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1225 Councilor Santana called Docket #1225, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) of credits from Anthropic to strengthen the City’s cyber defenses. These credits are granted by Anthropic through the State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) Cyber Defenders Program. The credits will be utilized to automate the scanning, triaging, and patching of our City’s technology infrastructure using Claude Opus 4.8, the latest model of Anthropic’s generative AI tool. This initiative will help to significantly elevate our cybersecurity posture against increasingly sophisticated, AI driven threats, from the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice.
No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.
On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1035 Councilor Santana called Docket #1035, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty Four Thousand Ninety Five Dollars ($24,095.00) in the form of a grant, FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement, awarded by United States Department of Justice, passed through the Massachusetts State Police / Crime Laboratory, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant would fund training and continuing education for forensic examiners, criminalists and laboratory personnel, from the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice.
No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.
On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1352 Councilors Culpepper, Breadon, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of declaring July 11th as MADMOMS Day in the City of Boston.
On motion of Councilor Culpepper, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 9 (Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), not present 3 (Durkan, Mejia, Santana), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1351 Councilors Flynn, FitzGerald, Murphy, Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, Pepén, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution of unequivocal denouncement against any violence, assault, or harassment towards Boston Police Officers, our dedicated first responders, and city officials.
On motion of Councilor Flynn, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors FitzGerald and Murphy as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors Flynn, FitzGerald, and Murphy, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), not present 2 (Mejia, Santana), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1348 Councilors Flynn, Murphy, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Pepén, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution to use a supplemental budget to restore funding for Boston Public Schools (BPS) employees.
Councilor Culpepper in the chair.
Councilor Breadon in the chair.
On motion of Councilors Flynn and Murphy, the rules were suspended; the resolution failed to be adopted: yeas 6 (Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy, Weber, Worrell), nays 3 (Durkan, Pepén, Santana), present 2 (Breadon, Louijeune), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1346 Councilor Murphy, Flynn, Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution calling for an immediate briefing on Boston's summer safety plan and a collaborative review to strengthen public safety.
Councilor Breadon in the chair.
On motion of Councilors Murphy and Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1345 Councilor Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of a fair contract for MAB Community Services' group home direct support staff.
On motion of Councilor Breadon, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1344 Councilor Breadon, Worrell, Louijeune, Durkan, FitzGerald, Pepén, Santana and Weber offered the following: Resolution in support of Senate Bill 3112, "An Act Authorizing Municipalities to Opt in to a Temporary Pilot to Extend the Hours of Liquor Licenses and to Allow for Public Consumption in Designated Districts in Summer 2026."
Councilor Culpepper in the chair.
On motion of Councilor Breadon, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Worrell and Louijeune as original co sponsors.On motion of Councilors Breadon, Worrell, and Louijeune, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 8 (Breadon, Durkan, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), nays 2 (Flynn, Murphy), present 1 (Culpepper), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1343 Councilor Louijeune, Pepén, Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution denouncing the United States Supreme Court's decision allowing the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian nationals and affirming Boston's support for TPS holders.
On motion of Councilors Louijeune and Pepén, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1342 Councilor Pepén, FitzGerald, Worrell, Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Santana and Weber offered the following: Resolution calling on Boston Public Schools to fully partner with the Massachusetts Safe Routes to School Program.
On motion of Councilor Pepén, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors FitzGerald and Worrell as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors Pepén, FitzGerald, and Worrell, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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