City Council Meeting

1819    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Eight Hundred Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($816,000.00) in the 

    form of a grant for the Electric Blue Bikes Adoption grant, awarded by the 

    United States Department of Transportation, passed through the Boston 

    Region Metropolitan Planning Organization, to be administered by the 

    Policy and Planning Division in the Boston Transportation Department 

    (BTD). The grant will fund the introduction of electric assist bikes (e bikes) 

    into the City of Boston’s publicly owned and managed Blue Bike share 

    system.

    1820    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) in the form of a 

    grant for the BHCCI Connect, Learn & Explore Grant, awarded by Boston 

    Children’s Hospital to be administered by the Office of Early Childhood. 

    The grant will fund the Boston Healthy Child Care Initiative and the Office 

    of Early Childhood's Connect, Learn and Explore Initiative.

    1821    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) in the form of a grant for 

    the Mayor’s Civic Summit, awarded by the Donor Group to be administered 

    by the Office of Civic Organizing. The grant will fund the support costs of 

    the Mayor’s Inaugural Civic Summit.

    1822    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend an 

    in kind donation of food and event space, valued at Twenty Thousand 

    Dollars ($20,000.00), donated by Boston University. The purpose of this 

    donation is to support the inaugural Mayor’s Civic Summit, which will 

    occur on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at Boston University. The Mayor’s 

    Civic Summit will train and connect 200 Boston residents across 

    neighborhoods in skill based workshops, panels, and networking activities 

    focused on leadership, fundraising, and communication, among other 

    topics.

 

1823    Communication was received from Maureen Joyce, City Auditor; 

    transmitting reports listing transfers made solely for the purpose of closing 

    accounts for Fiscal Year 2023.

0137    The Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred on 

    January 11, 2023, Docket #0137, Ordinance Establishing Protections for the 

    City of Boston Tree Canopy, submits a report recommending that the 

    Ordinance ought to pass in a new draft.

1701    Message and order authorization the City of Boston to accept and expend 

    the amount of One Million Three Hundred Fifty Eight Thousand One 

    Hundred Dollars ($1,358,100.00) in the form of a grant for the FY22 

    Assistance to Firefighters Grant Operation and Safety, awarded by the 

    Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire 

    Department. The grant will fund the procurement of Personal Protective 

    Equipment / bailout systems and the training required to use this PPE 

    safely, as well as fund cancer and cardiac screening programs to provide 

    early clinical detection of members.

    1704    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) in the form 

    of a grant, for the FY23 COPS Accreditation Project, awarded by the United 

    States Department of Justice to be administered by the Police Department. 

    The grant will fund accreditation process though the purchase of 

    PowerDMS to document objective evidence of CALEA and MPAC 

    requirements.

    1705    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of Forty Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety Dollars and 

    Forty Seven Cents ($47,890.47) in the form of a grant, for the FY22 Fire 

    Prevention and Safety Grant Program (FP&S), awarded by the Federal 

    Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire 

    Department. The grant will fund the purchase of an evidence management 

    system and necessary supporting items and provide one time training to 

    personnel of the Fire Investigation Unit on the use of system.

    1749    Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the 

    amount of One Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00) in 

    the form of grant for the FY23 COPS CD Micro Grant Community Policing 

    Development, awarded by the United States Department of Justice to be 

    administered by the Police Department. The grant will fund Building Trust 

    and Legitimacy with Community Building. With COPS Community 

    Development Micro funding, the Boston Police Department will hire two 

    full time BRIC Data Analysts to work with the Bureau of Field Services, 

    and the 11 District Captains and Community Service Offices; the Bureau of 

    Community Engagement to help connect with an even wider range of 

    community partners; other Bureaus that will add data and information to the 

    Community CompStat meetings; and the Office of Research and 

    Development’s civilian HUB Program Coordinator, who operates 6 District 

    HUB Table convening per week throughout the neighborhoods of Boston.

    1796    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.

    0160    Order for a hearing regarding the supplemental sidewalk clearance program 

    during snowstorms in Boston.

    1578    Message and order for your approval an Order to reduce the FY24 

    appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by One Hundred 

    Forty Five Thousand Five Hundred Forty Five Dollars ($145,545.00) to 

    provide funding for the Boston Public Schools for FY24 increases 

    contained within the collective bargaining agreements between the Boston 

    Public Schools and the Boston School Department Plant Administrators 

    Association.

    Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on October 16, 2023.

    1579    Message and order for a supplemental appropriation Order for the Boston 

    School Department for FY24 in the amount of One Hundred Forty Five 

    Thousand Five Hundred Forty Five Dollars ($145,545.00) to cover the 

    FY24 cost contained within the collective bargaining agreement between 

    the Boston Public Schools and the Boston School Department Plant 

    Administrators Association. The terms of the contract are September 1, 

    2020 through August 31, 2026. The major provisions of the contract include 

    base wage increases of 2%, 2.5%, 2.5%,2.5%,2% and 2% to be given in 

    September of each fiscal year of the contract terms. The agreement also 

    includes increases to on call pay and comp time policies.

    1812    Message and order for your approval, an Order to reduce the FY24 

    appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Sixteen Million 

    Seven Hundred Ninety Nine Thousand Four Hundred Forty 

    Dollars($16,799,440.00) to provide funding for the Boston Police 

    Department for the FY24 increase contained within the collective 

    bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and Boston Police 

    Patrolman's Association.

    1813    Message and order for a supplemental appropriation Order for the Boston 

    Police Department for FY24 in the amount of Thirty Million Seven 

    Hundred Ninety Nine Thousand Four Hundred Forty Four Dollars 

    ($30,799,440.00) to cover the FY24 cost items contained within the 

    collective bargaining agreements between the City of Boston and the 

    Boston Police Patrolman's Association. The terms of the contract are July 1, 

    2020 through June 30, 2023 and July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025. The 

    major provisions of the contract include base wage increases of 2%, 1.5% 

    and 2%, 1% and 2.5%, to be given in July of each year of the contract term, 

    as well the addition of the Transitional Career Award Program in July 2023. 

    The contract also contains reforms relating to discipline officer return to 

    duty, the paid detail system, and union release.

    1721    Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Relative to Voting For All Legal 

    Residents in the City of Boston.

1824    Councilor Murphy and Flynn offered the following: Order requesting 

    certain information under Section 17F re: BPS code of conduct violations 

    data.

1825    Councilor Flynn for Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: 

    Order for the appointment of temporary employees Yuqing Sun, Priscilla 

    Tagoes and Ewura Yankah in City Council, effective December 30, 2023.

Legislative Calendar for December 13, 2023.

    1826    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing the U.S. 

    Army and U.S. Navy.

    1827    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Eran 

    Shapiro.

    1828    Councilor Coletta offered the following: Resolution recognizing Barbera 

    VanDuzer Babin.

    1829    Councilor Coletta offered the following: Resolution recognizing Edward 

    Grace.

    1830    Councilor Arroyo offered the following: Resolution in memory of 

    Clarence Dilday.

    1831    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing 14 people 

    in partnership with LULAC Evolution Boston.

    1832    Councilor Mejia offered the following: Resolution recognizing 3 people 

    for their dedication to the Latino community and Boston through their 

    entrepreneurial and community endeavors.

    1833    Councilor Baker offered the following: Resolution congratulating Steven 

    Tankle.

    1834    Councilor Flaherty offered the following: Resolution recognizing Ann 

    Marie "Sugar" Long.

    1835    Councilor Fernandes Anderson offered the following: Resolution 

    Recognizing Imam Faaruuq.