City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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Councilor O'Malley offered the following: Ordinance Amending City of Boston Code 2-8.3. Councilor Campbell in the Chair. On motion of Councilor O’Malley, the rules were suspended; the Ordinance was passed; yeas 12.
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On the message and order, referred on June 9, 2021 Docket #0725, approving an increase of the cost-of-living adjustment ("COLA") base from $14,000.00 to $15,000.00 for all retirees and beneficiaries of the Boston Retirement System, 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 June 23, 2021 Docket #0810, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty- Five Million Dollars ($55,000,000.00) in the form of a grant, awarded by the United States Department of Treasury to be administered by the City of Boston’s Chief Financial Officer/Collector Treasurer. This grant payment is made from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CLFRF) in the Treasury of the United States established by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), 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 June 23, 2021 Docket #0805, approving an appropriation of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) 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 June 23, 2021 Docket #0804, approving an appropriation of Twelve Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($12,600,000.00) from the City’s Capital Grant Fund in order to provide funding for various transportation and public realm improvements. These projects are aligned with the goals of the Go Boston 2030, the City’s transportation master plan. The funds shall be credited to the Capital Grant fund from the Parking Meter Fund, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.
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On the message and order, referred on June 23, 2021 Docket #0803, 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 message and order, referred on June 23, 2021 Docket #0801, for the Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2022, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. Councilor Flaherty in the Chair. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 10, nays 2 (Campbell, Wu).
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On the message and order, referred on June 23, 2021 Docket #0802, for the Annual Appropriation for the School Department for FY2022, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. Councilor Wu in the Chair. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 10, nays 2 (Campbell, Baker).
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On the message and order, referred on April 14, 2021 Docket #0548, approving an appropriation of One Million Twelve Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($1,012,400.00) for the administrative and operating expenses of the City of Boston Community Preservation Committee (“CPC”) for the Fiscal Year 2022, and a further appropriation order in the amount of Twenty-Eight Million Four Hundred Seventy-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($28,479,574.00) from the Community Preservation (“the Fund”) estimated annual revenues for Fiscal Year 2022, to be appropriated and reserved for future appropriation, 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 March 3, 2021 Docket #0389, for your approval to declare surplus City-Owned former Boston Transportation Department parcels of land and transfer the care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. The land is located at: 18 Hamlet Street, Dorchester, MA, Ward 07 Parcel 03916000, consisting of approximately, 1450 square feet of vacant land and an unnumbered parcel on Hamlet Street, Dorchester, MA, Ward 07 Parcel 03894000 consisting of approximately 34,270 square feet of vacant land, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12.
