City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
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Message and order authorizing the Boston Police Department Licensing Division to re-establish in accordance with General Law Chapter 44, Section 53E ½ a revolving fund to accept from the fund up to a maximum of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000.00) to fund Fiscal Year 2017 for the purpose of purchasing, leasing, or renting space, materials and equipment, and to be partially or wholly used for instructional purposes for new hackney carriage drivers applicants and providing funds for other training needs not otherwise budgeted for.
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Message and order authorizing the Boston Fire Department Academy to re-establish in accordance with General Law Chapter 44, Section 53E ½ a revolving fund to accept from the fund up to a maximum of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) to fund Fiscal Year 2017 to support Boston Fire Department personnel participating in the detection, cleanup and containment costs associated with Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 21E, the Massachusetts Oil and Hazardous Material Release and Prevention and Response Act.
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Message and order authorizing the Boston Fire Academy to re-establish in accordance with General Law Chapter 44, Section 53E ½ a revolving fund to accept from the fund up to a maximum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) to fund Fiscal Year 2017 to support training programs for firefighters from non-City of Boston fire agencies. The Academy will charge participating outside agencies tuition for each firefighter recruit they send to the Academy.
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Message and order authorizing the Boston Fire Department Academy to re-establish in accordance with General Law Chapter 44, Section 53E ½ a revolving fund to accept from the fund up to a maximum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) to fund Fiscal Year 2017 to support Boston Fire Department’s participation in the detection, cleanup and containment of hazardous material release.
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Message and order authorizing the Boston Public Schools to re-establish in accordance with General Law Chapter 44, Section 53E ½ a revolving fund to accept from the fund up to a maximum of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) to fund Fiscal Year 2017 to perform energy-saving maintenance and equipment upgrades in school buildings.
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Message and order authorizing the Boston Public Schools to re-establish in accordance with General Law Chapter 44, Section 53E ½ a revolving fund to accept from the fund up to a maximum of One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($125,000.00) to fund Fiscal Year 2017 to Boston Public School Transportation costs, including bus and public transportation costs.
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Message and order authorizing the Boston Public School to re-establish in accordance with General Law Chapter 44, Section 53E ½ a revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2017 to accept from the fund up to a maximum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand ($1,500,000.00) to repair and purchase Boston Public School technology, including computers, mobile devices and instructional software.
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Message and order authorizing the Boston Public Schools to re-establish in accordance with General Law Chapter 44, Section 53E ½ a revolving fund to accept from the fund up to a maximum of One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,800,000.00) to fund Fiscal Year 2017 to support the maintenance and repair of BPS facilities, including custodial and utility costs for extended building time, floor refinishing, landscaping and building repairs.
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Message and order authorizing the Office of Environmental and Energy Services to re-establish in accordance with General Law Chapter 44, Section 53E ½ a revolving fund to accept from the fund up to a maximum of One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) to fund Fiscal Year 2017 to purchase offsets of greenhouse gas emissions which shall be associated with a portion of the electricity consumed by the City annually, thereby “greening” a greater percentage of the City’s aggregate electricity load.
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Message and order authorizing the Inspectional Services Department, Animal Control Unit to re-establish in accordance with General Law Chapter 44, Section 53E ½ a revolving fund to accept from the fund up to a maximum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) to fund Fiscal Year 2017 to reimburse for administrative cost to those City agencies which enforce CBC Chapter 16 section 1.9 and 1.9B, and for cost associated with licensing and registration.