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Roll Call votes
Description:
Councilors Durkan and Breadon offered the following: Order for a
Summons for Joshua Balcunas, USPS Postmaster, to appear before the
Committee on PILOT Agreements, Institutional & Governmental Relations.
On motion of Councilors Breadon and Durkan, the rules were suspended;
the order was passed; yeas 11, nays 1 (Flynn), absent 1 (Fernandes
Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors FitzGerald, Coletta Zapata, Santana, Breadon, Durkan,
Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Weber and Worrell offered
the following: Resolution declaring October 18, 2024 as Ryan Woods Day
in the City of Boston.
Councilor Louijeune in the Chair.
On motion of Councilor FitzGerald, Rule 12 was invoked to include
Councilors Coletta Zapata and Santana as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors FitzGerald, Coletta Zapata and Santana, the rules
were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson)
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Weber, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, 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 Doumy Pamera
of Jamaica Plain.
On motion of Councilor Weber, the rules were suspended; the petition of
passed; yeas 12, absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Mejia, Coletta Zapata, Louijeune, Breadon, Durkan,
FitzGerald, Flynn, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the
following: Resolution in support of holders of Temporary Protective Status
(TPS).
On motion of Councilors Mejia and Coletta Zapata, Rule 12 was invoked to
include Councilor Louijeune as an original co sponsor.
On motion of Councilors Mejia, Coletta Zapata, and Louijeune, the rules
were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 11, not present 1
(Murphy), absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on September 25, 2024, Docket #1432,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One
Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00) in the form of a
grant, for the FY24 Police Reform and Equitable Justice Grant Program,
awarded by the Target Corporation to be administered by the Police
Department. The grant will fund the Youth and Police Initiative (YPI),
which provides police with the skills and tools necessary to understand and
deal with troubled youth and gives troubled youth new ways to understand,
perceive and deal with police authority, the committee submitted a report
recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, absent 1
(Fernandes Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on August 7, 2024, Docket #1170,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four
Hundred Forty Five Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Five Dollars and
Seventy Seven Cents ($445,865.77) in the form of the grant for the FY25
State 911 Training Grant, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Public
Safety & Security to be administered by the Police Department. The grant
will fund the training and certification of Enhanced 911
telecommunications staff, the committee submitted a report recommending
that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, absent 1
(Fernandes Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on August 7, 2024, Docket #1168,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eight
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,000.00) in the form of a grant for
the FY24 Boston Regional Intelligence Center Earmark, awarded by the
MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to be administered by the
Police Department. The grant will fund upgrading, expanding, and
integrating technology and protocols related to anti terrorism, anti crime,
anti gang and emergency response, the committee submitted a report
recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 9, nays 3 (Louijeune,
Mejia, Worrell), absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on September 18, 2024, Docket #1385,
authorizing the City of Boston (the "City") to accept and expend the amount
of Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000.00) in the form of a grant (the "Grant
Payment"), awarded by the United States Department of the Treasury, to be
administered by the City's Chief Financial Officer/Collector Treasurer. This
Grant Payment is made from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal
Recovery Fund in the Treasury of the United States established by Section
9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, the committee
submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 11, nays 2 (Flynn,
Murphy), absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
Message and order for your approval an Order authorizing the City of
Boston to appropriate the amount of Two Million Two Hundred
Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($2,225,000.00) for the purpose of paying
the cost of a feasibility study and schematic design associated with a project
for the Pauline Agassiz Shaw Charles H. Taylor Elementary School,
Mattapan, MA 02126. 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, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to be read once and passed.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the report was accepted; the order was read once and passed; yeas 11, not present 2 (Durkan, Fernandes Anderson).
Assigned for Further Action.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on August 7, 2024, Docket #1162, for
your approval an Order amending City of Boston Code, Ordinances,
Chapter XV, Section 15 11.1, regarding Black Male Advancement for
Equity and Welfare. Since its establishment in 2021, the Black Men and
Boys Commission has sought to study the social conditions of the city’s
Black men and boys, develop strategies to remedy or assist in remedying
serious adversities, and recommend courses of action to create equal
opportunity for generations of Black men and boys in the City of Boston,
the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass in
new draft.
Councilor Coletta Zapata moved to substitute language. Motion prevailed.
The report was accepted; the order was passed in a new draft; yeas 13.
