City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Message and order approving a Home Rule Petition to the General Court entitled “Petition for a Special Law Re: A Fire Cadet Program for the City of Boston Fire Department. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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Councilors Wu, Mejia, Bok, Breadon, Essaibi-George, Flynn, Arroyo, Janey, Mejia, O’Malley and Wu offered the following: Resolution urging the MBTA to protect free movement and peaceful assembly with reliable public transit services during public demonstrations. Councilors Wu and Mejia invoked Rule 12 to include Councilor Bok as an original co-sponsor. Referred to the Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation; yeas 12, nays 2. (Baker, Flaherty)
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Councilors Mejia, Arroyo, Janey, Edwards, Wu, Flaherty, Essaibi-George, Breadon, Campbell, Bok, Flynn and O’Malley offered the following: Resolution in Support of Federal Action Condemning Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and the Use of Excessive and Militarized Force. Councilor Mejia invoked Rule 12 to include Councilor Janey as an original co-sponsor. On motion of Councilors Mejia, Arroyo and Janey, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, (Absent Baker) Communication from Councilor Baker regarding Docket #0749, offered at June 3, 2020 City Council meeting, Resolution in Support of Federal Action Condemning Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and the Use of Excessive and Militarized Force, would like to go on record in support of the resolution.
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2020 Docket #0596, authorizing the City of Boston to enter into one or more leases, lease-purchase or installment sales agreements in Fiscal Year 2021 in an amount not to exceed Thirty-Six Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($36,400,000.00). 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, 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 13. Assigned for further action.
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2020 Docket #0595, approving an appropriation of Twelve Million Six Hundred Fifteen Thousand Five Hundred Four Dollars ($12,615,504.00) for the purpose of paying cost of the Boston Arts Academy located at 174 Ipswich 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 13. Assigned for further action.
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2020 Docket #0594, approving an appropriation of Seventy Three Million Nine Hundred Ninety Thousand Dollars ($73,990,000.00) 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, 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 13. Assigned for further action.
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2020 Docket #0593, approving an appropriation of Three Hundred Twenty-Eight Million Eight Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($328,895,000.00) 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 Centers 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, and Public Health Commission, 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 13. Assigned for further action.
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2020 Docket #0592, approving an appropriation of Seven Million Dollars ($7,000,000.00) from the City’s Capital Grant Fund to address the impact of transportation network services on municipal roads, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure of any other public purpose substantially related to the operation of transportation network services in the city, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be rejected without prejudice. The report was accepted; the order was rejected without prejudice; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2020 Docket #0591, approving an appropriation of Twenty-Seven Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($27,200,000.00) from the City’s Capital Grant Fund in order to provide funding for various transportation and public realm improvements, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be rejected without prejudice. The report was accepted; the order was rejected without prejudice; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2020 Docket #0590, approving an appropriation of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) to the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Liability Trust Fund established under Section 20 of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 32B, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be rejected without prejudice. The report was accepted; the order was rejected without prejudice; yeas 13.
