City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
We have current and historical information related to City Council roll call votes. You also have the option to search by the description of the docket, or by the docket number.
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Roll Call votes
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Councilor Tobin and all City Councilors offered an Order to ban the use of mobile phones for typing or texting while operating a motor vehicle within the City of Boston.
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The Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred on December 2, 2009, Docket #1443, approvinga petition for a Special Law regarding Hackney Fare Evasion in the City of Boston, submits a report recommending the order ought to pass.
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The Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred on September 2, 2009, Docket #1138, message and order designating Board and Commission members to be Special Municipal Employees under MGL Chapter 268A, submits a report recommending the order ought to pass.
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Amendment of City Councilor John Connolly to Docket #1007, relative to a petition for a Special Law regarding Mayoral Term Limits in the City of Boston, to include "No Councilor shall serve for more than six consecutive two municipal year terms. The effective date shall be January 2, 2012."
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Councilor Connolly offered a Resolution in support of Transgender Awareness Week.
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Councilor LaMattina and Murphy, on behalf of all City Councilors, offered a Resolution supporting the preservation of the USS Constitution's heritage and time-honored traditions of daily gun salutes and playing of the national anthem in Boston's Charlestown Navy Yard.
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Councilor Ross offered the following Order calling on the Transporation Department to designate Huntington Avenue, from Longwood Avenue to Ruggles Street, as "Lieutenant Kevin M. Kelley Avenue" to honor and commemorate his honorable sacrifice in the line of duty.
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Order, offered by Councilors Turner and Connolly and the entire City Council, to approve the designation of the Mattapan Library Community Room located in the Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library, as "The Alice White Yancey Community Room."
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Resolution, offered by Councilor Turner and the entire City Council, urging the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation to lobby Congress to immediately pass Federal Unemployment Extension Benefits.
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Resolution, offered by Councilors Consalvo, Murphy, Flaherty, Yoon, Turner and Yancey, designating a Memorial Hero Square at the intersection of Hemman and Kittredge Streets in Roslindale in honor of Nikolaus Zozula.
