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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/1/2023 12:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2023-1650 1 Mayor OrderMessage and order for your approval, an Order to reduce the FY24 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Twenty Four Thousand One Hundred Twenty-One Dollars ($24,121.00) to provide funding for the Property Management Department for the FY24 increase contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the New England Police Benevolent Association. Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on October 30, 2023.The rules were suspended; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1651 1 Mayor OrderMessage and order for a supplemental appropriation Order for the Property Management Department for FY24 in the amount of Twenty Four Thousand One Hundred Twenty-One Dollars ($24,121.00) to cover the FY24 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the New England Police Benevolent Association. The terms of the contract are July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023. The major provisions of the contract include base wage increases of 2%, 1.5% and 2%, to be given in October of each year of the contract term, as well as increases to the Night Shift Differential and Detail Rate.The rules were suspended; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1652 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Alison Frazee as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1653 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Amanda Zettel as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1654 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Byron Rushing as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1655 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Carolyn Goldstein as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1656 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Celia Richa as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1657 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Collin Knight as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1658 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of David O'Donnell as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1659 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Dory Klein as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1660 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Faries Gray as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1661 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Giordana Mecagni as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1662 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of James Kloppenberg as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1663 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of James Cedric Woods as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1664 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Jay Ash as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1665 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Jean-Luc Pierite as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1666 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Joan Ilacqua as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1667 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Juan Eusebio as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1668 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Juan Aurello Lopez as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1669 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Kanisorn Wongsrichnalai as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1670 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Kimberly Barzola as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1671 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Kyera Singleton as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1672 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Lydia Lowe as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1673 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Michael Rush as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1674 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Nathaniel Sheidley as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1675 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Noelle Trent as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1676 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Robert Allison as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1677 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Ruthzee Louijeune as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1678 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Samuel Chambers as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1679 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Suzanne Segura Taylor as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1680 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Tatiana Cruz as a member of the Commemoration Commission, effective immediately.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1681 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Natalie Rivkin-McSwain, as a Member of the Boston School Committee Nominating Panel, for a term expiring October 25, 2025.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1682 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the re-appointment of JoeCole Burton as a member of the Board of Examiners for a term expiring October 26, 2025.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1683 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the re-appointment of Alexander MacLeod as a member of the Board of Examiners for a term expiring October 26, 2025.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1684 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Donald Alexis as a member of the Boston Employment Commission for a term expiring October 26, 2025.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1685 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from the City Clerk in accordance with Chapter 6 of the Ordinances of 1979 re: action taken by the Mayor on papers acted upon by the City Council at its meeting of October 18, 2023.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1686 1 Report of Public OfficerCommunication was received from the Office of Black Male Advancement of the report entitled "Black Male Advancement Quarterly Report" July 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1385 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionOrder for a hearing on stormwater management and flood hazard mitigation in the City of Boston.Remains in   Action details Video Video
2023-1434 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionOn the message and order, referred on September 13, 2023, Docket #1434, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Million One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, ($4,125,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY24 Public Safety Answering Point Support and Incentive Grant, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund costs associated with providing Enhanced 911 services, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.The report was accepted; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1511 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionOn the message and order, referred on September 27, 2023, Docket #1511, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million One Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Nine Dollars and Nine Cents ($1,181,789.09) in the form of a grant, for the FY21 AFG Health & Wellness, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire Department, The grant will fund safety training and fitness equipment to support officer health and wellness, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.The report was accepted; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1514 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionOn the message and order, referred on September 27, 2023, Docket #1514, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Five Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($533,200.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY23 Prosecuting Cold Cases using DNA, awarded by the United States Department of Justice to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund an increase in the number of cases where suspect DNA was identified, and an increase in the number of convictions resulting from prosecution, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.The report was accepted; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1515 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionOn the message and order, referred on September 27, 2023, Docket #1515, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Three Hundred Seventeen Thousand Eighty-Two Dollars ($317,082.