MassVoter.com← Boston City CouncilBoston City Council · 2022–2023 Council · Regular meeting
June 14, 2023
7 recorded votes, 6 with disagreement.
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Meeting video · City meeting page
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Attendance
Present: Gabriela Coletta Zapata, Edward Flynn, Frank Baker, Brian Worrell, Ricardo Arroyo, Kendra Lara, Tania Fernandes Anderson, Liz Breadon, Michael Flaherty, Julia Mejia, Ruthzee Louijeune, Erin Murphy
Absent: None
Every vote, in order
Adopt the minutes of the June 7, 2023 meeting
President Flynn moved to adopt the minutes from the June 7, 2023 meeting.
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From the minutes
“President Flynn moved to adopt the minutes from the June 7, 2023 meeting. Motion Prevailed..” (Motion: Flynn)
Docket #1099
Message and order: Order to reduce the FY23 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by $630,016.00 to provide funding for the collective bargaining...
The rules were suspended; the order was passed.
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From the minutes
“The rules were suspended; the order was passed..”
Docket #1100
Message and order: supplemental Order for the Boston Public Library for the FY23 in the amount of $630,016.00 to cover the FY23 cost contained within the collective...
The rules were suspended; the order was passed.
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From the minutes
“The rules were suspended; the order was passed..”
Docket #1106
Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of $19,691.80 in the form of a grant for the Eversource Agreement, awarded by the...
The rules were suspended; the order was passed.
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From the minutes
“The rules were suspended; the order was passed..”
Docket #0760
Message and order for Annual Appropriation and Tax Order for FY2024
The report was accepted; the order was passed in an amended draft yeas 7, nays 5 (Baker, Coletta, Flaherty, Flynn, Murphy).
Yes: Anderson, Arroyo, Breadon, Lara, Louijeune, Mejia, WorrellNo: Baker, Flaherty, Flynn, Murphy, Zapata
From the minutes
“The report was accepted; the order was passed in an amended draft yeas 7, nays 5 (Baker, Coletta, Flaherty, Flynn, Murphy)..”
Docket #0761
Message and order for an Annual Appropriation for the School Department for FY2024
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12.
From the minutes
“The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12..”
Docket #1012
Override of the Mayor’s budget changes: Message disapproving amended "Ordinance to Make Boston City Council's Web-Page on the Boston City Website More Resourceful and Accessible", passed by...
The override failed to pass; yeas 6, nays 3, ( Flaherty, Flynn and Murphy)Absent 3(Baker, Breadon, Coletta).
Yes: Anderson, Arroyo, Lara, Louijeune, Mejia, WorrellNo: Flaherty, Flynn, MurphyThe minutes list Frank Baker, Liz Breadon and Gabriela Coletta Zapata as not present for this vote. The minutes record this as failing even though more councilors voted yes than no (6-3); overriding the Mayor needs a two-thirds vote.
From the minutes
“The override failed to pass; yeas 6, nays 3, ( Flaherty, Flynn and Murphy)Absent 3(Baker, Breadon, Coletta)..”
From the Boston City Council’s official minutes, posted on the city’s Legistar meeting calendar (linked from the City Council page on boston.gov). We check every vote against the councilors present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials. Councilor photos: City of Boston (boston.gov), from the official headshots on the City Council page. Former councilors show initials.
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