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Boston City Council

June 8, 2022 — council, 4h 1m. Full transcript and vote records below — no spin, just what happened.

Date
June 8, 2022
Type
council
Length
4h 1m
Transcript
2,937 segments

What was decided

18decisions
25votes recorded
1decided on a split vote

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.

Votes with disagreement are shown first.

On motion of President FLYNN, Docket #0481 through #0486 were taken out of order. 0481 On the message… — passed

Official motion wording

On motion of President FLYNN, Docket #0481 through #0486 were taken out of order. 0481 On the message and order, referred on April 13, 2022 Docket #0481, for Annual Appropriation for the School Department for FY2023, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.

How they voted

Docket 0-481 has received a majority of affirmative Verified · official minutes

Yes (6): Ricardo Arroyo, Tania Fernandes Anderson, Ed Flynn, Kendra Lara, Julia Mejia, Brian Worrell
No (3): Frank Baker, Michael Flaherty, Erin Murphy

Agenda item 0481 · background & details

Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Bach, Braden, Colletta, Felnerity, Fernison, Luijin

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Suspension of the rules to pass docket 0707

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 13:24.

Agenda item 0708 · background & details

[docket repaired from transcript: 455 -> 0708]

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Department of Justice, passed through Massachusetts State Police/Crime Laboratory, to be administered by… — passed

Official motion wording

Department of Justice, passed through Massachusetts State Police/Crime Laboratory, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund training and continuing education for forensic examiners, criminalists and laboratory personnel. The rules were suspended;

How they voted

The ayes have it. The docket is passed. Verified · official minutes

Agenda item 0709 · background & details

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

BPS will be the only unit authorized to expend from the fund and such expenditures shall not exceed Two… — passed

Official motion wording

BPS will be the only unit authorized to expend from the fund and such expenditures shall not exceed Two Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,200,000.00), the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.

How they voted

The ayes have it. The docket has passed. Verified · official minutes

Agenda item 0487 · background & details

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Activities other than transportation to and from school. Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund… — passed

Official motion wording

activities other than transportation to and from school. Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.

How they voted

The ayes have it, the docket has passed. Verified · official minutes

Agenda item 0488 · background & details

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

From equipment sales and repair fees for Boston Public School technology. Receipts and resulting expenditures… — passed

Official motion wording

from equipment sales and repair fees for Boston Public School technology. Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund shall not exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.

How they voted — from equipment sales and repair fees for Boston Public School technology. Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund shall not exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.

The ayes have it, the docket has passed. Verified · official minutes

Agenda item 0489 · background & details

Motion by Tania Fernandes Anderson

Mover: Fernandes Anderson (per official minutes).

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

How they voted — passage of docket 0490

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 35:14.

Agenda item 0489 · background & details

[docket repaired from transcript: 0490 -> 0489]

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Center. Revenue for this fund is derived from monthly membership fees. Receipts and resulting expenditures… — passed

Official motion wording

Center. Revenue for this fund is derived from monthly membership fees. Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund shall not exceed One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($125,000.00), the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.

How they voted

The ayes have it, the docket is passed. Verified · official minutes

Agenda item 0491 · background & details

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Office of Arts and Culture will be the only unit authorized to expend from the fund and such expenditures… — passed

Official motion wording

Office of Arts and Culture will be the only unit authorized to expend from the fund and such expenditures shall be capped at Three Hundred Thousand Dollars (300,000.00), the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.

How they voted

The ayes have it, the docket has passed. Verified · official minutes

Agenda item 0493 · background & details

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Renewable energy certificates produced by the City's photovoltaic arrays. Receipts and resulting expenditures… — passed

Official motion wording

renewable energy certificates produced by the City's photovoltaic arrays. Receipts and resulting expenditures from this fund shall not exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.

How they voted

The ayes have it. The docket has passed. Verified · official minutes

Agenda item 0497 · background & details

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the maintenance and improvement of Boston Common and Parks… — passed

Official motion wording

Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the maintenance and improvement of Boston Common and Parks in existence since January 12, 1887, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.

How they voted

the ayes have it, the docket has passed Verified · official minutes

Agenda item 0501 · background & details

[docket repaired from transcript: 321 -> 0501]

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Approving an appropriation of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) to the Other Post-Employment Benefits… — passed

Official motion wording

approving an appropriation of Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00) to the Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Liability Trust Fund established under Section 20 of Massachusetts General Law Chapter 32B, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.

