City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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On the order, referred on March 24, 2021 Docket #0452, changing the date of the Preliminary Election for this municipal year from September 21, 2021 to September 14, 2021, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 11, present 1 (Essaibi-George).
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Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Seven Dollars ($25,567.00) in the form of a grant for the FY20 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement formula allocation, awarded by the United States Department of Justice, passed through the Massachusetts State Police/ Crime Laboratory, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund training and continuing education for forensic examiners, criminalists and laboratory. 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 Forty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Dollars ($45,590.00) in the form of a grant, for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts to be administered by the Office of Arts & Culture. The grant will fund sub-awards to help save jobs in the arts sector and keep the doors open to arts organizations. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 12.
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Councilor Campbell offered the following: Order requesting certain information under 17F re: Documents related to the investigation of former police officer and former president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association Patrick Rose Sr. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 11, nays 0, absent 2.
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Councilor O'Malley for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Cisnell Baez and Jacob deBlecourt in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules; yeas 11.
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Councilor O'Malley for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Cecily Graham in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules; yeas 11.
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Councilor O'Malley offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Peter Favorito, Ana Fonseca, William MacGregor, Justin A. McClarey, and Jessica Morris in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules; yeas 11.
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Councilor O'Malley for Councilor Bok offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Lauren Brody, Emily Brown, and Henry Santana in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules; yeas 11.
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Councilors Baker, Campbell, Mejia, Flaherty, Edwards, Essaibi-George, Arroyo, Bok, Breadon, Flynn, Wu and O’Malley offered the following: Resolution designating a Memorial Hero Square at the intersection of Centre Street and Adams Street in Dorchester in memory of Sgt. Wilson Francis Dalton. On motion of Councilors Baker (absent) and Campbell, the resolution was adopted; yeas 11, nays 0, absent 2.
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Councilors Arroyo, Flynn, Wu, Flaherty, Essaibi-George, Edwards, Breadon, Bok, Campbell, O’Malley and Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing the 65th Infantry Regiment and the Puerto Rican Veteran's Monument Square Association Inc. On motion of Councilors Arroyo and Flynn, the resolution was adopted; yeas 11, nays 0, absent 2.
