City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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On the message and order, referred on October 30, 2024, Docket #1614, for a supplemental appropriation Order for the Boston Public Schools for FY25 in the amount of Eight Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Nine Dollars ($881,479.00) to cover the FY25 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the Boston School Committee and the AFSCME, Council 93 and Affiliate Local 230 (Cafeteria Workers). The term of the contract is September I, 2023, through August 31, 2027. The major provisions of the contract include base wage increases of2% in September of 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026; with additional annual wage increases of $500, $250, $900, and $800 per employee in September of 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on October 23, 2024, Docket #1544, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars ($999,896.00) in the form of a grant, for the FFY24 Shelter & Services Program Allocated (SSP-A) grant, awarded by the United States Department of Homeland Security, passed through the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), to be administered by the Mayor's Office of Housing. The grant will fund the increase of capacity to shelter non-citizen migrants recently released from DHS custody, including renovations and modifications to existing facilities, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Flynn).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on October 23, 2024, Docket #1542, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Three Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Twenty-Four Cents ($1,349,531.24) in the form ofa grant, for the FFY24 Shelter & Service Program Competitive (SSP-C) grant, awarded by the United States Department of Homeland Security, passed through Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), to be administered by the Mayor's Office of Housing. The grant will fund the increase of capacity to shelter non-citizen migrants recently released from DHS custody, including renovations and modifications to existing facilities, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Flynn).
Votes:
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Communication was received from the City Clerk transmitting a communication from the Boston Landmarks Commission for City Council action on the designation of the Petition #270.20, The Daniel Withington House, 19 Ashland Street, Boston, MA (in effect after December 20, 2024, if not acted upon).
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and ordinance, referred on August 7, 2024, Docket #1197,
amending the City of Boston Code, Ordinances Chapter VII Section 7
Regulating Restrictions on Park Frontages, the committee submitted a
report recommending that the Ordinance ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the ordinance was passed; yeas 10, nays 1 (Flynn),
present 2 (Fernandes Anderson, Mejia).
Votes:
Description:
On the Home Rule Petition, referred on August 7, 2024, Docket #1202, re:
An Act Providing Certain Death Benefits for Rachel Marie Troy, the widow
of a former Firefighter of the City of Boston, the committee submitted a
report recommending that the petition ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the petition was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, for your approval a home rule petition to the
General Court entitled "Petition for a Special Law Re: An Act Relative to
Property Tax Classification in the City of Boston," the committee submitted
a report recommending that the petition ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the petition was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Flynn)
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Durkan and Breadon offered the following: Order for a
Summons for Joshua Balcunas, USPS Postmaster, to appear before the
Committee on PILOT Agreements, Institutional & Governmental Relations.
On motion of Councilors Breadon and Durkan, the rules were suspended;
the order was passed; yeas 11, nays 1 (Flynn), absent 1 (Fernandes
Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors FitzGerald, Coletta Zapata, Santana, Breadon, Durkan,
Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Weber and Worrell offered
the following: Resolution declaring October 18, 2024 as Ryan Woods Day
in the City of Boston.
Councilor Louijeune in the Chair.
On motion of Councilor FitzGerald, Rule 12 was invoked to include
Councilors Coletta Zapata and Santana as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors FitzGerald, Coletta Zapata and Santana, the rules
were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson)
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Weber, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, Flynn, Louijeune,
Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and Worrell offered the following:
Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Directing the City of Boston Police
Department to Waive the Maximum Age Requirement for Doumy Pamera
of Jamaica Plain.
On motion of Councilor Weber, the rules were suspended; the petition of
passed; yeas 12, absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).
