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City Council meeting

The City Council is holding a meeting on October 26 at 12 p.m.

All City Council meetings are held at 12 p.m. (noon) in the Christopher A. Iannella Chamber on the fifth floor of Boston City Hall, unless otherwise noted. All meetings are open to the public and are also available on Xfinity Channel 8, RCN 82, Fios 964, and livestream via City Council TV.

Discussion Topics

  1. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
  2. COMMUNICATIONS FROM HER HONOR, THE MAYOR:

    1320    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

        amount of One Hundred Six Thousand Dollars ($106,000.00) in the form of 

        a grant, for the FY22 Community Mitigation, awarded by the Massachusetts 

        Gaming Commission to be administered by the Police Department. The 

        grant will fund investigations that are coordinated between the BPD Human 

        Trafficking Unit and other law enforcement entities, along with traffic 

        safety patrols and accident reconstruction.

        1321    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend  the 

        amount of Fifty Nine Thousand Dollars Four Hundred Five Dollars and 

        Thirty Cents ($59,405.30) in the form of a grant, for the COPS FY22 Law 

        Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act Program, awarded by the 

        United States Department of Justice to be administered by the Police 

        Department. The grant will fund peer support services for Boston Police 

        Department sworn and civilian personnel, particularly civilians working in 

        911 Operations and Forensics.

  3. REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS:

    1322    Notice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Beyazmin 

        Jimenez, as a Member of the Boston Fair Housing Committee for a term 

        expiring July 1, 2024.

        1323    Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Bianca Tosado, 

        as a Member of the Residency Compliance Commission for a term expiring 

        January 3, 2026.

  4. MATTERS RECENTLY HEARD FOR POSSIBLE ACTION:



        1186    An Ordinance Amending City Council Electoral Districts.

        1215    An Ordinance Amending City Council Electoral Districts.

        1216    An Ordinance Amending City Council Electoral Districts.

        1273    An Ordinance Amending City Council Electoral Districts.

        1275    An Ordinance Amending City Council Electoral Districts.

        1244    Message and order for your approval an Order to reduce the FY23 

        appropriation for the Reserves for Collective Bargaining by Thirty One 

        Million, Seventy Two Thousand, Twenty Nine Dollars ($31,072,029.00) to 

        provide funding for the Boston Public Schools for the FY23 cost contained 

        within the collective bargaining agreements between the Boston School 

        Committee and the Boston Teachers Union (BTU), Local 66, AFT 

        Massachusetts.

        1245    Message and order for a supplemental appropriation Order for the Boston 

        Public Schools for FY23 in the amount of Thirty Seven Million Six 

        Hundred Seventy Four Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Seven Dollars 

        ($37,674,337.00) to cover the FY23 cost items contained within the 

        collective bargaining agreements between the Boston School Committee 

        and the Boston Teachers Union (BTU), Local 66, AFT  Massachusetts. The 

        terms of the contracts are September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The 

        major provisions of the contracts include base wage increases of 2.5% in 

        September 2022, September 2023, as well as other cost items including 

        inclusion reform implementation.

        Filed in Office of the City Clerk on October 17, 2022.

  5. MOTIONS, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS:



        1324    Councilor Baker offered the following: Petition for a Special Law RE: An 

        Act Directing the City of Boston Police Department to Waive the Maximum 

        Age Requirement for Police Officers for Wan Pierre Louis.

        1325    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Order for the Adoption of City 

        Council Redistricting Criteria.

        1326    Councilor Coletta offered the following: Order for a Hearing on the 

        Review of the Zoning Board of Appeal Executive Order.

        1327    Councilors Lara and Coletta offered the following: Order for a Hearing 

        Assessing the Need for a Text Amendment for the Boston Zoning Code 

        Relative to Special Protection Zones.

        1328    Councilor Bok offered the following: Order for a Hearing to discuss trash 

        containerization in Boston.

        1329    Councilor Lara offered the following: Resolution recognizing November 

        as Youth and Young Adult Homelessness Awareness Month.

     

  6. GREEN SHEETS:

    Legislative Calendar for October 26, 2022.

  7. CONSENT AGENDA:



        1330    Councilor Baker offered the following: Resolution recognizing the 27th 

        Annual Boston Turkish Arts and Culture Festival.

        1331    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution in recognition of 

        Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Inc.

        1332    Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Resolution in recognition of 

        Carmelle Bonhometre.

        1333    Councilor Flynn and Flaherty offered the following: Resolution 

        recognizing October 16th as El Grito de Yara Heritage Day.

        1334    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing the 41st 

        Anniversary of Polish American Heritage Month.

        1335    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing eleven 

        recipients of the Pilar de la Hispanidad 2022 Award.

        1336    Councilor Lara offered the following: Resolution in recognizing Darra 

        Slagle.

        1337    Councilor Lara offered the following: Resolution Honoring Nathan Louis 

        Johnson.

        1338    Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Resolution in 

        memory of Edna Greene Willis Murrell.

        1339    Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Resolution 

        recognizing Sekondi Takoradi, Ghana.

        1340    Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Resolution 

        recognizing the Civic Leaders of District 7.

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