City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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On the message and order, referred on November 27, 2023, Docket #1749, 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 grant for the FY23 COPS CD Micro Grant Community Policing Development, awarded by the United States Department of Justice to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund Building Trust and Legitimacy with Community Building. With COPS Community Development Micro funding, the Boston Police Department will hire two full time BRIC Data Analysts to work with the Bureau of Field Services, and the 11 District Captains and Community Service Offices; the Bureau of Community Engagement to help connect with an even wider range of community partners; other Bureaus that will add data and information to the Community CompStat meetings; and the Office of Research and Development’s civilian HUB Program Coordinator, who operates 6 District HUB Table convening per week throughout the neighborhoods of Boston,the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 7, nays 5 (Arroyo, Lara, Louijeune, Mejia, Worrell), absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).
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On the message and order, referred on November 13, 2023, Docket #1705, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Forty Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety Dollars and Forty Seven Cents ($47,890.47) in the form of a grant, for the FY22 Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Program (FP&S), awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund the purchase of an evidence management system and necessary supporting items and provide one time training to personnel of the Fire Investigation Unit on the use of system,the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).
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On the message and order, referred on November 13, 2023, Docket #1704, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY23 COPS Accreditation Project, awarded by the United States Department of Justice to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund accreditation process though the purchase of PowerDMS to document objective evidence of CALEA and MPAC requirements, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).
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On the message and order, referred on November 13, 2023, Docket #1701, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Three Hundred Fifty Eight Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($1,358,100.00) in the form of a grant for the FY22 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Operation and Safety, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund the procurement of Personal Protective Equipment / bailout systems and the training required to use this PPE safely, as well as fund cancer and cardiac screening programs to provide early clinical detection of members, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).
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Councilor Mejia, Fernandes Anderson and Murphy offered the following: Resolution opposing the proposed plan to move the John D. O'Bryant School of Math and Science from Roxbury to West Roxbury. Councilor Breadon in the Chair On motion of Councilor Mejia, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Fernandes Anderson and Murphy as original co sponsors. On motion of Councilors Mejia, Fernandes Anderson and Murphy, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 9, nays 2 (Durkin, Murphy), present 1 (Louijeune), not present 1 (Flaherty).
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On the message and ordinance, referred on February 10, 2023, Docket #0410, Petition for a Special Law re: An Act increasing the maximum amount of fines which may be imposed for violations of ordinances and authorizing the City of Boston to place municipal charge liens on certain properties in the City of Boston for nonpayment of any local charges, fees or fines, 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 12, not present 1 (Lara).
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Councilor Fernandes Anderson called Docket #1574, for your approval an Order authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate the amount of Seventeen Million One Hundred Sixty Five Thousand Dollars ($17,165,000.00) for the purpose of paying the costs associated with the boiler, roof, windows and doors replacement projects as the following schools: The Jeremiah E. Burke High School, The English High School, Dennis C. Haley Pilot School and the Dr. William W. Henderson Inclusion Upper School. The City of Boston has applied for a grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (“MSBA”), from the Committee of Strong Women, Families and Communities. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. Committee members polled; yeas 5. On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson,the order was read once and passed; yeas 9. Assigned for further action.
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Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order to amend the Boston City Council Rules to include the Committee on the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. Councilor Breadon in the Chair. On motion of Councilor Flynn, the rules were suspended; the order failed on passage; yeas 5, nays 2 (Durkan, Louijeune), present 3 (Coletta, Fernandes Anderson, Worrell), not present 3 (Arroyo, Lara, Mejia).
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Councilors Worrell, Arroyo, Baker, Breadon, Coletta, Durkan, Fernandes Anderson, Flaherty, Flynn, Lara, Louijeune, Mejia and Murphy 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 police officers for Nuias Daveiga. On motion of Councilor Worrell, the rules were suspended; the petition was passed; yeas 13.
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Message and order for your approval, an Order to reduce the FY24 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Twenty Four Thousand One Hundred Twenty One Dollars ($24,121.00) to provide funding for the Property Management Department for the FY24 increase contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the New England Police Benevolent Association. Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on October 30, 2023. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 12.
