City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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On the message and order, referred on June 23, 2021 Docket #0809, message and order approving an appropriation order in the amount of Ninety-One Million Two Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($91,270,000.00) for the purpose of paying cost of designing, construction, equipping, and furnishing a new building for the William E. Carter School, that is to be built on the site of its current location at 396 Northampton Street in the City of Boston, including the payment of all cost incidental or related thereto, and for which the City of Boston may be eligible for a grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (“MSBA”), said amount to be expended under the direction of the Public Facilities Department on behalf of Boston Public Schools, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read once and passed. The report was accepted; the order was read once and passed; yeas 12. Assigned for further action.
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On the message and order, referred on April 28, 2021 Docket #0603, Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Relative to Same-Day Voter Registration for City of Boston Municipal Elections, the committee submitted a report recommending the petition ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted; the petition was passed in a new draft; yeas 11, nays 1 (Baker).
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Councilor Baker called Docket #0100, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,000.00) in the form of a grant for the FY20 Boston Regional Intelligence Center Earmark, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund upgrading, expanding and integrating technology and protocols related to anti-terrorism, anti-crime, anti-gang and emergency responders, from the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. Rule 24 was invoked; yeas 5. (Baker, Essaibi-George, Flaherty, Flynn, O’Malley) On motion of Councilor Baker; the order failed to pass; yeas 4, nays 8 (Arroyo, Bok, Breadon, Campbell, Edwards, Mejia, O’Malley and Wu).
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Councilor Bok called Docket #0531, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to enter into one or more leases, lease-purchase or installment sales agreements in Fiscal Year 2022 in an amount not to exceed Thirty-One Million Dollars ($31,000,000.00). 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, from the Committee on Ways and Means. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Bok, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 12.
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Councilor Bok called Docket #0530, message and order approving an appropriation Fifty Million Four Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($50,438,000.00) for the acquisition of interests in land or the acquisition of assets, or the landscaping, alteration, remediation, rehabilitation, or improvement of public land, the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, alteration, remodeling, enlargement, demolition, removal or extraordinary repairs of public buildings, facilities, assets, works or infrastructure; for the cost of feasibility studies or engineering or architectural services for plans and specifications; for the development, design, purchase and installation of computer hardware or software and computer-assisted integrated financial management and accounting systems; and any and all cost incidental or related to the above described projects; for the purposes of the Boston Public Schools, from the Committee on Ways and Means. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Bok, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 12.
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Councilor Bok called Docket #0529, message and order approving an appropriation of Two Hundred Thirty-Seven Million Six Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand Dollars ($237,654,000.00) for the acquisition of interests in land or the acquisition of assets, or the landscaping, alteration, remediation, rehabilitation improvement of public land, the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, alteration, remodeling, enlargement, demolition, removal or extraordinary repairs of public buildings, facilities, assets, works or infrastructure; for the cost of feasibility studies or engineering or architectural services for plans and specifications; for the development, design, purchase and installation of computer hardware or software and computer-assisted integrated financial management and accounting systems; and any and all cost incidental or related to the above described projects; for the purposes of various city departments included Boston Center for Youth and Families, Department of Innovation and Technology, Environment, Fire, Neighborhood Development, Office of Arts and Culture, Parks and Recreation, Police, Property Management, Public Works, and Transportation Departments, Boston Public Library, Boston Redevelopment Authority, and Public Health Commission, from the Committee on Ways and Means. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Bok, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 12.
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Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirty One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($31,500,00.00) in the form of a grant awarded by the United States Department of the Treasury, to be administered by the City of Boston's Chief Financial Officer / Collector Treasurer. The grant will fund urgent COVID-19 response efforts to decrease the spread of the virus and bring the pandemic under control. President Pro Tempore O’Malley in the Chair. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 11, present 1(Campbell).
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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.
