City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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On the message and order, referred on February 14, 2024, Docket #0340, an Order to reduce the FY24 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Six Hundred Forty Seven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Four Dollars ($647,254.00) to provide funding for various City Departments for the FY24 increases contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the Service Employees International Union, Local 888, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on February 14, 2024, Docket #0339, a supplemental appropriation Order for various departments for the FY24 in the amount of One Million Two Hundred and Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty One Dollars ($1,203,751.00) to cover the FY24 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Council 93. The terms of the contract are July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027. The major provisions for the contract include base wage increases of 2% to be given in July of each fiscal year of the contract term and flat amounts of $500, $250, $900, and $800 to be added to annual salaries in January of each fiscal year. The agreement also includes changes to personal days, an increase in the clothing allowance and training funds, and increases to certain differentials, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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On the message and order, referred on February 14, 2024, Docket #0338, an Order to reduce the FY24 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by One Million Two Hundred and Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty One Dollars ($1,203,751.00) to provide funding for various City Departments for the FY24 increases contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Council 93, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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On the Home Rule Petition, referred on January 24, 2024, Docket #0171, To Ensure Future Inauguration Dates Do Not Fall on a Federal Holiday, the committee submitted a report recommending that the docket ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted; the petition was passed in a new draft; yeas 11, nays 2 (Flynn, Murphy).
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Councilors Fernandes Anderson, Louijeune, Breadon, Coletta, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution to extend heartfelt wishes to the Muslim community during Ramadan. On the motion of Councilors Fernandes Anderson and Louijeune, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, not present 1 (Murphy).
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Councilors Flynn, Breadon, Coletta, Durkan, Fernandes Anderson, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of establishing a Blue Ribbon Commission to study strategies in filling Downtown office vacancies. On the motion of Councilor Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, not present 1 (Murphy).
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Councilors Fernandes Anderson, Louijeune, Breadon, Coletta, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution recognizing the Independence of the West African nation of Ghana and their liberation from British Colonialism on March 6th, 1957. On the motion of Councilors Fernandes Anderson and Louijeune, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, not present 1 (Murphy).
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Message and order for your approval an Order authorizing the City of Boston (the “City”) to modify the expenditure in the amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00), previously accepted by City Council on July 13, 2022 to support municipal infrastructure for food waste disposal. Such Grant Payment was made from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund in the Treasury of the United States established by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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Councilors Fernandes Anderson, Worrell, Breadon, Coletta, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana and Weber offered the following: Resolution to establish a digital marketplace pilot program. On the motion of Councilors Fernandes Anderson and Worrell, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, not present 1 (Murphy).
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On the message and ordinance, referred on January 24, 2024, Docket #0169, Text Amendment to the Boston Zoning Code with respect to Honey Bees, the Committee submitted a report recommending that the docket ought to pass. The report was accepted; the ordinance was passed; yeas 13.