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Roll Call votes
Description:
Councilors Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Mejia, Durkan, Fernandes
Anderson, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell
offered the following: Resolution affirming core principles of the City of
Boston payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) program involving tax exempt
institutions.
On motion of Councilor Breadon, Rule 12 was invoked to include
Councilors Mejia and Coletta Zapata as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors Breadon, Mejia, and Coletta Zapata, the rules
were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 11, nays 2 (Flynn,
Murphy).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Louijeune, Mejia, Weber, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan,
Fernandes Anderson, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and
Worrell offered the following: Resolution reaffirming The Trust Act.
On motion of Councilors Louijeune and Mejia, Rule 12 was invoked to
include Councilor Weber as an original co sponsor.
On motion of Councilors Louijeune, Mejia, and Weber, the rules were
suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on November 20, 2024, Docket #1761,
for your approval an Order to reduce the FY25 appropriation for the
Reserve for Collective Bargaining by One Hundred Seventy Thousand One
Hundred Eighteen Dollar ($170,118) to provide funding for the Property
Management Department for the FY25 increases contained within the
collective bargaining agreement between the City of Boston and the New
England Police Benevolent Association, Local 173 (NEPBA Patrol
Officers), 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 November 20, 2024, Docket #1760,
for a supplemental appropriation Order for the Property Management
Department for FY25 in the amount of One Hundred Seventy Thousand
One Hundred Eighteen Dollars ($170,118) to cover the FY25 cost items
contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the City of
Boston and the New England Police Benevolent Association, Local 173
(NEPBA Patrol Officers). The terms of the contract are July 1, 2023
through June 30, 2027. The major provision of the contract includes a base
wage increase of 2% to be given in October of each fiscal year of the
contract term and flat amounts of $500, $250, $900, and $800 to be added
to annual salaries in January of each fiscal year; as well increases to the
uniform allowance and weekend differential, submits a report
recommending that the order ought to pass, the committee submitted a
report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
Message and order for your approval an Order authorizing the City of
Boston to appropriate the amount of One Hundred Ten Million Dollars
($110,000,000.00) for purposes of funding the Housing Accelerator
Program. The expenditures related to the program are one time in nature
and are assumed to be non recurring costs of the City, therefore, are
appropriate to be funded with non recurring revenue.
Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on December 2, 2024.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Votes:
Description:
Message and order for your approval an Order to reduce the FY25
appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by One Hundred
Forty Nine Thousand Five Hundred Fifty Two Dollars ($149,525.00) to
provide funding for a City department for the FY25 increases contained
within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and
the Boston Cadets Association.
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
Councilor Pepen called Docket #1620, message and order for your approval an Order appropriating from the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund in the sum of Four Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($423,500.00) for projects described in the attached order. The Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund Commissioners met on October 15, 2024 and voted to approve these projects, from the Committee on City Services & Innovation Technology.
On motion of Councilor Pepen, the order was passed; yeas 12, not present 1 (Mejia).
Votes:
Description:
Councilor Durkan called Docket #1474, message and orders authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a RAISE Grant from the Federal Transit Administration. The City of Boston's award will not exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) in funding from the RAISE Grant for the Roxbury Resilient Transportation Corridors Project, led by the Boston Transportation Department. The City will partner with local residents, community organizations and consultants to apply the funds towards planning, designing and construction improvements on Warren Street, Malcolm X Boulevard, and Melnea Cass Boulevard in Roxbury, from the Committee on Planning, Development, & Transportation.
No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. Committee members polled; yeas 7, nays 1 (Flynn).
On motion of Councilor Durkan, the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Flynn).
Votes:
Description:
Councilor Durkan called Docket #1287, message and order for your approval an Order to declare surplus City-owned easement currently under the management of the Boston Transportation Department and transfer the care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. The land easement is located at 847, 849, and 851 Albany Street in Roxbury (Ward 08 Parcels 0802014000, 0802016000, 802017000, and 080218000). This will transfer interest back to the Boston Water and Sewer Commission in accordance with a settlement agreement resolving an ongoing lawsuit against the City of Boston, from the Committee on Planning, Development & Transportation.
No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. Committee members polled; yeas 7, nays 1 (Flynn).
On motion of Councilor Durkan, the order was passed; yeas 11, nays 2 (Flynn, Murphy).
Votes:
Description:
Councilor Coletta Zapata called Docket# 1334, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eleven Million Four Hundred Six Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Two Dollars ($11,406,762.00) in the form ofa grant, awarded by the USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry to be administered by the Parks and Recreation Department. The grant will fund the creation of an accessible, inclusive and resilient urban forest in Boston and reduce technical and financial barriers to accessing and preserving trees, from the Committee on Environmental Justice, Resiliency & Parks.
On motion of Councilor Coletta Zapata, the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Flynn).
