City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Councilors Fernandes Anderson, Breadon, Coletta, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of the name change of the Roxbury Library to the Nubian Library. On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
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A petition for a special law re: An age waiver for the maximum age requirement for Paul O'Brien to join the Boston Police Department. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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Councilor Worrell called Docket #0285, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a donation of three Certified Comfort Dogs valued at Eight Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($8,400.00) donated by the Dame Dogs Labradors, LLC to be administered by the Boston Police Department. The purpose of the donation is to support the Bureau of Field Services of the Boston Police Department by adding three comfort dogs to their department, from the Committee on Public Safety & Criminal Justice. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. Committee members polled; yeas 5. On motion of Councilor Worrell, the rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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Councilor Murphy called Docket #0284, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) in the form of a grant, for Youth Engagement and Advancement, awarded by Boston Children’s Hospital, to be administered by the Office of Youth Engagement and Advancement. The grant will fund a development series with ongoing workshops for youth workers to learn skills and strategies to become more effective in their positions. The funds will be used towards the Mayor’s Youth Summit, from the Committee on Strong Women, Families, and Communities. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. Committee members polled; yeas 5. On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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Message and order for your approval an Order authorizing the City of Boston to submit to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Statements of Interest for their Accelerated Repair Program for the following schools: Kenny Elementary School, O'Donnell Elementary School, Adams Elementary School, Chittick Elementary School, Everett Elementary School, Gardner Pilot Academy, Lyndon Elementary School and Murphy K 8 School. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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Councilor Durkan called Docket #0106, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) in the form of a grant for the MGH BTD Clinical Building Project Grant, awarded by the Boston Planning & Development Agency to be administered by the Policy and Planning in the Transportation Department. The grant will fund transportation studies to examine the design changes and improvements that can be made to Cambridge Street, Blossom, and North Grove/Cambridge Street intersection, from the Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. Committee members polled; yeas 5. On motion of Councilor Durkan, the rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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Councilor Durkan called Docket #0105, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000.00) in the form of a grant for the MGH Clinical Building Project Grant, awarded by the Boston Planning & Development Agency to be administered by the Public Works Department. The grant will fund studies to examine design changes and implement the reconstruction of Blossom Street from Cambridge Street to Charles Street, from the Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. Committee members polled; yeas 5. On motion of Councilor Durkan, the rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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Councilors Louijeune, Coletta, Breadon, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy, Weber, and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of the Creative Space Preservation Act (S.530/H.3241). Councilor Worrell in the Chair. On the motion of Councilors Louijeune and Coletta, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Breadon as an original co sponsor. On motion of Councilors Louijeune, Coletta, and Breadon, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 9, nays 0, absent 4 (Fernandes Anderson, Mejia, Pepén, Santana).
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On the message and order, referred on January 24, 2024, Docket #0138, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Forty Six Thousand Eighty Nine Dollars and Seventy Seven Cents ($146,089.77) in the form of a grant for the FY23 Violence Against Women Act, a STOP Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Justice, passed through the MA Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund a Civilian Domestic Violence Advocate who provides services for victims in Jamaica Plain, East Boston, and Charlestown, as well as overtime for all civilian domestic violence advocates citywide. The committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 9, nays 0, absent 4 (Fernandes Anderson, Mejia, Pepén, Santana).
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Councilors Fernandes Anderson, Breadon, Coletta, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution recognizing February 1st as World Hijab Day in Boston. On the motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
