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Votes at a glance: Boston City Council passes repairs, appointments, donations and personnel waivers
Summary
During its March 5 session the Boston City Council approved a series of routine and substantive items including appointments, an in-kind donation, preservation restriction, an accelerated MSBA repair submission and two home-rule petitions seeking age waivers for police applicants.
The Boston City Council on March 5 approved multiple items on its agenda by roll call and suspension votes. Most measures were routine referrals, confirmations or single-action orders; several required roll-call tallies and are summarized below.
Key approvals and outcomes
- MSBA accelerated repair submissions (docket 0459): The council approved a motion authorizing the city to submit statements of interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s accelerated repair program for a list of schools. Roll call: 12–0 in favor. The related core-program submission for Madison Park Technical Vocational High School (docket 0458) was left in committee pending a Boston School Committee vote.
- In-kind donation for BCYF Mattahunt Community Center (docket 0591): The council suspended the rules and passed a measure authorizing the city to accept an in-kind donation…
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