City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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Councilors O'Malley, Arroyo, Baker, Bok, Breadon, Campbell, Edwards, Essaibi-George, Flaherty, Flynn, Mejia and Wu offered the following: Petition for Special Law re: An Act Concerning the Operations of the Boston City Council. On motion of Councilor O’Malley, the rules were suspended; the petition was adopted; yeas 12.
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On the message and order, referred on May 19, 2021 Docket #0669, authorizing the City of Boston to submit to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Statements of Interest for The Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, located at 40 Armington Street, Boston, MA, 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 May 19, 2021 Docket #0668, authorizing the City of Boston to submit to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Statements of Interest for their Accelerated Repairs Program for the following schools: William E. Russell in Dorchester, Henderson Upper (Wilson Building), the Rafael Hernandez School in Jamaica Plain and the Boston Day and Evening Academy (Wheatley Building) in Roxbury, 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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Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Five Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($5,425.00) in the form of a grant for a charitable donation, awarded by the Shah Family Foundation to be administered by the Office of Food Access. The grant will fund additional outreach material, translated in ten languages, to promote awareness of Pandemic EBT benefits. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 12.
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Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Dollars ($143,990.00) in the form of a grant for the BJA FY20 Post-Conviction Testing of DNA Evidence, awarded by the United States Department of Justice, passed through the Committee for Public Counsel Services, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund the BPD Crime Lab staff time for the Massachusetts Innocence and Conviction Integrity Collaboration Project. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 12.
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Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand Hundred Thirty-One Dollars ($256,731.00) in the form of a grant for the FY21 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), awarded by the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development to be administered by the Department Neighborhood Development. The grant will fund Community and Economic Development Programs. Additional funds were awarded after the previous Council to Accept and Expend. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 12.
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Councilor O'Malley for Councilor Baker offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Julie Ryan in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules; yeas 11; nays 0; absent 2.
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Councilors Bok, Arroyo, Baker, Breadon, Mejia, Campbell, Edwards, Essaibi-George, Flaherty, Flynn and O’Malley offered the following: Resolution Recognizing May as National Preservation Month On motion of Councilor Bok, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 11; nays 0; absent 2.
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Councilors Essaibi-George, Arroyo, Baker, Bok, Breadon, Mejia, Campbell, Edwards, Flaherty, Flynn and O’Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing May 16-22, 2021 as National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week. On motion of Councilor Essaibi-George, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 11; nays 0; absent 2.
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Councilors Essaibi-George, Breadon, Baker, Bok, Edwards, Mejia, Flaherty, Flynn, Arroyo, Campbell and O’Malley offered the following: Resolution recognizing May 18 as Physician Mental Health Awareness Day. On motion of Councilor Essaibi-George, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 11; absent 2.
