City Council Roll Call Votes
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On the message and order, referred on July 9, 2025, authorizing the City of
Boston to accept and expend the amount of Six Hundred Forty Four
Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Eight Dollars ($644,458.00) in the form of a
grant, for the US Inflation Reduction Act, awarded by the USDA Forest
Service Urban and Community Forestry to be administered by the Office of
Workforce Development. The grant will fund to grow an accessible,
inclusive, and resilient urban forest, the committee submitted a report
recommending that the order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, the order was passed: yeas 10 (Breadon, Durkan,
FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell),
not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).
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On the message and order, referred on June 25, 2025, Docket #1258,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend a grant not to exceed
One Million One Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($1,170,000.00) from
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Building Resilient
Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Program. The grant is awarded to
the City of Boston through the Parks and Recreation Department for
renovations to Moakley Park located in the neighborhood of South Boston,
the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to
pass.
The report was accepted, the order was passed: yeas 10 (Breadon, Durkan,
FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell),
not present 1 (Mejia), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).
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Description:
On the message and order, referred on June 25, 2025, Docket #1262,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in the form of a grant, for
the Boston Family Day Grant, awarded by the Boston Foundation to be
administered by the Office of Arts and Culture. The grant will fund the
Boston Family Day program from 2025 2026, provided by the James M.
and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation, the committee submitted a report
recommending that this order ought to pass.
The report was accepted, the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Durkan,
FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber,
Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).
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Description:
On the message and order, referred on February 26, 2025, Docket #0527,
authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in the form of a grant, for
the BPS Sunday’s Phase 2 Grant, awarded by the Pilot House Philanthropy
to be administered by the Office of Arts and Culture. The program will fund
the learning and evaluation components of the BPS Sundays pilot program,
the committee submitted a report recommending that this order ought to
pass.
The report was accepted, the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Durkan,
FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber,
Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).
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On the message and ordinance, referred on January 8, 2025, Docket #0135,
to protect workers from heat related illness and injuries in the City of
Boston, the committee submitted a report recommending the ordinance
ought to pass in a new draft.
The report was accepted, the ordinance was passed in a new draft; yeas 11
(Breadon, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén,
Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Coletta Zapata).
Votes:
Description:
Councilor Weber called Docket # 1379, Resolution for July 4, 2025, in
support of democracy and calling for a return to the constitutional principles
that are the foundation of this republic, from the Committee on Civil Rights
and Immigrant Advancement.
No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.
Councilor Breadon moved that a roll call be taken to end discussion and go to vote.
The motion was passed; 8 yeas (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, Louijeune, Mejia, Santana, Weber, Worrell), nays 3 (Fitzgerald, Flynn, Murphy), absent 1 (Pepén).
On motion of Councilor Weber, the resolution was adopted; yeas 11
(Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, Flynn, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Mejia,
Murphy, Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Pepén).
Votes:
Description:
Councilors Mejia, Santana, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan,
FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Weber and Worrell offered the
following: Resolution recognizing August 15, 2025, as Dominican Cultural
Day in the City of Boston.
The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 11 (Breadon,
Coletta Zapata, Durkan, Flynn, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy,
Santana, Weber, Worrell), absent 1 (Pepén).
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Councilors Louijeune, Worrell, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan,
FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Santana and Weber offered the
following: Resolution in support of strengthening and protecting
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing.
Councilor Worrell in the chair.
On motion of Councilors Louijeune and Worrell, Rule 12 was invoked to
include Councilor Breadon as an original co sponsor.
On motion of Councilors Louijeune, Worrell and Breadon, the rules were
suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 11 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata,
Durkan, Flynn, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Santana, Weber,
Worrell), absent 1 (Pepén).
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Resolution condemning the Trump Administration's attack on climate
protections.
Councilor Coletta Zapata moved to substitute language.
On motion of Councilor Coletta Zapata, Rule 12 was invoked to include
Councilors Durkan and Weber as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors Coletta Zapata, Durkan and Weber, the rules were
suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 11 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata,
Durkan, Flynn, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Santana, Weber,
Worrell), absent 1 (Pepén).
Votes:
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Message and order transmitting for your approval an Order approving the
receipt of a Conservation Restriction on land at 217,221,223 225, &
227 231 Norwell Street, Boston, MA 02124.
The rules were suspended; the order was passed; yeas 10 (Breadon, Coletta
Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Santana, Weber,
Worrell), not present 1 (Flynn), absent 1 (Pepén).