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1550 Councilors Culpepper, Mejia, Worrell, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and Weber offered the following: Resolution calling for the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department to adopt critical incident administrative leave standards in light of the Medical Examiner's homicide determination in the death of Shacoby Kenny.
On motion of Councilors Culpepper, Mejia, and Worrell, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), present 1 (Durkan), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1549 Councilors Flynn, FitzGerald and Murphy offered the following: Resolution in support of waiving the residency requirement to allow for transfers from other municipalities to the Boston Police Department.
On motion of Councilor Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was not adopted: yeas 3 (FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy), nays 9 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1548 Councilors Flynn and Murphy offered the following: Resolution in support of allowing retired police officers the opportunity to work paid details.
On motion of Councilors Flynn and Murphy, the rules were suspended, the resolution was adopted; yeas 9 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Worrell), present 3 (Louijeune, Mejia, Weber), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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Councilor Durkan, on behalf of the Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation, submitted the following:

1316 On the message and order, referred on July 8, 2026, Docket #1316, for the confirmation of the appointment of Felicia Jacques as a member of the Boston Planning and Development Agency Board, for a term expiring August 15, 2029, the committee submitted a report recommending the appointment ought to be confirmed in a new draft.
The report was accepted; the appointment was confirmed in a new draft: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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Councilor Louijeune, on behalf of the Committee on Government Operations, submitted the following:

1223 On the message and order, referred on June 22, 2026, Docket #1223, an Ordinance authorizing the City of Boston, acting through its Environment Department, to amend the Distributed Energy Resource Revenue Revolving Fund, 30396E. The current language for 30396E is limited in its use, and the changes proposed will allow for proper usage of 30396E while maintaining its original purpose. The amended language will allow the fund to properly capture revenues and expenditures, ensuring an enhanced and seamless financial process for current City energy activities. These amendments will properly capture demand response revenue and allow for the further development of the City's demand response program, increasing energy savings, and reduce the City's greenhouse gas emissions produced by emissions not addressed through the City's distributed energy resources, the committee submitted a report recommending that the ordinance ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1539 Communication was received by the City Clerk from the Boston Landmarks Commission for City Council action on the designation of The New England Conservatory, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, as a Landmark (in effect after August 28, 2026 if not acted upon).
On motion of Councilor Durkan, the rules were suspended; the designation was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1526 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of a new Inspectional Services constable, Carl C. Horner, authorized to serve civil process upon the filing of his bond for the period commencing May 1, 2025 and ending April 30, 2028.
On motion of Councilor Santana, the rules were suspended, the appointment was confirmed; yeas 12 (Breadon, Durkan, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1525 Message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of renewal constables authorized to serve civil process upon the filing of their bonds for the period commencing May 1, 2026 and ending April 30, 2029.
On motion of Councilor Santana, the rules were suspended, the appointments were confirmed; yeas 12, (Breadon, Durkan, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1513 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000.00) in the form of a grant, the HBS Leadership Fellow Grant, awarded by Harvard Business School to be administered by the Mayor's Office. The grant would fund the HBS Leadership Fellow position which will provide 1 year of support to the Mayor's Office.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Santana, Weber, Worrell), not present 2 (Louijeune, Pepén), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).

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1431 Councilors Mejia, Flynn, Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén and Worrell offered the following: Resolution recognizing the month of July as Disability Pride Month.
On motion of Councilors Mejia and Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 10 (Breadon, Culpepper, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), not present 1 (Durkan), absent 2 (Coletta Zapata, Santana).

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