How they voted

Docket 0482 has received a majority of affirmative Verified · official minutes

Yes (2): Ricardo Arroyo, Frank Baker

Agenda item 0482 · background & details

Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Bach, Braden, Colletta Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Bark, Brayden

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Funds will be transferred and credited to the Capital Grant Fund from revenue received from the Commonwealth… — passed

Official motion wording

funds will be transferred and credited to the Capital Grant Fund from revenue received from the Commonwealth Transportation Infrastructure Enhancement Trust Fund, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass.

How they voted

document number 0483, Counselor-A-Royle Verified · official minutes

Yes (3): Ricardo Arroyo, Frank Baker, Tania Fernandes Anderson

Agenda item 0483 · background & details

Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Bark, Barton, Braden, Caleta

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Medical equipment, school and educational equipment, school buses, parking meters, street lighting… — passed

Official motion wording

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, the Committee submitted a report recommending

How they voted

Roll call on document 0484 Verified · official minutes

Yes (2): Ricardo Arroyo, Frank Baker

Agenda item 0484 · background & details

Roll call vote; Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Bach, Braden, Caleta

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Computer hardware or software and computer-assisted integrated financial management and accounting systems… — passed unanimously

Official motion wording

computer hardware or software and computer-assisted integrated financial management and accounting systems; and any and all cost incidental or related to the above described projects; for the purposes of the Boston Public Schools, the Committee submitted a report recommending

How they voted — computer hardware or software and computer-assisted integrated financial management and accounting systems; and any and all cost incidental or related to the above described projects; for the purposes of the Boston Public Schools, the Committee submitted a report recommending

docket number 0485 has received a unanimous vote Verified · official minutes

Yes (13): Michael Flaherty, Ruthzee Louijeune, Erin Murphy, Julia Mejia, Gabriela Coletta Zapata, Ed Flynn, Frank Baker, Brian Worrell, Ricardo Arroyo, Kendra Lara, Tania Fernandes Anderson, Kenzie Bok, Liz Breadon

Agenda item 0486 · background & details

[docket repaired from transcript: 0485 -> 0486]

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

How they voted — Roll call vote on docket 0486

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 2:07:59.

Agenda item 0486 · background & details

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Assigned for further action. 0480 On the message and order, referred on April 13, 2022 Docket #0480,…

Official motion wording

Assigned for further action. 0480 On the message and order, referred on April 13, 2022 Docket #0480, for Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2023, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass in an amended draft.

How they voted — Assigned for further action. 0480 On the message and order, referred on April 13, 2022 Docket #0480, for Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2023, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass in an amended draft.

I do plan to vote in the affirmative on this Verified · official minutes

Agenda item 0480 · background & details

[docket repaired from transcript: 0486 -> 0480]

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

How they voted — acceptance of the committee report in passage of Darken in an amended draft

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 3:02:13.

Agenda item 0480 · background & details

Unresolvable name(s) dropped: Bark, Braden, Caleta

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Month”. Councilors Breadon and Louijuene rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Bok as co-sponsors. motion… — passed

Official motion wording

Month”. Councilors Breadon and Louijuene rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Bok as co-sponsors. motion of Councilors Breadon, Louijuene and Bok, the rules were suspended;

How they voted

The ayes have it. The resolution has been adopted. Verified · official minutes

Agenda item 0726 · background & details

Motion by Erin Murphy

[docket repaired from transcript: 470 -> 0726] Mover: Murphy (per official minutes).

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Suspension of rules, passage of docket 0727

How they voted — Suspension of rules, passage of docket 0727

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 3:46:42.

Agenda item 0727 · background & details

[docket repaired from transcript: 471 -> 0727]

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

How they voted — suspension of the rules and passage of docket 0728

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 3:46:58.

Agenda item 0727 · background & details

[docket repaired from transcript: 0728 -> 0727]

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

How they voted — Suspension of the rules and passage of docket 0-7-29

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 3:47:14.

Agenda item 0727 · background & details

[docket repaired from transcript: 0729 -> 0727]

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

How they voted — Suspension of rules and passage of docket 0-737

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 3:49:30.

Agenda item 0727 · background & details

[docket repaired from transcript: 471 -> 0727]

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

How they voted — Suspension of the rules and passage of docket 0-739

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 3:50:00.

Agenda item 0727 · background & details

[docket repaired from transcript: 0739 -> 0727]

Official minutes (PDF) · the city’s formal record of this vote

Consent calendar — items approved as one vote — passed

Official motion wording

Consent Agenda containing the following items — severally adopted

How they voted

The consent agenda has been adopted Verified · official minutes

Agenda item consent · background & details

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Transcript

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