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0740 Councilor Weber called Docket #0740, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to enter into one or more lease, lease purchase or installment sales agreements in Fiscal Year 2027 in an amount not to exceed Twenty Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($28,500,000.00). These funds are to be used by various City departments for the acquisition of equipment in furtherance of their respective governmental functions. The list of equipment includes: computer equipment (hardware and software), motor vehicles and trailers, ambulances, firefighting equipment, office equipment, telecommunications equipment, photocopying equipment, medical equipment, school and educational equipment, school buses, parking meters, street lighting installation, traffic signal equipment and equipment functionally related to, and components of, the foregoing, from the Committee on Ways and Means.
No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.
On motion of Councilor Weber, the order was read a second time and again passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), nays 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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0739 Councilor Weber called Docket #0739, message and order approving an appropriation order in the amount of Thirteen Million Eight Hundred Fifty Five Thousand Dollars ($13,855,000.00) for various capital improvement purposes for the Boston Public Schools, from the Committee on Ways and Means.
No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.
On motion of Councilor Weber, the order was read a second time and again passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), nays 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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0738 Councilor Weber called Docket #0738, message and order approving an appropriation order in the amount of Three Hundred Eighty Four Million Seven Hundred Five Thousand Dollars ($384,705,000.00) for various capital improvement purposes for city departments including the Boston Center for Youth and Families, Boston Housing Authority, Boston Planning and Development Agency, Boston Public Library, Innovation and Technology, Environment, Fire, Mayor’s Office of Housing, Office of Arts & Culture, Parks and Recreation, Planning, Property Management, Public Health Commission, Public Works, and the Transportation Departments, from the Committee on Ways and Means.
No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.
On motion of Councilor Weber, the order was read a second time and again passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), nays 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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0916 On the message and order, referred on May 6, 2026, Docket #0916, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Four Hundred Eighty Nine Thousand Six Hundred Sixteen Dollars ($1,489,616.00) in the form of a grant, the Federal FY26 Emergency Solutions Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development to be administered by the Mayor's Office of Housing. The grant would fund street outreach, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, rapid re housing assistance and shelter services. The award amount is estimated from prior years, the committee submitted a report that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed: yeas 12 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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0915 On the message and order, referred on May 6, 2026, Docket #0915, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Three Million Eight Hundred Fifty Nine Thousand Forty Nine Dollars ($3,859,049.00) in the form of a grant, the Federal FY26 Housing for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development to be administered by the Mayor's Office of Housing. The grant would fund services for income eligible individuals and families affected by AIDS. The award amount is estimated from prior years, the committee submitted a report that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed: yeas 12 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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0914 On the message and order, referred on May 6, 2026, Docket #0914, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Million Eight Hundred Twenty Five Thousand One Hundred Thirty Two Dollars And Ninety Cents ($4,825,132.90) in the form of a grant, the Federal FY26 HOME Investment Partnerships Program Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development to be administered by the Mayor's Office of Housing. The grant would fund the production of new affordable rental and homeownership housing, and also provide operating support for community development corporations. The award amount is estimated from prior years, the committee submitted a report that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Worrell), not present 1 (Weber), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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0913 On the message and order, referred on May 6, 2026, Docket #0913, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Sixteen Million Eight Hundred Thirty Four Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Two Dollars ($16,834,742.00) in the form of a grant, the Federal FY26 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), awarded by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development to be administered by the Mayor's Office of Housing. The grant would fund housing, economic development and social service programs. The award amount is estimated from prior years, the committee submitted a report that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Worrell), not present 1 (Weber), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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0792 On the message and order, referred on April 15, 2026, Docket #0792, authorizing the City of Boston, acting through its Mayor’s Office of Housing, to apply for, and to accept and expend, the Federal Fiscal Year 2025 Continuum of Care grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in an amount not to exceed Fifty Two Million Dollars ($52,000,000.00). These funds will be used to support programs that provide services and housing to persons experiencing homelessness, the committee submitted a report that the order ought to pass in a new draft.
The report was accepted; the order was passed in a new draft: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Worrell), not present 1 (Weber), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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0697 On the message and order, referred on April 1, 2026, Docket #0697, to Accept Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 59, Section 5, Clause 41D, Authorizing Annual Increases to Senior Exemption Income and Asset Limits, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass in a new draft.
The report was accepted; the order was passed in a new draft: yeas 12 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1192 Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order requesting certain information under Section 17F relative to the number of units and affordable units approved in the City of Boston over the last ten years by neighborhood and City Council District.
On motion of Councilor Flynn, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber), not present 3 (Coletta Zapata, Mejia, Worrell).

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