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Roll Call votes
Description:
1399 Councilors Durkan, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, FitzGerald, Flynn,
Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and Weber offered the
following: Emergency resolution calling on the Healey Administration to
protect access to life saving GLP 1 medication and establish a taskforce of
experts.
On motion of Councilor Durkan, the rules were suspended; the resolution
was adopted; yeas 11, not present 1 (Worrell).
Votes:
Description:
1378 Councilors Worrell, Durkan, Louijeune, Breadon, Coletta Zapata,
FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and Weber offered
the following: Resolution in support of bringing a WNBA franchise to
Boston.
On motion of Councilor Worrel, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors
Durkan and Louijeune as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors Worrell, Durkan and Louijeune, the rules were
suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12.
Votes:
Description:
1377 Councilors Flynn, Murphy, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan,
FitzGerald, Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell
offered the following: Resolution celebrating the 35th anniversary of the
Americans with Disabilities Act and ADA Day on July 23, 2025 in the City
of Boston.
On motion of Councilors Flynn and Murphy, the rules were suspended; the
resolution was adopted; yeas 12.
Votes:
Description:
1376 Councilors FitzGerald, Murphy, Flynn, Breadon, Coletta Zapata,
Durkan, Louijeune, Mejia, Pepén, Santana, Weber and Worrell offered
the following: Resolution concerning the labor dispute between Teamsters
and Republic Services.
On motion of Councilors FitzGerald and Murphy, Rule 12 was invoked to
include Councilor Flynn as an original co sponsor.
On motion of Councilors FitzGerald, Murphy and Flynn, the rules were
suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12.
Votes:
Description:
1375 Councilors Breadon, Santana, Weber, Coletta Zapata, Durkan,
FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén and Worrell
offered the following: Resolution in support of S.2368 and H.3662, "An
Act to increase opportunity by ending debt based driving restrictions."
On motion of Councilors Breadon and Santana, Rule 12 was invoked to
include Councilor Weber as an original co sponsor.
On motion of Councilors Breadon, Santana and Weber, the rules were
suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 12.
Votes:
Description:
1367 Councilors Worrell, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald,
Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and Weber offered
the following: A 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 Angela C. Depina.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the rules were suspended; the petition was
passed; yeas 12.
Votes:
Description:
1257 Message and order for a supplemental appropriation order for the Boston
Public Library Department for FY25 in the amount of Seven Hundred
Forty Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Forty Two Dollars ($747,842) to
cover the FY25 cost items continued within the collective bargaining
agreement between the City of Boston and AFSCME, Local 1526. The
terms of the contracts are October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026 and
October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. The major provisions of the
contracts include base wage increases of 2% to be given in October of each
fiscal year of the contract term and flat amounts of $500, $250, $800, and
$175 to be added to annual salaries in January of each fiscal year. The
agreement also includes the addition of prepaid legal benefits as well as
changes to Sunday overtime for certain positions.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the order was passed; yeas 12.
Votes:
Description:
1256 Message and order for your approval an order to reduce the FY25
appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Seven Hundred
Forty Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Forty Two Dollars ($747,842.00) to
provide funding for the Boston Public Library Department for the FY25
increases contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the
City of Boston and the AFSCME, Local 1526.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the order was passed; yeas 12.
Votes:
Description:
1274 On the message and order, referred on June 25, 2025, Docket #1274,
communication was received from Eneida Tavares, Chair of the Board of
Election, regarding the Citizen Petition to establish an Independent
Municipal Inspector General, the committee submitted a report
recommending that this matter ought to pass.
Councilor Coletta Zapata moved to substitute language. Motion prevailed.
The communication did not pass; yeas 3 (Mejia, Murphy, Worrell), nays 9.
Votes:
Description:
0830 Councilor Worrell called Docket #0830, authorizing the City of Boston to
enter into one or more leases, lease purchase or installment sales
agreements in Fiscal Year 2026 in an amount not to exceed Forty Million
Dollars ($40,000,000.00). 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, from the Committee on Ways and Means.
Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the order was read a second time and
again passed; yeas 11; nays 2 (Breadon, Mejia).
