City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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Councilors Edwards, Flynn, Breadon, Essaibi-George, Baker, Bok, O’Malley, Wu, Flaherty, Campbell, Arroyo, Mejia and Janey offered the following: Resolution in support of the striking nurses at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. On motion of Councilors Edwards and Flynn, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Breadon as a co-sponsor. On motion of Councilors Edwards, Flynn and Breadon, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
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Councilors Edwards, Baker, O’Malley, Essaibi-George, Arroyo, Flynn, Breadon, Bok, Wu, Flaherty, Mejia, Campbell and Janey offered the following: Resolution in support of SD.1709, An Act Relative to Medication Assisted Recovery and Care. On motion of Councilor Edwards, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
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Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) in the form of a grant for the FY2021 Jail/Arrest Diversion Grant, awarded by the MA Department of Mental Health to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund overtime cost to backfill Crisis Intervention Training for officers. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) in the form of a grant for policies and programs to maximize reuse, recycling and waste reduction, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs to be administered by the Public Works Department. The grant will fund Sustainable Materials Recovery Program Recycling Dividends. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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Councilors Flynn, Breadon, Edwards, Essaibi-George, Arroyo, Baker, Bok, Wu, Mejia, Flaherty, Campbell and O’Malley offered the following: Resolution supporting Boston VNA Care Healthcare Professionals. On motion of Councilor Flynn, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Breadon and Edwards as co-sponsors. On motion of Councilors Flynn, Breadon and Edwards, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12.
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Councilor O'Malley for Councilor Essaibi-George offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Karen Foley, Rachel Nagin, and Jessica Rodriguez in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules; yeas 12.
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Councilor O'Malley for Councilor Bok offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Kennedy Avery in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules; yeas 12.
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Councilor O'Malley for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Courtney Davis and Sandra Sanchez Saavedra in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules; yeas 12.
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Councilors Breadon, Flynn, Essaibi-George, Baker, Edwards, Bok, Wu, Mejia, Flaherty, Campbell, O’Malley and Arroyo offered the following: Resolution Designating March as Women's History Month and March 8 as International Women's Day. On motion of Councilor Breadon, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12.
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On the message and order, referred on February 24, 2021 Docket #0348, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($245,900.00) in the form of a grant for the FY21 Local Culture Council Program, awarded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council to be administered by the Office of Arts & Culture. The grant will fund the Boston Cultural Council sub-grants, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12.
