City Council Roll Call Votes

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On the message and order, referred on December 4, 2024, for your approval
an Order authorizing the City of Boston to appropriate the amount of One
Hundred Ten Million Dollars ($110,000,000.00) for purposes of funding
the Housing Accelerator Program. The expenditures related to the program
are one time in nature and are assumed to be non recurring costs of the
City, therefore, are appropriate to be funded with non recurring revenue.
Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on December 2, 2024.
Councilor Mejia moved to postpone the vote until the January 29, 2025
meeting. Seconded by Councilor Flynn.
Motion failed; yeas 2 (Flynn, Murphy), nays 7, present 1 (Mejia).
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 10.

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On the message and order, referred on January 8, 2025, Docket #0116,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eight
Hundred Sixty Thousand One Hundred Sixty Nine Dollars and Seventy
Cents ($860,169.70) in the form of a grant for the One Stop Career Center
grant, awarded by MassHire Department of Career Services to be
administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant will fund
comprehensive career services and resources to unemployed job seekers
such as reviewing job postings, career counseling and job coaching,
education/skills training, and job placement assistance.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 10.

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On the message and order, referred on January 8, 2025, Docket #0115, for a
supplemental appropriation for the Mayor’s Office of Housing for FY25 in
the amount of Four Hundred Twenty One Thousand Three Hundred
Eighteen Dollars ($421,318.00) to cover the FY25 cost contained within the
collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and SEIU,
Local 888 Mayor's Office of Housing. The terms of the contracts are
October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027. The major provisions of the
contracts include base wage increases of 2% to be given in January of each
fiscal year of the contract term and flat amounts of $250.00, $500.00,
$900.00, and $800.00 to be added to annual salaries in January of each
fiscal year, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order
ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 10.

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On the message and order, referred on January 8, 2025, Docket #0114, to
reduce the FY25 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by
Four Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Three Hundred Eighteen Dollars
($421,318.00) to provide funding for the Mayor’s Office of Housing for the
FY25 increases contained within the collective bargaining agreement
between the City of Boston and SEIU Local 888, Mayor’s Office of
Housing, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order
ought to pass.
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 10.

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Councilors Flynn offered the following: Resolution in support of a
domestic violence and sexual assault committee at the Boston City Council.
The resolution was not adopted; yeas 2, nays 8 (Coletta Zapata, Durkan,
FitzGerald, Louijeune, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), present 1
(Fernandes Anderson), not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Breadon).

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Councilors Mejia, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Fernandes Anderson,
Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell and Louijeune offered the following:
Resolution supporting the full disbursement of unspent appropriations for
participatory budgeting from fiscal years 2023 to 2025.
On motion of Councilor Mejia, the rules were suspended; the resolution was
adopted; yeas 8, nays 3 (FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy), present 1 (Durkan),
absent 1 (Breadon).

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Councilors Flynn offered the following: Resolution in support of an ethics
committee at the Boston City Council.
The resolution was not adopted; yeas 3, nays 8 (Coletta Zapata, Durkan,
Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell), present 1 (Fernandes
Anderson), absent (Breadon).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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