Boston City Council
May 23, 2018 — council, 1h 35m. Full transcript and vote records below — no spin, just what happened.
What was decided
Every vote is checked against the council’s official minutes — the legal record of the meeting. Records still awaiting that check show the outcome only; the member-by-member record is added once the minutes are published and checked.
Suspension of the rules and passage of dockets 0805 and 0806
How they voted
Passed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 44:39.
Agenda item 0806 · background & details
[docket repaired from transcript: 0805 -> 0806]
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
To suspend and pass docket number 0809
Official motion wording
to suspend and pass docket number 0809
How they voted
Passed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 47:46.
Agenda item 0809 · background & details
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
To suspend and pass docket 0810
Official motion wording
to suspend and pass docket 0810
How they voted
Passed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 48:43.
Agenda item 0181 · background & details
[docket repaired from transcript: 0810 -> 0181]
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Suspension and confirmation of docket 0811 through 0813
Official motion wording
suspension and confirmation of docket 0811 through 0813
How they voted
Outcome not yet confirmed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 50:41.
Agenda item 0813 · background & details
[docket repaired from transcript: 0811 -> 0813]
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Suspension of the rules for the adoption of docket 0537
How they voted
Passed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 1:03:42.
Agenda item 0537 · background & details
[docket repaired from transcript: 351 -> 0537]
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Suspension of the rules and passage of docket 0819
How they voted
Outcome not yet confirmed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 1:14:15.
Agenda item 0819 · background & details
Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Seamo
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Suspension of the rules and passage of docket 0821
Official motion wording
suspension of the rules and passage of docket 0821
How they voted
Outcome not yet confirmed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 1:17:07.
Agenda item 0821 · background & details
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Suspension of the rules and passage of docket 0822
Official motion wording
suspension of the rules and passage of docket 0822
How they voted — suspension of the rules and passage of docket 0822
Passed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 1:17:24.
Agenda item 0822 · background & details
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — adoption of the consent agenda
Passed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 1:28:37.
Agenda item 0822 · background & details
[docket repaired from transcript: 0816 -> 0822]
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
How they voted — to adjourn the meeting
Outcome not yet confirmed Awaiting official minutes
Member-by-member votes are published once this record is checked against the council’s official minutes. Hear it in the transcript at 1:29:56.
Agenda item 0822 · background & details
[docket repaired from transcript: -> 0822]
Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote
Transcript
The full transcript, word-for-word as spoken. Speakers appear in order until speaker labeling is complete.
How vote data stays honest
In these records, votes are extracted from the clerk’s roll call in the public recording. Before final publication, they are cross-checked against the city’s official minutes. Corrections are published openly.
This meeting was transcribed with automated speech-to-text. Names and figures should be checked against the official minutes before quoting.