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Frank Baker
District 3 · 2 terms in this record
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Record at a glance · 2020–2021 Council
How these numbers work
- Counted from the official minutes, for 2020–2021 Council only. Committee meetings and routine votes (adjourning, approving minutes) are not counted.
- Attendance counts the meetings where the minutes list Baker as present or absent at the start.
- Only votes the minutes record member by member are counted. Voice votes and votes given only as a count (for example 6-3 with no names) are not.
- Percentages are shown only when there are at least 10 meetings or votes to count.
- A split vote is one where at least one member voted yes and another voted no. “In the minority” means on the side with fewer votes; ties are not counted.
- “Whole council” combines every member’s record for the same term.
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Attendance
At the start of 11 of 11 City Council meetings in 2020–2021 Council.
Missed none.
Every meeting (11)
- Dec 15, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Dec 8, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Dec 1, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Nov 17, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Nov 3, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Oct 27, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Oct 20, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Oct 6, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Sep 29, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Sep 22, 2021 · Regular: Present
- Sep 15, 2021 · Regular: Present
Votes where councilors disagreed · 2020–2021 Council
Dec 1Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to…Motion: The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays…Passed 12–1 · Baker: No
December 1, 2021: Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of $8,000,000.00 in the form a grant, awarded by the United States Department of the...
The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Baker)..
Voted: No
Yes: Arroyo, Bok, Breadon, Campbell, Edwards, Flaherty, Flynn, George, Janey, Mejia, Murphy, O'MalleyNo: Baker
From the minutes
“The report was accepted; the order was passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Baker)...”
Sep 29Adopt the consent agenda (the resolutions listed under it…Motion: The Chair moved adoption of a Consent Agenda containing the following…Passed 11–0 · Baker: Not recorded
September 29, 2021: Adopt the consent agenda (the resolutions listed under it in the minutes)
The Chair moved adoption of a Consent Agenda containing the following matters; yeas 11.
The minutes give the count as yeas 11, but 12 councilors were present for this vote by the attendance line (Lydia Edwards, Edward Flynn, Frank Baker, Andrea Campbell, Ricardo Arroyo, Matt O'Malley, Kenzie Bok, Liz Breadon, Annissa Essaibi George, Michael Flaherty, Julia Mejia and Michelle Wu). Showing the count only. The minutes give the count but do not say whether the motion passed; the result shown follows the count (11-0).
From the minutes
“The Chair moved adoption of a Consent Agenda containing the following matters; yeas 11..” (Motion: O'Malley)
Votes with no disagreement (13)
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