City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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Councilor Ciommo called Docket #0642, message and order for a loan of Twelve Million One Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ( $12,175,000.00) for the construction of municipal recreational athletic facilities, including the acquisition and development of land and the construction and reconstruction for facilities; and/or for developing land for burial purposes and for constructing paths and avenues embellishing the grounds in city-owned cemeteries the grounds in city-owned cemeteries; and/or for the constructions or reconstruction of public wharves; and/or for cost engineering or architectural services for plans and specifications, for the purpose of city departments including the Parks and Recreations Department, from the Assignment sheet. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 13.
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Councilor Ciommo called Docket #0641, message and order for a loan of Twenty Million Seven Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars( $20,725,000.00) for the original construction of public ways or the extension or widening thereof, including land damages and the cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of said construction, or for the construction of stone, block, brick, cement concrete, bituminous concrete, bituminous macadam or other permanent pavement of similar lasting character, or for the original construction, surfacing or resurfacing of municipally owned and operated off-street parking areas; and/or for the construction of sidewalks of brick, bituminous concrete, stone or concrete, installing macadam pavement or other road material, for resurfacing municipally owned and operated off-street parking areas with pavement or other road material; and/or for the cost of engineering or architectural services for plans and specifications, for the purposes of the Boston Redevelopment Authority and City departments including the Public Works and Transportation Department, from the Assignment sheet. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 13.
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Councilor Ciommo called Docket #0640, message and order for a loan of Twenty Nine Million Four Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($29,475,000.00) for the development, design, purchase and installation of computer hardware, other data processing equipment and computer assisted integrated financial management and accounting systems; and/or for the development, design and purchase of computer software incident to the purchase, installation or operation of computer hardware, other data processing equipment and computer assisted integrated financial management and accounting systems; and/or for the cost of departmental equipment; and/or for safety alarm or safety communication installations and for the purpose of extending and improving such installations, for the purposes of city departments including the Department of Innovation and Technology and the School Department, from the Assignment sheet. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 13.
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Councilor Ciommo called Docket #0638, message and order for a loan of Forty Nine Million Six Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($49,625,000.00) for acquiring land, or interests in land, for any purpose which the City is or may hereafter be authorized to acquire land or interests therein, and for the construction of buildings, or for additions to such buildings where such additions increase the floor space of said buildings, including the cost of original equipment and furnishings of said buildings, or additions; and/or 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 or repair; and/or for energy conservation, alternative energy or renewable energy improvements to public building or facilities, and/or for the cost of departmental equipment; and/or for fire alarm installations, and for the purpose of extending and improving such installations; and/or for the construction or reconstruction of public wharves and/or for the cost of engineering or architectural services for plans and specifications; and/or for construction of municipal outdoor recreational and athletic facilities, including the acquisition and development of land and the construction and reconstruction of facilities for the purposes of city departments including the Boston Center for Youth and Family, Fire, Library, Parks and Recreation, Police, Property and Construction Management, Public Health Commission and Public Works Departments, from the Assignment sheet. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on June 18, 2014, Docket #1051, approving 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 Law Chapter 32B, 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 June 18, 2014, Docket #1050, for Annual Appropriation for the School Department for FY2015, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 7, nays 6, (Jackson, O’Malley, Pressley, Wu, Yancey, Zakim).
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On the message and order, referred on June 18, 2014, Docket #1049, for Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2015, 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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Councilor Ciommo called Docket #0637, message and order for a loan of Seventy-Two Million Eight Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars ($72,848,295.00) for the purpose of paying cost of constructing, originally equipping and furnishing the Dearborn 6-12 STEM/Early College academy, which is a new school facility to be built on the site of the current Dearborn School located at 35 Greenville Street in the City of Boston, including the payment of all cost incidental or related thereto which school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as a educational facility for the instruction of school children for at least 50 years, 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 Property and Construction Management Department on behalf of the Boston Public Schools, from the Assignment Sheet. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 13.
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Councilor LaMattina called Docket #0515, message and order that on November 7, 2013, the Public Improvement Commission (the 'PIC') reviewed a joint petition by Mr. Joseph Steffano Jr., and the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department, to abandon all rights of public travel on a certain portion of Swift Street, a private way in East Boston, as shown on a plan marked "City of Boston, from the Assignment Sheet. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor LaMattina, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 13.
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On the ordinance, referred on April 30, 2014, Docket #0739, amending CBC Ordinances, Chapter 5, Section 5.10 (Salary Categories for Certain Offices), 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 13.
