Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Boston Harbor Coastal Storm Risk Management Comprehensive System Plan and the City of Boston's application for federal authorization.
On motion of Councilor Coletta Zapata, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors FitzGerald and Santana as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors Coletta Zapata, FitzGerald, and Santana, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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1856 Councilors Durkan, Worrell, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and Weber offered the following: Resolution in support of Question 6 to create a natural resource conservation fund.
On motion of Councilors Durkan and Worrell, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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1854 Councilor Murphy offered the following: Order requesting certain information under Section 17F regarding roadway alterations and the City's response at Tremont Street and Parker Street.
On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 2 (Louijeune, Mejia).

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Councilor Weber, on behalf of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following:

1674 On the message and order, referred on September 16, 2026, Docket #1671, for the Boston Police Department for FY27 in the amount of One Million Three Hundred Sixty Six Thousand Ninety Three Dollars ($1,366,093.00) to cover the FY27 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Boston and the Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society - Superior Officers Unit (BPDBS-SO). The terms of the contract are July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The major provisions of the contract include a base wage increase of 2% in July of 2025. The contract also contains an update to hazardous duty pay and amended language around paid details and summer vacation schedules. As originally presented to you, the FY27 budget request included a Reserve for Collective Bargaining - a separate appropriation to fund projected collective bargaining increases. A separate order has been filed to reduce that appropriation by One Million Three Hundred Sixty Six Thousand, Ninety Three Dollars ($1,366,093.00), the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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Councilor Weber, on behalf of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following:

1673 On the message and order, referred on September 16, 2026, Docket #1673, to reduce the FY27 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by One Million Three Hundred Sixty Six Thousand Ninety Three Dollars ($1,366,093.00) to provide funding for the Boston Police Department for the FY27 increases contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the Boston Police Detective Benevolent Society - Superior Officers Unit (BPDBS-SO), the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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Councilor Weber, on behalf of the Committee on Ways and Means, submitted the following:

1672 On the message and order, referred on September 16, 2026, Docket #1672, for the Boston Police Department for FY27 in the amount of One Million Nine Hundred Fifty One Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety Four Dollars ($1,951,894.00) to cover the FY27 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Boston and the Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society (BPDBS). The terms of the contract are July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The major provisions of the contract include a base wage increase of 2% in July of 2025. The contract also contains an update to hazardous duty pay and amended language around sick time buyback at retirement. As originally presented to you, the FY27 budget request included a Reserve for Collective Bargaining - a separate appropriation to fund projected collective bargaining increases. A separate order has been filed to reduce that appropriation by One Million Nine Hundred Fifty One Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety Four Dollars ($1,951,894.00), the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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