City Council Roll Call Votes

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Councilors Durkan, Breadon, FitzGerald, Coletta Zapata, Fernandes
Anderson, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber
and Worrell offered the following: Resolution condemning federal cuts to
National Institutes of Health funding for Boston and Massachusetts.
On motion of Councilors Durkan and Breadon, Rule 12 was invoked to
include Councilor FitzGerald as an original co sponsor.
On motion of Councilors Durkan, Breadon and FitzGerald, the rules were
suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.

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Councilors Flynn, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, Fernandes
Anderson, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana,
Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution denouncing cuts to
personnel and service at the Department of Veteran Affairs.
On motion of Councilor Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was
adopted; yeas 13.

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Councilors Flynn, Murphy, Mejia, Breadon, Fernandes Anderson,
FitzGerald, Pepén and Weber offered the following: Resolution in
support of Eve Griffin.
On motion of Councilor Flynn, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors
Murphy and Mejia as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors Flynn, Murphy and Mejia, the rules were
suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 8 present 5 (Coletta Zapata,
Durkan, Louijeune, Weber and Worrell).

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Councilors Santana, Flynn, Louijeune, Breadon, Coletta Zapata,
Durkan, Fernandes Anderson, FitzGerald, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén,
Weber and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of
prioritizing funding for the Boston Public Schools Parent Mentor Program
operated by St. Stephen's Youth Programs.
On motion of Councilors Santana and Flynn, Rule 12 was invoked to
include Councilor Louijeune as an original co sponsor.
On motion of Councilors Santana, Flynn and Louijeune, the rules were
suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.

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On the message and order for a supplemental appropriation Order for the
FY25 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by One
Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($128,700.00) to
cover the FY25 cost items contained within the collective bargaining
agreements between the City of Boston and the Boston Police Detective
Benevolent Society (BPDBS) Forensic Group. The terms of the contracts
are October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027. The major provisions of
the contract include a market adjustment to base wages in FY25, as well as
base wage increase of 2% to be given in January 2026 and 2027 and flat
amounts of $900 and $800 to be added to annual salaries in January 2026
and 2027, after the percent increases.
Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on January 13, 2025 the committee
submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.

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On the message and order for your approval an Order to reduce the FY25
appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by One Hundred
Twenty Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($128,700.00) to provide
funding for the Boston Police Department for the FY25 increases contains
within the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Boston and
the Boston Police Detective Benevolent Society (BPDBS) Forensic Group,
the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to
pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.

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On the message and order, referred on February 12, 2025, Docket #0448,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fourteen
Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($14,400,000.00) in the form of a
grant, for the Safe Street and Roads for All, 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
committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.

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On the message and order, referred on February 5, 2025, Docket #0396,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seven
Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Five Dollars
($775,855.00) in the form of a grant, for the 2025 Community Connections
Program Grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Department of
Transportation, passed through the Boston Regional Metropolitan Planning
Organization, to be administered by the Transportation Department, ,
submits a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Flynn).

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Councilor Worrell called Docket #0270, an order to adopt the Good
Landlord Tax Abatement as a local option in the City of Boston from the
Committee on Environmental Justice, Resiliency and Parks.
No objection being heard, the matter was before the body.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, Docket 0270 was passed; yeas 10, not
present 3 (Breadon, Durken, Mejia).

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Councilors Louijeune, Durkan, Weber, Breadon, Coletta Zapata,
Fernandes Anderson, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén,
Santana and Worrell offered the following: Resolution in support of the
Mass General Brigham primary care physicians.
Councilor Worrell in the Chair.
On motion of Councilors Louijeune and Durkan, Rule 12 was invoked to
include Councilor Weber as an original co sponsor.
On motion of Councilors Louijeune, Durkan and Weber, the rules were
suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.

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