City of Boston - File #: 2022-0763

• File #: 2022-0763
• Version: 2
• Type: Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action
• Status: Reported to Council
• File created: 6/10/2022
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/29/2022
• Final action: 6/29/2022
• Title: Message and order for Amended Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2023. On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson as Chair of the Committee on Ways and Means will be recommending overrides to the Mayor's Annual Appropriation and Tax Order return and modification as follows: Partial override #1: 1. Increase Black Male Advancement Personnel Services, $600,000 to expand the office capacity (adding $400,000 to the line on the tax order). 2. Increase Office of Human Services (Office of Returning Citizens) Contractual Services, $800,000 to increase capacity in the Office of Returning Citizens (adding $500,000 to the line on the tax order). 3. Increase OEOI Contractual Services, $100,000 to commission a citywide life insurance study. 4. Increase City Clerk Contractual Services, $200,000 to procure codification services for the review and recodification of the City of Boston Code-Ordinances and the Special Acts relating to the City of Boston, including the City Charter. 5. Increase BCYF ...

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/29/2022	2	City Council	The report was accepted; the petition was passed in a new draft.
6/27/2022	2	Committee on Ways and Means	committee working session held
6/23/2022	2	City Council	committee working session held
6/23/2022	2	Committee on Ways and Means	committee working session held
6/22/2022	2	Committee on Ways and Means	committee hearing held
6/15/2022	1	City Council	Referred to

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Message and order for Amended Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2023.
On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson as Chair of the Committee on Ways and Means will be recommending overrides to the Mayor's Annual Appropriation and Tax Order return and modification as follows:
Partial override #1:

1. Increase Black Male Advancement Personnel Services, $600,000 to expand the office capacity (adding $400,000 to the line on the tax order).
2. Increase Office of Human Services (Office of Returning Citizens) Contractual Services,
$800,000 to increase capacity in the Office of Returning Citizens (adding $500,000 to the line on the tax order).
3. Increase OEOI Contractual Services, $100,000 to commission a citywide life insurance study.
4. Increase City Clerk Contractual Services, $200,000 to procure codification services for the review and recodification of the City of Boston Code-Ordinances and the Special Acts relating to the City of Boston, including the City Charter.
5. Increase BCYF Personnel Services, $120,000 for youth workers to support programming for youth residents of BHA Commonwealth Apartments and BHA Faneuil Gardens.
6. Increase BPHC (Special Appropriation), $160,000 to provide salary increases of $20,000 for each FTE at Boston Youth Development Network.
7. Increase MOH Special Appropriation, $400,000 to BHA for the city housing voucher program, with set asides for project-basing at IDP units to buy deeper affordability, returning citizens, and BHA homeownership pilot launch, with the additional direction that this funding be used for a pilot for housing stipends for young people aged 19-24.
8. Increase Parks & Recreation Department Personnel Services, $688,373 for departmental capacity regarding tree maintenance (adding $144,186 to the line on the tax order).

The increase overrides will be balanced by the following decrease overrides:

1. BFD Equipment: $400,000
2. BFD Equipment: $750,000
3. Law Contractual: $250,000
4. OBM Personnel: $130,000
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