City Council meeting

0653 Message and order for your approval an Order authorizing the Parks and Recreation Commission, on behalf of the City of Boston, to acquire by an eminent domain taking two parcels on the western shore of Sprague Pond at 0-4 Lakeside Avenue in Hyde Park as a permanently protected parkland to be known as the Sprague Pond Shoreline Reserve and to use Community Preservation Fund monies appropriated to the Parks and Recreation Department to award damages as determined by the Commission.

0654 Message transmitting certain information under section 17F: relative to the Recent City of Boston new hires, positions, titles, addresses and salaries, Docket Number #0624, passed by the Council on May 11, 2022.

 

0655 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Ed Rich, as a member of the City of Boston Scholarship Fund Committee.

0656 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Jose C. Masso III, as a member to the Boston Public Library Board of Trustees.

0657 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Lynn Perry Wooten, as a member to the Boston Public Library Board of Trustees.

0658 Notice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of John Hailer, as a member to the Boston Public Library Board of Trustees.

0659 Notice was received from the Mayor of the reappointment of Evelyn Arana-Ortiz, as a member to the Boston Public Library Board of Trustees.

0660 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Louis Elisa, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2024.

0661 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Joseph Feaster, Jr., as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2024.

0662 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Kurt Faustin, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2024.

0663 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of James Morton, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2024.

0664 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Sean Perryman, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2024.

0665 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Jeff Similien, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2024.

0666 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Charles Titus, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2024.

0667 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Abdullah Beckett, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2025.

0668 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Richard Harris, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2025.

0669 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of James Hills, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2025.

0670 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Imari Paris Jeffries, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2025.

0671 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Darien Johnson, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2025.

0672 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Devin Morris, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2025.

0673 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Tony Richards, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2025.

0674 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Andre Barbour, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2026.

0675 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Piter Brandao. as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2026.

0676 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Anthony Brewer, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2026.

0677 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Tito Jackson, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2026.

0678 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Maddy Goode, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2026.

0679 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of James Mackey, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2026.

0680 Notice was received from the Mayor of the appointment of Matt Parker, as a member to the Commission on Black Men and Boys, expiring on May 1, 2026.

0681 Notice was received from the Mayor of her absence from the City on Friday, May 20, 2022 from 2:30 P.M. until Sunday, May 22 2022 at 11:30 P.M.

 

0353 The Committee on Public Health, Homelessness and Recovery, to which was referred on March 9, 2022, Docket # 0353, message and order for the confirmation of the reappointment of Guale Valdez, as a member of the Boston Public Health Commission’s Board of Health for a term expiring on January 15, 2025, submits a report that the reappointment ought to be confirmed.

0354   The Committee on Public Health, Homelessness and Recovery, to which was referred on March 9, 2022, Docket #0354, message and order for the confirmation of the reappointment of Phillomin Laptiste, as a member of the Boston Public Health Commission’s Board of Health for a term expiring on January 15, 2025, submits a report that the reappointment ought to be confirmed.

0577 The Committee on Public Health, Homelessness and Recovery, to which it was referred on May 4, 2022 Docket #0577, message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Greg Wilmot as a member of the Boston Public Health Commission's Board of Health, for a term expiring January 15, 2025, submits a report that the appointment ought to be confirmed.

0578 The Committee on Public Health, Homelessness and Recovery, to which it was referred on May 4, 2022 Docket #0578, message and order for the confirmation of the appointment of Sandro Galea as a member of the Boston Public Health Commission's Board of Health, for a term expiring January 6, 2024, submits a report that the appointment ought to be confirmed.

 

Dockets #0480- 0482, Orders for the FY23 Operating Budget, including annual appropriations for departmental operations, for the School Department, and for other  post employment benefits (OPEB).

Docket #0483, Order for capital fund transfer appropriations.

Dockets #0484- 0486, Orders for the Capital Budget, including loan orders and lease purchase agreements.

 

0493 Message and order authorizing a limit for the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to purchase goods and services to support the operation of the Strand Theatre. This revolving fund shall be funded by receipts from rental fees for the use of the Strand Theatre. The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture will be the only unit authorized to expend from the fund and such expenditures shall be capped at Three Hundred Thousand Dollars (300,000.00).

