City Council Roll Call Votes
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Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Thousand One Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($200,001.16) in the form of a grant for the FFY19 Assistance to Firefighters Regional Grant, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund the growing need for the fire department personnel trained in tech rescue in the cities/towns of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Revere, Somerville, Quincy and Winthrop. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 11.
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Councilors Flynn, Janey, Baker, Flaherty, Mejia, WU, Breadon, Bok, Arroyo, Edwards, Campbell and O’Malley offered the following: Resolution in support of naming the community room in the South End Library "The Marleen Nienhuis Community Room". Councilors Flynn invoked Rule 12 to include President Janey and Councilor Baker as original co-sponsor. On motion of Councilors Flynn, Janey and Baker, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
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Councilors Breadon, Bok, Flynn, O’Malley, Edwards, Mejia, Flaherty, Essaibi-George, Baker, Campbell, Wu and Janey offered the following: Resolution regarding the Allston Multimodal Improvement Project. On motion of Councilor Breadon, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
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Councilors Mejia, Edwards, Campbell, Flynn, O’Malley, Bok, Arroyo, Essaibi-George, Wu, Janey and Flaherty offered the following: Resolution urging the placement of a ballot box outside houses of incarceration in Boston. Councilors Mejia invoked Rule 12 to include Councilor Campbell as original co-sponsor. On motion of Councilors Mejia, Edwards and Campbell, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
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Councilors Janey, Bok, Arroyo, Essaibi-George, Breadon, Mejia, Flynn, Campbell, Edwards, Wu and O’Malley offered the following: Resolution in support of the Breathe Act presented by the Electoral Justice Project of the movement for Black Lives. Councilor O’Malley in the Chair. On motion of Councilors Janey and Bok, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 11, nays 0.
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Councilors Mejia, Campbell, O’Malley, Edwards, Breadon, Flynn, Bok, Essaibi-George, Flaherty, Baker, Wu, Janey and Arroyo offered the following: Resolution Condemning the Racist and Predatory Tactics Used by ICE in Boston. Councilors Mejia and Campbell invoked Rule 12 to include Councilor O’Malley as original co-sponsor. On motion of Councilors Mejia, Campbell and O’Malley, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.
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On the ordinance, referred on October 7, 2020 Docket #1032, amending the City of Boston Code, Ordinances, Chapter X, concerning housing stability, requiring notice to tenants and former homeowners of rights and resources, the committee submitted a report recommending the ordinance ought to be amended. Councilor Edwards offered a new amendment. The Amendment was passed; yeas 13. The report was accepted; the ordinance, in its new amended draft, was passed; yeas 13.
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On the ordinance, referred on January 29, 2020 Docket #0226, to provide for the safe disposal of sharps through the establishment of a Product Stewardship Program, 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 13.
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Councilor Janey for Councilor O'Malley offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Justin McClarey and Jessica Morris in City Council. Passed under suspension of the rules; yeas 13.
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Councilors Flaherty, Campbell, Flynn, Breadon, Edwards, O’Malley, Essaibi-George, Bok, Arroyo, Mejia, Baker, Wu and Janey offered the following: Resolution in recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Councilor Flaherty invoked Rule 12 to include Councilors Campbell and Flynn as original co-sponsors. On motion of Councilors Flaherty, Campbell and Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13.