City Council Roll Call Votes
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Description:
On the message and ordinance codifying the Office of Food Justice in the
City of Boston, the committee submitted a report recommending the order
ought to pass in a new draft.
The report was accepted; the order was passed in a new draft; yeas 12,
absent 1 (Pepen).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on February 12, 2025, Docket #0458,
authorizing the City of Boston to submit a Statement of Interest to the
Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Core Program for
Madison Park Technical Vocational High School pursuant to M.G.L. c.
70B, § 5. The Statement of Interest describes and explains the deficiencies
within the school facility that prevents Boston Public Schools (BPS) from
delivering their desired educational program, the committee submitted a
report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on February 5, 2025, Docket #0407, for
your approval an Ordinance for Road Safety and Accountability for
Delivery Providers, the committee submitted a report recommending that
the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft.
Councilor Coletta Zapata moved to substitute language. Motion prevailed.
The report was accepted; the ordinance was passed in a new draft; yeas 11,
nays 2 (FitzGerald, Murphy).
Votes:
Description:
Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the
amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) in the form of a Grant,
for the RAISE: Roxbury Resilient grant, awarded by the United States
Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, passed through the Massachusetts Department of
Transportation, to be administered by the Transportation Department. The
grant will fund a project to reconstruct and upgrade three corridors in the
Roxbury neighborhood of Boston.
Referred to the Committee on Planning, Development & Transportation,
Later in session, Councilor Fernandes Anderson moved to reconsider
Docket #0719. Seconded by Councilor Pepén.
Motion prevailed.
The rules were suspended, the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on February 12, 2025, Docket #0458, authorizing the City of Boston to submit a Statement of Interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Core Program for Madison Park Technical Vocational High School pursuant to M.G.L. c. 70B, § 5. The Statement of Interest describes and explains the deficiencies within the school facility that prevents Boston Public Schools (BPS) from delivering their desired educational program, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on February 5, 2025, Docket #0407, for your approval an Ordinance for Road Safety and Accountability for Delivery Providers, the committee submitted a report recommending that the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft.
Councilor Coletta Zapata moved to substitute language. Motion prevailed.
The report was accepted; the ordinance was passed in a new draft; yeas 11, nays 2 (FitzGerald, Murphy).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Mejia, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, Fernandes
Anderson, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber and
Worrell offered the following: Resolution declaring Boston a sanctuary
city for transgender persons and all members of the LGBTQIA2s+
community.
On motion of Councilors Mejia and Breadon, the rules were suspended; the
resolution was adopted; yeas 12, nays 1 (Flynn).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Fernandes Anderson, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, FitzGerald,
Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell
offered the following: Resolution to support addressing the needs of the
Cabo Verdean Americans in Boston.
On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson, the rules were suspended; the
resolution was adopted; yeas 12.
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Fernandes Anderson, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, FitzGerald,
Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell
offered the following: Resolution to embrace and extend heartfelt wishes
to the beloved Muslim community in Boston, Massachusetts, throughout
the United States and across the globe, invoking blessings upon them as
they embark upon the sacred journey of Ramadan, a month revered for its
rituals of prayer, fasting, charity, and deep reflection.
On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson, the rules were suspended; the
resolution was adopted; yeas 12.
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Worrell, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Fernandes Anderson,
FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and
Weber offered the following: Petition for a Special Law RE: An Act
Directing the City of Boston Police Department to Waive the Maximum
Age Requirement for Police Officers for Jonathan Telfort.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the rules were suspended; the petition was
passed; yeas 12.