City Council Roll Call Votes
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On the message and order, referred on March 23, 2011, Docket #0412, approving a Petition for a Special Law re: the Procurement and Award of Contracts for certain Affordable Housing in the City, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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On the resolution, to which was referred on February 9, 2011 Docket #0222, calling for the hiring of up to 300 new youth & street workers, the Committee submitted a report recommending the resolution ought to be adopted. The report was accepted; the resolution was not adopted; yeas 4, (Arroyo, Jackson, Pressley, Yancey), nays 8. Absent or not voting 1 (Linehan).
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Councilors Arroyo, Murphy, Yancey, Jackson, Linehan, Feeney, LaMattina, Ross, O’Malley, Connolly, Ciommo and Consalvo offered the following: Order that the City Council formally designates the conference room on the east side of the fifth floor of City Council the "Thomas I. Atkins Room" in a ceremony at a future date to be determined. On motion of Councilor Arroyo, the rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 0.
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On the message and order, referred on March 2, 2011 Docket #0318, approving a Petition for a Special Law “An Act Relative to Public Health Data Sharing with the Boston Public Health Commission", 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 11, nays 0. Absent or not voting 1 (Arroyo).
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On the message and ordinance, referred on January 26, 2011 Docket #0183, Requiring Fingerprints and Criminal History Records Checks for Certain Licenses, submits a report recommending the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft, the Committee submitted a report recommending the ordinance ought to pass in a new draft. The report was accepted; the ordinance was passed in a new draft; yeas 10, nays 1 (Yancey). Absent or not voting 1 (Arroyo).
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Councilors Arroyo, Pressley, Connolly, Feeney, Yancey, Ross, Linehan, LaMattina, Ciommo, Consalvo, Murphy and O’Malley offered the following: Resolution that the City Council go on record in support of "An Act Relative to Transgender Equal Rights' HB 502/SB 764 and urges the Boston Delegation of the Massachusetts State Legislature and the leadership of the legislature to support passage of this bill. On motion of Councilor Arroyo, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, nays 0.
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Councilor Ciommo called Docket # 0211, message and order for a loan of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) for the remodeling, reconstructing, or making extraordinary repairs to public buildings owned by the City, including original equipment and landscaping, paving and other site improvements incidental or directly related to such remodeling, reconstruction or repair, and for the acquisition of departmental equipment, for the purposes of the School Department, from the Committee on Ways and Means. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 12, nays 0.
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Councilor Ciommo called Docket #0170, message and order approving an amendment to an appropriation of Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000.00) for the development, design, purchase, installation and operation of computer hardware, computer software, other data processing equipment and computer assisted integrated financial management and accounting systems, for the purposes of the State-Boston Retirement Board in managing the State-Boston Retirement System (“SBRS”), from the Committee on Ways and Means. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 12, nays 0.
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Councilor Consalvo called Docket #0249, resolution urging the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation to oppose federal funding cuts to HUD and to other housing funding that would severely impact the City of Boston, from the Committee on Housing. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Consalvo, the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, nays 0.
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Councilor Ciommo called Docket #0211, message and order for a loan of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) for the remodeling, reconstructing, or making extraordinary repairs to public buildings owned by the City, including original equipment and landscaping, paving and other site improvements incidental or directly related to such remodeling, reconstruction or repair, and for the acquisition of departmental equipment, for the purposes of the School Department, from the Committee on Ways and Means. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Ciommo, the order was read once and passed; yeas 12, nays 0. Assigned for further action.