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY23 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program, awarded by the United States Department Of Justice to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund two Criminalist positions, overtime, lab supplies, equipment, and continuing education expenses, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.The report was accepted; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1516 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionOn the message and order, referred on September 27, 2023, Docket #1516, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Forty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars and Sixty Cents ($49,173.60) in the form of a grant, for the FY23 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund the purchase of active shooter response gear, including ballistic vest and ballistic helmets, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.The report was accepted; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1517 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionOn the message and order, referred on September 27, 2023, Docket #1517, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty-Four Thousand Dollars ($24,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY22 Port Security Grant, awarded by United States Department of Homeland Security to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund a third-party training consultant to deliver eight (8) half-day (4 hour) sessions of Module 1 of the Harbor Incident Response Training (HIRT, NY-002-RESP) course, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.The report was accepted; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1518 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionOn the message and order, referred on September 27, 2023, Docket #1518, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Sixteen Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Seven Dollars ($16,387.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY23 Port Security Grant Program, awarded by the United States Department of Homeland Security to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund installation of two On-Demand Side Sonar Units onto Boston Police Department Harbor Patrol Unit vessels, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.The report was accepted; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1540 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionOn the message and order, referred on October 4, 2023, Docket #1540, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million One Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars ($1,124,566.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY2023 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Site-based Program (COSSUP) Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Justice to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund and support pre and post-arrest diversion of substance users to treatment in the area of Mass and Cass, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.The report was accepted; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1541 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionOn the message and order, referred on October 4, 2023, Docket #1541, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Nineteen Dollars ($481,919.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY23 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant-Local Allocation, awarded by the United States Department of Justice to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund a Domestic Violence Management Analyst at the Family Justice Center, a Hub & Center of Responsibility Coordinator, and a Technology Coordinator for multiple data collection, reporting and records management systems, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.The report was accepted; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1542 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionOn the message and order, referred on October 4, 2023, Docket #1542, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Four Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Six Dollars and Nine Cents ($446,406.09) in the form of a grant, for the FY24 State 911 Training Grant, awarded by the MA Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund the training and certification of Enhanced 911 telecommunications staff, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.The report was accepted; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1544 2 Matters Recently Heard-For Possible ActionOn the message and order, referred on October 4, 2023, Docket #1544, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seventy Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars ($70,172.00) in the form of a grant, for the Federal Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Reallocation, awarded by the United States Department of Justice, passed though the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security, to be administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund Annual Boston Address Verification procedures mandated by the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.The report was accepted; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1687 1 Council Hearing OrderWITHDRAWNwithdrawn  Action details Video Video
2023-1688 1 Council Hearing OrderOrder for a hearing to establish Parking Benefit Districts in the City of Boston.Referred to  Action details Video Video
2023-1689 1 Council 17F OrderOrder requesting certain information under section 17F RE: BPS Summer School Incidents.The rules were suspended; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1690 1 Council 17F OrderOrder requesting certain information under section 17F RE: ADA Compliance at English High School.The rules were suspended; the order was passed.  Action details Video Video
2023-1691 1 Council Legislative ResolutionResolution recognizing November 2, 2023 as Ellis Early Learning Day in the City of Boston. On motion of Councilors Mejia and Murphy, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.The rules were suspended; the ordinance was adopted.  Action details Video Video
2023-1692 1 Council Legislative ResolutionResolution commemorating Veterans Day and honoring all those who served our country. Councilor Breadon in the Chair. On motion of Councilors Flynn and Murphy, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Mejia as an original co-sponsor. On motion of Councilors Flynn, Murphy and Mejia, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.  Action details Video Video
2023-1693 1 Personnel OrdersCouncilor Flynn for Councilor Durkan offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Cindy Frempong in City Council, effective November 1, 2023. Passed under suspension of the rules.Passed under suspension of the rules.  Action details Video Video
GS-11/1/23 1 Green SheetLegislative Calendar for November 1, 2023.   Action details Not available
2023-1695 1 Report of Public OfficerNotice was received from Councilor Lara of her absence from the November 1, 2023 City Council Meeting.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1696 1 Report of Public OfficerCouncilor Flynn for Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Roman Colon, Jordan Frias, Justin Gardner, Cecily Graham, Rayshon Irby and Jamie Leveque-Beon in City Council, effective November 3, 2023.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1697 1 Report of Public OfficerCouncilor Flynn for Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employees Roman Colon, Jordan Frias, Justin Gardner, Cecily Graham, Rayshon Irby and Jamie Leveque-Beon in City Council, effective November 10, 2023.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1698 1 Report of Public OfficerCouncilor Flynn for Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Kathleen Curley in City Council, effective November 4, 2023.Placed on file.  Action details Video Video
2023-1573 1 Mayor OrdinanceCouncilor Arroyo called Docket #1573, message and order for your approval an Order that will amend Chapter VI Section 6-11, the Gender Inclusion Ordinance to incorporate best practices regarding gender identity inclusion, from the Committee on Government Operations. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Arroyo, the order was passed.   Action details Not available
2023-1694 1 Consent Agenda ResolutionResolution in recognition of MassArt for their 150th year anniversary.   Action details Not available