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  • 2026-0738: Message and order approving an appropriation order in the amount of Three Hundred Eighty-Four Million Seven Hundred Five Thousand Dollars ($384,705,000.00) for various capital improvement purposes for city departments including the Boston Center for Youth and Families, Boston Housing Authority, Boston Planning and Development Agency, Boston Public Library, Innovation and Technology, Environment, Fire, Mayor’s Office of Housing, Office of Arts & Culture, Parks and Recreation, Planning, Property Management, Public Health Commission, Public Works, and the Transportation Departments. Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on April 6, 2026.

    Apr 2, 2026

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2026-0631: Order for a hearing to examine diversity and representation within the Boston Fire Department, including leadership positions.

    Mar 19, 2026

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2026-0390: Petition for a Special Law Re: An Act Directing the City of Boston Fire Department to Waive the Maximum Age Requirement for Firefighters for Richard Scimeca.

    Feb 20, 2026

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2026-0400: Order for a hearing regarding all City of Boston grants administered by the Boston Fire Department.

    Feb 12, 2026

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2026-0321: Councilor Santana called Docket #0321, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Forty Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars ($140,426.00) in the form of a grant, the FY25 Port Security Grant, awarded by Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant would fund strengthened port-wide risk management and protection of critical surface transportation infrastructure from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies, from the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice. No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.

    Feb 6, 2026

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2026-0125: Message and order for a supplemental appropriation order for the Boston Fire Department for FY26 in the amount of Eighteen Million One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars ($18,118,488.00) to cover the FY26 cost items contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Boston and IAFF Local 718. The terms of the contracts are July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 and July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. The major provisions of the contracts include a base wage increase of 2.5% to be given in July of 2024, and a base wage increase of 2% in July of each subsequent fiscal year of the contract term. The agreement also includes salary adjustments in January of 2025, starting at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of service.

    Jan 12, 2026

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2026-0124: Message and order for your approval an order to reduce the FY26 appropriation for the Reserve for Collective Bargaining by Eighteen Million One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars ($18,118,488.00) to provide funding for the Fire Department for the FY26 increases contained within the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Boston and the Boston Firefighters IAFF Local 718. Filed in the Office of the City Clerk on January 26, 2026.

    Jan 12, 2026

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2026-0136: Councilor Santana called Docket #0136, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) in the form of a grant, the FY26 Delta Unit Earmark Grant, awarded by Massachusetts Department of Fire Services to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant would fund the Boston Fire Department to conduct dedicated emergency services through its Delta Units, consisting of 3 Delta Unit vehicles assigned to Castle Island, Pleasure Bay and Carson Beach respectively, within the Old Harbor Reservation in the South Boston section of the City of Boston, seasonally from Memorial Day to Labor Day, inclusive, per line item 8324-0050 of the FY26 General Appropriations Act, from the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice. No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.

    Jan 12, 2026

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2026-0130: Councilor Santana called Docket #0130, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,700,000.00) in the form of a grant, the FY26 Training Academy Earmark Grant, awarded by Massachusetts Department of Fire Services to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant would fund the Boston Fire Department Training Academy to provide training and instruction for public safety agencies in the City of Boston and municipal and political subdivisions across the Commonwealth, per line item 8324-0000 of the FY26 General Appropriations Act, from the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice. No objection being heard, the matter was properly before the body.

    Jan 12, 2026

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2025-2079: Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Four Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Four Dollars And Twenty Cents ($1,485,264.20) in the form of a grant, the FY26 Hazardous Materials Response Team Earmark Grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant would fund the needs of the Boston Fire Department Hazardous Materials Response Team, per line item 8000-0600 of the FY26 General Appropriations Act. Referred to the Committee on Public Safety and Criminal Justice. Later in session, Councilor Santana moved for reconsideration of Docket #2079. Seconded by Councilor Breadon. Reconsideration prevailed. On motion of Councilor Santana, the rules were suspended; the order was passed.

