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City Council Meeting

All weekly City Council meetings are held at 12 p.m. (noon) in the Christopher A. Iannella Chamber on the fifth floor of Boston City Hall, unless otherwise noted.

All meetings are open to the public and are also available on Xfinity Channel 8, RCN 82, Fios 964, and livestream via City Council TV.

Discussion Topics

  1. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
  2. COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR, THE MAYOR:

    1796    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

        amount of Thirteen Million Three Hundred Seventeen Thousand Two 

        Hundred Dollars ($13,317,200.00) in the form of a grant from the FY2023 

        Urban Area Security Initiative, awarded by the United States Department of 

        Homeland Security, passed through the MA. Executive Office of Public 

        Safety & Security, to be administered by the Mayor’s Office of Emergency 

        Management. The grant will fund planning, exercise, trainings, and 

        operational needs, that will help prevent, respond to and recover from 

        threats of acts of terrorism, including chemical, biological, radiological, 

        nuclear and explosive incidents.

        1797    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

        amount of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) in the form of a grant for 

        the Community First Partnership, awarded by Mass Save to be administered 

        by the Environment Department. The grant will fund outreach and 

        engagement with environmental justice communities to drive increased 

        awareness and measurable participation in energy efficiency programs.

  3. REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS:

    1798    Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Kate England as 

        an Ex Officio Trustee of the Boston Groundwater Trust.

  4. MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION:

    0410    Petition for a Special Law re: An Act increasing the maximum amount of 

        fines which may be imposed for violations of ordinances and authorizing 

        the City of Boston to place municipal charge liens on certain properties in 

        the City of Boston for nonpayment of any local charges, fees or fines.

        0626    Ordinance amending City of Boston Code, Ordinances, Section 16 1.9G, to 

        prohibit the sale of guinea pigs in pet shops.

        1794    An order relative to the Adoption of Classification in the City of Boston in 

        FY 2024.

        1721    Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Relative to Voting For All Legal 

        Residents in the City of Boston.

        1367    Order for a hearing on the viability, transparency and community 

        engagement process regarding the proposed plan to move the John D. 

        O'Bryant School of Math and Science from Roxbury to West Roxbury.

  5. MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS:

        1799    Councilors Lara and Durkan offered the following: Resolution 

        recognizing support for H.872 & S.481, an act establishing a climate change 

        superfund and promoting polluter responsibility.

        1800    Councilors Worrell and Durkan offered the following: Resolution 

                 recognizing Hanukkah in the City of Boston.

  6. GREEN SHEETS

    6/23    Legislative Calendar for December 6, 2023.

  7. CONSENT AGENDA:



        1801    Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Resolution 

        recognizing John Steies.

        1802    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Jie Long 

        and U.S.  China Cultural and Sports Exchange Day.

        1803    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Thomas 

        A. Kershaw.

        1804    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing the 

        Massachusetts Association of Women in Law Enforcement.

        1805    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing fifteen 

        Boston Police Officers on their Retirement.

        1806    Councilor Durkan offered the following: Resolution recognizing Olivia 

        Hay Nichols.

        1807    Councilor Durkan offered the following: Resolution recognizing Michael 

        Gene Haines.

        1808    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Highland 

        Street Foundation.

        1809    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Boston 

        Symphony Orchestra Board of Trustees.

        1810    Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Resolution 

        recognizing Kameela Blackmon and Aliyah Mohamed.

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