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Roll Call votes
Description:
On the message and order, referred on October 23, 2024, Docket #1564,
Order for a hearing regarding nominations for the Civilian Review Board
and Internal Affairs Oversight Panel within the Office of Police
Accountability and Transparency, submits a report recommending that the
enclosed nominations be forwarded to the Mayor, the committee submitted
a report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 11, present 1
(FitzGerald), not present 1 Fernandes Anderson).
Councilor Louijeune in the Chair.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and ordinance, referred on September 11, 2024, Docket
#1347, establishing the Office of Labor Compliance and Worker
Protections, the committee submitted a report recommending the ordinance
ought to pass in a new draft.
Councilor Coletta Zapata moved to substitute language. Motion prevailed.
On motion of Councilor Coletta, the report was accepted; the ordinance was
passed in a new draft; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
Message and order for a supplemental appropriation Order for the Public
Health Commission for FY25 in the amount of Twenty Nine Thousand
Three Hundred Seventy Eight Dollars ($29,378.00) to cover the three FY25
cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between
the Public Health Commission (PHC) and the SEIU Local 888, Clerical
Technical Unit. The term of the contract is October 1, 2020 through
September 30, 2027. The major provisions of the contract include base
wage increases of 2% in January 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and
2027, with a 1.5% base wage increases of in January of 2022; and flat
amount additions of $500.00, $250.00, $500.00 and $800.00 to be added in
January 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027, after the percent increases. The
contract also includes new steps and an increase in longevity pay.
Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on December 9, 2024.
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
Message and order for your approval an Order to reduce the FY25
appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Twenty Nine
Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Eight Dollars ($29,378.00) to provide
funding for the Public Health Commission (PHC) for the FY25 increases
contained within the collective bargaining agreements between PHC and
SEIU Local 888, Clerical Technical Unit.
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
Message and order for a supplemental appropriation Order for the FY25
appropriation order for the Public Health Commission for FY25 in the
amount of Fifty Five Six Hundred Six Dollars ($55,606.00) to cover the
FY25 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreement
between the Public Health Commission (PHC) and the SEIU Local 888,
Counselor Unit. The term of the contract is October 1, 2023 through
September 30, 2027. The major provisions of the contract include base
wage increase of 2% in January of 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027; and flat
amount additions of $500.00, $250.00, $900.00, and $800.00 to be added in
January of 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027, after the percent increases. The
contract also includes an increase in longevity pay.
Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on December 9, 2024.
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
Message and order for your approval an Order to reduce the FY25
appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Fifty Five
Thousand Six Hundred Six Dollars ($55,606.00) to provide funding for the
Public Health Commission (PHC) for the FY25 increases contained within
the collective bargaining agreements between PHC and SEIU Local 888,
Counselor Unit.
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on December 4. 2024, Docket #1772,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of
Seventy One Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Five Dollars ($71,335.00) in
the form of a grant, for the Federal FY24 Emergency Management
Performance Agency, to be administered by the Office of Emergency
Preparedness. The grant will fund the enhancement of operational capacity
at the Boston Emergency Operation Center (EOC) and promote the
professional development of The Mayor's Office of Emergency
Management, the committee submitted a report recommending that the
order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 11, present 2
(Fernandes Anderson, Mejia).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on December 4, 2024, Docket #1770,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eighty
Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00) in the form of a grant for the Federal Byrne
Justice Assistance Grant, awarded by the United States Department of
Justice passed through the MA Executive Office of Public Safety &
Security, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund
the Annual Boston Address Verification procedures mandated by the
Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board, the committee submitted a
report recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, present 1 (Mejia).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on November 20, 2024, Docket #1681,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) in the form of a grant for the
FY25 DMH Training Grant, awarded by the MA Department of Mental
Health to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund to
reimburse overtime cost to backfill Crisis Intervention Team training and
other mental health trainings for officers, the committee submitted a report
recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, present 1 (Mejia).
Votes:
Description:
On the message and order, referred on November 20, 2024, Docket #1680,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One
Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($110,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the
FY25 DMH Co Response Grant, awarded by the MA Department of Mental
Health to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund
two full time recovery coaches through BEST and provide training to
officers, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order
ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, present 1 (Mejia).
