City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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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.
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On the message and order, referred on February 4, 2015 Docket #0250, for the confirmation of the appointment of Mr. Michael Woodall as the Chair of the Boston Water and Sewer Commission, for a term expiring on January 4, 2016, the Committee submitted a report recommending the appointment ought to be confirmed. The report was accepted and the appointment was confirmed; yeas 13.
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On the order, referred on January 14, 2015, Docket #0180, directing the City Council to examine amendments to the 2014-2015 City Council Rules, 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 LaMattina called Docket #1733, message and order transmitting a resolution for approval that will continue redevelopment of Northampton Square Campus in South End. Order Authoring Certain Leases and Conveyances by the Boston Public Health Commission of the Former Boston City Hospital School of Nursing Campus to Facilitate the Component of Site Redevelopment Known as Northampton Phase II, 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 10, nays 0. Absent 3 (Councilors Jackson, McCarthy, and Zakim).
