City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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On the message and order, referred on April 12, 2023 Docket #0766, authorizing an appropriation Order in the amount of Twenty Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($27,500,000.00) from Surplus Property Disposition Fund, credited to the Capital Fund for planning, design, and construction, for projects, the Animal Shelter, Old State House, BHA decarbonization, and Harrison Avenue BWSC Operations, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12.
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On the message and order, referred on April 12, 2023 Docket #0765, approving an appropriation of Twenty Nine Million Four Hundred Five Thousand Dollars ($29,405,000.00) from the City’s Capital Grant Fund in order to provide funding for various transportation and public realm improvements. The funds shall be credited to the Capital Grant Fund form the Parking Meter Fund, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12.
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On the message and order, referred on April 12, 2023 Docket #0764, authorizing the City of Boston to enter into one or more leases, lease purchase or installment sales agreements in Fiscal Year 2024 in an amount not to exceed Thirty-Nine Million Dollars ($39,000,000.00). These funds are to be used by various City departments for the acquisition of equipment in furtherance of their respective governmental functions. The list of equipment includes: computer equipment (hardware and software), motor vehicles and trailers, ambulances, firefighting equipment, office equipment, telecommunications equipment, photocopying equipment, medical equipment, school and educational equipment, school buses, parking meters, street lighting installation, traffic signal equipment and equipment functionally related to, and components of the foregoing, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read once and passed; yeas 12. Assigned for further action.
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On the message and order, referred on April 12, 2023 Docket #0763, approving an appropriation of One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,800,000.00) from the City’s Capital Grant Fund to address the impact of transportation network services on municipal roads, bridges and other transportation infrastructure or any other public purpose substantially related to the operation of transportation network services in the city. Such funds will be transferred and credited to the Capital Grant Fund from revenue received from the Commonwealth Transportation Infrastructure Enhancement Trust Fund, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12.
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On the message and order, referred on April 12, 2023 Docket #0762, 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 Law Chapter 32B, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12.
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On the ordinance, referred on May 17, 2023 Docket #0942, amending City Council Electoral Districts, the Committee submitted a report on recommending the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted; the ordinance, in its new draft, was passed; yeas 10, nays 2 (Lara and Mejia).
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Petition for a Special Law re: An Act to Make Certain Updated Changes in the Law Relative to the Historic Beacon Hill District. Councilor Breadon in the Chair. On motion of Councilors Bok and Flynn, the rules were suspended; the petition was passed; yeas 8, nays 0, Absent 1 (Lara
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Councilor Murphy and Baker offered the following: Order for a hearing to address possible violations of the Redistricting Committee. Referred to the Committee of The Whole. Councilor Arroyo moved for reconsideration. Seconded by Councilor Lara; yeas 8, nays 4 (Baker, Flaherty, Flynn, Murphy) Present 1 (Bok). Referred to the Committee on Redistricting.
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Councilor Murphy offered the following: Order requesting certain information under section 17F re: regarding Redistricting Correspondence Shared with Attorney John Lyons. On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order failed to pass; yeas 6, nays 6 (Arroyo, Coletta, Fernandes Anderson, Lara, Louijeune, Mejia). Placed on file.
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Councilor Baker offered the following: Order requesting certain information under section 17F re: Legal Counsel, Witnesses and Experts Hired to Defend Redistricting Case for Boston City Council. On motion of Councilor Baker, the rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 8, nays 4 (Arroyo, Fernandes Anderson, Lara, Mejia).
