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Roll Call votes
Description:
Message and order for your approval an Order authorizing the City of
Boston to appropriate the amount of Two Million Two Hundred
Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($2,225,000.00) for the purpose of paying
the cost of a feasibility study and schematic design associated with a project
for the Pauline Agassiz Shaw Charles H. Taylor Elementary School,
Mattapan, MA 02126. This includes the payment of all costs 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 the Boston Public Schools, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to be read once and passed.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the report was accepted; the order was read once and passed; yeas 11, not present 2 (Durkan, Fernandes Anderson).
Assigned for Further Action.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on August 7, 2024, Docket #1162, for
your approval an Order amending City of Boston Code, Ordinances,
Chapter XV, Section 15 11.1, regarding Black Male Advancement for
Equity and Welfare. Since its establishment in 2021, the Black Men and
Boys Commission has sought to study the social conditions of the city’s
Black men and boys, develop strategies to remedy or assist in remedying
serious adversities, and recommend courses of action to create equal
opportunity for generations of Black men and boys in the City of Boston,
the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass in
new draft.
Councilor Coletta Zapata moved to substitute language. Motion prevailed.
The report was accepted; the order was passed in a new draft; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Flynn, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, Fernandes
Anderson, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and
Weber offered the following: Resolution supporting the renaming of the
soccer field within Saunders Stadium in honor of Billy Baker.
On motion of Councilor Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was
adopted; yeas 12, absent 1 (Worrell).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Weber, Santana, Flynn, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan,
Fernandes Anderson, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy and
Pepén offered the following: Resolution in support of a COLA base
increase for City of Boston retirees.
On motion of Councilors Weber and Santana, Rule 12 was invoked to
include Councilor Flynn as an original co sponsor.
On motion of Councilors Weber, Santana and Flynn the rules were
suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, absent 1 (Worrell).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Fernandes Anderson, Breadon, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn,
Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell
offered the following: Ordinance reforming the Boston Cultural Council.
On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson, the rules were suspended, the
ordinance was passed; yeas 12, absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Coletta Zapata, Breadon, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune,
Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and Weber offered the following:
Petition for a Special Law Re: An Act Directing the City of Boston Police
Department to Waive the Maximum Age for Police Officers for Chris
Glaropoulos.
On motion of Councilor Coletta Zapata, the rules were suspended; the
petition was passed; yeas 12, absent 1 (Fernandes Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
On the home rule petition, referred on June 5, 2024, Docket #0926, an act
relative to raising the maximum age requirement for entrance to the Boston Police Academy, committee submitted a report recommending that the petition ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the petition was passed; yeas 12, absent 1
(Fernandes Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on August 7, 2024, Docket #1164, for a
supplemental appropriation Order for the Boston Police Department for
FY25 in the amount of One Hundred Eighty Seven Thousand Three
Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars ($187,373.00) to cover the FY25 cost items
contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of
Boston and the Boston Police School Traffic Supervisors Association, Inc.
(BPSTSA). The terms of the contract are September 1, 2023 through
August 31, 2027. The major provisions of the contract includes a base wage
increase of 2% to be given in September of each year of the contract term
and flat amounts of $200, $200, $275, and $350 to be added to annual
salaries in January of each fiscal year, the committee submitted a report
recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, absent 1
(Fernandes Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on August 7, 2024, Docket #1163, for
your approval an Order to reduce the FY25 appropriation for the Reserve
for Collective Bargaining by One Hundred Eighty Seven Thousand Three
Hundred Seventy Three Dollars ($187,373.00) to provide funding for the
Boston Police Department for the FY25 increases contained within the
collective bargaining agreement between the City of Boston and the Boston
Police School Traffic Supervisors Association, Inc. (BPSTSA), the
committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, absent 1
(Fernandes Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Louijeune, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Fernandes Anderson,
FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber and
Worrell offered the following: Petition for a Special Law re: An Act
Directing the City of Boston Police Department to Waive the Maximum
Age Requirement for Pierre Charles Darius of Mattapan.
Councilor Worrell in the Chair.
On motion of Councilor Louijeune, the rules were suspended; the petition
was passed; yeas 12, not present 1 (Durkan).
