City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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On the message and order, referred on March 2, 2011 Docket #0318, approving a Petition for a Special Law “An Act Relative to Public Health Data Sharing with the Boston Public Health Commission", the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted; the order was passed in a new draft; yeas 11, nays 0. Absent or not voting 1 (Arroyo).
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On the message and ordinance, referred on January 26, 2011 Docket #0183, Requiring Fingerprints and Criminal History Records Checks for Certain Licenses, submits a report recommending the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft, the Committee submitted a report recommending the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted; the ordinance was passed in a new draft; yeas 10, nays 1 (Yancey). Absent or not voting 1 (Arroyo).
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Councilors Arroyo, Pressley, Connolly, Feeney, Yancey, Ross, Linehan, LaMattina, Ciommo, Consalvo, Murphy and O’Malley offered the following: Resolution that the City Council go on record in support of "An Act Relative to Transgender Equal Rights' HB 502/SB 764 and urges the Boston Delegation of the Massachusetts State Legislature and the leadership of the legislature to support passage of this bill. On motion of Councilor Arroyo, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, nays 0.
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Councilor Ciommo called Docket # 0211, message and order for a loan of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) for the remodeling, reconstructing, or making extraordinary repairs to public buildings owned by the City, including original equipment and landscaping, paving and other site improvements incidental or directly related to such remodeling, reconstruction or repair, and for the acquisition of departmental equipment, for the purposes of the School Department, from the Committee on Ways and Means. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 12, nays 0.
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Councilor Ciommo called Docket #0170, message and order approving an amendment to an appropriation of Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000.00) for the development, design, purchase, installation and operation of computer hardware, computer software, other data processing equipment and computer assisted integrated financial management and accounting systems, for the purposes of the State-Boston Retirement Board in managing the State-Boston Retirement System (“SBRS”), from the Committee on Ways and Means. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 12, nays 0.
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Councilor Consalvo called Docket #0249, resolution urging the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation to oppose federal funding cuts to HUD and to other housing funding that would severely impact the City of Boston, from the Committee on Housing. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Consalvo, the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, nays 0.
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Councilor Ciommo called Docket #0211, message and order for a loan of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) for the remodeling, reconstructing, or making extraordinary repairs to public buildings owned by the City, including original equipment and landscaping, paving and other site improvements incidental or directly related to such remodeling, reconstruction or repair, and for the acquisition of departmental equipment, for the purposes of the School Department, from the Committee on Ways and Means. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the order was read once and passed; yeas 12, nays 0. Assigned for further action.
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On the message and order, referred on January 26, 2011, Docket #0170, approving an amendment to an appropriation of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) for the development, design, purchase, installation and operation of computer hardware, computer software, other data processing equipment and computer assisted integrated financial management and accounting systems, for the purposes of the State-Boston Retirement Board in managing the State-Boston Retirement System (“SBRS”), the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted; the order was passed in a new draft. Councilor Yancey moved reconsideration of Docket No. 0170. The order was read once and passed, yeas 12, nays 0. Assigned for further action.
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The Committee on Labor, Youth Affairs and Human Rights, to which was referred on February 3, 2010, resolution calling to hiring up to 300 street and youth workers, submits a report recommending the resolution ought to pass in a new draft.
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Order of Council President Michael Ross, that under the authority vested in the City Council by St. 1951, c. 376, Section 17 and pursuant to the procedures set forth in City Council Rule 40A, the City Council, in consideration of his qualification to serve as a member of the Boston City Council, now moves that Councilor Chuck Turner vacate the office of City Councilor effective Friday, December 3, 2010.