    Dec 3, 2025

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2025-1978: Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eight Thousand Ninety Dollars ($8,090.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY24 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Justice, passed through the Massachusetts State Police / Crime Laboratory, to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund improvements to forensic science and medical examiner/coroner services, including services provided by forensic science laboratories operated by state and units of local government. On motion of Councilor Santana, the rules were suspended; the order was passed.

    Nov 12, 2025

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2025-1836: Message and order authorizing the Procurement Department to extend the term of an existing three (3) year contract for the purchase of ladder trucks for the Boston Fire Department (“BFD”). Two trucks contemplated under the contract were delivered in December 2024, but the remaining four trucks are currently scheduled to be delivered, two trucks at a time, in October 2026 and March 2027.

    Oct 15, 2025

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2025-1833: On the message and order, referred on October 22, 2025, Docket #1833, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Ninety-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars ($99,476.00) in the form of a grant from the Pipeline Emergency Response Grant (PERG), awarded by the United States Department of Transportation to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund training for emergency responders in high-consequence areas to protect people, property, and the environment from accidents involving gas or hazardous liquid pipelines, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.

    Oct 15, 2025

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2025-1668: Petition for a Special Law re: An Act Directing the City of Boston Fire Department to Waive the Maximum Age Requirement for Firefighters for Stylianos Katikakis. On motion of Councilor Flynn, the rules were suspended; the petition was passed; yeas 9 (Breadon, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber), not present 3 (Coletta Zapata, Durkan, Worrell).

    Sep 15, 2025

    ·Boston, MA
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  • September 5, 2025 Other Business September 8th, 2025 3S-25-12

    Sep 5, 2025

    ·Syracuse, NY
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    On September 5, 2025, Honeywell International Inc. submitted a Three-Mile Limit Review application to reconfigure three parcels located at Airport Road and Armstrong Road in the Town of Camillus into one consolidated lot totaling 72.71 acres. The Town of Camillus Planning Department approved the subdivision plan on July 28, 2025, finding no significant environmental impact, and the subdivision map was reviewed by the City of Syracuse Department of Engineering, Onondaga County Health Department, and Onondaga County Planning Agency. The reconfigured parcel is intended to be conveyed to The Wetland Trust to support environmental restoration goals outlined in the March 2018 Onondaga Lake Natural Resource Damage Assessment Restoration Plan.

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  • 2025-1284: Order for a hearing to discuss the Boston Fire Department hiring process and practices.

    Jun 18, 2025

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2025-1051: Councilor Santana called Docket #1051, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Twenty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Dollars ($23,860.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY25 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant-Round 2, awarded by Massachusetts Department of Fire Services to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund the procurement of necessary equipment firefighter personal protective and safety equipment to comply with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards, from the Committee on Public Safety & Criminal Justice. No objection heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed.

    Apr 30, 2025

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2025-0828: Councilor Worrell called Docket #0828, approving an appropriation order in the amount of Two Hundred Sixty-Six Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($266,100,000.00) for various capital improvement purposes for city departments including the Boston Center for Youth and Families, Boston Housing Authority, Boston Planning and Development Agency, Boston Public Library, Innovation and Technology, Environment, Fire, Mayor’s Office of Housing, Office of Arts and Culture, Parks and Recreation, Police, Property Management, Public Health Commission, Public Works, and the Transportation Department, from the Committee on Ways and Means. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Worrell, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 11, nays 2 (Breadon, Mejia).

    Apr 3, 2025

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2025-0530: On the message and order, referred on February 26, 2025, Docket #0530, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($58,000.00) in the form of a grant for the FY19 Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Program, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund fire prevention education and training, fire code enforcement, fire/arson investigation, firefighter safety and health programming, prevention efforts, and research and development, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.

    Feb 19, 2025

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2025-0335: Order for a hearing regarding all City of Boston grants administered by the Boston Fire Department. On motion of Councilors Santana and Worrell, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Flynn as an original co-sponsor.

