City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2015 Docket #0667, for a loan of Forty Million Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($40,525,000.00) for remodeling, reconstructing, or making extraordinary repairs to public buildings owned by the City, including original equipment, furnishings and landscaping , paving and other site improvements incidental or directly related to such remodeling, reconstruction of repair; and/or for energy conservation, alternative energy or renewable energy improvements to public buildings or facilities, and/or for the cost of departmental equipment; and/or for the cost of engineering or architectural services for plans and specifications, for the purpose of various city department including the Boston Center for Youth and Family, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Environment, Fire, Library, Neighborhood Development, Police, Property and Construction Management, Public Health Commission and Transportation Department, 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 April 8, 2015, Docket #0666, amending an appropriation order that would raise the amount from Two Million Twenty Thousand Dollars ($2,020,000.00) to Three Million Thirty Thousand Dollars ($3,030,000.00) for the purpose of financing the cost of various capital projects per the " Youth Budget" project administered by the Boston Center for Youth and Families, 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 April 8, 2015, Docket #0665, authorizing the City to enter into one or more lease, lease-purchase or installment sales agreements in FY2016 in an amount not to exceed Twenty Six Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($26,900,000.00) for various City departments for the acquisition of equipment in furtherance of their respective governmental functions, 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.
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On the message and ordinance, referred on April 8, 2015, Docket #0698, to amend the City of Boston Code, ordinances, Chapter VI, Section 6.3, schedule of parking fines relative to street cleaning, the Committee submitted a report recommending the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted; the ordinance was passed in a new draft; yeas 12, nays 1 (Councilor Murphy)
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Councilor O'Malley, Murphy, Flaherty, Baker, Ciommo, Jackson, LaMattina, McCarthy, Pressley, Yancey, Zakim, Wu and Linehan offered the following: Resolution in support of a study examining current conditions of the West Roxbury neighborhood impacted by the Algonquin Incremental Market Pipeline Project (AIM). On motion of Councilor O’Malley, the rules were suspended, the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on April 1, 2015 Docket #0664, authorizing the department of Neighborhood Development to apply for and expend Federal Fiscal Year 2015, Community Development Block Grant, Home Investment Partnership Program, Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids, Emergency Solutions Grant and Continuum of Care, 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 ordinance, referred on March 25, 2015, Docket #0567, an ordinance establishing paid parental leave for City of Boston employees, the Committee submitted a report recommending the ordinance ought to pass. The report was accepted; the ordinance was passed; yeas 13
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Councilor Ciommo called Docket #0551, message and order approving an appropriation of One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,700,000.00) for the purpose of paying cost of a feasibility study and schematic design work associated with the renovation or new construction of a facility for the Boston Arts Academy. Upon completion of the feasibility study, the City of Boston may be eligible for a grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority, said amount to be expended under the direction of the Public Facilities Department on behalf of Boston Public Schools, from the Assignment Sheet. No objection being heard the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the order was read a second time and passed: yeas 12, nays 0. Absent or not voting 1 (Wu)
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Councilors Wu, Zakim, O’Malley, Jackson, Baker, Ciommo, Flaherty, LaMattina, Pressley, Yancey, and McCarthy offered the following: Resolution that the Boston City Council urges the Board of MassDOT to establish permanent Late Night T Service. On motion of Councilors Wu and Zakim, the resolution was adopted; yeas 13
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On the message and order, referred on February 25, 2015 Docket #0378, authorizing the issuance of tax-exempt refunding bonds in a principal amount not to exceed Sixty-Five Million Dollars ($65,000,000.00) in order to pay the principal, redemption premium, if any, and interest on the bonds or other obligations to be refunded and costs of issuance of the refunding bonds, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
