City Council Roll Call Votes - Beta
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On the message and order, referred on June 17, 2019 Docket #0799, approving an appropriation of Twenty-Seven Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($27,200,000.00) from the City's Capital Grant Fund in order to provide funding for various transportation and public realm improvements. These projects are aligned with the goals of Go Boston 2030, the City's transportation master plan. The funds shall be credited to the Capital Grant Fund from the Parking Meter Fund, 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 message and order, referred on June 17, 2019 Docket #0798, approving an appropriation of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) to the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Liability Trust Fund established under Section 20 of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 32B, 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 message and order, referred on June 17, 2019 Docket #0797, for the Annual Appropriation for the School Department for FY2021, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 11, nays 2. (Campbell and Wu)
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On the message and order, referred on June 17, 2019 Docket #0796 for the Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2021, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 8, nays 5. (Nays Arroyo, Campbell, Janey, Mejia and Wu)
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Councilor Wu called Docket #0759, a resolution urging the MBTA to protect free movement and peaceful assembly with reliable public transit services during public demonstrations. No objection being heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Wu the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, nays 1(Baker)
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On the petition, referred on January 29, 2020 Docket #0100, for a special law re: An Act Authorizing Additional Licenses for the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages to be Drunk on the Premises in Boston, the committee submitted a report recommending the petition ought to pass in a new draft. Councilor Edwards moved to substitute Docket #0100 with new language. Motion prevailed. The report was accepted; the petition was passed in a new draft; yeas 13.
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Message and order approving a Home Rule Petition to the General Court entitled “Petition for a Special Law Re: A Fire Cadet Program for the City of Boston Fire Department. The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 13.
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Councilors Wu, Mejia, Bok, Breadon, Essaibi-George, Flynn, Arroyo, Janey, Mejia, O’Malley and Wu offered the following: Resolution urging the MBTA to protect free movement and peaceful assembly with reliable public transit services during public demonstrations. Councilors Wu and Mejia invoked Rule 12 to include Councilor Bok as an original co-sponsor. Referred to the Committee on Planning, Development and Transportation; yeas 12, nays 2. (Baker, Flaherty)
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Councilors Mejia, Arroyo, Janey, Edwards, Wu, Flaherty, Essaibi-George, Breadon, Campbell, Bok, Flynn and O’Malley offered the following: Resolution in Support of Federal Action Condemning Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and the Use of Excessive and Militarized Force. Councilor Mejia invoked Rule 12 to include Councilor Janey as an original co-sponsor. On motion of Councilors Mejia, Arroyo and Janey, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12, (Absent Baker) Communication from Councilor Baker regarding Docket #0749, offered at June 3, 2020 City Council meeting, Resolution in Support of Federal Action Condemning Police Brutality, Racial Profiling, and the Use of Excessive and Militarized Force, would like to go on record in support of the resolution.
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On the message and order, referred on April 8, 2020 Docket #0596, authorizing the City of Boston to enter into one or more leases, lease-purchase or installment sales agreements in Fiscal Year 2021 in an amount not to exceed Thirty-Six Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($36,400,000.00). These funds are to be used by various City departments for the acquisition of equipment in furtherance of their respective governmental functions. The list of equipment includes: computer equipment (hardware and software), motor vehicles and trailers, ambulances, firefighting equipment, office equipment, telecommunications equipment, photocopying equipment, medical equipment, school and educational equipment, school buses, parking meters, street lighting installation, traffic signal equipment and equipment functionally related to, and components of the foregoing, the Committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to be read once and passed. The report was accepted; the order was read once and passed; yeas 13. Assigned for further action.