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2024-0256
| 1 | | Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action | Councilor Coletta called Docket #0256, message and order for your approval an Ordinance amending City of Boston Code, Ordinances, Chapter 12, Section 12-3.5, Senior Citizen Property Tax Work-Off Abatement, from the Committee on Government Operations.
Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body.
On motion of Councilor Coletta, the rules were suspended; the ordinance was passed. | Referred to | |
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2024-0257
| 1 | | Committee Reports | On the message and ordinance, referred on January 31, 2024, Docket #0257, creating the Planning Department in the City of Boston, the committee submitted a report recommending the ordinance ought to pass in an amended draft.
Councilor Mejia offered an amendment; seconded by Councilor Fernandes Anderson.
On motion of Councilor Mejia, the amendment did not pass; yeas 2, nays 9 (Breadon, Coletta, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Pepén, Santana, Weber), present 2 (Fernandes Anderson, Worrell).
Later in session, Councilor Mejia moved return Docket #0257 to committee; seconded by Councilor Murphy.
Motion did not prevail; yeas 5, nays 8 (Breadon, Coletta, Durkan, Louijeune, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).
On motion of Councilor Coletta, the report was accepted; the ordinance was passed in an amended draft; yeas 8, nays 3 (FitzGerald, Flynn, Murphy), present 2 (Fernandes Anderson, Mejia). | Referred to | |
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2024-0258
| 1 | | Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action | Message and order for your approval an Order authorizing the City of Boston to submit to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Statements of Interest for their Accelerated Repair Program for the following schools: Kenny Elementary School, O'Donnell Elementary School, Adams Elementary School, Chittick Elementary School, Everett Elementary School, Gardner Pilot Academy, Lyndon Elementary School and Murphy K-8 School. | Referred to | |
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2024-0259
| 1 | | Report of Public Officer | Petition of Uptown Transport Inc., for a license to operate motor vehicles for the carriage of passengers for hire over certain streets in Boston. | Referred to | |
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2024-0260
| 1 | | Report of Public Officer | Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Woodrow Hartzog as a member of the Surveillance Oversight Advisory Board, effective immediately. | Placed on file. | |
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2024-0261
| 1 | | Report of Public Officer | Notice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Gary Saunders as a Trustee of the Boston Groundwater Trust for a term expiring January 22, 2026. | Placed on file. | |
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2024-0262
| 1 | | Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action | Ordinance Establishing the Office of Pest Control in the City of Boston. | Referred to | |
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2024-0263
| 1 | | Committee Reports | On the Home Rule Petition, referred on January 31, 2024, Docket #0263, for A Special Law Re: An Act Regarding The Disability Pension For Brian McPherson, the committee submitted a report recommending that petition ought to pass in a new draft.
The report was accepted; the petition was passed in a new draft; yeas 11, 1 absent (Mejia) 1 not present (Murphy). | Referred to | |
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2024-0264
| 1 | | Council Hearing Order | Order for a hearing to discuss the impact of for profit urgent care centers on nonprofit community health centers in the City of Boston. | Referred to | |
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2024-0265
| 1 | | Council Hearing Order | Order for a hearing to explore a right to counsel pilot program for tenants facing eviction in the City of Boston.
On the motion of Councilors Weber and Louijeune, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Breadon as an original co-sponsor.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Community Development. | Referred to | |
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2024-0266
| 1 | | Council Hearing Order | Order for a hearing to discuss creating a fund for translation and interpretive services to be utilized at community meetings held by City Councilors. | Referred to | |
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2024-0267
| 1 | | Council Hearing Order | Order for a hearing to address the plans underway to do facilities work this summer at several of our buildings that may impact the services we provide for our children, families, and seniors. | Referred to | |
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2024-0268
| 1 | | Council Hearing Order | Order for a hearing to discuss Boston Public School's Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. | Referred to | |
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2024-0269
| 1 | | Council Legislative Resolution | Resolution recognizing January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Councilor Flynn moved to substitute language.
Motion Prevailed.
On motion of Councilor Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted. | The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted. | |
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2024-0270
| 1 | | Council Hearing Order | Resolution in support of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to pass the Cherish Act.
Councilor Worrell in the Chair.
On the motion of Councilors Fernandes Anderson and Coletta, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Louijeune as an original co-sponsor.
On the motion of Councilors Fernandes Anderson, Coletta, and Louijeune, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13. | The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted. | |
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2024-0271
| 1 | | Council Legislative Resolution | Resolution in support of the HERO Act.
Councilor Louijeune in the Chair.
On the motion of Councilor Flynn, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13. | The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted. | |
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2024-0272
| 1 | | Council Hearing Order | Resolution recognizing February 1st as World Hijab Day in Boston.
On the motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted; yeas 13. | The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted. | |
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2024-0273
| 1 | | Council Hearing Order | Resolution on behalf of the Boston City Council in Honor and Celebration of Black History Month to be recognized in the Month of February, 2024.
On motion of Councilor Fernandes Anderson, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Worrell and Louijeune as original co-sponsors.
On motion of Councilors Fernandes Anderson, Worrell and Louijeune, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted. | The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted. | |
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2024-0274
| 1 | | Personnel Orders | Councilor Louijeune for Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Skarlett Abreu Martinez in City Council, effective January 15, 2024. | Passed under suspension of the rules. | |
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2024-0277
| 1 | | Consent Agenda Resolution | Councilor Louijeune for Councilor Breadon offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Patricia Mullaney in City Council, effective January 15, 2024. | Passed under suspension of the rules. | |
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2024-0278
| 1 | | Consent Agenda Resolution | Resolution recognizing February 2, 2024 as "Lucius" day.
On the motion of Councilor Durkan, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted. | The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted. | |
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2024-0134
| 1 | | Mayor Order | Councilor Flynn called Docket #0134, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirteen Million Three Hundred Seventeen Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($13,317,200.00) in the form of a grant from the FY2023 Urban Area Security Initiative, awarded by the United States Department of Homeland Security, passed through the MA Executive Office of Public Safety & Security, to be administered by the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management. The grant will fund planning, exercise, trainings, and operational needs, that will help prevent, respond to and recover from threats of acts of terrorism, including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive incidents, from the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice.
The matter was before the body with the consent of Vice Chair Worrell (Rule 24).
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the order was passed; yeas 11, nays 0, present 2 (Breadon, Mejia). | The rules were suspended; the order was passed. | |
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GS-1/31/24
| 1 | | Green Sheet | Legislative Calendar for January 31, 2024. | | |
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2024-0275
| 1 | | Consent Agenda Resolution | Resolution in memory of Matthew "Matty" Carver. | | |
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2024-0276
| 1 | | Consent Agenda Resolution | Resolution congratulating Robert F. Lee. | | |
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