    Jan 26, 2025

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2025-0239: Councilor Santana called Docket #0239, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY25 Training Academy Earmark, awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund the purchase of equipment and supplies, and to fund training initiatives for the Boston Fire Training Academy to ensure the department remains current in the firefighting services. No objection heard, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed.

    Jan 13, 2025

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2025-0117: Councilor Santana called Docket #0117, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Five Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($593,750.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY25 Hazmat Earmark grant, awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund the needs of the hazardous materials response teams, as specified the line items 8324-0000 and 8324-0050 of the FY25 General Appropriation Act, from the Committee on Public Safety & Criminal Justice. On motion of Councilor Santana, the rules were suspended; the order was passed.

    Jan 6, 2025

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2024-1771: Councilor Santana called Docket #1771, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seventy-Four Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and Sixty-Seven Cents ($74,266.67) in the form of a grant, for the FY2020 Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) grant, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund critically needed resources to carry out fire prevention education and training, fire code enforcement, fire/arson investigation, firefighter safety and health programming, prevention efforts, and research and development, from the Committee on Public Safety & Criminal Justice.

    Nov 29, 2024

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2024-1543: Councilor Santana called Docket #1543, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Two Hundred Two Thousand Five Hundred Sixty Dollars and Ninety Cents ($1,202,560.90) in the form of a grant for the FY2023 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund critically needed resources that equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, enhance operational efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience, from the Committee on Public Safety & Criminal Justice. On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed.

    Oct 16, 2024

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2024-1476: Councilor Santana called Docket #1476, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Sixty-Two Thousand One Hundred Forty-Nine Dollars ($62,149.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY24 Port Security Grant, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund strengthened port-wide risk management and protection of critical surface transportation infrastructure from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies, from the Committee on Public Safety & Criminal Justice. On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed.

    Sep 30, 2024

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2024-1387: Councilor Santana called Docket #1387, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Six Thousand Dollars ($106,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY23 Fire Prevention & Safety grant, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund critically needed resources to strengthen community fire prevention programs and enable scientific research on innovations that improve firefighter safety, health, and well-being, from the Committee on Public Safety & Criminal Justice. Hearing on objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed.

    Sep 16, 2024

    ·Boston, MA
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  • Memorandum DATE September 6, 2024 CITY OF DALLAS

    Sep 6, 2024

    ·Dallas, TX
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  • 2024-1171: Councilor Santana called Docket #1171, message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Sixty Thousand Thirty-One Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($260,031.75) in the form of a grant, for the FY23 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program (COPPGP), awarded by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund and support the installation of CO alarms and training and public education programs to promote health and public safety, from the Committee on Public Safety & Criminal Justice. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Santana, the order was passed.

    Jul 22, 2024

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2024-0910: On the message and order, referred on June 5, 2024, Docket #0910, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($16,825.00) in the form of a grant, for the FY2020-2021 Port Security Grant, awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be administered by the Fire Department. The grant will fund and support increased port-wide risk management and protect critical surface transportation infrastructure from acts of terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies, the committee submitted a report recommending the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.

    May 17, 2024

    ·Boston, MA
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  • 2024-0676: Councilor Worrell called Docket #0676, an appropriation order in the amount of One Hundred Eighty-Four Million Seven Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($184,780,000.00) for various capital improvement purposes for city departments including the Boston Center for Youth and Families, Boston Housing Authority, Boston Planning and Development Agency, Boston Public Library, Environment, Fire, Mayor’s Office of Housing, Office of Arts and Culture, Parks and Recreation, Police, Property Management, Public Works, and the Transportation Departments, from the Committee on Ways and Means. Hearing no objection, the matter was before the body. On motion of Councilor Worrell, the order was read a second time and again passed; yeas 12, nays 1 (Breadon). Councilor Mejia motioned to reconsider her vote; Yeas 12, present 1(Pepen). Docket #0676 received a second reading and again passed; yeas 11, nays 2 (Breadon, Mejia).

    Apr 4, 2024

    ·Boston, MA
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