0494 Message and order authorizing a limit for the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to purchase goods and services to support public art to enhance the public realm throughout the City of Boston. This revolving fund shall be funded by receipts from easements within the public way granted by the Public Improvement Commission. The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture will be the only unit authorized to expend from the fund and such expenditures shall be capped at One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000.00).

0495 Message and order authorizing a limit for the Mayor's Office of Tourism revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to purchase goods and services to support events and programming on and around City Hall Plaza to advance tourism and promote participation in public celebrations, civic and cultural events. This revolving fund shall be funded by receipts from payments for the use of City Hall Plaza pursuant to City of Boston Code, Ordinance,

11-7.14. The Mayor's Office of Tourism will be the only unit authorized to expend from the fund and such expenditures shall be capped at One Hundred Fifty Thousand ($150,000.00).

0496 Message and order authorizing a limit for the Law Department revolving fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to purchase goods and services for repairs to city property. This revolving fund shall be funded by receipts from recoveries for damages to city property caused by third parties. The Law Department will be the only unit authorized to expend from the fund and such expenditures shall be capped at Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00).

0499 Message and order approving an appropriation of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) from the City’s Boston Equity Fund to create a special revenue project grant in order to support equity applicants and licensees, as defined by the Equity Program and to established and operate a cannabis business in the City of Boston. The fund shall be credited to the special Revenue Grant Fund from the Boston Equity Fund established pursuant City of Boston Ordinances Chapter 8 Section 13: Establishing the Equitable Regulation of the Cannabis Industry in the City of Boston.

 

0682 Councilor Murphy and Flynn offered the following: Order for a Home Rule Petition regarding Electronic Application and Transmission of Absentee Ballots for Absent Uniformed Services Voters.

0683 Councilor Breadon and Louijeune offered the following: Order for a hearing to discuss solutions to historic and disproportionate state disinvestment in the City of Boston.

0684 Councilor Mejia offered the following: Order for a hearing on Accountability and Accessibility of Language Access Services in the City of Boston.

0685 Councilor Louijeune offered the following: Order for a hearing for fire and emergency disaster relief services in the City of Boston.

0686 Councilor Lara and Louijeune offered the following: Resolution urging the Massachusetts Legislature to oppose H.1234 and the proposed 2022 state ballot initiative.

 

0687 Councilor Flynn for Councilor Murphy offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Jack Studley and Joseph Gaffney in City Council, effective June 4, 2022.

0688 Councilor Flynn ordered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Meghan Kavanagh in City Council, effective May 31, 2022.

0689 Councilor Flynn for Councilor Lara offered the following: Order for the temporary appoint of employee Nora McManus Vincent, My'Kel McMillen and Alex Ponte-Capellan in City Council, effective June 4, 2022.

0690 Councilor Flynn for Councilor Lara offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Nora McManus Vincent, My'Kel McMillen, Alex Ponte-Capellan in City Council, effective June 11, 2022.

0691 Councilor Flynn for Councilor Worrell ordered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Christina Glover, Megan Malkemes and Katie Prisco-Buxbaum in City Council, effective June 11, 2022.

0692 Councilor Flynn for Councilor Worrell offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Therese Fitzgerald in City Council, effective June 4, 2022.

0693 Councilor Flynn for Councilor Worrell offered the following: Order for the appointment of temporary employee Therese Fitzgerald in City Council, effective June 11, 2022.

 

25/22 Legislative calendar for May 25, 2022.

0694    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing May 16th as “President Lech Walesa Day” in the City of Boston.

0695    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution Recognizing Benjamin Chelem Eleonu, MD.

0696    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Dr. Aisha Francis.

0697    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Michael O'Brian Vintermeister.

0698    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution Recognizing Joseph A. McGrail Jr.

0699    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution Recognizing President Lech Walesa.

0700    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Thomas P Glynn.

0701    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing Jessica Lem.

0702    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution recognizing The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage Chapel.

0703    Councilor Flynn offered the following: Resolution Recognizing Latino Law Enforcement Group.