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Roll Call votes
Description:
Councilors Santana, Fernandes Anderson, Breadon, Coletta Zapata,
Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Weber
and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of the
Massachusetts Act to Ensure Legal Parentage Equality (H.1713/S.947), to
protect LGBTQ+ families and reproductive rights.
On motion of Councilor Santana, Rule 12 was invoked to include
Councilors Fernandes Anderson and Breadon, as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors Santana, Fernandes Anderson and Breadon, the
rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Mejia, Weber, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, Fernandes
Anderson, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and
Worrell offered the following: Resolution to support increasing diversity
and expanding opportunities for Boston municipal employees of color.
On motion of Councilors Mejia and Weber, the rules were suspended; the
resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, approving an appropriation of Forty Million
Dollars ($40,000,000.00) to the Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB)
Liability Trust Fund established under Section 20 of Massachusetts General
Laws Chapter 32B, the committee submitted a report recommending that
the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on April 10, 2024, Docket #0677,
authorizing an appropriation order in the amount of Two Hundred Forty
Million Three Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($240,375,000.00)
for various capital improvement purposes for the Boston Public Schools,
the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read
once and passed; yeas 12, not present 1 (Mejia).
Assigned for further action.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on April 10, 2024, Docket #0676, an
appropriation order in the amount of One Hundred Eighty Four Million
Seven Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($184,780,000.00) 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, Environment, Fire,
Mayor’s Office of Housing, Office of Arts and Culture, Parks and
Recreation, Police, Property Management, Public Works, and the
Transportation Departments, the committee submitted a report
recommending the order ought to be read once and passed; yeas 11, nays 2
(Breadon, Mejia).
Assigned for further action
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on April 10, 2024, Docket #0670, for
Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2025, the committee submitted
a report recommending that the order ought to pass in an amended draft.
The report was accepted; the order as amended was passed; yeas 10, nays 3
(FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, a home rule petition to the General Court
entitled "Petition for a Special Law Re: An Act Relative to Property Tax
Classification in the City of Boston," the committee submitted a report
recommending the petition ought to pass.
On motion of Councilor Coletta Zapata, the rules were suspended; the
petition was passed. yeas 8, nays 4 (FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy, Worrell),
present 1 (Mejia).
Votes:
Description:
Councilor Durkan called Docket #0755, communication was received by
the City Clerk from the Boston Landmarks Commission for City Council
action on the designation of The Putnam Nail Factory / George Lawley &
Son Shipyard, 12 12R Ericsson Street, Boston, MA, as a Landmark (in
effect after June 1, 2024 if not acted upon), from the Committee on
Planning, Development & Transportation.
No objection being heard, the matter was before the body.
On motion of Councilor Durkan, the designation did not pass; yeas 0, nays
10, present 3 (Fernandes Anderson, Mejia, Worrell).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, a supplemental appropriation Order for the
Boston Police Department for the FY24 in the amount of Seven Million
Seven Hundred Fifty Four Thousand Six Hundred Forty Nine Dollars
($7,754,649.00) to cover the FY24 cost contained within the collective
bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the Boston Superior
Officers Federation. The terms of the contract are July 1, 2020 through June
30, 2025. The major provisions of the contract include base wage increases
of 2%, 1.5%, 2%, 1%, and 2.5% to be given in July of each fiscal year of
the contract term, as well as the addition of the Transitional Career Award
Program in July 2023. The contract also contains reforms relating to
discipline, officer return to duty, paid detail system, and union release, the
committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, an Order to reduce the FY24 appropriation for
the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Seven Million Seven Hundred
Fifty Four Thousand Six Hundred Forty Nine Dollars ($7,754,649.00) to
provide funding for the Boston Police Department for the FY24 increases
contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of
Boston and the Boston Police Superior Officers Federation, the committee
submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
