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Votes at a glance: Council confirms appointments, adopts resolutions and passes appropriations on Oct. 1, 2025

October 01, 2025 | Boston City, Suffolk County, Massachusetts


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Votes at a glance: Council confirms appointments, adopts resolutions and passes appropriations on Oct. 1, 2025
The Boston City Council recorded multiple formal outcomes on Oct. 1, 2025. The list below summarizes each docket, the action taken and any vote counts recorded in the meeting transcript.

- Docket 1738 — Supplemental appropriation and collective bargaining agreement for Boston Public Health Commission nurses: Passed by roll call; 11 affirmative votes recorded (docket 1738 passed).

- Docket 1739 — Collective bargaining agreement (companion to 1738): Passed by roll call; 11 affirmative votes recorded (docket 1739 passed).

- Dockets 1740 and 1741 — Confirmations to the Boston Public Health Commission/Board of Health (reappointments/appointments): Suspension of the rules and confirmation recorded on the floor; committee recommendation adopted (clerk recorded approval).

- Docket 1570 — Confirmation of appointment to Community Preservation Committee (Michelle Holmes Foster): Committee report accepted and appointment confirmed by the full council.

- Dockets 1350, 1351, 1352 — Confirmations to the Boston Art Commission (Napoleon Jones Henderson; Ian L. Teever; Caitlin Gould Lowry): Committee reports accepted and dockets passed by the full council.

- Docket 1747 — Ordinance amendments to University Accountability Ordinance (reporting deadline moved to Nov. 1; annual City Council hearing required): Passed under suspension of rules (voice vote recorded as "ayes have it").

- Docket 1748 — Hearing order on composting expansion: Referred to the Committee on City Services and Innovation Technology for a hearing.

- Docket 1749 — Resolution celebrating Republic of Turkey anniversary and the Boston Turkish Arts and Culture Festival: Passed after suspension of the rules.

- Docket 1750 — Resolution prioritizing a recovery campus (substitute adopted): Passed by roll call; transcript records a unanimous affirmative roll-call vote (docket adopted).

- Docket 1664 (green sheet) — Accept and expend $10,000 AI research grant from Schmidt Sciences for the Department of Innovation and Technology: Motion to accept grant passed (green-sheet approval recorded as passed).

- Late-file hearing orders and personnel matters — Three late-file personnel matters were added to the record and approved; a late-file emergency hearing order on the federal government shutdown’s impact on veterans and military families was added and referred to the Committee on Military, Veterans and Military Families Affairs.

This roundup lists outcomes captured on the meeting record; it does not include narrative debate or committee follow-ups that remain in progress.

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