City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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Councilors Flynn, Bok, Edwards, Essaibi-George, Wu, Baker, Mejia, Arroyo, Campbell, Flaherty, O’Malley and Janey offered the following: Resolution in support of H.D. 1167, “An Act Concerning Genocide Education” and S.D. 1592, “An Act Advancing And Promoting Genocide Education". On motion of Councilor Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on January 27, 2021 Docket #0193, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Three Hundred Seventy Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ($370,457.00) in the form of a grant for the FY20 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant-Local Allocation, awarded by the United States Department of Justice to be administered by the Police Department, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on January 27, 2021 Docket #0191, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirteen Million Five Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($13,520,000.00) in the form of a grant for the Federal FY20 Urban Area Security Initiative, awarded by the United States Department of Homeland Security, passed through the MA Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, to be administered by the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on January 13, 2021 Docket #0124, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in the form of a grant for the Simoni Foundation Donation, awarded by the Frank R. and Elizabeth Simoni Foundation Inc., to be administered by the Police Department, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on January 13, 2021 Docket #0121, 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 FFY2021 Municipal Road Safety Program, awarded by the United States Department of Transportation, passed through the MA Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, to be administered by the Boston Police Department, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on January 13, 2021 Docket #0120, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seventy-One Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Five Dollars ($71,335.00) in the form of a grant for the Federal FY2020 Emergency Management Performance Grant, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, passed through the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, to be administered by the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on January 13, 2021 Docket #0119, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Seven Dollars ($114,737.00) in the form of a grant for the 2019 Port Security Grant Program, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to be administered by the Fire Department, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on January 13, 2021 Docket #0118, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Six Dollars ($123,306.00) in the form of a grant for the FY20 Reducing Injury and Death of Missing Individuals with Dementia and Developmental Disabilities Program, awarded by the United States Department of Justice, to be administered by the Police Department, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on January 13, 2021 Docket #0116, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Eight Hundred One Thousand Four Hundred Six Dollars and Six Cents ($1,801,403.06) in the form of a grant for the FY21 Senator Charles E. Shannon Jr. Community Safety Initiative, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, to be administered by the Boston Police Department, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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On the petition, referred on January 13, 2021 Docket #0175, for a special law re: An Act Regarding the Disability Pension for Terry Cotton, 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 2 (Arroyo, Mejia).
