City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
Description:
Message and order for your approval an Order to reduce the FY25
appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by One Hundred
Forty Nine Thousand Five Hundred Fifty Two Dollars ($149,525.00) to
provide funding for a City department for the FY25 increases contained
within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and
the Boston Cadets Association.
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
Councilor Pepen called Docket #1620, message and order for your approval an Order appropriating from the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund in the sum of Four Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($423,500.00) for projects described in the attached order. The Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund Commissioners met on October 15, 2024 and voted to approve these projects, from the Committee on City Services & Innovation Technology.
On motion of Councilor Pepen, the order was passed; yeas 12, not present 1 (Mejia).
Votes:
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Councilor Durkan called Docket #1474, message and orders authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a RAISE Grant from the Federal Transit Administration. The City of Boston's award will not exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) in funding from the RAISE Grant for the Roxbury Resilient Transportation Corridors Project, led by the Boston Transportation Department. The City will partner with local residents, community organizations and consultants to apply the funds towards planning, designing and construction improvements on Warren Street, Malcolm X Boulevard, and Melnea Cass Boulevard in Roxbury, from the Committee on Planning, Development, & Transportation.
No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. Committee members polled; yeas 7, nays 1 (Flynn).
On motion of Councilor Durkan, the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Flynn).
Votes:
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Councilor Durkan called Docket #1287, message and order for your approval an Order to declare surplus City-owned easement currently under the management of the Boston Transportation Department and transfer the care, custody, management and control of said property to the Public Facilities Commission. The land easement is located at 847, 849, and 851 Albany Street in Roxbury (Ward 08 Parcels 0802014000, 0802016000, 802017000, and 080218000). This will transfer interest back to the Boston Water and Sewer Commission in accordance with a settlement agreement resolving an ongoing lawsuit against the City of Boston, from the Committee on Planning, Development & Transportation.
No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. Committee members polled; yeas 7, nays 1 (Flynn).
On motion of Councilor Durkan, the order was passed; yeas 11, nays 2 (Flynn, Murphy).
Votes:
Description:
Councilor Coletta Zapata called Docket# 1334, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eleven Million Four Hundred Six Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Two Dollars ($11,406,762.00) in the form ofa grant, awarded by the USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry to be administered by the Parks and Recreation Department. The grant will fund the creation of an accessible, inclusive and resilient urban forest in Boston and reduce technical and financial barriers to accessing and preserving trees, from the Committee on Environmental Justice, Resiliency & Parks.
On motion of Councilor Coletta Zapata, the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Flynn).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Santana, Breadon, Mejia, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, Fernandes Anderson, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepen, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution recognizing November 20, 2024 as the 25th Anniversary ofTransgender Day of Remembrance in the City of Boston.
On motion of Councilors Santana and Breadon, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Mejia as an original co-sponsor.
On motion of Councilors Santana, Breadon, and Mejia, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Flynn, Murphy and Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Resolution recommending the placement of the City of Boston Election Department Under State Receivership.
On motion of Councilors Flynn and Murphy, the resolution failed; yeas 2, nays 7 (Breadon, Durkan, FitzGerald, Pepen, Santana, Weber, Worrell), present 4 (Coletta Zapata, Fernandes Anderson, Louijeune, Mejia).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Flynn, Murphy and Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Resolution recommending the placement of the City of Boston Election Department Under State Receivership.
On motion of Councilors Flynn and Murphy, the resolution failed; yeas 2, nays 7 (Breadon, Durkan, FitzGerald, Pepen, Santana, Weber, Worrell), present 4 (Coletta Zapata, Fernandes Anderson, Louijeune, Mejia).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Weber, Louijeune, Santana, Breadon, Coletta Zapata,
Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepen, Fernandes Anderson and Worrell offered the following: Resolution recognizing November 28, 2024 as National Day of Mourning in the City of Boston. On motion of Councilors Weber and Louijuene, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Santana as an original co-sponsor.
On motion of Councilors Weber, Louijeune, and Santana, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on November 6, 2024, Docket #1641, a supplemental appropriation Order for various City Departments for FY25 in the amount of Three Million Eight Hundred Six Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-Seven Dollars ($3,806,367.00) to cover the FY25 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Boston and the Salaried Employees of North America (SENA). The terms of the contact are October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027. The major provision of the contract includes a base wage increase of2% to be given in October of each fiscal year of the contract term and flat amounts of
$500.00, $250.00, $900.00, and $750.00 to be added to annual salaries in January of each fiscal year, as well as a new pre-paid legal benefit, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted, the order was passed; yeas 13.
