City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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Roll Call votes
Description:
Councilor Santana called Docket #0891, message and order authorizing the
City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Eighty
Thousand Dollars ($180,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the Hazard
Mitigation Plan Update 2026 (BRIC Grant), awarded by the Federal
Management Agency, passed through the Massachusetts Emergency
Management Agency, to be administered by Emergency Preparedness. The
grant will fund a sustained pre disaster natural hazard mitigation program to
reduce overall risk to the population and structures, while also reducing
reliance on funding from actual disaster declarations, from the Committee
on Public Safety & Criminal Justice.
On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Louijeune, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, Fernandes
Anderson, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber
and Worrell offered the following: Petition for a Special Law re: An Age
Waiver for Jason Deleon to join the Boston Police Department.
Councilor Worrell in the Chair.
The rules were suspended; the petition was passed; yeas 13.
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Louijeune and Breadon offered the following: On the Petition
for a Special Law re: An Act Relative to the Office of District Councilor in
the City of Boston, the committee submitted a report recommending that the
petition ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the petition was passed; yeas 9, nays 3
(FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy) not present 1 (Fernandes Anderson).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Worrell, Louijeune, Durkan, Breadon, Coletta Zapata,
Fernandes Anderson, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén,
Santana and Weber offered the following: Resolution supporting the
Museum of African American History in Boston.
Councilor Worrell moved to substitute language. Motion prevailed.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, Rule 12 was invoked to include
Councilors Durkan and Louijeune as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors Worrell, Louijeune and Durkan, the rules were
suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12.
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Mejia, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald,
Louijeune, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered the following:
Resolution in support of House Bill No. 148: an Act establishing a livable
home modification grant program.
On motion of Councilor Mejia, the rules were suspended; the resolution was
adopted; yeas 12.
Votes:
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.
