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City Council adopts library, homelessness and school‑safety resolutions and approves grants
Summary
The Boston City Council on Feb. 11 adopted resolutions urging faster reopening of the South End library, calling for compassionate cold‑weather shelter policies after an avoidable death, and establishing a crossing‑guard corps; it also approved several state and federal grant appropriations and sent major school repair appropriations for further action.
The Boston City Council voted on a package of resolutions and grant measures on Feb. 11, advancing library reopening, homelessness policy and school‑safety actions while approving time‑sensitive grants.
The council adopted a substitute resolution urging transparency and an accelerated reopening timetable for the long‑closed South End branch of the Boston Public Library. Councilor Culpepper, who sponsored the measure, said the branch has been closed since April 2021 because of repeated flooding and that the FY26 capital budget includes a $32 million appropriation for reopening; the council approved the substitute resolution by roll call, 9‑0.
In a separate vote the council adopted a resolution memorializing Carville Curry, who died from exposure outside South Station in December, and…
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