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0576 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in the form of a grant, FY26 Earmark South End, awarded by MA Office of Travel & Tourism to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund older adult programs in the South End neighborhood.
On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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0575 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) in the form of a grant, FY26 Earmark Dorchester, awarded by MA Office of Travel & Tourism to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund older adult programs in the Dorchester neighborhood.
On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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0574 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) in the form of a grant, FY26 Earmark East Boston, awarded by MA Office of Travel & Tourism to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund older adult programs in the East Boston neighborhood.
On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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0573 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) in the form of a grant, FY26 Earmark West End, awarded by MA Office of Travel & Tourism to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund older adult programs in the West End neighborhood.
On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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0572 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($256,500.00) in the form of a grant, the Community First Partnership Grant, awarded by Mass Save to be administered by the Environment. The grant would fund outreach and engagement with environmental justice communities to drive increased awareness and measurable participation in energy efficiency programs.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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0568 Message and order for a supplemental appropriation order for the Property Management Department for FY26 in the amount of Thirty Three Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty Nine Dollars ($33,759.00). This Order is necessary to cover the FY26 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Boston and New England Police Benevolent Association, Local 174. The terms of the contracts are July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 and July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. The major provisions of the contracts include a market rate adjustment to wage scales, effective July 2025, as well as increases to the detail rate.
On motion of Councilor Weber, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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0567 Message and order for your approval an order to reduce the FY26 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Thirty Three Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty Nine Dollars ($33,759.00). This Order is necessary to provide funding for the Property Management Department for the FY26 increases contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Boston and the New England Police Benevolent Association, Local 174.
Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on March 16, 2026.
On motion of Councilor Weber, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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0518 Councilors Culpepper, Worrell, Mejia, Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Murphy, Pepén, Santana and Weber offered the following: Resolution in support of the SPARK Act to expand opportunities for minority entrepreneurship.
On motion of Councilor Culpepper, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilors Worrell and Mejia as original co sponsors.
On motion of Councilors Culpepper, Worrell, and Mejia, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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0501 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Ninety Seven Thousand Dollars ($97,000.00) in the form of a grant, the FY26 Local Consumer Aid Fund Grant, awarded by MA Attorney General to be administered by the Office of Consumer Affairs & Licensing. The grant would fund staff costs, outreach materials, and operational expenses to conduct the Consumer Affairs program.
Referred to the Committee on Labor and Economic Development.
Later in session, Councilor Worrell moved for reconsideration of Docket #0501.
Reconsideration prevailed.
On motion of Councilor Worrell, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).

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0500 Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Million Three Hundred Fifteen Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Six Dollars And Eighty Eight Cents ($2,315,966.88) in the form of a grant, the FY26 State Elder Lunch Program Grant, awarded by MA Executive Office of Elder Affairs to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund nutrition services for older adults in the City of Boston, at a rate of $7.39 per meal for up to 313,392 meals.
On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 11 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber), not present 2 (Louijeune, Worrell).

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