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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2026, Docket #0739, approving an appropriation order in the amount of Thirteen Million Eight Hundred Fifty Five Thousand Dollars ($13,855,000.00) for various capital improvement purposes for the Boston Public Schools, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read once and passed.
Assigned for further action.
The report was accepted; the order was read once and passed.
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2026, Docket #0738, approving an appropriation order in the amount of Three Hundred Eighty Four Million Seven Hundred Five Thousand Dollars ($384,705,000.00) for various capital improvement purposes for city departments including the Boston Center for Youth and Families, Boston Housing Authority, Boston Planning and Development Agency, Boston Public Library, Innovation and Technology, Environment, Fire, Mayor’s Office of Housing, Office of Arts & Culture, Parks and Recreation, Planning, Property Management, Public Health Commission, Public Works, and the Transportation Departments, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read once and passed.
Councilor Coletta Zapata in the chair.
Councilor Breadon in the chair.
Recess.
The report was accepted; the order was read once and passed.
Assigned for further action.
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2026, Docket #0737, approving an appropriation order in the amount of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) from the Surplus Property Disposition Fund, credited to the Capital Fund for planning, design, and construction of coastal resilience solutions around the City, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed.
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2026, Docket #0736, approving an appropriation order authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate the amount of Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00) from the City’s Capital Grant Fund to address the impact of transportation network services on municipal roads, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure or any other public purpose substantially related to the operation of transportation network services in the City. Such funds will be transferred and credited to the Capital Grant Fund from revenue received from the Commonwealth Transportation Infrastructure Enhancement Trust Fund; the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed.
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2026, Docket #0735, approving an appropriation of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) to the Other Post Employment Benefits (OPEB) Liability Trust Fund authorized under Chapter 32B, §20, as added by Chapter 479 of the Acts of 2008. The latest available OPEB actuarial valuation as of June 30, 2023, estimated the City’s unfunded liability at $2.68 Billion Dollars, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
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On the message and order, referred on May 20, 2026, Docket #1031, authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate the amount of Twenty Two Million Eight Hundred Forty Five Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Two Dollars ($22,845,672.00) for purposes of funding Boston Public Schools to meet operating expenses of the fiscal period commencing July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026. This appropriation request was approved by the Boston School Committee on May 6, 2026, and is intended to cover projected deficits in health insurance ($18,087,750.00) and utility spending ($4,757,922.00), the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed.
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On the message and order, referred on May 20, 2026, Docket #1030, authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate the amount of Forty Seven Million One Hundred Twenty Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Two Dollars ($47,120,292.00) for purposes of funding the Snow & Winter Management appropriation to meet operating expenses of the fiscal period commencing July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed.
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On the message and order, referred on May 13, 2026, Docket #0969, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twelve Million Five Hundred Seventy Three Thousand Six Hundred Four Dollars ($12,573,604.00) in the form of a grant, 2026 FIFA World Cup Grant Program, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, passed through the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security, to be administered by the Office of Emergency Preparedness. The grant would fund support to the safety and security needs of our Massachusetts state and local entities directly involved with providing services for the Boston 2026 World Cup event; the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed.
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Communication was received by the City Clerk from the Boston Landmarks Commission for City Council action on the designation of the Petition #294.24 The Swallow Mansion, 33 Cordis Street, Charlestown, MA (in effect after July 1, 2026 if not acted upon).
On motion of Councilor Durkan, the rules were suspended; the petition was passed.
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Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirty Nine Thousand Dollars ($39,000.00) in the form of a grant, Donation of MSP Surplus Vessel Marine 43, awarded by Massachusetts State Police / Crime Laboratory to be administered by the Police Department. The grant would fund the transfer of one 1979 Coast Guard UTB Patrol Boat "Marine 43" from the Massachusetts State Police Marine Unit to the Boston Police Harbor Patrol Unit.
On motion of Councilor Santana, the rules were suspended; the order was passed.
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